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VOL. VIII. NO. .1924
r PEACE IN SIGHT.
)
SPAIN ACCEPTS TERMS OF
PEACE WITHOUT ASKING FOR
1 MATERIAL MODIFICATION. }
9 WARMAY END THIS WEEK.
A
- ANARMISTICE EXPECTED TO BE DE~
CLARED BEFORE THEOEND OP "
THE WEEK.
PIRST CONN. FOR PORTO RICO.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—-The official
statement of the American terms of
peace, as published on the President’s
authority, is as follows:
“The President does not now put
forward any claim for pecuniary in-
demnity, but requires the relinquish-
ment of all‘claim of sovereignty over
or title to the island of Cuba; as well as
the immediate evacuation by Spain of
the island; the cession to the United
States and immediate evacuation of
Porto Rico and other islands under
Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies,
and the like cession of an island in the
Ladrones.
“The United States will occupy and
hold the city, bay and harbor of Manila
pending the conclusion of a treaty of
peace, which shall determine the con-
trol, disposition and government of the
Philippines. If these are accepted by
Spain in their entirety it is stated that
commissioners will be named by the
United States to meet commissioners
on the part of Spain for the purpose of
concluding a treaty of peace on the
basis above indicated.”
Spain has practically agreed to the
terms of peace without asking for their
material modificatiOn. The hour spent
by Ambassador Cambon at the White
House yesterday afternoon not only re'
moved all doubt on this point. but
sufficiently indicated that a formal con-
, clusion of the negotiations would be
secured more promptly than had been
expected by even the most sanguine.
The character of the inquiries re-
garding certain details demonstrated
that Spain in all sincerity was ready to
end the war, the sooner the better, but
apparently could not resist temporizing
for a few days for the sake of avoiding
an appearance of too great precipitancy
in surrendering, and at the same time
taking advantage of the opportunity
to gain a few trivial concessions which
would be popular with Spaniards gen-
erally.
When M. Cambon left the White
House it is believed that he was pre-
pared to remove the last indication of
'indecision at Madrid, and that not
later than Friday or Saturday of this
week he will be the bearer of the final
Spanish dispatch to the White House,
which will
armistice.
Following the visit to the White
House of M. Cambon, acabinet meeting
was held down the Potomac RiVer, on
board the tug Triton, at which the
peace situation was discussed at length.
The President and all the members
of the Cabinet were driven to the
wharf where the boat was lying and
embarked for what was ostensibly a
pleasure sail to get a breath of fresh
result in an immediate
air. The party returned to Washing;
ton at 10:30 o’clock, having reached a
decision on certain points brought to
the President’s attention by M. Cam-
bon in behalf of the Spanish Govern-
ment. The Secretary of State'drove
from the wharf to the French Embassy
and delivered to M. Cambon the an-
swer of the United States to the ques-
tions he had asked as the representa-
tive of Spain. In, all probability the
information furnished by the Secretary
was at once transmitted to Madrid by
M. Cambon.
FIRST CONN. ORDERED TO PORTO
RICO.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—The follow?
ing regiments have been designated to
constitute General Wade’s provisional
brigade for service in Porto Rico. The
present stations of the regiments and
the routes to be taken by them are also
given: ‘
First Alabama, lst North Carolina
and 2d Texas; are now at Jacksonville,
and will sail direct or from Fernan-'
dina. _
First Arkansas, lst Maine, lst New
Hampshire, 3d Tennessee, lst Vermont,
lst West Virginia and 52d Iowa;are at
Chickamauga, and will sail from New-
port News. ‘
First Connecticut, 4th Missouri, 1st
New Jersey, lst Rhode Island and 3d
Virginia; are at Camp Alger, Virginia,
and will go from Newport News,
a.
First Delaware; now in Delaware,
probably will sail from New York.
First Maryland; at Fort Monroe, will
sail direct. ‘
Twenty-second New York; now at
Fort Slocum, will sail from New York.
The 5th Illinois is not in the list. but
will sail with Wade’s expedition, or-
ders having been sent to it direct last
night ‘
FUTURE OF THE PHILIPPINES.
“The Daily Mail” from Singapore says:
“President M cKinley’s proposal that
a commission should decide the future
government of the Philippines is con-
sidered here as giving Spain a chance
of’recovering partial authority over
her revolted subjects. This state of
things, it is thought might afford an
opening for intrigues on the part of
foreign Powers unfriendly to America.
Great Britain and Japan, and might
prove dangerous to the cause of perma-
'nentpeace in the Pacific. ” V
BRIEF .WAR NEWS.
It is expected in Washington that an
armistice will be declared before the
end of the week. Spain’s reply, which
was presented to the President by the
French Ambassador yesterday after-
noon, accepts the terms of peace offer-
ed by the United States without asking
for material concessions.
The American troops continue to
advance through Porto Rico without
resistance item the Spaniards; in the
towns so far taken the inhabitants have
welcomed the invaders with cheers.
Adjutant-General Corbin has desig-
nated the regiments to constitute Gen-
eral Wade’s provisional division for
service in Porto Rico, and it is probable
that within-twenty-four hours some of
the troops will be embarking on trans-
ports at Newport News.
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_ The Storming of San Juan.
As Stephen Crane says. in his ac-
count of the action at San Juan on July
1, “It was like Inkerman, where the
English fought half-leaderless all day
in a fog, only the Cuban forest was
worse than any fog. In these woods,
unknown to some, including the Span-
iards, was fulminated the gorgeous
plan of taking an impregnable position.
One saw a thin line of black figures
moving across a field. They disappear-
ed in the forest. The enemy was keep»
ing up a terrific fire. Then suddenly
somebody yelled. 'By God, there go
our boys up the hill!’
“And up the hill they went, straight
into as pit-iless a hail of lead as ever
soldier penetrated. Through the
tangled barb-wire fences, over . the
trenches, some with grimly set lips,
others cursing and muttering and
shouting; up, up they went, while their
comrades fell around them. The Span-
iards did not understandsuch charges,
and wondered in a vague way, while
shooting with their terrible Mausers,
when the Americans would turn tail
and retreat. They dirl not know the
American soldier as well then as they
do now. , With a roar the regulars
reached the block-house, and San Juan
was ours.” Frederic Remington’s
picturelin Harper’s Weekly, from
which our illustration is made, is a
stirring portrait of the last moments of
this charge.
There is nothing that daunts the
American soldier defective organiza-
tion, deficient equipment, hen-coop life
on board of transport, heat and fever
of tropics, insufficient tranSportation,
lack of food, lack of protection by' ar-
tillery fire—nothing that daunts the
American soldier. He is full of pa-
tience, cheerfulness, kindness, and af-
fection for his stanch' and dauntless
friend, the officer of the line. There
will be others to sing the deeds of the
supef‘iors, and always deeds aplenty to
be sung, but a voice should be lifted
for the plain soldier and the officer of
the line. ‘
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Should Furnish Glasses.
A gentleman visiting in town stood
beside the track of the Norwalk Tram-
way company,0n theGregoryPoint road,
last night, and signalled .the motorman
to stop his car. Instead of stopping
the motorman paid no attention to the
signal and ran his car to the Point at
lightning speedii When the gsntleman
reached the Point he stepped up to the
motorman and inquired if it was nec-
essary to stand on the tracks before he
could be seen by a N orwalk motorman.
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~Advertlse in {my quarry.
LONDON, Aug. 4.—-A dispatch to,
E. ening a
NORWALK, court, THURSDAY EVENING. AUGUST 4, 1898.
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SEVER_E_§TORM. 1%
Torrents of Rain and a Plenty
of Lightning and Thunder.
A Hole Torn in an East Norwalk House
' by the Electric Fluid.
Another one of those storms that
usually follow in the wake of a hot
Wave visited Norwalk at an early hour
this morning. The rain fell in tor-
rents deluging cellars and sewers, and
the lightning cut up capers in differ-
ent sections of the town, but did corn-
paratively little damage.
Cellars that received.a sort of deluge
weigeijlocated on Mechanic, Chestnut,
South Main, Water and other streets
in South Norwalk. .
The sewers were found inadequate
to carry off the water and it washed
quantities of sand upon the walks and
over the electric railway tracks. to a
depth that ‘materially hampered the
progress of the cars. This was especial-
ly true on the Tramway line, the con-
ductors of which early this morning,
were armed with hoes to rid the track,
at certain points, of its burden of sand.
Lightning struck the Mrs. Margaret
Voorhees house on Betts place, East
Norwalk, and tore a large hole in the
roof of the house, through which the
rain poured down and did considerable
damage. The house was (occupied by
Mr. Frank Sherwooch The members
of his family escaped injury.
It is reported that the electric fluid
alsofound its way into the police head-
quarters at South Norwalk, which is
being wired for incondescent lights and
did more or less damage.
Lightning struck a barn belonging
to Hezekiah Fillow at Rowayton and
did‘fld‘lnage to an amount not in_excess
of fifty dollars which was fully covered
by insurance in the O. E. Wilson
agency.
It also paid its respects to the Nor
walk and South Norwalk Electric Light
'station and after dancing around on
the wires, burned out a meter and then
left the building.
Wilton.
The great expectations of the good
time to be had at the moonlight lawn
party for the benefit of the Wilton Golf
club, at the residence of Mrs. Charles
Jones, on Wednesday evening, were
fully realized. The beautiful grounds
were bright with paper-lanterns, and
presented a most artistic picture.
Everywhere were tasteful booths with
their'fair attendants eager to dispose
of their wares.’ The long supper tables
were filled from five o’cldck until late
in the evening and loud were the
praises of all on the dainty repast that
was served. The large number of fan-
cy articles were entirely sold out. The
social feature was more than realized
and the Golf club fair easily takes rank
as the society event of the summer.
The financial result was most satisfac-
tory, the receipts exceeding $200. All
of the neighboring towns were well
represented, a delegation of twenty-
five cyclists from Georgetown being a
fair sample of the way our neighbors
came in. Those in charge of the en-
tertainment should be congratulated
on the Complete success of their efforts.
Put Him Up. ,
There is not probably the least doubt
of the renomination of Congressman
Hill by the Republicans. He has, in
the dittubution of Federal patronage,
made some active enemies in his own
party, but every~ Congressman undoubt-
edly does so and the number is not.
usually large enough to alone prevent
a renomination, though it may some-
timesprevent a re-election. Mr. Hill
has “played his cards” very skilfully
throughout his term, keeping in con-
stant View the desirability of a renom-
ination. The identity of his Democratic
competitor is as yet unknown, Names
have been mentioned, but not in such
a. way as to indicate any certainty of
nomination._ Probably ex-Congressman
DeForest, if he could be induced to ac-.
cept, would “make it very interesting”
for Mr. Hill.——Bridgeport Farmer. ;
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_ . The Weather.
- Thunderstorms this. afternoon and
o-night fair; Friday" probably fair. .
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DIPTHEMCERMS.
Bacteria Found in Patieni’s
Throat at County
Home.-
The Boy Had Been Apparently Well For a
’ Week. I
The Children’s Home, on the T’Vest-
port road, has been under quarantine
for some weeks owing to two of the
children having been attacked by dip-
theria.
The last case, that of a boy, had been
considered conquered and the patient
had been up and around for a week ap-
parently as well as ever.
As the youngster was apparently
well did not require the attendance of
a physician, the County Commissioners
made application to Health Officer, Dr.
Tracey, to have the Home fumigated
and the quarantine lifted.
Dr. Tracey suggested, however, that
before this was done a “culture” from
the child ’s throat be sent to a bacteriol-
ogist for examination and report.
The Commissioners‘acquiesed, and
on Saturday last a “culture” was taken
and forwarded to Dr. Lynch, the bac-
teriologist of the Bridgeport health de-
partment.
This morning llr. Tracey received
word from Dr. Lynch that the diph-
theria bacteria was still alive in the
patient’s throat and to quarantine the
lad for another week.
Dr. Lynch’s orders have been com-
plied with, and on Saturday next an-
other “culture”.will be sentliim, when
if the germs are dead the boy will be
released and the Home fumigated and
the quarantine lifted.
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WORTH) AGAlN.
Fully Fifteen Hundred Pleasure Seekers
Mad Clean Through.
The GAZETTE last week cautioned its
readers against being led off by out-
side excursions, and urged that the
home steamboat company be patronized.
The following from Monday’s Stamford
Telegram describes the way the excur-
sionists were treated: .
“The fifteen hundred or more excur-
sionists who availed themselves of the
opportunity to visit Coney Island yes-
terday via the Iron Steamboat com-
pany’s boat from Roton Point, were
considerably put out and the majority
were greatly displeased at the manner
in which the arrangements for their
comfort were looked after by the com-
pany.
The steamer scheduled to leave the
pier at Roton Point at 9:30 o’clock but
it was fully an hour before the start was
made. . ' _
Several who went from this city said
this morning in speaking of the trip
that it was “too utterly utter” to speak
about, but for the benefit of the public
he would say that the conveniences on
the boat were exceedingly inconven-
ient and they were not surprised at the
objections raised by the excursionists.
They further stated that the vessel
was not supplied with drinking water
fit to drink. and that all the other
necessary accommodations were about
on a par with the matter of pure
water.
The steamer did not reach Coney Is~
land until 3 o’clock in the afternoon,
several hours late, thus the excursion—
ists were given but a short time to re-
main at Greater New York’s pleasure
ground; What added more to the dis-
satisfaction of all concerned was the
treatment they received in the “cattle
pens” at the iron pier. They were jos-
tled about from one side to the other
and it seemed as if there was no head
to the excursion. But to cap the cli-
max, the excursionists were placed
aboard the steamer Pegasus, a slow
tub owned by the company and were
landed at Roton Point after midnight.
Those who went from Stamford, who
did not leave Coney Island early in the
evening and come home by train. did
not reach here before 1:30 o’clock this
morning. '
About four hundred boarded the
steamboat at Roton Point in the morn-
ing, about ‘75, being from this city.
They will not go again.”
New Arrivals.
A brand-new baby girl arrived at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. George. F. Bail-
witz on Franklin avenue, yesterday.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs.‘
George Husted of Ann street last even-
ing. A -.
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Marble Monument.
The Hungarian society will present
a drama entitled "The Marble Monu-
ment,” at Germania hall, on August
18th. It Will be followed by dancing,
ice cream, eté‘.
PRICE UNBECENT
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famil’y papeithe Gazette’s
V'aolvertisingi- columns will ~
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STATE WILL PAY.
Governor Cooke and Comp-
;r;:troller Mead Will Pay the
Third Regiment. '
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The Town Will Not Now be Required to
Adi/alive the M9"?!
‘It‘ was decided yesterday, after a
conference between Governor Coake,
Comptroller Mead and Colonel Tyler,
that the State would pay members of
the Third Regiment, now Pu:- stamp
awaiting the pleasure of the wani‘de-
partment to be sent further toward the ~
front, the difference between state pay
and what they received or are to re—
ceive from the United States for the
period of leaving home under state or—
ders to the date of muster into the ser-v
vice of'the United States. In the case
of privates that will be about 97 cents
a day, the state pay being for the first
ten days, $1.50 per day and the govern-
ment pay being but 53 cents a day.
The First Regiment was paid by the
state from the date of leaving the
home station until mustered into the .
government service. It was expected,
that this would be the case .with all
state troops but Congress passed a law
that all troops accepted should be paid
from the date of leaving the home
station by the government paymasters.
This shut out the Third from the same
privilege‘ enjoyed by the, First and
there has been some complaint by the
members of the New London county
regiment.
Selectmen Merrill and Lynes are at
Niantic to-day for the purpose of paye
ing the men the amount voted provis-
ionally, at the town meeting held Tues-
day evc'ning. Under the above ruling
they will be enabled _to return to Nora-w
walk with the amount a13p1'01ii'iztted’;'as'
the money will be paid by the State.
The action of the voters of the town
in appropriating the amount, with
even the risk of its not being‘i'epaid by
the state, is none the less deserving of
praise.
Norwalk people are as a rule
patriotic and will always see to it that
her volunteers andgamivlies are proper-
ly provided for. ' ‘
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Saunders’ Clam-Bake.
“Little Boston” will be the scene of
a Rhode Island clam—bake next Sun—
day given under the supervision of 001.
H. A. Saunders. The place is located
at VVinnipauk and the “Col. ” promises
a feast for all who are lucky enough to ,
secure a ticket. The bake will be
served from 2 to 5 o’clock p. m., and
any one who inclines to the belief that
he has not received more than his
money’s worthwill be presented with
a freshly minted silver dollar.
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Congregational Church Exclusion.
The Congregational churches excur»
sion party arrived home from Glen Is.
land last evening, at about 7 o’clock.
There was not a single accident to
mar the pleasures of the occasion. A
number of the excursionists were pretty
well tired out on reaching home, but
all felt free to say "wehad a good
time, but oh,.-wasn’t it a jam.” The
number of passengers on the, boat is
said to have been something over one:
housand. ‘
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Jersey'Firemen.‘
The Newton fire steamer company
of Newton, Ni J.,‘ will visit Roton
Point, to-morrow. Members " of the
company are quite well known to Nor-
walk firemen, a number of whom will
make an extra effort to welcome the
visitors. Harry Leobold, of Phoenix
Engine company, was a former member
of the Newton department.
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King of Clubs.
Chief of Police Vollmer has hen
presented with a police stick of an im-
proved pattern, and known as the king
of clubs. It looks as though, in the
hands of the chief, it would be capable
of good work. Rubber enters in no
small way in its construction and it is
said to be the most humane club extant.
The chief is not anxious to test its
merits but will do so if occaswn so re~
quires. ‘ .
' Diphtheria. .,
Health officer Tracey reports-two
cases of diphtheria on Glenwood ave-
nue.
Norwalk Chronicler