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- ANILA IS TAKEN!
THE CITY FALLS AFTER DEWEY
AGAIN BOMBAHDS IT.
CON SUL SENDS NEWS.
SAYS THAT HE GOT IT FROM GENERAL
AUGUSTIN WHO FLED.
GEN. BLANCO RESIGNS.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—-The De-.
partment of State posted the following
at 11:30 last night: - ‘
The following dispatch was received
at the Department of State at 11:15
pm, August 15, from Consul Wild—
man, Hong Kong:
"‘Augusti says Dewey bombarded
Manila on Saturday. City surrendered
unconditionally. Augusti was taken by
Germans in launch to Kaiserin Augus-
ta, and brought to Hong Kong. I
credit report.”
THE NEWS CONFIRMED.
MADRID, Aug. 16.——Accord_ingto.“La
Correspondencia,” the surrender of
Manila occurred after the last attacks
made upon the city. '
LONDON, Aug. 16.——“TheIWestmin-
ister Gazette” says it has received
from a London business house a report
that Manila has fallen.
The report comes from the firm’s
Hong Kong agent.
AUGUSTI HAS FLED.
HONG KONG, Aug. ld—The German
first-class cruiser Kaiserin Augusta ar-
rived here yesterday from Manila with
Captain-General Augusti and his
family on board. The cruiser sailed
from Manila on Saturday.
She reports that the situation there
then was unchanged, but her officers
are extremely reticent.
General Augusti refuses to grant
interviews, and will say nothing more
than that he is going to Spain at the
first opportunity. ,
It is a significant fact that while the
fastest German cruiser has brought
General Augusti she brings only a
small package of mail for the German
Consul. .
.‘ The Consul is now in Canton, and
his mail matter remains unopened.
The precise facts are not known, but
it is supposed that General Augusti
fled from the Philippines.
The Spanish Consul here has not yet
sent to Manila the news that the proto
col has been signed, and probably the
Spaniards at Manila will discredit the
.the American resources have been ex-
account to be brought them by the
British steamer Australian, as she was
chartered by the Americans. 7
The opinion here is that the Ger.-
mans have arranged matters with Cap-
tain-General Augusti.
The insurgents now at Hong Kong
are not satisfied with the terms of
peace proposed by the Americans.
Belated mail information from Ma-
nila is to the effect that there has been
renewed activity on the part of the
Spaniards of late, due to the belief that
hausted and that President McKinley
is suing for peace.
According to the same authority the
insurgents throughout the island of
Visayas are reported to have signified
an intention of combining ‘with Gen-
eral Aguinaldo against Spain.
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GENERAL BLANCO RESIGNS.
MADRID, Aug. 16.—The Government
has received from Captain-General
Blanco a dispatch tendering his re-
signation. The reason given by General
Blanco for resigning is that he does~
not wish to superintend the evacuation
of Cuba.
TO'DISBAND THE CUBAN ARMY.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 16—A
secret meeting was held last night at-
the Palace between the commanding
officers of the American Army and the
Cuban leaders. The strictest secrecy
was maintained, but it can be said with
good authority that General Garcia
was present. The meeting lasted an
hour and a half.
The information obtained is to the
effect that the Cuban situation was
and that the'United States should pay
the men off. This involves the ex-
penditure of $15,000,000, but it is most
important to the prosperity of the
island, whose wealth is entirely
agricultural. N 0 one planter or farmer,
would dare to cultivate his lands while
insurgent bands were in the field.
' ary Navy and was a member of the
. . water fish. .
thoroughly rev1ewed, and that it was ‘
decided to disband the Cuban army, '
'1 on his arrival in Spain.
BRAKEMAN KILLED.
Q
Michael Morris FelI‘Under the Wheels of
a Cahobse on the Naugatuck.
Michael Morris, a brakeman on the
Naugatuck division of the Consolidated
railroad, was killed yesterday at N auga-
" tuck while in the performance of his .
duty. Morris was tail end bra'keman.
He had thrown a switch and was run-
ning to jump on his train when he fell 2
and the wheels of the caboose passed
over him, inflicting injuries from which
he died in a few minutes. Just how
the accident occurred is not‘ known.
He was terribly mangled about the
lower portion of the body. Morris was
38 years of age, married, leaving a
wife and one child. .
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A Norwalk Veteran.
Norwalk has not been unrepresented
in the war with Spain, even though
the soldiers in the camp at Niantic did
not get a chance to smell gun powder
in Cuba, Porto Rico or Manila, to either
of which fighting centres they were
ready to go at a moment’s notice, and
who would have done as good service
as any who met the Spaniards and their
Mauser rifles, as did the “Boys” who
saw active service in the Civil War.
There are yet a good many living in
Norwalk who will recall Henry E.
Rhoades, who went from our town with
the “Red Shirt Company,” as Com-
pany E, of the Fifth Connecticut Vol-
unteers (eris S. Ferry’s regiment,)
was called, and who, soon after the
memorable battle of Cedar Mountain,
Va., August 9, 1862, received accmmise
sion in the Engineer Corps of the Navy.
He‘Went on and“ upwards in rank until
he was put on the retired list several
years ago on account of his ill health
due to the incidental exposures and
hardships connected with Arctic ex-_
plorations in an expedition with the
late Commander George W. De Long.
When the war with Spain was de-.
clared he offered himself for active duty
and he was the second retired officer
ordered to active service, on April
26th. He was employed in surveying
and fitting out the vessels of the Auxili-f-li
Board for the examination of officers
for the Volunteer ,Navy. Now that
peace has come, Lieutenant Rhoades .
will be relieved of active duty, and he
anticipates going to the Paris Expos-
ition. * * *
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Council Meeting.
A meeting of the South Norwalk
council was held last evening. The
street commissioners were instructed
to advertise for bids for the overflow
sewers on Chestnut and adjacent
streets, as authorized at a city meeting,
and to proceed with the Monroe street
improvements also voted at same meet-
ing. Other matters of minor import-
ance were brought before the meeting
but no action on any of them was
taken.
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I7th Conn. Vol. Asso.
The annual reunion of the 17th Con-
necticut volunteers association will be
held at Ridgefield, Saturday, Aug. 27.
The association will assemble at the
South Norwalk depot to take the 10.03
train for Ridgefield. The invitation
has been extended by the patriotic
citizens of Ridgefield who have amply
provided for their guests’ enjoyment
and pleasure. A large attendance is
anticipated.
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“She is a Corker.”
Hon. John H. Ferris has gone to
Bath, Me., to witness the launching of
the schooner Rachel L. Stevens. Mr.
Ferris as well as other South Norwalk
gentlemen are stockholders in the
schooner which is- a big four-master,
and one of the largest launched at
Bath in many moons. “Sheis acorker”
remarked an interested party this
morning.
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Crosswalk Club.
Messrs. “Will” Smith, “Joe” Volk,
‘Jake”Schaub, “Matt” Corbett and
“Ed” Zelulf of the Crosswalk club set
sail for New York sttte in the four-
wheeled yacht “Solmans” this morn-
ing. They had a plenty of bait and
fishing tackle and propose bringing
home with them a big supply of fresh
AS TO ELANCO AND AUGUSTI.
16.—“The Times”
this morning comments editorially upon
LONDON, Aug.
the curious simultaneous resignations
of General Blanco and General Al;-
gusti, and expresses the opinion that
neither of the retiring governor gen-
erals will be very severely censured
. HOTEL THIEF.
The Clothing of at Boarder at
the “Old. Well” Filched
of Eighteen '
Dollars.
Thought to he the same Party Who Robbed
I a Domestic at the City
Hotel.
Yesterday, in these columns was
recounted. the stealing of $5 from the
room of a domestic at the City Hotel,
4,and now comes another. '
5 Fred Northrop a hatter ,employed at
éCrofut & Knapp’s factory, is this time
éthe‘victim. '
kl 'Mr. Northrop, boards at the Old
éWell hotel, South N orwalk. On re-
turning from work yesterday afternoon
he went to his room for a'. change of
clothing, all unsuspicious as he un-
locked his door that any one had visit-
ed the room during his absence.
Unlocking the door of a closet in his
room he donned his clothes, and be-
thought himself that he had left a sum
Aof money amounting to about $18 in his
trousers. He put his hand in one of
the pockets and found that the money
was missing. Somewhat startled at the
.loss he made a hasty search of the other
{pockets in the trousers, and then made
a more thorough search for the money
in the pockets of all of his clothing,
but without avail.
He reported his loSs to the landlord
and the services of the police were en-
listed, but they, the police, have not
as "yet captured the guilty party. In-
deed, they have little or no clue upon
which to apprehend the thief.
The thief gained access to the room
thy the use of a skeleton Or duplicate
key, and in the same manner unlocked
the closet door.
Whoever it was it must be that they
spent considerable time in the room.
Nothing else but the money is reported
as being missing. . > 5
It is believed that the thefts at both
hotels were committed by the same
party and by some one who was well
acquainted with not only the. rooms
but with their victims. '
Stock company Returns.
Among the stock company returns
filed at the Town .Clerk’s office are the
following which have been duly re-
corded:
Ernst Cigar Co.—-Ca‘pital stock paid
in, $12,000; real estate nothing; per-
sonal estate, exclusive of patents, $16,-
954; debts, $19,080. 69; credits, $17,324. 95.
Volk Hat Co.——Capital, $10,000; per-
sonal estate, $33,900; debts, $25,503.38;
credits, 23,802.93. ,
E. Hubbell Hotchkiss Co.-—Capital,
$10,000; real estate, $1,400; personal
estate $20,840.50; debts, $47,473.50;
credits, 2,514.43.
Hoyt St Olmstead Cigar Cor—Capital,
$10,000; personal estate, $13,476.83;
debts, $6,839,538; credits, 6,332.77.
South Norwalk Hat 'Co.—Capital,
$20,000; real estate, $20,000; personal
estate, $10,445; debts, $20,286; credits,
$1,426.
Norwalk and South Norwalk Electric
Light Co.—Capital, $64,000; real estate,
$30,000; personal estate, $164,903.89;
debts, $8,584.85; credits, $6,966.85.
Norwalk Mills Co.—Capital, $100,000;
real estate, $50,000; personal estate,
$116,741.12; debts, 4,711.41; credits,
$3,806.
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Birthday Anniversary.
Yesterday was the forty-third anni-
versary of the birth of Mrs. Gustave
Pitzer and the occasion was made a
memorable one to her by the assem-
bling of a party numbering forty-three
night.
mental music and refreshments but no
dancing. It was a late hour when the
guests reluctantly left for their several
homes.
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Picnic at Come.
The Vollmer, Becker and Jesse
families to the number of twenty-five,
will pitch a tent at Compo Beach to-
day and enjoy an“all at home” outing.
The edibles were transferred to the
scene in a large .van, and apparently
there was enough to last the party for
a week. . . '
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at her home on Stuart avenue last'
There was vocal and instru:
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Result of Coroner’s Investigation Into the
Death of Arthur Beers Who Was
Shot by Henry Kierney.
As the result’of Coroner Doten’s in-
vestigation in Danbury, yesterday, into
the circumstances connected with the
shooting of Arthur Beers, ,WhO died
Friday night from the effects of the
gunshot wounds, Henry Kierney, the
colored man who did the shooting, will
have to answer to the charge of mur-
der. Coroner Doten will render a
finding to the effect that Beers came to
his death as the result of a felonious
assault committed by Henry Kierney.
This will add another murder trial to
the docket of the next criminal cburt.
End of The World hen.
Homer Birchard, the man who has
won, some notoriety by spreading,
throngh means of pamphlets and news-
papers hard up for news, his belief
that the world would come to an end in
1900, has discontinued his services with
the Consolidated railroad as operator
in Glenbrook tower. It is said that the
N. Y., N. H. &H. R. R. Co., while
never discriminating in religious mat-
ters in ordinary cases, draws the line
when it comes to men believing the
end of the world to be so near at hand.
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To Locust Grove.
The excursion of the Phoenix En-
gine company on Sunday next will be
to Locust Grove, L. I. The steamer
“Medea” has been chartered for the
occasion. A special car'will leave the
engine house for the wharf at 8.30
o’clock. A meeting will be held this
evening to complete the arrangements
for what promises to be one of the
best outings ever held by the company.
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Served Him Right.
A man who’ gave. his name as Charles
Sherman and his occupation as a con-
tortiOnist, was arrested at Roton Point
yesterday, by Constable Larrigan. He
was charged with using insulting lan:
guage to two women at the Point, one
of whom slapped him on the face for
his assurance in addressing them. In
the Town court, this morning, he was
fined $5 in default of which he was
taken to the county jail at Bridgeport.
A Warning.
Complaint is made of the actions of a
number of lads who visit the N orwalk
cemetery. They are not only saucy to
to the sexton, but they deface toml--
stones and monuments by using them
for a target of whatever missiles come
within their reach, The names of
several of them have been secured and
unless their antics are stopped certtin
lads are liable to land in jail.
A Bicycle Mishap.
A young woman while riding on a
bicycle along Water street, South Nor-
walk, about six o’clock last evening
met with an accident by running into
a wagon loaded with hay. The young
woman fell heavily under the wagon,
sustaining several bruises and wrecking
her wheel. She, however, picked her-
self up and trundled her wheel along
the sidewalk to the repair shop.
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Fickett’s Barn Burned.
A barn and its contents belonging to
Samuel Fickett, at Rowa y ton, was
destroyed by fire yesterday. The place
is occupied by New York parties as a
summer boarding house, and the barn
was but a short distance from the
house. Mr. Fickett was en route to
New York when the fire occurred. The.
loss is fully covered by insurance.
Was it Suicide ?
It is now reported that Miss May
Brown who was killed at a Wilton rail-
road crossing Saturday afternoon, by
the Pittsfield express had frequently
before threatened to end her life in the
manner in which she did. And it is
believed that she was on the track with
suicidal intent.
Engine Broke Down.
Owing to a breakage in the engine
room the R. & G. corset factory was
shut down this morning. It is thought
that the breakage will cause the clos-
ing of the facbory for at least two days
and the employes will enjoya vacation
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The funeral of .the late Stephen
Stanley will be held to-morrow after-
noon at 2 o’clock, Rev. T. K. Noble
officiating.
George H. Raymond, of Berkeley
street, is to be one of a party that will
sail on the “Mystery” next Saturday
for a season of bluefishing down east.
There will be seventeen, others in the
party.
THE rhizs FISH STORY.
County Commissioner MeadTells’JLand -
lt Must Be True.
County Commissmner Mead brings
the prize story from Stamford, and what
makes it, superb is'that it is vouched .
for by all parties concerned, and re-
ceives additional credit because it is .
published in San Francisco papers. In
a letter. to Judge Mead’s brother in
Greenwich, Nelson B. Mead of that
tOWn writes that he and A. N. Mead of
San Jacinto caught six sea bass whose
aggregate weight was 1,200 pounds. N.
B. Mead had the honor of hauling in
the largest, a gray fish weighingli‘iitif)
pounds.
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The Weather.
Threatening weather to—ni ht and
Wednesday. 9; .
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Mr. and Mrs. George A. Whelpley,
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Gregory, and
Mrs. William Stevens, of South Nor-
walk, has gone toRoxbury Falls, Conn.
to spend a week.
Sherman Commandery, U. 0. G. C.
of Norwalk will pay a fraternal visit
to Guiding Star Commandery of..
Bridgeport this evening.
J. R. and William E. Marvin have
gone to Saratoga to spend a week. . -
The thirty-second annual clam bake
oi‘ the Fat Men’s association will be
,held on Thursday, Sept. 1, at Dorlon’s
Point, South Norwalk.
A meeting of Co. D will be held at
the armory on Friday evening.
Miss Emma Weed, of High Ridge, is
visiting Miss Carrie Wood, of Pros-
pect street, East Norwalk.
Mr. ancl'Mt-e. Elmer Fairchild, of
Dover, N. J.,- are guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Young's, of East Norwalk.
Buckingham Woman’s Relief Corps V
will hold their regular meeting Thurs-
day al'ternoon at 3 o’clock.
Miss Zella Payson, of Hartford, is
visiting at the home of Benjamin Reed
on Taylor avenue.
M. J. Lyons and Miss Mary Kilboy
are to be married at St. Mary’s church;
on Tuesday, August 30th.
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The watering cart still continues to
flood Wall street and make it impass-
able for ladies. .
. Mrs. G. O. Sawyer and daughter,
who has been a guest of her sister, Mrs. ‘
returned to her home in Walton, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilson of New
York are guests of Mr. ‘ Wilson’s
mother, Mrs. Julia Wilson of Arch
street.
Sam Bonner was fined $10 .in the
town court, Monday afternoon, for as
sault upon his wife. Not paying up he
was taken to Bridgeport jail.
The choir of Grace'church will en-
joy a trolley ride to New Haven to-
morrow, providing the weather con-
tinues favorable. /
Rev. F. A. Scofield has gone to Ocean
Grove to attend the camp meetings.
The Methodist party will leave for that
place on Monday next.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Gorham, of
Cove street, have gone to Katonah, N.
Y., to spend a week.
Electrician Percy Ferris commenced
yesterday the putting in of an iron
conduit at the home of Miss Dudlena
Raymond on West avenue.
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The Y. M. c. A’s and the T. A. B’s '
will play ball on the Baxter Grounds
next Saturday afternoon.
Samuel Comstock Jr. who has been
quite ill at his home on Fail-field ave-
nue,for a few days has recovered.
M. Charles E. Squire and Mrs Noah
Barnum are sojourningin theCatskills.
—Mrs. K. Foster representing the
Warren Featherbone company will be
at the Norwalk hotel, Thursday after-
noon and the evenings of this week.
Dress makers are specially invited to
call on her.
Candidates for admission to Storrs.
Agricultural college may take the ex-
aminations Friday, September 2d, at
the selectmen’s room, City hall, Dan-
bury, and at the state experiment sta-
tion, New Haven, and on Saturday,
September 3rd, at room .50, Capitol
building, Hartford, and. at the college,
'Storrs. The examinationswill begin
at 9 a.m. See adv. for pagticulars.
Elton B. Baker of Trinity place, has ' I
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