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LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS
A new time table went into eli'ecl on
the Consolidated road yesterday.
The severe rain storm last night hasI
furnished the street commissioner with
a good opportunity to thoroughly clean
'Wall street.
The fire bells in both citieswere kept
busy last night by the high wind.
The streets and sidewalks were litter"
ed with dead branches this morning.
broken Olf by yesrerday’s storm.
Miss May Hoyt, of VVolfpits, is visit
ing her sister in Norwalk. V
MiSs K. Olive Hutchinson will enter-
tain the Friday Afternoon club, on Dec.
16, at her home on High street, South
Norwalk. ‘
' The County Commissioners have not
as yet appointed a day for their meet-
ing in Nor-walk.
William E. Raymond, of North ave-
nue, spent Saturday in New York.
The Farther Lights society met with
Miss Annie Walsh, of Pine street, Fri.
day evening last.
Re v.T.DeWitt Talmadge Van Doren,
of Albany, preached Sunday morning
and evening at the Norwalk Baptist
church.
A large portion of the board fence at
the rear of the Barnum house, on North
avenue, was blown over during last
night’s storm.
The Y. M. C. A. song service Sunday
at 3:l5 was conducted by Henry O. Bai_
ley. Special music, including a solo by
J. Charles Snifiin, of VVestport. The
Bible class at4215, was led by Mayer Bo-
hannan. Subject, The Lord’s Day.
Fred Force led the singing at Knud
sen hall, Sunday afternoon.
Tickets are selling well for the Con-
cert and dance to be held at Lock—
wood’s hall, Tuesday evening, for the
benefit of the Norwalk hospital. An
unusually good time is anticipated by
the young people of the N orwalks.
A large tree near Peat swamp was
blown down in last night’s storm.
The Norwalk river to-day shows the
effect of last night’s storm.
Don’t fail to read the P. J. Lynch
company’s new adv. in to-day‘s issue.
There are several cuts in prices that
will no doubt be taken advantage of by
the thrifty housewife.
'The J. C. Wilson hat manufactory
will start up, to-morrow.
A corps of men were engaged at
outh Norwalk this morning, clearing
if the city crosswalks.
There will be a basket ball game at
Iusic hall, to-night.
Miss Ethel Keep has returned to
Torthhampton, Mass, to resume her
tudies.
The Camera club meet Tuesday even—
g with Mr. and Mrs. H. W. VauSci-
er of Elizabeth street. Members will
lease bring their cameras for flash
ghts.
Giuseppe Tropeane, Francisco Mobri—
and Grillo‘ Giuseppe ‘sailed Saturday
in the steamer Spartan Prince, for
aples, Italy.
The Monday Afternoon VVhist club
ill be entertained this afternoon by
rs. Robert G. Wilson of West ave-
e. "
The annual meeting], of the Norwalk
re Department will be held at Pio-
er truck house, Tuesday evening,
cember 20.
'l‘o-day is pension day and the dilfer~
t agents in town are busily engaged
making out the proper vouchers.
‘olfax Encampment, I. O. O. R, will
.fer the Royal Purple degree, this
-ning. All encampment members
ited. Turkey supper served after
work.
A Thousand Tongues
‘ould not express the rapture of
nie E. Springer, of 1125 Howard St.,
iladelphia, Pa., when she found that
King’s New Discovery for Con-
. ption had completely cured her of
acking cough that for many years
i made life a burden. All other
icines and doctors could give her
help, but she says of this Royal
e~—"it soon removed the pain in
chest and I can now sleep soundly,
ething I can scarcely remember
ng before. I feel like sounding its
ises throughout the Universe.” So
everyone who tries Dr.’ King’s New
overy for any trouble of the Throat,
st or Lungs. Price 50c and $100.
'1' bottles free at John A. Riggs’
.5 store, 11‘ Main street; every'Ubot-
-' aranteed. ' _ if
\
Harry Pepper, of West
spent Sunday in New York.
{LVCUU'B
A number of vessels put in at \Vilson
Point yesterday, to avoid the storm.
James C. lreen, of Brooklyn, spent
Sunday in town.
A section of fence on Harbor avenue,
was blown down by the gale, Sunday
night. _~__
It is understood that “Ben 7’ Reed,
formerly at Hayes’ market. has secured
a similar situation in a Main street
market.
The Progressive club will meet this
evening. .
There isa dangerous depression in
Spring street near the railroad station
at South Norwalk, and it ought to be
repaired at once. This morning, a party
driv1ng through the street had a nar-
row escape from serious accident.
Frank Comstock resumed his place
in the choir of the South Norwalk
Methodist Episcopal church, Sunday,
In the evening he sang from the ora-
torio of St. Paul. The pastor’s even—
ing sermon was on the subject of
Heaven.
Mrs. Robert Thompson. of Chestnut
street. has returned home from a visit
to Oyster Bay, L. I.
Mrs. W. F. Bishop of Belden avenue,
will entertain the Pine Ledge \Vhist
club to-morrow afternoon.
Among the out-of-towners in town
yesterday were William M. Judd of
Buffalo, W. B. Bishop and wife of New
Haven, and George S. Miller of Ridge-
field.
.
There was a light on V‘i’atcr street,
South Norwalk, Saturday night, in
which an East Norwalk Swede was
severely punished about his face.
Next Sunday Mr. S. C. Palmer presi—
dent of the Trinity Church club will
address the La Mont club in the South
Norwalk Congregational church.
In the Old \Vell Pool tournament
Saturday night, 'William Hal-ford won
agame from Leo Davis and Wilfred
Bodwell, respectively.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin A. Braisted, of
Granitcville, Staten Island, have re—
turned home after spending a week with
their uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs.
James Harris, of Hanford place.
See adv. lot for sale on Washington
street bridge.
Miss Margaret Larrigan after a sev-
eral days stay at her home in South
Norwalk resumed her music lessons in
Waterbury, to—day.
The fire alarm bells in both this city
and South Norwalk were made. to ring
by reason of the crossing of wires oc-
casioned by last night’s gale.
The Bricklayers and Mason’s Cinion
will meet in Grand Army hall tonight.
William B. \Vardwell, of South Nor-
walk, is visiting friends in New York.
Sunday next will be the anniversary
of the consecration of St. Mary’s
church and special services will be ob-
served. In the cvcning a noted speak-
cr from New York will address the con-
gregation.
At 4 o’clock this morning, there was
an unusually high tide.
Miss Minnie Harris ofHani’ord place,
entertained her Sunday school class at
her home Saturday afternoon. Games
were played and supper served. Miss
Edna Brush was presented with aBible
by her teacher for having the most per-
fect lessons for the past six months.
The ringing of the fire alarm bell
last evening. was caused by the falling
of a tree in front of the Stanley resi-
dence on Main street.
”AW—
A Great ChKnce. ’
There is a great chance for old maids
in the Argentine Republic. There are
about sixteen men to one woman there,
and the unmarried males are more than
anxious to secure wives. When a “new
woman,” as the welcome arrival is call-
ed, comes to town about fifty men make
a. wild effort to secure her. It is quite
an interesting contest, and the one who
captures the prize is looked upon as
something of a hero. The local papers
write columns about it, and almost
everybody in the city turns out to the
wedding. It doesn’t matter much about
the woman’s age or looks, she is receiv-
ed with open arms and married off in a
jiffy to some real nice man. The woman
will have about fifty good-looking sult-
era to pick from, so she need not be
anxious about not finding the kind of
man she wants. The love-making
doesn’t last long, however. Three days
is the usual limit.
'-—All the Successful Merchant! of
thin City Advert!» tnTHE GAME.
.Tnnnvnn ING GAZETTE
'. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE '
; Bead to Both Houses of Congress
._._
This Afternoon.
A VERY ABLE STATE PAPER
Leaves With Congress the Government of
Our Newly Acquired Possessions. Urges
Increased Efficiency in Army and. Navy.
War Tax Must Continue But “'oultl Not
Disturb Monetary. System or Tariff.
To the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives: Notwithstanding the
added burdens rendered necessary by
the war, our people rejoice in a very
satisfactory and steadily increasing de-
gree of prosperity, evidenced by the
largest volume of business ever record-
ed. Manufacture has been productive,
agricultural pursuits have yielded abun-
dant returns, labor in all fields of in—
dustry is better rewarded, revenue leg—
islation passed by the present Congress
has increased the Treasury’s receipts to
the amount estimated by its authors,
the finances of the Government have
been successfully administered and its
credit advances to 'the first rank, while
its currency has been maintained at the
world's highest standard. Military serv~
ice under a common flag and for a
righteous cause has strengthened the
national spirit and served to cement
more closely "than ever the fraternal
bonds between every section of the
country- ' ,
In my last annual message very full
consideration was given to the question
of the duty of the Government of the
United States toward Spain and the
Cuban insurrection as being by far the
most; important problem with which we
were then called upon to deal. The con—
siderations then advance-J, and the ex—
position of the views therein expressed,
disclosed my sense of the extreme grav-
ity of the situation. Setting aside as
logically unfounded or practically inad—.
missible the recognition of the Cuban
insurgents as belligerents, the recogni-
tion of the independence of Cuba. neu—
tral intervention to end the war by im—
posing a rational compromise between
the contestants, intervention in favor of
one or the other party, and forcible an-
nexation of the island, I concluded it
was honestly due to our friendly rela-
tions with Spain that she should be
given a reasonable chapce to realize her
expectations of reform to which she had
become irrevocably committed. W'ithin
a few weeks previously she had an-
nounced comprehensive plans which it
was confidently asserted would be effi-
cacious to remedy the evils so deeply
affecting our own country, so injurious
to the true interests of the mother coun-
try as well as to those of Cuba, and so
repugnant to the universal sentiment of
humanity.
The war continued on the old footing
vithout comprehensive plan, developing
only the same spasmodic encounters,
barren of strategic result, that had
marked the course of the earlier ten
yeais’ rebellion, as well as the present
insurrection from its start. No alterna—
tive save physical exhausrion of either
combatant, and therewithal the practi—
cal ruin of the island, lay in sight, but
how far distant no one could venture to
conjecture. At this juncture, on the
15th of February last, occurred the de-
struction of the battleship Maine while
rightfully lying in the harbor of
Havana, on a mission of international
courtesy and good will—a catastrophe
the suspicious nature and horror of
which stirred the nation’s heart pro-
foundly. It is a striking evidence of the
poise and sturdy good sense distinguish—
ing our national character that this
shocking blow, falling upon a generous
people, already deeply touched by pre-
ceding events in Cuba, did not move
them to an instant desperate resolve to
tolerate no longer the existence of a
condition of danger and disorder at our
doors that made possible such a deed, by
whomsoever wrought. Yet the instinct
of justice prevailed and the nation anx-
ious awaited the result of the search—
ing investigation at once set on foot.
The finding of the Naval Board of In—
quiry established that the origin of the
explosion was external by a submarine
mine, and only halted through lack of
positive testimony to fix the responsi-
bility of 'its authorship. All these
things carried conviction to the most
thoughtful even before the finding of
the Naval Court that a crisis in our
relations with Spain and toward Cuba
was at hand. So strong was this belief
that it needed but 'a brief Executive
suggestion to the Congress to receive
immediate answer to the duty of mak-
ing1 instant provision for the positive
and perhaps speedily probable emer-
gency of war, and the remarkable, al-
most unique, spectacle was presented
of a unanimous vote of both houses on
the 9th of March “appropriating $50,—
000,000 for the national defense, and for
each and every purpose connected
therewith—to be expended at the dis-
cretion of the President.” That this act
of preri.:ion came none too ’soon was
disclosed when the application of the
fund was undertaken. Our coasts were
practically undefended. Our navy need-
ed large provision for increased am-
munition and supplies, and even num-
bers, to cope with any sudden attack
from the navy of Spain, which com—
prised modern vessels of the higaest
type of continental perfection.
Our army also-required enlargement
of men and munitions. It is sufficient
to say that the outbreak of war, when
it did come, found our nation not pre—
pared to meet the conflict. Nor was the
apprehension of coming strife confined
to our own country. It was felt by the
continental powers. which on April 6,
through their Ambassadors and En-
voys, addressed to the Executive an ex-
pression of hope that humanity and
moderation might mark the course of
this Government and people, and that
further negotiations would lead to an
agreement which, while securing the
maintenance of peace, would afford all
necessary guarantees for the re-estab-
llshment of. order in Cuba. In respond—
ing to that representation I said I
shared the hope the Envoys had ex-
pressed that peace might be preserved
in a manner to terminate the chronic
condition of disturbance in Cuba, so in-
jurious and menacing to our interests
“and tranquillity as well as shocking to
our sentiments of humanity; and while
appreciating the humanitarian and dis—
interested character of the communica—
tion they had made on behalf of the
Powers, I stated the confidence of this
Government, for its part, that equal ap-
preciation would be shown for its own
interest and unselfish endeavors to ful-
fill a duty to humanity by ending a sit-
uation the indefinite prolongation of
which had become insufferable. Grieved
and disappointed at this barren out-
come of my sincere endeavor to reach a
practicable solution, I found it my duty
to remfv: -.- whole question to the Con-
gress. In the message oprril 11, 1898,
I announced that with this last over-
ture in the dlrection of immediate
peace' in Cuba, and its disappointing
reception by Spain, the effort' of the
Executive was brought to amend. In-
‘the war ii
I
ésked To auth'b'r-ize and ezllpower‘TI‘e
President to take measures to secure a
full and final termination of'hostil-ities
between Spainand the people of Cuba
and to secure in the island the estab-
lishment of a stable government, on-
pable of maintaining order and observ-
ing its international. obligations, insur-
lug peace and tranquillity. and the se-
curity of its citizens as Well as our own,
and for the accomplishment of these
ends to use the military and naval
forces of the United States as might be
necessary: with added authority to
continue generous relief to the starving
people of Cuba.
The response of Congress, after nine
days of earnest discussion, during; which
the almost unanimous sentiment of
your body was developed on every point
save as to the expediency of coupling
the proposed action with a formal
recognition of the republic of Cuba as
the true lawful Government of that
island—a proposition which failed of
adoption—the Congress, after confer-
ence, on the 19th of April, by a vote of.
42 to 35 in the Senate, and .311 to 6 in
the House of Representatives, passed
the memorable joint resolution. This
resolution was approved by the Execu-
tiveson the next day, April 20. A copy
was at once communicated to the Spen—
ish Minister at this capital, who forth-
with announced that his continuance in
Washington had thereby become impos-
sible, and asked for his passports,
which were given him. He thereupon
withdrew from Washington, leaving the
protection of Spanish interests in the
United States to the French Ambassa-
dor and the Austria-Hungarian Minis-
ter. Simultaneously with its communi-
cation to the Spanish Minister here
General Woodford, the American Minis-
ter at Madrid, was telegraphed co..-
firmation of the text of the joint reso—
lution and. directed to communicate
with the Government of Spain, with the ,
‘formal demand that it at once relin-
quish its authority and government in
the Island of Cuba and withdraw its
forces therefrom, coupling this demand
with announcement of the intentions of
this Government as to me future of the
island, in. conformity with the fourth
clause of the resolution, and giving
Spain until noon of April 23 to comply.
That demand, although,as above shown,
officially made known to the Spanish
Envoy here, was not delivered at Mad—
rid.
On April 22 I proclaimed ablockade
of the north coast of Cuba, including
ports on'said coast between Cardenas
and Bahia Honda and the port of Glen—
fuegos in the south coast of Cuba, and
on the 23rd inst. I called for volunteers
to execute the purpose of the resolu-
tion. Due notification of the existence
of war as aforesaid was given April 25
by telegraph to all other governments
with which the United States maintain
relations. in order that their neutrality
might be assured during the war. It is
not among the least gratifying inci-
dents of the struggle that the obliga—
tions of neutrality were impartially
discharged by all, often under delicate
and difficult circumstances.
Our country thus, after an interval
of half a century of peace with all na-
tions, found itself engaged in deadly
conflict with a foreign enemy. Every
nerve was strained to meet the emerg-
ency; the response- to the initial call for
125,000 volunteers was instant and com-
plete, as was also the result of the
second call of May 25 for 75,000 addi—
tional volunteers. The ranks of the
regular army were increased to the
lismit provided by the act of April 26,
l 98.
The enlisted force of the navy on the
15th day of August, when it reached its
maximum, numbered 24,123 men and-ap—
prentices. One hundred and three ves-
sels were added to the navy by pur—
chase, one was presented to the Gov—
ernment, one leased and the four ves—
sels of the International Navigation
Company—the St. Paul, St. Louis, New
York and Paris—were chartered. In ad-
dition to these the revenue cutters and
lighthouse tenders were turned over to
the Navy Department and became tem—
porarily a part of the auxiliary navy.
The auxiliary navy was created under
the authority of Congress and was ofii-
cered and manned by the naval militia
of the several States. This organiza-
tion patrolled the coast and performed
the duty of a second line of defense.
The Signal Corps was promptly or»
ganizcd and performed service of‘ the
most difficult and important character.
Its operations during the war covered
the electrical connection of all coast
fortifications, the establishment of tele-
phonic and telegraphic facilities for the
camps at Manila, Santiago and in Porto
Rico.
The national defense fund of $50,000,—
000 was expended in large part by the
army and navy, and the objects for
which it was used are fully shOWn in
the report of the several secretaries.
It was a most timely appropriation, en—
abling, the government to strengthen
its defenses and make preparations
greatly needed in case of war. This
fund being inadequate to the require—
ments of equipment and for the con-
duct of the war, fhe patriotism of the
Congress provided the means in the
war revenue act of June 13 by author-
izing a 3 per cent. popular loan not to
exceed $400,000,000 and by levying addi-
tional imposts and taxes. Of the an:
thorized loan, $200,000,000 were offered
and promptly taken, the subscriptions
so far exceeding the call as to cover it
many times over, while, preference be-
ing given to the smaller bids, no single
allotment exceeded $5,000. This was a
most encouraging and significant re—
sult, showing the vast resources of the
nation and the determination. of the
people to uphold their country’s honor.
It is not within the province of this
message to narrate the history of the
extraordinaiy war that followed the
Spanish declaration of April 21, but a
brief recital of its more salient features
is appropriate. The first encounter of
point of date took place
April 27, when. a detachment of the
blockading squadron made a reconnai5~
ance in force at Matanzas, shelled the
harbor forts, and demolished several
new works in construction.
The next engagement was destined to
mark a memorable epoch in maritime
warfare. The Pacific fleet, under Com-
modore George Dewey, had lain for
some weeks at Hong Kong. Upon the
colonial proclamation of neutrality be-
ing issued and the customary twenty-
four hours’ notice being given it ,re—
paired to Mirs Bay, near Hong Kong,
whence it prOceeded to the Philippine
Islands under telegraphed orders to cap-
ture or destroy the formidable Spanish
fleet then assembled at Manila. Not a
life was lost on our ships, the wounded
only numbering seven, while not a ves-
sel was materially injured. For this
gallant achievement the Congress, upon
my recommendation, fltly bestoyved
upon the actors preferment and sub-
stantial reward. "
The effect of this remarkable victory
upon the spirit of our people and upon
the fortunes of the war was instant. A
prestige of invincibillty thereby at—
tached to our arms, which continued
throughout the struggle.
Meanwhile the Spanish naval prepar-
ations had been pushed with great
vigor. A powerful squadron under Ad-
mlral Cervera, which had assembled at
the Cape Verde Islands before the out-
break of hostilities, had crossed the
ocean, and by its erratic movements in
the Caribbean Sea delayed our military
plans, while homing the pursuit of our
fleets. Not until Admiral Cervera took
refuge in the harbor of Santiago de
Cuba,,about May 19', was it practicable
to plan a systematic naval and military
attack upon the Autumn ‘ ‘
lffiT‘i‘ed oh “the coE'Efs "or 'CTIE’ am
Porto Rico in preparation for the larger
event. On May 13 the North Atlan-
tic squadron shelled San Juan de
Porto Rico. On May 30 Commodore
Schley’s squadron bombarded the forts
guarding the mouth of Santiago Har-
bor.
result. It was evident that well ordered
land operations were indispensable to
achieve a decisive advantage. On June
[0, under a heavy protecting fire, a
landing of 600 marines from the Ore-
gon, Marblehead and Yankee was ef-
lected in Guantanamo Bay, where it
had-been determined to establish a
naval station. This important and es-
sential port was taken from the enemy
after severe fighting by the marines,
who were the first organized force of
the United States to land in Cuba.
The position so won was held despite
desperate attempts to dislodge our
forces. By June 16 additional forces
were landed and strongly intrenchcd.
On June 22 the advance of the invading
army under Major General Porter
landed at Daiquiri, about 15 miles east
of Santiago. This was accomplished
under great difficulties, but with mar-
velous dispatch. On June 23 the move-
ment against Santiago was begun. On
the 24th ult. the first engagement took
place, in which the First and Tenth
Cavalry and the First United States
‘Volunteer Cavalry, General Young’s
brigade of General Wheeler’s division,
participated, losing heavily. By night—
fall, however, ground within five miles
of Santiago was won. The advantage
was steadily increased. On July 1 a se-
vere battle took place, our forces gain-
ing the outworks of Santiago; on the
2d El Caney and San. Juan were taken
after a desperate charge, and the in-
vestment of the city was completed.
The navy operated by shelling the
town and the coast forts.
On the day following this brilliant
achievement of our land forces the 3d
of July occurred the decisive naval
combat of the war.
The Spanish fleet, attempting to leave
the harbor, was met by the American
squadron under command of Commo-
dore Sampson.
In less than three hours all the Span-
ish ships were destroyed, the two tor-
pedo boats being sunk and the Maria
Teresa, Almirante Oquendo, Vizcaya
and Cristobal Colon driven ashore.
The Spanish Admiral and over 1,300
men were taken prisoners, while the
enemy’s loss of life was deplorably
large, some 600 perishing. On our side
but one man was killed, on the Brook-
lyn, and one man seriously wounded.
Although our ships were repeatedly
struck not one was seriously injured.
Where all so conspicuously distin-
guished themselves, from the com-
manders to the gunners and the un-
named heroes in the boiler rooms, each
and . all contributing toward the
achievement of this astounding vic-
tory, for which neither ancient nor
modern history affords a parallel in the
completeness of the event and the mar-
velous disproportion of casualties. it
would be invidious to single out any
for especial honor. Deserved promotion
has lewarded the more conspicuous
actors. The nation’s gratitude is due
to all of these brave men, who by their
skill and devotion in a few short hours
crushed the sea power of Spain and
wrought a triumph whose decisivencss
can scarcely be measured. Nor can We
be unmindful of the achievements of
our builders, mechanics and artisans
for their skill in the construction of
our warships. The capitulation of San—
tiago followed. The city was closely
besieged by land, while the entrance
of our ships into the harbor cut off all
relief on that side. After a truce to
allow of the removal of non-combatants
protracted negotiations continued from
July 3 to July 15, when, under menace
of immediate assault, the preliminaries
of surrender were agreed upon. ‘On the
17th General Shaffer occupied the city.
The capitulation embraced the entire
eastern end of Cuba.
The individual valor of officers and
soldiers was never more strikingly
shown than in the several engagements
leading to the surrender of Santiago,
while the prompt movements and suc-
cessive victories won instant and uni-
versal applause. To those who gained
this complete triumph, which estab-
lished the ascendeney of the Unite-i
States upon land as the fight off San—
tiago had fixed our supremacy on the
seas, the earnest and lasting gratitude
of the nation is unsparingly due. Nor
should we alone remember the gallantry
of the living; the dead claim our tears,
and our losses by battle and disease
must cloud any exultation in the result
and teach us to weigh the awful cost of
war, however rightful the cause or sig-
nal the victory. YVith the fall of San-
tiago, the occupation of Porto Rico be-
came the next strategic necessity. Gen-
eral Miles had previously been assigned
to organize the expedition for that pur—
pose. Fortunately he was already at
Santiago, where he had arrived on the
11th of July with reinforcements for
General Shafter’s-warmy. On July 27 he
entered Ponce, one of the most impor-
tant ports in the island, from which he
thereafter directed operations for the
capture of the island. With the excep—
tion of encounters with the enemy at
Guyama, Hormagueros, Coamo and
Yauco, and an attack on a force landed
at Cape San Juan, there was no serious
resistance. As a potent influence to-
ward peacc the outcome of the Porto
Rican expedition was of great conse-
quence, and generous commendation is
due to those who participated in it.
The last scene of the war was enacted
at Manila, its starting place. On Aug.
l5, after a brisk assault upon the works
by the land forces, in which the squad-
ron assisted, the capital surrendered
unconditionally. The casualties were
comparatively few. By this the con-
quest of the Philippine Islands, vir-
tually accomplished .When the Spanish
capacity for resistance was destroyed
by Admiral Dewey’s victory of the lst
of May, was formally sealed.
The total casualties in killed and
wounded in the army during- the war
with Spain were: Officers killed, 23; en-
liStE‘d men killed, 257; total, 280; officers
wounded, 113; enlisted men wounded,
L464; total, 1,557. Of the navy: Killed,
l7; wounded, 67; died as result of
wounds, 1; invalided from service, 6;
total, 91. ,
It will be observed that while our
navy wasengaged in two great battles
and in numerous perilous undertakings
.1] blockade and bombardment, and
more than 50,000 of our troops were
transported to distant lands and were
engaged in assault and siege and- battle,.
1nd many skirmishes in unfamiliar ter-
ritory, we lost in both. arms of the ser-
vice a total of 1,668 killed and wounded;
and in the entire campaign, by land and
sea, we did not lose a gun or a flag or
a transport or a ship, and with the ex-
ception of' the crew of the Merrimac,
dot a soldier or sailor was taken pris-
oner. On Aug. 7, forty-six days from
:he date of the landing of General
Shafter’s army in Cuba, and twenty-
onedays from the'surrender of San-
tiago, the United States troops com-
menced embarkation for home, and‘our
entire force was returned to the United
States as early as Aug. 24. They were
absent from the United States only two
months. It is fitting that I should bear
testimony to the patriotism and devo-
:ion of that large portion of our army
which, although eager to be ordered to
the post of greatest exposure, fortun-
ately was not required outside of the
plted States. They did their whole
iity, and, like their comrades at the
front. haxe. Lurned. thematlmde. 9;. *he
Neither attack had any material ,
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UR SALE.
A STEAM RADI-
ATOR in good condi-
tion. Just the thing
for a hall or large
room. Will be sold
cheap. Apply at this
office.
Desirable Property.
Faun!
The homestead of the late Dr. Brady on
Belden Hill. Wilton, consisting of about 30
acres of land. large dwelling house, barn. car-
riage house, grainery, smoke house, hennery,
etc., will be sold cheap if applied for at once.
Is excellently located and would make a fine
health resort. Address,
MRS. F. BRADY, or R.
PAINS
There are different kinds of
panes, but the. panes we mean
are window panes and we have
that kind.. Then we have
putty to hold them in. Hope
you don’t feel pained after we
have taken the pains to tell you
about our panes. .
We have also prepared paints,
lead and oil.
H. H. walnuts.
l7 MAIN STREET. NORWALK, GONN.
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NEWSTORE
Main Street.
Opposite the N. Y. Grocery Store.
Elegant assortment of trimmed Hats
Bonnets, Walking Hats, Turbans, Sail-
or‘. etc.
All are cordially invited to call.
Ladies own Material made and trim-
med by first class New York milliners.
MRS. W. FAVVCETT, AGT.
HERE’S YOUR GNANOE.
A fine building lot on Wilton ave
nue. If you intend to build, look
at this before purchasing.
' Water, gas and sewer on the avenue.
Will be sold ata Bargain.
w. H. BYIMGTON,
Real Estate and Insurance
Room I. GazetteB ’I’cl.
FALL AND WINTER
SUITINGS
TROUSERS $5.50 UP.
Old Suits made to look as good as
new.
Repairing, Alteiing, Cleaning and
Pressing a Specialty.
Fit and Workmanship guaranteed.
FRAN K COCA.
0‘
49 Main Street, - - Norwalk.
MEEKER 00M 00.,
——DEALEBS IN—
GOIL, W000, BNIGK BUILDING
MATERIAL, FARMING
Il'l'ENSILS, ETG.
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IEEKEN 60M. 'Gfl'IPINY
Smith Slml Nowell: .
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