4 HID IN THE JULHLHSl American GunbOats Fail. to ‘ Disl‘odge- the Filipinos. JHIHHSH HEAT AHHHCISIHH 1110013 All Attack Expected at Any Moment on the Righa; Flank—No Philip- pine Port Open For Trade Except Iloilo. MANILA, Féb. 20. -.—The California volunteers at 5 o’clock yesterday morn- ing abandoned Guadalupe church, which . has since been set on fire, and retired to San Pedro Macati. The rebels ”still hold the country in the vicinity of Guada- lupe, Pasig and Patero, despite the ef-' forts of’ the gunboats to dislodge them from the jungleron both sides of the river. The heat is’intense and is increasing perceptibly daily. Under present con- ditions it is impossible to provide-shade for the troops in certain parts of the line, particularly MacArthur’s division. King’s brigade 'is also exposed from San Pedro Macati to Culiculi, where it joins Ovenshine’s brigade. Mr. Higgins, the manager of the Ma— nila- Dagupan railroad, is believed to be safe at Bayambang, although no com- municELtion has been received from him since Feb. 9. He was then housed at- Mr. Clark’s place, with his wife and family and about six other Englishmen, some of whom are accompanied by their wives. While it is unlikely that ,the na- ' tives of the locality w‘ill harm them, it is feared that others from distant prov— inces might wreak vengeance at their expense. ’ In View of‘ the fact that the enemy are Concentrating on, the American right flank preparations have been made to give them a warm reception in the event of attack. e“ r l I ven- shine’ 3 line, consisting orig 'of the North Dakota volunteers, t eP’Eeur-s .teenth infantry and two troops of'"the Fourth cavalry, stretching from' the . beach at Camp Dewey to General King’s right, was re—enforced by two battal- ions of Oregon volunteers and three troops of the Fourth cavalry as in- fantry. The Buffalo, discovering the rebels unusually active about 10 in the even-I ing, signaled the flagship for permis-l sion to fire upon them, and, this being granted, bombarded the enemy’s trench- ‘ es for 20 minutes. The only effect of the ' fire was apparently to drive the rebels farther inland. Beyond a few ineffec- tual volleys from the trenches, 'which 'were returned with interest, the enemy 'was undemonstrative, and all is quiet :along the rest of the line. Scouts claim to have seen General . iPio del Pilar, who commanded the reb— els at Paco, with his arm in a sling, di- 1 ‘rect-ing the troops. General Montene-' :gro, the insurgent commander in Chief, is reported .to be personally conducting > the ' movements in front of General King’s line at San Pedro Macati. The signal corps is arranging signals with the navy for future Operations on the left. With the exception of the port of Iloilo trade with Philippine ports is l still blockaded. ‘ . . ' Mulch Gold on Hand. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.+-In regard to the condition existing in many places in the country, except the far west, in that the supply of gold in circulation is very large while that of paper currency is too small, United States Treasurer Roberts says: “There is notwgin the treasury and in the subtreasuries $227,000,000 in gold and $23,000,000 in paper. Pains are being taken to distribute as much paper as possible among the subtreasuries. Ap- plicants for paper in return for. gold are. informed, however, that they will be re- quired to pay bankers’ rates for trans- portation in such exchanges, and this information seemsito prevent continued calls for paper money.” General Grant’s Double Dead. NEW YORK, Feb. 20,—John S. Rock- well, long known as General Grant’s double, who for 30.years was the pro'- prietor of a hotel in this city, died at his home, 127 Lexington avenue, on Satur- day morning, after an illness of ten days, from kidney trouble, which affect— ed his heart. He had suffered from sci—_ atic rheumatism for seven years. The Reviver hotel, at, Twenty-ninth street and Lexington avenue was personally Conducted by Mr. Rockwell for more than a quarter of a century. Miller Breaks All Records. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20.—-One of the greatest, if not the greatest, long distance races ever contested ended here last night. It was the "six' day bicycle race begun in the Mechanics’ pavilion on Monday night last, with 19 competi- tors. Of these 12 were left in at the fin- ish, and Charles W. Miller, twice winner of similar contests in Madison Square Garden, New York, was a cOmparative—, 'ly easy victor over a splendid field. Mil- 'ler was nearly 200.. miles ahead of pre- ‘vious records. Ian MacLaren In New Haven. NEW HAVEN, Feb. 20.——The Rev. Dr- John Watson (Ian MacLaren), the noted Scotch divine and writer, preach- ed in Battell chapel, at Yale university, yesterday morning. The commodious auditorium .was not adequate to ac- commodate all the students who came "ln from the several departments to hear him. Dr. Watson delivered an eloquent sermon. The Steamer Dewey Safe. VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass, Feb. 20. *The hauling of the Boston Fruit com- pany's new steamer, the Admiral Dew? 'ey, Saturday afternoon from her peril- ous position on the ledges of Cutty— Thunk was none too soon, for yesterday a westerly gale set in, and all day a fearful sea. was breaking on the rocks 'where the steamer rested for three days. ‘a u ~ A Heavy Assignment. LEOMINSTER, Mass, Feb.’ 20.——The Lebminister Shirt company has made an assignment ~to‘D. Curtis Nickerson for the benefit of its creditors. The lia- bilities are placed at $150, 000, the heavi- cst"credltors being New York parties. Thé’” company probably will be able to . settle every claim in full. Frank A. Vanderlip Very Ill. CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-—Assistant Secre- tary of the Treasury Frank A. Vander- 'lip' has been lying ill at his home, 5331 Madison avenue, for seve1al weeks, and . into St. . workable condition. Q . SUFFERING" IN ALASKA; ” .elief Party Endures Semi-Starvae ‘ tion In the Yukon Country. SEVENTY MILE RIVER, Alaska, Via teattle, Feb. 20.—Lee Pate, Julius Storm, berg and J. A. Ritchie of Montreal have returned here from an unsuccessful ef.-_- .. fort to relieve a party of prospectors 'at the head of Porcupine river. They were gone over six weeks and suffered semi: starvation, as they took provisions for 30 days only. For six days they were practically without food. All their snow shoe lacings and spare skins were fed to their dogs. Ritchie, who led the re— lief party, had been «a member of the party that was to be rescued. It con- sisted of Ritchie, D. A. McPhee.of Win— berg, Ray Moffatt of Pembroke, Ont.; Philip Billneu of Duluth ' and Alec Holmes of Fresno, Cal. They went in over the Edmonton route and last fall found themselves at the headwaters of the Porcupine river too late to descend in boats. Without a guide they started across the country to the Yuko’n, 200 miles away. Holmes had both feet frozen at the" outset. Be- . lieving himself unable to continue the journey, he decided to go into camp in Fish branch, on the upper Porcupine, ,and trust to getting enough salmon through a hole in the ice to keep off starvation until help should come. Mo ~ fatt and Billneu remained with Holmes. Ritchie and McPhee, with four dogs, pushed on for relief. Five days later their food gave out, and they were re- duced to the necessity of toasting beaver hides and eating them one after the other. 'At the end of ten days they reach- ed a cabin at the mouth of Big Sheep creek, where they found Pate and Sternberg. Pate,'Sternberg and Ritchie started in a few days to relieve Holmes and his companions, with the' result above stated. They found the camp on Fish branch, where Moffatt had left a note saying that they had been unable to replenish their supply of game or 'fish and, fearing that assistance might be delayed in reaching them, had de- éided to attempt the return trip to La Pierre Souse, some 200 miles down the Porcupine. Ritchie thinks they were able to make the trip, though they started with so little food that they . would have to eat some 'of their dogs, of which they had three. The Puvonia at Azores. PONTA DELGADA, Azores Islands, Feb. 20.-—Yesterday morning the pas- sengers of the steamer Pavonia, from Liverpool for Boston, which was towed Michael's Saturday by the steamer Wolviston, when requested to leave the ship, unanimously decl ned to do so; but,.the terrible gale continuing, they have now all landed. The Pavonla is still anchored in the roadstead, un- able to enter the harbor. Her position is insecure, as her engines arenot in The Italian bark Cinco has been wrecked in the road- stead, and her crew were saved with I the utmost difficulty, and it is feared ‘ that the British bark Thomas Thomp- son will meet the same fate. _ \Vest‘lndian Commission. . WASHINGTON, Feb. ZOE—The com- ,mission named by the president to con: sider questions pertaining to the civil affairs in Cuba and Porto Rico is busily engaged in completing preparations to leave for the islands, the purpose being to sail late this week or early next week. Henry G. Curtis, 3. member of the commission, has \not arrived yet from Iowa, but General Kennedy and Charles W. Watson, the other members, are proceeding with the work. The chief questions before them are those of taxation, public schools, public high- -ways and franchises for private enter- prises. The Snengerfest Building. CINCINNATI, Feb. 20.—Ground will be broken today for the great interna- tional Saengerfest building. The centen- nial of this great organization will be celebrated here next June. The con- tractors are under bond of $10,000 to complete the building by June 10. The stage is to be ready for rehearsals June 1. Chairman Schuller of the committee on reception announced that quarters had been secured already for 1,125 sing- ers, most of them being from Germany. Most of the musical societies of this country will send representativeshere to secure quarters. Four Found Dead. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20.-—Mrs. Charles Fahrenkamp, aged 33 years, her two children, Florence and William, aged respectively 10 and 9 years, and an unknown woman, aged about 35 years, were found dead yesterday in a rOom in Mrs. Fahrenkamp’s home, 1416 North Fifty-second street. The gas was turn- c‘rl on, and life had apparently been ex- tinct for several days. Scattered about the first floor were remnants of cigars and cigarettes and empty beer and whisky bottles. The last heard of the inmates of the house was on Thursday. London Makes Suggestions. LONDON. Feb. 20,—The Berlin corre- spondent of The Times says: “It ap- pears that Germany has protested to the Washington government against the action of Chief Justice Chambers in Sa- moa, while America. has entered a. counter protest against the action of the German consul. It is suggested in influential circles here that the best solution of the diflio‘fiity would be a. dis- avowal through their representatives by all three powers. thus clearing the .way for a unanimous decision regarding the future.“ Nebraska Wheat atop Damaged. OMAHA, Feb. 20.—Advices to The Bee from its regular correspondents in northern Nebraska indicate that the winter wheat crop has been badly dam- aged by the recent cold snap. Those who have examined the fields say that if there had been even a. light covering of snow the grain would have withstood the extreme cold. Transport Berlin Arrives. _ NEW, YORK, Feb. 20.—-The United States transport Berlin arrived yester- day, all well, from San Juan and Ponce via Santiago Feb. 13. She brought 97 discharged soldiers and passengers, among the latter being Major General .Montrose Graham and daughter. ’ Riot In Chicago Theater. CHI G0, Feb. 20.—A riot in which 2,000 men, women and children took part bccurred yesterday at the Star theater, Sedgwick anl Division streets, and before the police arrived the 'in- terior of the theater had been badly damaged. “ ARMY LHGJSLHIJHI War Department Issues State- ment of Present . Needs. Two BILLS HHHoHH THE SENATE. Present Strength of Regular Anny Is Sixty Thousand Men, or one, Sol- dier to $2,500,000 of Property—In 1870 It Was One to $800,000. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.——The follow- ing statement from the war department on pending army. legislation and the needs of the service was issued yester- day, with a request for its publication: ‘Dn Monday the senate will take up. what is now conceded to be the. most important subject before congress—the reorganization of the regular army. The military committee. has submitted two bills for its consideration. One of these, the house (known as the Hull) bill, is reported with but few amend- ments by its chairman, Senator Haw; ley, an expert in matters relating to military organization. It has been per"-' tected by the committee, including the Democratic members, in several partic- ulars, the most noteworthy and valua- ble being perhaps the provision increas- ing the corps of cadets by 100 and in- suring an adequate source of supply for vacant second lieutenancies. The meas- ure' preserves the present organization and slightly strengthens the cavalry, augments the artillery and organizes that arm on a scientific basis suited to our conditions, gives to the infantry the much needed three battalion organiza- tion and makes only such additions to the staff as are absolutely indispensa— ble. Under its prayisions entrance to any branch of-the army cannot be ob- utained until after the candidate for a commission has demonstrated his fit- ness for it to the satisfaction of a com- petent examining board. There is a, clause empowering the president to ex— tend or contract the enlisted strength according to the necessities of the coun— try, providing for the first time a scheme adopted long since for all mod- ern European military systems. “The other bill is brought forward by Senator Cockrell. Its first section_di—‘ rects the disbandment of the volunteer army within a specified period after the peace treaty shall have been ratified by Spain. Sections two and three con- tain its principal provisions. By the former authority is conferred for con- tinuing the regular army at its war strength until July 1, 1901, while the thirdsection authorizes the president to raise military forces to the number of 35,000 in Cuba, Porto Rico and the ,is- lands of the Pacific, to be known re- spectively as the army of Cuba,. the army of Porto Rico and the army Of,,t_he islands of the Pacific, to be composed of the inhabitants of such islands. . “The returns of the war department show the strength of the regular army at this time to be only a few less than 60,000 enlisted men. Of these there are nearly 14,000 in Cuba and a like number in or en route to the Philippines, and in Porto Rico 4,586, leavingthe total, en— listed men of the regular army'in the United States 24,000. Of these 6,000 are held in readiness for dispatch to re-en- force the army at Manila. This would leave the total enlisted strength of the army within the United States less than 18, 000, or nearly 4, 000 less than is neces- sary to furnish a single relief to man the guns now on our seacoast fortifica-. tions. “As shown by the last census there was one soldier for every $2, 500, 000 of property, in 1880 there was one soldier for every $1, 500, 000, and in 1870 there was one soldier for every $800, 000. The statement concludes as follows: “The natives of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines do not understand our purposes and ways of government suffi- ciently to admit of their being made part of our military establishment to the extent of organizing them into com- panies, battalions and regiments at once. Our officers of greatest experience with them are of this opinibn. In time this could doubtless be done, but it will require education." Agoncillo Going to London. MONTREAL, Feb. 20.—Senor Agon- cillo and his compatriot, Senor Marti, left Montreal at 6 o’clock last evening, bound for New York, en route to Lon- don, expecting to sail on the American liner St. Paul on Wednesday. Their de- cision to depart was sudden, for the two latest additions to the Filipino em- bassy in the United States, E. R. de Rios and H. Revera, who arrived here last night from Chicago, were surprised at meeting Agoncillo and Marti ,on the station platform. Agoncillo recognizes now that the treaty has been passed and signed that his mission to the Unit- ed States is ended, and so he will take up the next move in the game, an at- tempt to interest the powers of Europe in the Philippines. Expecting a Freshet. ,SARATOGA, Feb. _20.——The springlike weather of the .past two days is rapidly melting heavy snow” deposits in the northern mountainous section. . .AS the water cannot enter the ground by rea- son of the great depth of the frost a. heavy freshet is probable within the next 48 hours unless a cold wave inter- feres. . Coflee Injured In Mexico. VERA CRUZ,. Mexico, Feb. 20.-—The coffee plantations in this part of the country have been badly damaged by E the severe cold wave. North of here there was a heavy snow, the first known 1 in' the memory of the oldest inhabitants. ' The severe cold weather extended to'the isthmus of T'ehuantepec. - Bad For oysters. : NORFOLK, Feb. 20.——The recent freeze was disastrous to the oyster. industry in this vicinity. Reports from . coast points stateethat the oysters generally were frozen and are worthless. Packers here say that oysters will be scarce and probably very dear, for a. year. King Oscar Resumes. LONDON, Feb. 20. —The Daily Chron- icle’s Stockholm correspOndent says that the health of King Oscar has been restored and that he has resumed the government amid general rejoicings, A ‘ Russians and Chinese Clnsh. PEKING, Feb. 20.———A serious conflict has take place between the, Russians; and Chin ’se at Talien‘wan, 300 of the latter being killed. It is said to have originated in a questdnr Of. taxes. 1- l RAM To the Members of the Worwalk, South Nor-walk and Ecist IWOI‘Wd/k Fire Departments : The year ’98 was a great year 101' bicycles. I sold more wheels during that year, than ever before, but I desire to make the year ’99 a record breaker, and in order to do it I want your assistance in booming the Rambler Wheel; tospread its name and fame into every" nook and corner of our town. To obtain your help I propose to give aIVay Absolutely Free," to the most popular member if either the Norwalk, South Norwalk or East Norwalk Fire Departments a celebra- ted High Grade ’99 Rambler Wheel, the fleetest, the handsomest, the most graceful, the most durable and most reliable wheel built, up to date. foe popularity will be decided by ballot, and in Order to voTheI candidates the name of the member .10 be voted for together with the name of the fire company of which he isa member must be written on the coupon below and deposited in the ballot box at my store No. 45 Main street, Norwalk. Ballots for members of the South N orwalk department can be deposited in the ballot box at the store of Whelpley 8c Clark in the Lauder building. Ballots for members of the East Norwalk department can be deposited in the ballot box in Haffoer’s Cigar and News store at the east end of the Washington street bridge. The contest is open to every member of the several fire de- partmenb including members of the Fire Police. All ballots must be deposited by 7 o ‘clock sharp, on lhe evening of May 29111, and the name of the winner will bean nounced on May ‘31st. , J, T. Prowitt, . Agent RAMBLER IVHEELS, - No. 45 MAIN STREET, Nonwmx, CONN. E3’M9"' may." ‘st—‘r— bob' mwefi swam msswm- .mmgf . THE GAZETTE coversthe cream 01 the trade in this section. An advertise- 1111.111; 111 its Columns will pay. MEEKEE 80M. 00 , —DE.-1LEIIS IN— c011, W000, MATERIAL; -=- mums Bumsuis, m. 11::er can 111111111111- Slnilh Street, Norwalk. 0. Wilson, EEEERIL-Z- INSURANCE Real Estate and Invests . ment Agent, Room 3 GAZETTE BUILDING. NORVVALK, .- - - CONN MONEY TO LOAN AT_———‘ P. W. BATES’ 42 mm STREET, You can find as fine an assortment of Hfllllllllllllllll 81 Ufllllfllfll'l WEI‘I As can be found in anv Yard in the State. Look it over and get. prices before going elsewhere W. 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