f Gluing) GOMEZ
Havana Gives a Wildly En-
thusiastic Reception.
PATHWAY STREWN WITH FLOWERS. l
'The Cuban Commander In Chief Wel-
comed by- the Governor—Bands
Play Anlerican and Cuban Airs.
Thousaiids'of People In Line.
HAVANA, Feb. 25.—General Maximo
(Gomez, the Cuban commander in chief,
entered Havana yesterday afternoon,
escorted by General Ludlow and" his
staff and Troop L of the Seventh Unit-
ed States cavalry. He marched at the
' head of 2,000 armed Cuban horsemen and
footmen'. . The population of the city
was wild with enthusiasm, throwing
themselves in' front of" the general’s
horse, impeding its progress, and pelting
him with'flowers. The general reviewed
the troops at the palace. General Go-
‘ mez arrived on the edge of the town
from Marianao at 12:30 1). m., escorted
by the Second Illinois band and three
battalions. These battalions then re—
turned to their camp and did not enter
the city.
The procession stopped frequently,
eventually filing into the main streets
of the city, passing Central park and
arriving at the palace at half past 2
o’Clock. The Prado and other avenues
were lined with patriotic clubs, taking
up various positions of vantage and
then joining the procession as it passed
on from the palace, from a balcony of
which it was reviewed by General Go-
mez. , ‘
Once at the palate the Cuban com-
mander in chief was welcomed by Senor
Federico Mora, the civil governor; May-
or Perfecto Lacoste, the members of the
city council, the Junta Patriotica, the
‘ “members of the assembly, the secreta—
ries, officials of all classes and numer-
ous patriotic clubs. The palace was
beautifully decorated, and all previous
efforts in the display of banners and
bunting were surpassed by the almost
endless showing of silk embroidered
standards and flags, hundreds of which
were carried by Havana’s daughters.
Following the procession were many
private carriages filled with women rep-
resenting the .best society,. some alle-
gorically dressed and others waving
flags. The Cuban bands played the Cu-
bannational hymn, varying this with
“Dixie,” "‘The Star Spangled Banner,"
"‘The Stars and Stripes Forever" and
‘popular American marches.
There were many allegorical floats ex-
pressing the friendship between Cuba
:and the United States. Two attracted
particular attention, each drawn by
three yoke of oxen. One represented
the Cuba of yesterday, a woman stand-
ing with manacled hands, a broken
wheelbarrow and other signs of desola-
tion at her feet; the other the Cuba. oi
today, a. woman under a palm, smiling
and surrounded by many evidences oi
prosperity. The contrast was very ef-
fective and everywhere applauded.
Many Dominican flags were shown,
and there was one representative float
in honor of the country of Gomez. Sev-
eral figures dressed as North American
Indians were conspicuous.
No fewer than 25,000 people were in
line, .requiring three hours to pass a
given point. The horses of the Cuban
‘1‘ cavalry' Were scrawny and ill fed, and
r.
the cavalrymen were clad in a vague
Cuban uniform. All carried Reming-
ton carbines, with nondescript bundles
of clothing and bedding. They marched
in line of twos. The infantry occa—
sionally kept step and as they passed
the palace presented arms. Most of
them carried Cuban flags stuck in their
rifles.
The enthusiasm of the crowd was di-
rected to General Gomez and certain
well known commanders rather than to
the troops themselves. As compared
with the way the American populace
welcomes back soldiers—the men who
’have done most and suffered most—the
Cuban troops seemed neglected.
After the review at the palace Gener-
al Gomez, accompanied by his staff,
proceeded to E1 Vedado to visit. Gov-
ernOr General Brooke. Last evening he
attended the charity ball at the Tacon
theater, where the best Havana. society
was present. Boxes for the function
were sold at a. high premium.
The foreign consuls raised their re-
spective flags in honor of the day. The
crowds throughout were orderly. Alto-
gether the entry of Gomez was well
timed, his presence making the anni—
versary festivities doubly important
and giving the enthusiastic people at”
twofold opportunity to express their
emotions.
A Banquet nml Medal For Scliley.
BALTIMORE. Feb. 25.—General Felix
Agnus, chairman of the committee hav-
ing in charge the arrangements for the
banquet to Admiral Schley, which will
take place in this city on Tuesday next
at the Hotel Rennert, announced that .
all of the 300 seats had been bespoken
and that no more are available. It was
also announced that General Miles will
be present and respond to “The Army."
The banquet is to be made the occasion
for the presentation of a. medal to Ad-
miral Schley by the state of Maryland
in recogni ion of his services during the
late war with spam.
Accused of Smuggling. .
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-—Emil Beme, a
cabin passenger on the North German
Lloyd steamship Saale, which arrived
yesterday. was arrested on a charge of ,
smuggling. Beme‘gave his'address as
the Hotel Bismarck, 180 Rudolph street,
Chicago. When searched, a number of
rings, watches and other jewelry,
worth about $500 in all, were found on
his person. Beme was arraigned before
a United States commissioner and held
in $1,000 bail for a further hearing.
Susquehanna [liver Ice Got-god.
LANCASTF‘R, Pa, Feb. 25.—~Ice in the
Susquehanna river has gorged at Safe
Harbor and Turkey Hill. The tracks of
the Columbia and Port Deposit railroad
are under water at several places, and
all trains on the road have been an-
nulled. The situation at Columbia:
Washington Borough, Safe Harbor and
«other places along the river is very se-
rious. -
Broom Corn Goe'siUp.
MATTOON, 1115.. Feb. 26.——At a meet-
‘ing of the broom corn buyers of central
Illinois the price of brush has been ad-
vanced to $150’pcr ton. This makes an
advance of $50.per ton in the past four
months.
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ElJSlNESS NEVER BETTER.
and Failures Ate Smaller.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—R. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade says:
The situation is without precedent.
Business has never been better on the
whole, and in some great industries the
gain is astonishing. Exports surpass
last year's as much as imports, though
the excess over imports then was heaVy.
Failures are smaller, than last year and
. smaller than in either of six years past.
active railway securities being a little
higher and for trusts-much more, owing
to the extraordinary advance of 473/4
cents in tobacco. But there are some
who fear that such prosperity cannot
last.
The upward rush of 16.5 per cent in
whether exports of such products may
not be temporarily checked, but if they
still be large. The crush of demand for
finished products at a time when nearly
all' the works are crowded by orders
covering production until July 1 or later
causes many to refuse to contract be-
yond that'date except at higher prices;
and a rise under
sober buyers and to bring-into the list
of producers other establishments here-
tofore idle.
Wheat has gained only a fraction in
price, although Atlantic exports, flour
included, have been 2,567,364 bushels
against 2,080,417 last year, and, includ-
ing other exports, 3,279,736 bushels
against 3,656,793 last year. The exports
have been so heavy that many doubt
their continuance, and yet grain comes
from the farms and goes abroad as if
such doubt had no basis.
Failures for the week have been 191 in
the United States against 233 last-year,
and 40 in Canada against 30 last year.
CON DENSED DISPATCHES.
Rumors of the death of the ameer oi
Afghanistan have reached Bombay.
Lady Curzon, wifeof the viceroy of
India, was reported ill with fever at
Calcutta.
General Reyes, the insurgent leader,
. has proclaimed himself provisional pres-
ident of Nicaragua. '
The customs receipts at Tacoma for
January showed that a. great commer-
cial boom had set in.
James Somerville won a. one mile bicy-
cle race in Sydney, Australia, but was
a corpse, having died on the last lap.
Secretary Gage said there was no
truth in the published statement that
, another bond issue was in contempla-
i tion. -
i The dowager empreSs of China. pro-
tested against the slaughter of he; sub-
jects by the Russians near Port Ar-
thur.
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i ,, The Adams Inquest.
' NEW YORK.’ Feb. 25.—-'l‘he inquest in
the Adams case was continued yester-
l day and Proved of. lessintersst than
Stocks are stronger, the average for the.
Exports Surpass Last Year’s Record, .
anir o’f'the 'previous hearings. Fractical-
1y nothing tending to throw light upon
the murder of Mrs. Adams or thegat-
' tempted murder of Cornish was reveal-
such circumstances '
may prove the one thing needful to;
o.~
ed. The day was almost entirely devot-
ed to direct or implied denials of testi-
mony offered by Cornish. Molineux was
the principal in this respect, denying
many of the allegations that Cornish
made on Wednesday. Colonel Austen'al-
so made a rather important point in de-
nying that Barnet ‘ever in the slightest
implicated Molineux, as inferred by Cor-
nish Wednesday. On the whole the tes-
timony may be said to have been 'favor‘
able to Molineux.
M. Deroulede’s Farce.
PARIS, Feb. 25.-—Deroulede’s comic
opera coup is destined to cover himself
and his league with ridicule. It was the
one thing wanted to give President Lou-
the prices of pig iron since Jan. 1 and i bet a firm seat and has probably helped
17.6 per cent in prices of iron and steel :
products does indeed raise a question?
the cause of Dreyfus revision more than
anything else that has happened ,for
some time. According to his own ad—
mission he is liable to imprisonment for
could be entirely stopped, as they are 2 life, but the authorities do not desire to
not. the balance due this country would -
give him the halo of martyrdom. There-
fore he will escape more easily.
No'Court. Says Long.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—In answer
to an inquiry Secretary Long said yes-
.terday that he had not thought of or—
dering a. court of inquiry into the merits
of the Sampson-Schley controversy, nor
did he contemplate allowing Schley to
be forced out of the service through
any technicality such as the failure of
the senate to confirm his nomination to
be rear admiral.
Much Ice Encountered.
ST. JOHN’S, N. F.. Feb. 25 —-The
Furness liner Damara, Captain Wil-
limas, 13 days from‘ Liverpool, with a
general cargO, which has Just arrived
here, reports encountering unexampled
ice floes off the eastern coast of News ‘
roundland, extending 300 miles seaward
and south over the southern edge of the
Grand banks. right in the track of
ocean shipping.
To Pay Wanamaker.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—The arrest
of Gideon W. Marsh, president of the
failed Keystone National bank of Phil-
adelphia, is recalled by a bill introduced
yesterday by Representative Young of
Pennsylvania to reimburse W. H. Wan-
amaker in the sum of $20,000 paid by
him as surety and ball for Marsh. i
Automobile Ambulance.
CHICAGO. Feb. 25.—The first auto-
moble ambulance ever constructed was
presented yesterday to the Michael
Reese hospital Of this city. It was built
in this city andis the gift of five prom-
inent business men. The ambulance
weighsr1,600 poundS. and its speed 3p,-
proximates 16 miles an hour.
l'l‘he Boston Futurity.
BOSTON, Feb. 25.—The board of om.
cers of the New England Horse Breed-
ers‘ association has decided to open
a. $10,000 futurity stake for foals of 1809.
The entries areto be counted as 2 and
3 year olds. Therace will be run on
the Breeders' association track in
Readville. .
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Textile -Members of the Womalk, South Normal/c cma
East {Norwalk Fire Deparlments :
The'year ’98'was a great year for bicycles. I sold more
wheels during that yearthan ever before, but I desire to make
the year ’99 a reéord breaker, and in order to do it I want.
your- assistance in booming the Rambler Wheel; to spread
its name and fame into every nook and’corner of our town.
To obtain your help I propose to give away Absolutely
Free, to the most popular member of either the Norwalk
South Norwalk or East Norwalk Fire Departments a celebra-
ted Higli Grade ’99 Rambler Wheel, the fleetest, the
handsomest,‘the most graceful, the most durable and most
reliable wheel built, up to. date. .
The popularity will be decided by ballot, ‘ancl in order to
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together with the name of the, fire company of which he is a
member must be written on the coupon below and deposited
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Ballots for members of the South Norwalk department can .
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Clark in the Lauder building.
Ballots for members of the East Norwalk department can
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store at the east end of the Washington, street bridge.
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All ballots must be deposited by 7 o‘clock sharp, on the
evening of May 29th, and the name of the winner ,Will be an
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Agent RAMBLER' WHEELS,
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