was.
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FEEDING“ THE CUBANS
Requisition For Food Doubled
Since Jan. 1.
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It Is Difficult to Discrinfinate Be-
. tween Impostbrs and Those Really
Needy—Riots In Pogo Principe.
\Vorklnen Idle In Santiago.
HAVANA, March 7.—For the month
of March the various provinces, except~
111g the province of Santiago. have made
requ1sition for 2,000,000 rations, Thus,
instead of diminishing, the. requisition
has doubled since th at Of Jan. 1. This is
due partly to the fact that the Cubans
use every possible opportunity of get—
ting rations unde1 false p1 etenses and
partly to the fact that the A'meiican
distributms a1e unable to discximinate
propeily betumn imposto: s and the
really necessitous. Indeed, the Ameri-
cans are almost in a position of having
to give to anybody who looks poor. 'ThE
requisition for the province of .Havana
for March is 650.000 rations. Major Gen-
eral Ludlow has given the strictest or-
ders that the distributors in'Havana
shall, so far as possible, give only to
persons really ill, utterly unable‘to work
or of advanced age. and that applicants
who are proven guilty of misrepresent-
ing their condition shall be severely
punished.
The supply ship Comal, with 1,000,006
rations, will proceed to Matanzas and
Nuevitas to unload them.
. The Cuban military assembly held a
.third secret session yesterday, a guard
being placed'around the house where
the meeting was held and the public be-
ing rigorously excluded from the pre-
cincts. The assumption is that the mys—
terious $12,000,000. proposal fathered by
Senor Farres is still under discussion.»
General Maximo Gomez ignores the as-
sembly. With the disarming of the a1-
my the assembly 5 functions VVill disap-
_ peai. It is rumo1ed that the members
are considering an early dissolution ,but
,a1e trying to go in fui the 1 notoiiety be—
fore the assemblV cc: ::ES to exist.
In some of the pol: ts: al clubs talk still
continues in fawn of forming a political
partyflunder the leadership of General
Gomez with the specific object of lead-
ing Cuba to the independence 1st yet
attained. _ . 1.
An unconfirmed report is 111' circula-
tion of riotous disturbances by Cubans
at Puerto Principe.
La Discusion publishes an alleged in-
terview with Major Genex a1 Wilson,
military governor of Matanzas, which
represents him as saying to the Cuban
general Pedro Betancourt that he ex-
pects to leave Cuba soon and that
therefore the work of appointing~new
civil administrators for the province
must be hastened.
Jose Maria Gomez has been appointed
civil governor of Santa Claia.
Major General Lee will have a review
of the Seventh army corps tomorrow
in honor of Admiral Sampson and other
naval officers. There are now 68 cases
of typhoid fever in the corps, an in-
crease of seven since the last official
report.
At 3 o’clock yesterday aftei noon the
_. temperature in ‘Hav ana was at 71 de~
g1 ess F.
Work \Iay lBe Renamed.
SANTIAGO, Cuba, March 7.—Orders
have been 1eceived frpm Havana di-
recting the payment of provincial offi~
cials, but these do not affect the 2,000
laborers out of work nor meet the fact
that the public works already initiated
' are suffering seriously from lack of
prosecution. Civil Governor Demetrius
Castillo, as a. precaution against a pos-
sible disturbance, has sent word tovthe
working gangs that they should stay
where they are for the present. as in all
probability they will have orders to
return to work in the course of two or
three days. He further explains that
the delay was-merely the result of “red
tape” in the relations between Santiago
and Havana, asserting that Major Gen-
eral Wood; the military governor,
thinks it .quite probable that his esti-
mate will be accepted by. cable;
A Girl Poisoner.
PAVVTUCKET, R. I., Maich 7.—-In the
dist1ict court at Central Falls yestel-
day Adeline Harvey, aged 14, was ar—
raigned. before Judge Goff on a warrant
charging her with mixing poison in the
food of her father, James B. Harvey,
with intent to k'll him.
guilty. She was held to the grand jury
in the sum of $1.060 and was sent to the
refbrm school to awa‘t the action of
that body. It is claimed that the father
thVV'arted the wishes of the girl and
thus incurred her hatred.
Automatic Couplings In England.
LONDON, March 7.—The'=British
Railway association has arranged to
send five prominent railway officials to
the. United States to investigate the
facts upon which the government bases
the bill compelling the adoption of au—
tomatic couplings, a measure which
would give the board of trade power
-five years from its adoption to compel
British railroads to supply the whole of "
their rolling stock with this device at
an estimated cost of £10,000,000.
, Senator, Jones lla- u Relapse.
.WASHINGTON, March 7.—After im-
proving steadily, for about ten days
Senator J. K. Jones of Arkansas yester-
day had a severe recurrence of his
trouble, the paroxysm lasting something
over an hour. Last night he rested
easily and was free from pain. His
physician attributes the attack to the
senator exerting himself in trying to
attend to some pressing matters and
has issued positive instructions that no
one shall be allowed to see him for an
indefinite period.
Examination: Before Promotion.
WASHINGTON, March 7.——Secretary
LOng has cabled toyAdmiral Dewey at
Manila and to Rear'AdmiraLSampson
at Havana announcing the enactment
of the naval personnel bill and instruct-
ing them to have the officers attached
to their respective fleets examined phys_
ically in order to make ready for their
rearrangement and promotions.
l’uddlers’ Wages Advanced.
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa., March 7.—
The puddlers employed in the Portage
Iron works at Duncansville have been
granted an increase of 25 cents per ton.
All other employees are allowed a 10 per
cent increase in wages. This advance
affects 500 men.
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THE BEEF INQUIRY.
The Court Adjourns to Meet Next In
Chicago.
WASHINGTON, March 7.—T11e war
.department court of inquiry held a
brief session yesterday, the last before
their start for the west to inspect the
packing plants of Chicago, Omaha and
Kansas City. The only witness exam-
ined was Lieutenant Frederick L. Mun-
son of the Ninth infantry. He said that
during his service in Cuba, up to the
surrender of Santiago, his command
had as a ration bacon and canned roast
beef in the proportion of about 10 days
of the former to 15 days of the latter.
plaints of the canned roast beef, but
after the surrender his commissary ser—
geant reported to him that something
was making the men very sick. They
did ndt know what it was, but thought
it was something they had eaten. After
eliminating every othei factor that they
could think of they concluded it must
be the canned beef. He ordered the
cooks to t1y fixing up the meat in stews
with hard tack and tomatoes, but it
seemed to make no d1f“61 ence The men
continuedsick. They then discontinued
the use of the-beef. On the voyage
home they still had canned roast beef,
but the men did not eat it. He tried to
not 1eceive it.
Of the iefiigerated beef witness said
the principal objection to it VV as that it
spoiled before the men received it. He
was obliged to condemn his whole con-
signment three times. His command
was the headquarters provost guard,
made up of Old and picked men. They
were not the scit to complain of any-
thing till they had 1eached the very
limit of enduiance. Their sickness was
almost entirely bowel and stomach
t1ouble . .
This wound up the taking of testi—
mony in Washington and the court ad—
journed to meet in Chicago on’ Thurs—
day
General Eagan visited the court after
the executive session was under VVay
and had a talk with the recorder.
Floods In Identucky. ‘ '
LOUISVILLE, March 7.—The swollen
streams in Kentucky are causing great
damage, especially to fa11ne1s The Ken-
tucky r‘ivei is iising rapidly, and much
of the bottom land is already inundated.
All the tributary streams are, badly
swollen. Besides the damage to proper-
ty, several casualties have resulted. J.
W. Gordon was drowned near Frankfort
while trying to ford Stony creek. VVil~
liam Abshire, near Richmond: Jacob
Ewing, at Ewing station, and Neal Car-
ter, nec .r Mount Sterling, lost their lives
in a like manner. At Catlettsburg the
government gauge is 54.5 feet, and the
river is rising slowly.
18 inches above the danger line. Con—
siderable damage is reported by the Big
Sandy river. At Louisa the gauge shows
54 feet and still rising. This is the high-
est record since 1862.
Snow Blockade In ‘Vyoxning.
CHEYENNE. Wy., March 7.——All
trains on the Vv'yoming division of the
Union Pacific are again tied-up. The
track was opened up Sunday, but an—
other wind, accompanied by light snow,
reneVV ed the blockade. Not a wheel was
turned yesterday on the division.
turn it ove1 to the commissary at Mon— ,
tauk Point, but the commiSsary would '
The water is now_
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NOLIDAYS ARE HERE
And as the year closes we naturallyI
turn back and ask what has been
done.
BEER is the subject upon which
our thoughts dVV ell and we can
- truthfully claim “All Standaids
have been kept. ”
Highland oveI the 11211 or on the
bottle. means PU REST and BEST.
PILSEN ER. BAVARIAN AND
EXPORT LAGERS.
GOLDEN STOCK AND CREAM
ALES AND PORTER.
HIGHLAND MALT AND MALT
WITH IRON.
Hunter or COIstair Whiskies and
Kentucky Taylor in full quarts for
the holidays.
C. H. Mumm’s
Domestic Wines.
Highland Brewery
delivei ed to families.
Until the surrender he heard no com- "
Champagne and
Bpttled Beer
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:vcry issue are furnished two or more
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l‘eh oattcins have liner rr Inounced the sim-
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Smith Street, Nerwalk.
O. Wilson,
GENERAL INSURANCE
Real Estate and Invest-
. ment Agent, . ._
Room 3 GAZETTE BUILDING.
NORWALK, - - - CONIV
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P. W. BATES?
42 quII STREET,
You can find as fine an assortment of
MunumflntaliflemeNIIWnrl
As can be found in anv Yard in the
State. Look it over and get
prices before going elsewhere,
yERNALD,
Practical
Bookbinder
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Books Called For and
Delivered.
Postal Orders Promptly
Attended to.
32 FRANKLIN STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK.
Orders for Bookbinding can oe le
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BOSTON STORE!
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.ARRIVING EVERY DAY!
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to inspect our stocks.
at what the merchants cariv.
Store ever had. 0111 Silks, Dress Goods, Laces,
M ade Suits are St lectcd with care.
of the; r mess mateiials in Norwalk to kindly examine our stocks before going to New York
at they will be mated COuI teously, and will not be asked to. buy, simply
Most of these ladies never buy 1n Norwalk because they never look
We invite thos
pring we hope and belie ve will be the greatest the Boston
Trimmings and Tailor
e ladies that never bought any
New Dress Goods.
Spring. suits.
New Crepous.
New laces. 1
Spring Shades 111 Ribbons.
New Damask.
New patterns in China. and Porcelain
ware.
New lace curtains.
New organdie‘s.
New dimities.
N ew lawns.
N ew gmghams.
New Wash Goods.
J ust to start the season.
100 dress ginghuma for fishil t waists
and d1 esses 60. ‘
Printed dotted swiss 12ic.
American'organdies 1211c.
Foreign dimibies 12110.
Corded foreign lawns lie.
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New Dotted Swiss and
' Piques.
Look at these always beautiful goods
the best line over shown here.
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Collarettcs.
At half price to close.
25 ladies flannelette wrappers the
$1.25 ones. only size 32, each 75c.
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750 dressing sacques 50c.
$1.00 and $1. 25 flannel night. gowns-
white and faucies.1t. will pay you to
buy foI next season for the price quoted
750.
Spring Dress "Goods.
48 in.
98c.
36 in. spring fancy dress goods 290.
42 i11.p0plins in all the shades for
spring 750.
46 1n.Paquin cloths for tailor made
sums $1.25. ' »
46 1o. fancy cassimeres for tailor
suits 75c. t
40 in. plain col. corded suitings 500.
46 in. violet bcnrietta the popular
color 750.
50 in. wide red broadcloth for 311.1101-
suits $1.00.
20 odd pieces of novelty dress goods
that. were Soc per yd. will close at 25s.
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satin soliel cloth in all colors
Jackets.
$18.75 ones $7.50.
$10.00 “ $5.00.
$5.00 “ 2,98.
New Crep’ons. ‘
The demand is greater this season
for black Crepons than ever
8 pieces new blister effects, no to oalike
42 in. wide $1.25 10; different styles of
silk ciepou $1. 50; 8 different styles of
silk and Mohir Crcpoo $1." 15; 4 styles at.
$2.00
New. 511115.
27 in. black satin Duchess. A beauLi~
ful cloth wort-h auv where $1.25 this
week $1. 00. '
24 1n. satin Duchess the $1 00 quality
75c.
'Colored tafl’etas for shirt. waists and
linings 8.11 the new colors 75c.
Fancy tiIl‘I'ct-as plaids and corded 'oucs
$1.00 111111 $1.25 ‘ '
’ 10 piecr worded .hIpIut-se silks beau-
itiful waist putteI ns 50c.
All the new styles are now ready in Butlerick’s Palhinc.
' for Noiwalk and South Norwaln
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To the Members of the Womalkji , Saul/z Norwalk mm
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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 WheeI; to spread
its name and fame into every nook and corner of our town.
To obtain your help I propose E6 give away Absohlter-
Free, to the most popular member of either the Norwalk,
South N orwalk or East Norwalk Fire Departments a celebra-
ted High Grade. ’99 Rambler Where], the fleetest, the
handsomest, the most graceful, the most durable and most
reliable Wheel built, up to date. - . i
The popularity will be‘decide'd by ballot, and in order to ,
vote for candidates the name of the member to be' voted for‘
together with the name of the fire company-of which he ista
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 Nor‘walk department can
be deposited in the. ballot box at the store of Whelpley &
Clark in the Lauder building.
Ballots for members of the East Norwalk department can
be depOsited in the ballot box in Haffner’s Cigar and News
storeai the east end of the Washington street bridge.
The contest is open to every member of the several fire de‘
parlments, including members ,ofsthe Fire Police. _
Allballots must be deposited by 7 o‘clock sharp, On the
evening of May 29th, and the name of the winner will be an
nounced on May 315i.
J, T. Prowitt,
Agent RAMBLER WHEELS,
No. 45 MAIN STREET, NoEIVvA'nK, CONN
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