Evening gazette, Thursday, May 11, 1899 · page 7

 

 

 

 

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PRAISE FOR AMERICA

Cuban Press Contrasts Pres-
ent With Former Policy.

 

SPANISH PROMISES NEVER FULFILLED,

 

Duba Now Getting Rid of the Appar-
éntly Impushable ’ Obstacles to
Progress Resulting From Four
Centuries of Spanish Misrule.

Mayl 11.—La Pat1ia, one of

HAVANA

l“. 9 best edited papers in Hay ana, comes .

out with an ed1t011al strongly indorsing
the American administration. Its ut-
terances are regarded as representing
the best thought of the thinking ele-
ment of the community. The editorial
says in part:

"If any shadow of doubt could remain

, as to the necessity of the expulsion

of the old Spanish regime in order
that Cuba might have true liberty and
progress, it must vanish when one ana—
Lyzes the series of phenomena developed
before our sight day by day. We are
eliminating traditional impediments
and getting rid of the apparently im-
passable obstacles which four cen-
turies of evil training in political ad—
ministration had thrown in our path.”

La Patria goes on to contrast the
American method with that of the “ob-
stinate Spanish” in dealing with even
the simplest reforms. On this point it
says:

“Formerly there was agitation among
the people, oceans of ink and tons of
paper were used, floods of oratory were
poured out, and then everything ended
it Madrid in the froth of Spanish prom—
Ises. On the other hand, in these days
3f fruitful though silent work we learn

- , of the most radical reforms, when they

are published in the Official Gazette,
Without being pre'ceded by a magnifi—
cent conglomeratio'n of oratory and col-
ored fire. An order of six lines, with a
very short preamble, will represent
some bold and beneficent measure. One
may say that for us a thin sheet of pa-
per separates the mediaeval world from
the nineteenth century, and oftentimes
the writing is not indispensable to en-
able us to pass from darkness to light.”

Senor Perfecto Lacosto, mayor of Ha-
vana, with the approval of Major Gen—
eral Ludlow, will issue a decree pro—
hibiting the wearing of undershirts ex-
posed—that is, uncovered by outer

, shirts or coats—in public places, door-

ways, windows or balconies under pen-
alty of imprisonment at hard labor in
the discretion of the court. As team-
'sters, mechanics and most laborers are
accustomed to work in undershirts with
short sleeves, the decree is likely to in-
trease the use of profane language and
harsh expressions among the lower
classes. Another decree has been issued.
prohibiting smoking in street cars and
amplbuses.

Big Armament Aids Arbitration.

LONDON, May 11.-The Duke of Dev-
onshire, lord president of the council of
ministry, speaking last evening at the
annual banquet of the Central Associa-
tion of Bankers, said that while Great
Britain’s expenditures had been enor—
mous any less financial preparedness
would have lessened her chances of am-
icable agreement with the United
States,_ France and Russia. England’s
armaments, he declared, had made ar—
bitration over the Venezuela contro-
versy possible and had preserved the
most amicable relations With the great
republic. It would be asking too much
to expect that all these treaties would
lead to universal permanent pegged but
what had been done showed that Great
Britain recognize. the responsibilities
resting upon her and was willing to
use her power and wealth rightfully.

“Silent Thought” Healing.

NEW YORK, May 11.—The Westches—
ter county grand jury, which meets at
White Plains on May 29, will take up
the case of Mrs. Clarence Fowler, the
Christian science healer; Liston Bar-
guet, Jr.,‘and Ethel Barguet, children
of Mrs. Liston Barguet, whose death
they are charged with hastening. Dis—
trict Attorney George C. Andrews says
that he will ask the grand jury to make
a presentment urging that the treat-
ment of patients by “silent thought” be
stopped effectually.

New York Postoilice Force.

WASHINGTON, May 11.—Postmaster
Van Cott of New York was at the post-
office department yesterday and se-
cured authority fbr a substantial addi-
tion to the force of the New York office.
He represented tltat the postal business
there was increasing so rapidly that it
was well nigh impossible to handle it
with the present force. He will be al-
lowed probably 40 more carriers and a
fair increase in the number of clerks.
The increase will be effective July 1.

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President Loubet-‘s Dinner.

PARIS, May 11.—M. Emile Loubet.
president of the republic, gave his first
grand official dmner at the Elysee pal—
ace last night. The United States em-
bassador. General Horace Porter, was
prominent among the diplomatic guests.
A reception followed the banquet.

Large lllver' Sllipsuenta.

PITTSBURG, May 11.—Coal ship-
ments by river to Louisville, Cincinnati
and the south yesterday aggregated
3,500,000 bushels. Great difllculty was
experienced in engaging enough deck-
hands to man the boats, although wages
Were advanced from,$35 to $60. ..

Examination Two Years Hence.

WASHINGTON, May 11.—The secre-
tary of the navy has ruled that under
section 6 of the navy personnel bill the
examination of engineer officers of the
navy for promotion shall not be made
until two years from the date of the‘
passage of the act.

' Anniversary Celebration. ,

SARA'I'OGA. May 11.—Yesterday was
the one hundred and twenty-fourth an~
niversary of the capture of Fort Ticon—
deroga, Lake Champlain, by Ethan Al-
len and Benedict Arnold, and it was
celebrated by that and other’towns in
that section.

General Henry Sails.

PONCE, Porto Rico, May 11.—The
United States. transport Macpherson,

with General Guy V. Henry and Mrs. 5

Henry on board, sailed yesterday after-
noon for the United States. i ‘

Weather Probabilities.
Showars and probably thunderstorms
today; fair tomorrow; strong southerly
winds.

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The General’s Political Hankering. C

Are Not Very Strong.

‘KANSAS CITY, May 11. —Under date
of Stanford university, California, The
Star prints excerpts from a letter from
Brigadier General Frederick Funston.
whose brilliant work with the Twen-
tieth Kansas regiment in the Philip

S. L. Kellogg, a former fellow student
in the Kansas State, university. In his
letter, which is dated April 10, the Kan-‘
san gives the first intimation so far
made~ by him regarding a_politlca1
career. He says:

“I cannot think .there is much in the
talk about doing the handsome thing by
me. Politically the rank and file of
the Republican party might be willing,
but how about the bosses?

“There are mighty few offices,” Fun—
ston continues, ,“that I would have, and
the one or two in the gift of the people
of Kansas I have not the gall to ask
for.”

General Funston apparently remem-
bers some of the criticisms in connec-

says, “Now I have proved a dozen times
at the risk of my life that I am not a
fake,” and it is his main hope that his
record in the Philippines may satisfy
the former critics.

Continuing, General Funston men-
tions some of the battles in which he
and his men engaged in in the Philip—
pines, sayin‘g: ‘

“We had a number ,of good stiff fights,
In which all of the troops behaved
splendidly and carried everything be—
fore them. Kansas can always be
counted on out here to tak’e a place in
the vicinity of the band wagon."

Schoolteacher’s Alleged Theft.

STAMFORD, Conn., May 11.—Dr.
John E. Hill, teacher of mathematics at
:he Stamford High school, has been sus-
pended pending the result of his trial
.n the superior court on a charge alleg-
ing theft. Dr. J. Brace Chittenden of
New York complained to the authori-
ties that a collection of- canceled post—
age stamps valued at $1,800 had been
taken from his room when no one but
Hill was present. Hill was arraigned
in the city court and admitted taking
:he stamps, but stated that he had only
borrowed them and had no intention of
committing theft. He was held for the
superior court under $2,000 bonds.

A Flag on Every Postofllce.
WASHINGTON, May 11.—Every post-
oflice in the island of Porto Rico, about
30, in number, soon will be flying a Unit-

 

ed States flag. The war department has
been asked by Acting Postmaster Gen-
eral Heath to furnish the service sufli-
oient flags for this purpose, and postal
officials expect the response will be fa.-
vorable. Otherwise flags will be bought
by the ‘postoflice department and for—
warded to Director of Posts El iott.
Many of the schoolhouses in the i “and
already have been equipped with flags
through private New York enterprise.»

Molineux Still a. Prisoner.
NEW YORK, May 11.—Because-his
counsel..would not offer'bonds for him
Roland B. Molineux is still a prisoner
in the Tombs. No effort will be made
to obtain his release until the grand
jury has passed on the charge of as-
sault in the alleged sending of the pol-
son package 'to Harry C. Cornish. This
announcement was made by Bartow S.
\Veeks, counsel for Molineux, late yes-
:erday, after Judge Jerome, in the court
of special sessions, had held him to

await the action of the grand jury.

 

Peace Delegates In London.
LONDo'N May 11. —Captain A111 ed '1‘
Mahan U. S. N., retired and Mr Seth
Low, president of Co um 1a university,
New York, delegates of the United
States to the disarmament congress,
which meets in The Hague on May 18,
reached this city yesterday, with their
assistants. All of the party are in ex-
cellent health and report that they
greatly enjoyed their trip from the
United States. They will start for The

Hague on Tuesday of next week

Price of Herrings Goes Up.

EASTPORT,’ Me., May 11.—Nearly all
the sardine canneries of the Continent-
al Packing company and the Standard
Sardine company, the two syndicates
which control the industry in Eastport,
Lubec and other points in eastern
Maine, began operations yesterday.
Competition at the weirs forced the
price of small herring from $4.50 to $12
per hogshead.

A Gift For Missions.
BOSTON, May 11.—The American
board of commissioners for foreign mis-
sions announces a gift of $10,000 from
an unknown benefactor. The money was
left at the commissioners’ rooms by an
unknown messenger.

Tired of Life at 120.
BRAILA, Roumania, May 11.—Duml-‘
tru Polohoe. a peasant, reputed to be
1‘20 years old, has hanged himself here.
He left a letter, in which he said he was
tired of life.

‘ New York Markets.

FLOUR—’State and western easier
and dull: winter patents, [email protected];
winter straights, [email protected]; Minnesota
patents, [email protected]; winter extras, $2.60
@3.

WHEAT—No. ,2 red opened steady on
covering, but developed later; weakness
in response to liquidation and rains in
the southwest; May, 78%@78%c.; July,
76%@77 1-16c.

RYE—Steady; state, 63c.; No. 2 west-
ern, 680., f. o. b., afloat.

CORN—No. 2 ruled quiet on a pro-
spective settlement of the Buffalo
strike; July, 38 5-16c.

OATS—No. 2 dull;

 

track, white, state,

34@381/2c.; track, white, western, 34@
381/30.

' PORK—Quiet; mess, $8. 50@9; family,
[email protected]

LARD—Easy;
$5.25, nominal.
BUTTER—Strong; state dairy, 13@
16c.; state creamery, 14@17c.
CHEESE—Weak; large, white,111/2c.;
1 small, white, 11%c.
. EGGS—Firm;
nia, 140.; western, 13@13%c.
! SUGAR—Raw firm; fair refining,
' 4%,c.; centrifugal, 96 test, 4%c.; refined
firm; crushed, 5%c.’; powdered, 51/20.
TURPENTINE—Quiet at 43%@44c.
MOLASSES—Steady; New Orleans, 32
@36c.

prime western steam,

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W RICE—Steady; domestic, 4%@7c.; Ja-
3 pan, 4%@5%c. ‘
I TALLOW—Dull; city, 4 1-16@4%c.:

country, 4%@4%c. ~
HAY—:Strongv; shipping, 65@600.;, good
to choice, 70®825§o.

tion with his Cuban campaign when he”

state and Pennsylva- ,

CONFEDER'ATE- REUNION.

Discussion of President’s Suggestion
- About Cure of Southern Gruves.‘

CHARLESTON, May 11. —Almost the

 

i first official act of ’the ninth annual re-

pines has won him fame, to Professor I

union of the United Confederate Veter<
ans, which began its. sessions yester-
day, was an attempt by General Ste-

"phen D. Lee ,of’Mississippi to secure an

indorsement of President McKinlcy's

' suggestion made in his recent Atlanta

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speech that the care of the graves of
Confederate dead should be undertaken
by the federal government. Action on
the resolution, however, was frustrated
by a motion to refer it to the commit-
tee on resolutions. This committee is
yet to be appointed, and the ultimate
fate of the resolution is 'problematical.

A conservative estimate places the
number of visitors at between 25, 000 and
30,000. The attendance from the south
at large is not so great as in former
years, but the South Carolinians and
veterans from adjacent states made up
the deficiency, while southern enthusi-
asm is at flood tide. Everywhere the
blazevof bands and the strains of “The
Bonnie Blue _Flag” mingled with
“Dixie" and other airs dear to the
southland, while cheering crowds greet
every repetition of the tunes.

Commander In Chief Gordon used the
gavel which in 1860 had been used to
call to order the secession convention.
The chairs used by the officers and the
table of the presiding officer were the
same as used on that memorable oc-
'casion.

Amid great applause General Gordon
led Mrs. Stonewall Jackson to the front
of the stage, and she was enthusiastic-
ally applauded.

As he presented Mrs. Jackson and in
the first lull General Gordon said.

“I will shake her hands for you all,”
and in an instant he added: ”I will do
more than that. I am going to hug her
for you,” and with that did whathe
said he was going to do, which met the
hearty approval of the vast throng.

American Versus English Coal. ,
WASHINGTON, May 11. ——The French
govei nment is making inquiiies as to»
American coal with a View to adopting
it for the use of the French navy. Lieu—
tenant de Faramond, the naval attache
of the French embassy here, was or-
dered to examine the coal which is
now in use on American warships and
having completed his inquiries is now
preparing a favorable report to the
French admiralty. Letters from Admi-
ral Dewey reciting the experience of
the squadron at Manila and giving the
preference to American over British
coal were submitted to him. Lieuten-
ant de Faramond’s observations lead
him to the conclusion that the Ameri-
can coal makes a slight percentage
more smoke, but that it has less ash
and clinker than the Cardiff coal, which
is the standard the world over.

Captain Bunker Coming Home.

WASHINGTON, May 11.—Captain
Barker, the senior officer of Dewey’s
fleet and the commander of the bat—
tieship Oregon, will be the next com—
manding officer to come home. The
navy department has arranged for Cap—
tain George F. Wilde. at present in
command of the Boston, also at Ma~
nila, to relieve him._ Captain Barker
was one of the most active members of
the naval war board. The cruiser Bos-
ton is also to come to the United States.
She will cross the Pacific to San Fran-
cisco and will be extensively overhaul-
ed and altered at the Mare Island navy
yard.

New President For Equitable.

NEW YORK, May 11.—At a meeting
of the board of directors of the Equita-
ble Life Assurance society held here
yesterday James W. Alexander was
elected president in place of Henry B.
Hyde, who died recently. On the mo-
tion of Chauncey M. Depew a resolution
of regret at the death of the late presi-
dent was adopted. James H. Hyde was
elected vice president, Gage E. Tarbell
second vice president and George T.
Wilson third vice president.

Hetty Green In Court.

NEW’ YORK, May 11.—Hefty Green,
she of. untold millions, was haled to
court yesterday in a suit brought

against her by SmithlE. Lane, the law-
yer ancl clubman. The action was con-
tested in part 3, trial term, of the su-
preme court, with Justice Fitzgerald
presiding, and the sum at issue was
$5,000, which Mr. Lane alleged to be due
him for certain legal services rendered
to the Woman financier.
Cervello’s Consumption Cure.

PALERMO, Sicily, May 11.—More de-
tails have been learned about Dr. Cer-
vello’s alleged cure for consumption,
which has aroused such interest in med-
ical circles. The cure, ‘which is called
“information,” is a powerful antiseptic
gas which the patient inhales and which
exterminates the bacilli of tuberculosis.
Dr. Cervello has cured 13 out of 15 cases
of consumption in the hospitals here by
his new method.

Magic Healer Arrested.

NEW YORK, May 11.—Mrs. Maria
Miller, the magic healer who attended
little Dora Kranz,- the child whose foot
rotted off from gangrene while the faith
curist recited incantations, was arrest-
ed yesterday. The woman was arraign-
ed before Magistrate Brenner in the
Adams street police court. She was
charged with practicing medicine with-
out a license.

Trinity Sophomores Return.

HARTFORD, May 11.—A number of
the students of the sophomore class at
Trinity college who on April 10 were
suspended for 40 days for the alleged
hazing of freshmen have returned to
college as a result of the action of the
faculty in commuting the sentence to
30 days.

A New Armor Pier-oer.

LONDON, May 11. —-The Spanish gov-
ernment, according to a dispatch from
Madrid to The Daily Mail, has ordered
20 samples of a new Spanish invented
rapid the gun which, it is said, pierces
16 centimeters of harveyized steel at a
distance of 2, 000 yards.

 

Ancient Mumlnies Found.
. LONDON, May 11.-According to a
dispatch from Cairo to The Daily Mail,
the director of the Egyptian museum
has discovered the mummy of Thothme:
I of the eighteenth dynasty, B. C. 1633,
and three other mummies in gilt coffins,

Court‘Cnlendar Cleaned Up.
RALEIGH. May -11.—The Supremq
-court has djourned to meet next Sep-
tember.
years not a single case was carried oven
to the succeeding term.

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ARAMB III

T0 the Members of the Womalk, Soul/z Nor-walk cma
East {Nor-walk Fire Deparimmts .-

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 Inwant
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 AbsoIHter
Free to the most popular member cf either the Norwalk,
South Norwalk or East Norwalk Fire Departments a celebra-
ted High Grade ’99 RambIer 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, and in order to
vote for candidates the name of the member to be voted for
t0gether 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, N orwalk.

Ballots for members of the South N orwalk department can
be deposited in the ballot box at the store ofJVhelpley 6’6
Clark 1n the Lauder building.

Ballots for members of the East N orwalk department can
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nounced on May 315i.

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