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BIG FOREIGN CLAIMS
British, French and Germans
' In Cuba. Ask Large Sums.
PROVISION IFOR PAY NOT IN TREATY
Payments \Vill Be Largely a Matter.
of Discretion With the United
States—Damage \Vus Done’
Under Spanish Rule. ’
”WASHINGTON, May 15.———The state
department has been informally ad—
vised that claims aggregating a consid-
erable amount have been made by Brit-
ish, French and German residents in
Cuba during the recent insurrection and
that these ultimately will be pressed
against the United States government.
The claims themselves have not yet
been presented, but are being collected
by the several foreig offices as the
claimants send them in. In some cases
schedules have been made and the ag-
gregate stated to the authorities here.
The French claims aggregate between
12,000,000 and 15,000,000 francs. The Ger-
man claims are understood to be slight-
ly under those of the French, while the
British claims are said to be considera—
bly more than either the French or
German.
These foreign claims are quite distinct
from those of citizens of the United
States, originally against Spain, for
damages sustained in Cuba during the
insurrection. The peace treaty specific-
ally provided for these American claim-
ants, releasing Spain and stating that
the United States would make such set-
tlement as was proper. Under this
clause claims aggregating several mil—
lions have been filed. No provision,
however, was made by the treaty for
foreign claimants, and there appears to
be much doubt as to who is liable since
the sovereignty over Cuba has passed
out of the hands of Spain. The United
States having undertaken to look after
the American claimants, the foreigners
are desirous of being treated in the
same manner. It was stated at one of
the foreign establishments that there
was no disposition to "push the claims
unduly, but to bring them to the atten—
tion of the United States government
in order that the question of liability
might be determined and such relief
:granted as the merits of the cases war-
ranted. It is appreciated in these for-
eign quarters that payments will be
largely a matter of discretion with the
‘United States, as the obligation to look
after ‘the American claimants was as-
‘sumed voluntarily, and there is no obli-
gation either in the treaty 'oron general
principles of law for assuming the
claims growing out of Spain’s inability
to maintain order in Cuba during the
period of Spanish rule.
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Dr. Briggs a Priest.
NEW YORK. May 15.—-Bishop Pottel
ordained Dr. Charles A. Briggs of Union
Theological seminary to the priesthood
of the Protestant Episcopal church yes-
terday morning. Before a congregation
Which filled the procathedral to the
‘doors. the former Presbyterian knelt at
‘s’the bishop’s feet and received from him
“the Bible, the book which Dr. Briggs
land his fellow higher critics say is filled
‘with error. No one objected to the or—
dination. Had any of the high church
men interrupted the service by accusing
Dr. Briggs of being a heretic the bish0p
would have gone right on with the or-
dination. To guard against any out—
break the church was guarded by a
squad of policemen.
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lx-Governor Flo‘ver's Funeral.
NEW YORK, May 15.——The funeral of
Roswell P. Flower will take place from
St. Thomas‘ church. Fifty—third street
and Fifth avenue. this afternoon at 4:30
o’clock. The Rev. Dr. John V‘Jesley
Brown, rector of the church, will offi—
ciate. . The special train which will
carry the remains to VVatertown will
leave the Grand Central station at 9 p.
m., and the burial will be from the
home of Mrs. Taylor, Governor’Flower‘s
only surviving child, at 2 o’clock to-
morrow afternoon. Only members of the
family will accompany the body to W'a-
tertown.
Refused to ‘Vork Overtime.
’TRENTON, May I5.——Twenty girls
Femployed in the 'Roebling wire works
have been discharged for refusing to
work overtime in the evenings. The
'girls appealed to Mr. Charles C. Roeb-
ling from the fiction of the foreman,
Lewis Snow, who discharged them. Mr.
’Roebling declined to interfere. The girls
threaten to bring the matter to the at-
tention of the state factory inspectors,
claiming that working overtime is con-
trary 'to law. Mr. Roebling claims that
the overtime was an emergency and
waSTunavoidable.
King Humbert Approves.
ROME. May 15. King Humbert has
approved the selections for the recon-
structed cabinet made by General I-"el—
loux. The new ministry will be made
‘up in accordance with the original nom-
‘ina‘tions cabled last Thursday, except
that Signor Pietro Carmine will take
the portfolio of finance and Signor Sa-
landra will take that of agriculture, in-
dustry and commerce instead of the
finance portfolio. for which he was
named at first. The ministry of posts
and telegraphs goes to Signor Isinliano.
’Secrc’ta‘ry “’ilson’s Denial.
’NEVV OBI. .ANS. May 15.—Secrctaryi
I'o'f Agriculture Wilson was asked con-:
cerning the story that he will advocate
inspection of beer and urge the ap-
pointment of brewery inspectors. “I
never heard of it,” said he.
'no discussion on the matter.” He
'thought‘the report grew out of the pure
food investigation by Senator Mason's,
left this;
committee. The secretary
morning to visit the rice belt along the
:Southern Pacific railway.
Voting at The Hague.
LONDON, May 15.—A dispatch to The
Daily Mail from St. Petersburg says:
“According to the programme prepared
for the forthcoming conference at The
Hague, which is the work of M. Basili,
director of the Asiatic department; who
accompanies M. de—Staal, the head of
the Russian delegation, one vote will be
permitted to each delegation on every
proposal submitted to ballot, and this
will be cast by the chief representative
of each country."
. “feather Probabilities.
Showers: winds shifting to
mortheasterly.
fresh
“I know '
*nothing of it. and therefore I have had ,
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THE EXETER DISASTER.
The Number of Dead From .FrldaY’I
Collision Benches Twenty-nine.
READING, Pa., May 15.—The total
number of dead as a result of Friday
night’s rear end collision on the Phila-
delphia and Beading railway at Exeter,
six miles below here, reached 29 yester-
day, William D. Jenkins of Norristown
dying at the hospital at that place. 01
the large number of injured persons
still in the hospital here three are in a
serious condition,‘and small hope is en-
tertained for their recovery. They are
William Friedenhorn, ThaddeusS. Adle
and George 17V. Holmes, all of Norris-
town. Holmes’ 9-year—old son was in-
stantly killed in the accident, but the
hospital physicians have not yet in-
formed the father of the boy’s death.
All of the dead here have been identi-
fied and all the bodies have been claim-
ed by relatives or friends and have been
sent to their various homes.
At least 10,000 persons visited the
scene of the wreck yesterday. Almost
everybody was bent on carrying away
some kind of a memento. Many of the
people did not hesitate to take away
with them pieces of wood thoroughly
saturated with human blood. Every-
thingin the neighborhood of the wreck
is bespattered with blood, and the sight
was a grewsome one.
The question as to who is responsible
for the catastrophe is still being dis-
cussed here. That some one blundered
is generally admitted by railroad men.
Who it was that blundered, however, nc
one seems to positively know, and opin—
ions on this point differ widely. The
leading railroad officials here took the
statements of the train men who were
concerned in the affair, and they were
sent to the general offices of the com-
pany in Philadelphia.
The coroner will begin a rigid inquiry
today at 3 p. in. He has summoned a
large number of witnesses.
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CLe'i/ELAND REPORTED DEAD.
Rumors That the Ex-Presidcnt Has
Died at Middle Buss Island.
CLEVELAND, May 15. —Persistent
rumors to the effect that ex-President
Cleveland, who is fishing at Middle Bass
island, in Lake Erie, had dropped dead
reached here from the east and west
last evening. Up to 10 o’clock last night,
however, it was impossible to verify the
rumor, and there appears to be _no foun—
dation for it. ‘
Middle Bass island is one of the group
lying off Sandusky, and it is only a
short distance from Put In Bay island,
which is connected with the mainland
by cable at Sandusky. The Western
Union operator at the latter place said
that, while the cable office on the island
had been closed all day, the cable was
in working condition. No message con-
cerning Mr. Cleveland or anything else,
he said, had been offered on the cable.
Reported Death Denied.
TOLEDO. May 15..—The steamer State
of New York arrived here late last
night, and Harvey Scribner, a promi—
nent attorney of this city, was with
Mr. Cleveland at 4 o’hlock and says he
was well at that time.
’ Mr. Cleveland All Right.
PRINCETON, N. J., May 15.—A telc- ‘
gram has reached Mrs; Grover Cleve-
land from Sandusky, 0., stating that
Mr. Cleveland is all right.
Rnilyvny Mngnate’s Sudden Death.
SCRANTON, Pa, May 15.—Plummer
S. Page, the widely known contractor
and street railway magnate, died sud-
denly yesterday from the rupture of a
blood Vessel in the head. W'hen stricken
he sent across the street for a physician
and was explaining his symptoms to
him, when he suddenly sank to the
floor and expired. Mr. Page was 58
years of age and was a native of Ver—
mont. He built portions of the Lacka—
wanna. Delaware and Hudson, Erie and
Wyoming and the New York elevated
railroads and owned large interests in
the Long Island Traction and Cortland
(N. Y.) Traction companies. In 1887 he
bought the street car lines in Scranton
and substituted electricity for horses as
tric city" its first trolley cars.
Beresfnrd‘s “Break Up” Criticised.
LONDON, May 15.-—The morning pa-
pers all devote space to the new book
of Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beres-
ford, “The Break Up of China,” which
is regarded as. timely in view of the
news from Shanghai and Peking. The
Morning Post, which approves many of
the author’s proposals, says, however,
that a quadruple alliance between
Great Britain. the United States, Ger—
.many and Japan, such as Lord Beres—
ford suggests, is impracticable, as “the
United States would not commit them-
selves to a policy involving a hypo—
thetical pledge to use force against
tussle." The Daily Telegraph, on the
other “and, thinks that Russia would
not be likely to foster such a coalition
against her.
The President Sustained.
MINNEAPOLIS. May 15,—0ne of the
largest gatherings ever seen in this city
yesterday adopted strong resolutions
upholding the policy of the administra-
tion in 'connecetion with the Philip-
pines. The names of President McKin-
ley and of Devvey were cheered to the
echo several times during the after-
noon. President Northrop of the Uni—
versity of Minnesota, one'of the prin-
cipal speakers. severely criticised the
college professors and presidents who
‘ have recently antagonized President
McKinley’s course in the Philippines
and declared that the president was do-
ing only ‘that which could be done in
justice to all mankind.
Italians Adopt Lynch Law.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 15.—An
Italian named 0. H. Minotte was killed
here last night by some of his enraged
countrymen for outraging the 5-year-
old daughter of an Italian couple named
Fondaerelle, residing in the Italian quar—
ter of the city.
f Bicyclist lillled.
WALTHAM, Mass, May 15.——Warren
Brown, 23 years old. was thrown from
his bicycle yesterday afternoon through
his rear‘wheel being struck by an un-
known rider. He suffered concussion of
the brain and died two hours after be-
ing taken to his home.
Eight Mines to Open.
LEADVILLE, 0010., May ..5.——Eight
large mines which were closed down in
1896 on account of the strike will resume
operations by June I, furnishing em—
ployment to 700 men and producing
about 500 tons of ore daily. '
the motive power, giving to the “elec-
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BUFFALO steaks "s‘s‘rr'teo.
Lie Grain Shovelers Sign the Agreed
mcnt and Resume Work,
BUFFALO, May 15.—The grain shov-
Ilers returned to work this morning un~
fer an agreement reached at 1 o’clock
a. m. yesterday at the conference be»
tween the lake carriers, elevator‘men
and grain shovelers. The terms of the
agreement were, reduced to writing and,
properly signed last night at the resi-
dence of Bishop Quigley. Attorney
Goulder of Cleveland aeted for the Lake
Carriers’ association. and Attorney John
Cunneen of this city represented the
scoopers.
The agreement provides that the grain
‘shovelers shall receive $1.85 per 1,000
bushels, that the contractor shall not
receive high man’s pay, that a superin-
tendent shall be appointed by the bish—
op to guard the interests of the men,
that a local board (1’ arbitrators shall
be appointed to pass upon any griev-
ances which may arise in the future,
and that 14 of Contractor Conners’ boss
scoopers shall be suspended pending an
investigatiog into-the charges made by
the grain shovelers that they are iden-
tified with saloon interests or otherwise
objectionable. .
At a meeting of the grain shovelers
held in St. Bridget’s hall last night the
agreement reached at the conference
was approved. Many of the men, how-
ever, are dissatisfied. It is believed on
all sides that no serious trouble will re-
sult. "
There are about 3,000,000 bushels of
grain afloat here now. By the middle of
the week it is expected that every boat
in the harbor will be cleared, and future
shipments of grain will be handled ex—
peditiously.
President Keefe of the International
Association of Longshoremen, who was
instrumental in inducing the men to
make their demands more reasonable,
left last night for Pana, 1115., in con-
nection'with the coal miners’ strike. As
a member of the Illinois board 'of me-
diation he will represent the governor
at Pana. '
A NEGRO COLONY.
Southern Lynch Law Drives Colored
Pizople to a Long Island Location.
NEW YORK. May 15.—Within a few
months Long Island is to have an in-
dustrial colony made up of negroes
from the south. It will be a municipali-
ty in itself, conducted according to its
own rules, and will start its existence
with a population of 1,000, all negroes.
No white persOn will be permitted to
acquire property for dwelling purposes
Within its limits, but the factories
which will furnish the industrial life of
the town will be owned by whites.
Lynch law, as practiced in the south, is
the determining _cause of this colony,
the colonists being from the states of
Georgia, North Carolina and South
Carolina, and should this experiment
prove a success other northern settle-
ments for southern negroes may follow.
The promoters of the project say that
such is the feeling on the part of the
better element of negroes in. the south
regarding the recent lynchings that
100,000 colored families would, gladly
leave the south and come north-if em-
ployment could be guaranteed to them.
The site of the proposed colony is in
Suffolk county, about 20 miles from the
eastern end of Long Island. To reach it
one takes the Long Island railroad.
main line, to Jamesport. and drives
about a mile and a half from the sta—
tion to the south side of the Peconic
river, two miles in from Peconic bay.
lilazunfilgamlfit
Pianos
appeal to the most critical taste because of
their beauty of tone and correct. design of
case, combined with perfection of workman-
ship and great durability. Avariety of odd.
styles of pianos at reduced prices always on
hand. Write for particulars.
MASON 8: HAMLIN CO;
3 8L 5 West I8th $12.,
Near Filth Avenue, - NEW YORK.
“fill
Main Street.
Opposite the N. Y. Grocery Store.
Elegant assortment. of trimmed Hats
Bonnets, Walking Hats, Turbaus, Sal
ors. etc.
All are cordially invited to call.
Ladies own Material made and trim-
med by first; class New York milliners.
MRS. W FAWCETT, AGT.
4030'I00 Kl 0mm swig-‘5 4-, “GROWN”
it; 75“ Wit
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ls invaluable to every modistc and indispeny
table to cvs-ryflrcssuiuice. For gowns in
wary issue are furnished two or more
OUT PAPER
PATTERNS
The patterns have been pronounced the sim-
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One needs only to (give them a t“ial m b-
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As can be found in anv Yard in the
State. Look it. over and get.
prices before going elsewhere
Spring Goods.
Have just. received a big line of
Spring Goods. They are the hand-
somest ever offered in town.
Cheviots and Fields
Among them for the ladies. The
finest. English imported goods to
tailor made suits.
Ladies’ Suits, $25 to $50.
is furnished, $12 to $15.
Large stock of' Ladies’ cloth, all sly
and colors.
Patterns out. any style, to order. Fit.
guaranteed.
For Men,
Suits frOm $15 up. Trousers, $5 up.
Spring Overcoats, $18. The nobbiesn
styles we have ever seen.
BICYCLE SUITS.
L. BIRMAN,
When clot
Ladies’ and Gentleman’s Tailor
33 Main Street,
NOBWALK. CONN.
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AGENT FOR
Highland
Brewing Company.
EVERYTHING FIRST—CLASS,
For Family or Medicinal use we have
a. fu[l supply of the
Best Grade
of Beer and \Vhiskies, including:
BEER
Pillsner, Export, andBavai-iau Lager
(steamed or plain.)
ALES
Golden Pale, Golden Dark.
Stock, Malt. Extract, and Mali. and Iron
Bock Beer
PORTER——
Whiskies
Finest. brands for medicinal use.
“Hunter.” “King William Scotch,”
"Costair’s Rye.” “Pepper,” “Hermit.-
age,” "Tay.or Kentucky,” etc.
I. ,G. HAMILTON.
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Have just- received
Twentyafive First Class
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Specially Selected for this Market.
A complete assortment of every kind
and grade. They are thoroughly bro-
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to 1750 pounds.
REMEMBER, if Horses, are not.
as guaranteed the purchase money wil
be cheerfully returned.
our CARRIAGE 'BEPUSITORY
contains the finest. asso rtment of Car-
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AT SPEGIALLY LOW PBIOES.
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Chief ProWi
East Wmmlk Fire Departments :
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T0 the Members of the 'Wonvalk, Soul/z Normal/e am:
The year ’98 Was a great year for 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; to spread
Its name and fame into every nook and cornerof our town.‘
To. obtain your help I propose to give away Absolutely i
Free, to the. most popular member of either the N orwalk,
South N orwalk 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. _
The popularity will be decided 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 isa
member must be written on the coupon below and deposited
in the ballot box at my store N 0. 45 Main street, Norwalk.
Ballets for members of the South N orwalk department can
be deposited in the ballot box at the store ot’JVhelpley &
Clark in the Lauder building.
' Ballots for members of the East N orwalk department cm;
be deposited in the ballot box in Haffuer’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 a
partments, including members of the Fire Police.
All ballots must- be deposited by 7 O‘clock sharp, on the
evening of May 29th, and the name of the winner will bean
noun'ced on May 31st.
' J, T. ’Prowitt,
Agent RAMBLER WHEELS,
N0. 45 MAIN STREET, NORWALK, C CNN.
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