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Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23

over what has been accomplished In the short space of two months, working in a large part with raw material in both the army and the navy.
 The government has now determined to send heavy re-enforcements to Gen. eral Shafter at Santiago. For this req son the first expedition will leave New port News, Va, tomorrow morning, car rying Brigadier General Duffield's sepa- rate brigade of the Second army corps. made up of the Ninth Massachusetts, the Thirty third and Thirty-fourth Michigan and the Third Virginia regiments, in all about 4,000 men.
 Expeditions will follow rapidly by way of Tampa, for, while Fernandina and Miami are considered to have many good points for concentrating troops. yet army officials are now satisfied that Tampa can be retained with advantage as the main point of embarkation. The next forces to go will include those of Brigadier General Garretson of the Sec ond army corps, embracing the Sixth Illinois, the Sixth Massachusetts and the Eighth and Ninth Ohio regiments.
 General Henry to Command a Division.
 Brigadier General Guy V. Henry, a distinguished cavalry officer of the reg ular army, has arrived here from Tam pa, and the present plans are for Gen. eral Henry to command a division made up of the brigades of General Duff field and General Garretson, this divi- sion comprising 5000 men, to be for the speedy re-enforcement of General Shaf- ter. It will at once swell the American forces at Santiago de Cuba to about 24,000 men. But the expeditions will not stop at that number, as there Is a de- termined purpose to send forward a sufficient force to crush any Spanish command which can be concentrated at that point.
 The reports from Santiago that about 1000 Spanish troops are In and about the city do not agree with the reliable estimates in the possession of the war department.
 According to department figures there are not to exceed 14,00O Spanish troops at Santiago de Cuba, while 100 miles away to the northwest, at Holguin, the Spanish corps commander, General Pnndo, has 10, 900 men. The war depart ment Is satisfied that the Cuban forces under Garcia can keep Pando from re- enforcing Santiago. Should this not be accomplished the Spanish forces at San- tiago would be augmented to about 25,- 900 men. They are we'll armed, we'll dis ciplined. seasoned to the climate. know the fighting grounds of that locality and are probably as good an all round fight ing force as the Spaniards can bring to bear. There Is no purpose on the part of the authorities here to leave General Shafter with an inadequate force tG meet these seasoned Spanish soldiers. It is for this reason in part that divi- sion, probably under General Henry. will re-enforce Shafter, followed by such additional troops as the needs of the situation seem to demand.
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
CANAAN CONN. THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1S9S.'

boats. They were received by the Gu bans with all military honors. and horses were placed at the disposal of General Shafter and Admiral Sampson to ride up the steep trail to General Garcia's headquarters.
 The Cuban commanders tent Is a rude hut, covered with leaves and con- taining only a meager camp outfit Here, after words of greeting had been spoken, the consultation was held. It lasted several hours. General Garcia explained his plans fully; told how he had the Spanish general, Pando, cooped up in Manzanillo, without the possibil- ity of his being able to cooperate with the Spanish troops in Santiago. and laid before the American officers maps show ing all the mountain trails leading to Santiago from the most convenient landing places east and west of the har- bor entrance.
 General Ludlow, In particular, made a close investigation of this subject and sought all information available with regard to the most feasible plans of transporting a large body of troops nd
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

Bismnrck's health has become worse. and he is in great pain.
 Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, ths English painter, is dead.
 Plague has broken out in Lifu. the largest of the Loyalty islands.
 Count von Arco-yailey, first secretary of the German embassy in London. was wounded in the back by m assailant whose motive ia not known.
 Twenty-seven persons were drowned at a shipyard at Blaekwall, England, on Tuesday by a wave caused by the launching of the British battleship AL bion.
 In the house of commons on Tuesday it was stated that the English govern. ment would not divert the American mails from Queenstown to Liverpool or elsewhere.
 The delegates from Salvador, Hon. duras and Nicaragua, who assembled at Managua to formulate the constitution of the federal union, elected Senor Uriarte president.
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brother soldier, and he secured the coveted post in front of the palace.
 Young Saliva waited until the time General Blanco usually came out in the afternoon and then took up his posi- ton on the outer steps of the palace, a short distance from a platoon of volun- teers, also on guard, and waited. He had not been there long when the doors were thrown open, and General Blanco, surrounded by several gentlemen with whom he was talking, came out. As he stepped out the young soldier moved forward pace and raised his rife as if to salute. Instead of doing so. how ever. he quickly brought the breech of the weapon to his sholder and before those near him could spring forward had sent a bullet into the group. His aim, badly taken because of the officers who were near its object, was effective nevertheless, and General Blanco, with an exclamation of pain, sank down. The utmost confusion reigned for a few mo- ments, until the nature of the wound was discovered, and the captain gen. eral was taken indoors again.
 Saliva Shot CoolIy.
 While all the confusion was going on around him. Saliva stood calmly aside from the group of his comrades. almost where he had stood when the shot was fired. He made no effort to repeat the shot nor to escape. His comrades held aloof from him for a moment, but when one of the officers who had come from the palace with General Blanco rushed at him with drawn sword and with an evident determination to take summary vengeance for the shot the other vol unteers quickly surrounded him and warded off the strokes of the sword. Saliva made no efforts to avoid the sword thrusts.
 q have avenged the death of my brother" he said. and that is all had to live for"
 As soon as General Blanco had been removed Saliva was arrested and was thrown into Morro castle, where he still Is, awaiting the death which will evi- dently be meted out to him. The news of the attempted assassination spread rapidly over the city, and long before nightfall its inhabitants were in a state of uproar. The volunteers. sympathiz- ing with their dead comrade and his im- prisoned brother, fomented the con- fusion and paraded the streets, shouting Down with Blancoi Long live Wey- ler!" and shouting loudly for the recall of weyler to Havana. Places of busi- ness were closed, and the peaceful resi- dents vacated them and their houses and took refuge in the country.
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
AGUINALDO'S VICTORIES.
The spaniards Are Hard Pressed by the
 Philippine Insurgents.

Philippine Insurgents.
 Hongkong, June 22. - The United States transport Zafiro. which has just arrived here and anchored in Chinese waters, brought news from Manila, un- der date of June IT, from which it ap- pears that the insurgents now hold 4,0O0 Spaniards and 1000 native prison CTS. with their arms.
 The insurgents also captured on June 14 the town of Dalang, the place next in importance to Manila in the bay.
 General Aguinaldo, the insurgent leader, has informed United States Con- sul Williams of the formation of pro- visional government merely for cohesive purposes and has notified him of the de- sire of the insurgents that the Philip pine islands become an American col- ony. He declares that If he cannot be connected with the United States he will insist upon a republic being form ed. If any other country than the United States wishes to secure control of the Philippines, that country will have to fight for 1t. The insurgents un- der Aguinaldo now have 10,500 rifles and eight field pieces"
 Owing to the shooting of native civil ians in Manila without a trial by the Spaniards. General Aguinaldo refuses to allow the wife and children of Cap tain General Augusti to be set at lib- erty. They are treated kindly, but Gen. eral Aguinaldo sent letter yesterday to August in reply to the latter's re- quest, preferred through the British consul and Vice Admiral von Diederichs of the German navy, for the release of Sonora August and her children. Gen. eral Aguinaldo declines to say what message he sent to Augusti, but he re- marked that he thought the latter would not shoot any more noncom- blatant natives.
 Captain General Augusti has tele- graphed to the Madrid government that he has gone into the walled city and will be unable to communicate further N;it ha
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The Grade of Lieutenant General.

Washington. June 22.-The committee on military affairs of the house has agreed on and favorably reported a joint resolution reviving the grade of lieutenant general In the army. It au- thorizes the president, whenever he deems 1t expedient, to appoint a lieu tenant general to be selected from those officers in the military service distin- guished for courage, skill and ability, the limitation In the bill as to choice from officers mot below the grade of major general being stricken out by the committed
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General hfarltets.

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 wHEAT-No. rod opened firm on higher cables and foreign buying, but broke under heavy unloading; July. 77a7eo. September 7lsta7sltc.
 RYE-woah; No 2 western. 4s,so.. 0. L f. Buffalo.
 CORNING. opened up with wheat. but yielded to liquidation; July, sossas0Ao Sep. tember, EssnSsltc.
 oATS-No. dull and easy. track. white. state, sltsa97o.; track white, western. sibsa 87c.
 PoRK-Dun; mos~ ,ioHsaio.TSi family. siaa l2b0.
 LARp-steadyi prime western steam. saio. nominal
 sUTTER-stoadyi state dairy. ia1saioo. | state creamery, isNaloszo.
 CHEEsE-stoadyi largo, white, "a. small. white, 7a7l4c.
 EGGs-stoady; state and Pennsylvania Is ai2txo. western, i2ai21so.
 suGAR-Raw nrm fair refining. 8Aso. ], centrifugal, % test, 5-i6o. refined steady 1; crushed 5Jho. powdered. SAG. MoLAsSES-Steadys New oricana aaaSso RICE-stoady; domestic. siSa71soLi Japan. 6ysa8c.
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BLANCO IS WOUNDED.
SHOT BY A HAVANA VOLUNTEER ON
 THE PALACE STEPS.
Mariana Saliva Was Doing Guard Duty When He Deliberately Shot the Captain GeneraI-Now In Prison Awaiting Exc cution-Avenged His Brothers Death.


 Information of an apparently authen-
 Ec character was received in Washing
 ton of the attempted assassination in
 Havana of Captain General Blanco by
 Mariana Saliva, a young member of the volunteer army.
 The attempted killing of General
 Blanco took place recently as he was
 leaving the palace. about to accompany
 some of the officers of his staff to in-
 spect the earthworks on the outskirts
 of the city. Saliva. the young Cuban who sent a rifle bullet into General
 Blanco's left leg above the thigh, is
 member of the volunteer guard on duty
 around the palace. His younger brother
 was also a volunteer, and was sSecently
 arrested on a charge of conspiring with the enemies of Spain against the estab- lished government He was thrown in- to prison. was tried before court mar
 tial and condemned to death. His broth
 CT made every effort to save him, and
 number of appeals were made to Gen.
 eral Blanco for clemency, but without avail. When the findings of the Span- ish court martial was laid before him,
 he unhesitatingly approved them, and the young volunteer was shot.
 Discomfort Among Volunteers.
 There was conslderaole dissent among the volunteers at that time, but no open outbreak. Mariana Saliva very quietly continued his duties at the pal ace and made no reference to his broth CTS death. A number of times. as 1t was afterward learned, he was seen in- side the building where he did Anot be- long, but, being in uniform, it N.s sup posed that he was on some mission. and nothing was said to him. In his heart, however, he harbored the idea of revenge, and he was seeking every op- portunity to consummate it. His own post was usually in a part of the pal ace little frequented by General Blan- co, and his opportunities for meeting the captain general were few. On the day of the shooting, however, he sue ceeded in obtaining permission from his commanding officer to exchange with
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23

900 common stock. and the net earnings are foreeasted at s7,75o,o 900, with nxed charges and tax payments estimated at s6,250, GOO.
 A passenger train on the Central raii- road of New Jersey was wrecked six miles above Mauch Chunk, Pa. Sunday afternoon. The killed are Charles Eb- ner of South Easton, news agent. and Richard McHale Of Easton, tho en- gineer, Wilfred Yeomans, the fireman, and Charles Taylor. the baggagemastor. both of Easton, were badly hurt.
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
Hobson Tn Santiago Cftv.

New York, June 22.-The Herald this morning publishes the following from MT. Ramsden, the British consul at Santiago de Cuba:
 Assistant Naval Constructor Hobson and his seven companions, who sunk the collier Merrimac across the entrance of the harbor, were prisoners in Morro castle during the bombardment by the American fleet June 6. None of them was injured.
 They were locked in the Morro after their capture and were kept there while lodgings for them were being prepared in the barracks, which are in the city. These were not ready for them until June [, when they were moved"
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
CHIEFS IN COUNCIL.
Sampson and shafter Go Ashore to Confer
 With Garcia

sampson ana Shafter to Ashore to Confer
 With Garcia
 Kingston, Jamaica, June 22.-The dis patch boat Dandy brings the following from Rear Admiral Sampson's fleet of Santiago de Cuba, dated Monday night. June 20:
 General Calixto Garcia and the other Cuban officers gave General Shafter and Admiral Sampson a hearty welcome at Aserredeo this afternoon, when the American officers, on board the steamer seguranca, went to his headquarters for a consultation.
 The Cubans showered upon their dis tinguished visitors all the blessings of Cuba Libre for the assistance of the United States In the Cuban struggle for freedom, and they expressed the con- viction that victory was at hand and that the power of Spain would soon be driven from the island by the combined strength of American and Cuban arms.
 When the first curl of black smoke appeared on the distant horizon at noon and announced the coming of the long expected soldiers, General Garcia him self. with the officers of his staff around him, stood on a hillside overlooking the sea and gave forth expressions of joy as he watched the approach of the ves- sells.
 The welcome news soon spread among his half fed, half clothed troops, and great shouts arose from the dark sknn- cd veterans, who have spent three years in fighting the war of liberty. They watched the Seguranca. accompanied by the auxiliary gunboat Gloucester. draw away from the other vessels and make her course to the flagship. After she had taken Admiral Sampson aboard they saw her heading for shore near their mountain camp.
 The Cubans sent guard of honor to the beach to receive the Seguranca. As soon as she came to anchor in the cove General Shafter and his staff. including General Ludlow, chief of engineers, and Admiral Sampson, accompanied by a guard of soldiers, went ashore in small
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
ArnoId,s yarierated Career.

Joseph von Arnold, a private detec- tive of San Francisco, who married Jeannie Young in that city during the month of April, 1897, and who deserted her in London, Is now under arrest in the latter city, charged with obtaining s146 from a hairdresser under the pre- tense that he (Arnold) was heir to a large estate in Germany. It has devel- oped that the prisoner has four wives. He was last married in May, 1898. Ar mold posed as a count when he married Jeannie Young.
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
Feminine GeneralshIp.

On one occasion the noted British officer Tarleton was speaking contempt. uousIy of Colonel William Washington to patriot lady. "Why," said Tarle- ton, "they tell me he is so ignorant that he cannot even write his name." With meaning glance at Tarleton's right hand, which Washington had wounded, the lady replied. "But nobody is better aware than you, Colonel Tarleton, that Colonel Washington knows how tc make his mark"
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
Fatally Iniured by Roller Explosion.

PottsviIle, Pa, June 22.-By the ex. plosion of a boiler at Kentz, Lilly & Co.'S Park No. 2 colliery, Park Place, near Mahanoy City, yesterday, seven persons were seriously scalded, two probably fatally. The injured are John Arnotsky, John Mirell, Thomas Maher, unknown Polander, John Tolan, Martin Percival and John Rowley. The men were sitting around the boiler house eating their lunch when the explosion occurred. and 1t is a mystery how any of them escaped alive. The boiler house t.-o
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23

A trunk containing the dismembered body of a man was found floating in the Blackwell canal in Buffalo Tuesday. The mans head had been cut of, both legs had been severed at the knees, and both arms and hands were terribly man. gled, but were attached to the body by the tendons and muscles. On his breast were a number of stab wounds, one of them a great wound extending through the right lung. The man was apparent ly an Italian about 30 years of age.
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
Colonel FIad Drops Dead.

Colonel Henry Flad. a prominent civil engineer of St. Louis. dropped dead while strolling through Highland park, Plttsburg, with Mir. and Mrs. Godfrey Stengel, whom he was visiting. Heart disease is supposed 10 have been the di- rect cause of death.
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
old Glory VIII Stay at Manila.

The Ohio Republican state convention met at Columbus Tuesday, the Hanna, or national administration. men being in control. Congressman Grosyenor aroused great enthusiasm by a speech upon the administration and the war. He declared that the flag of the United States would continue to float over the PhilippineS,
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
Blown Up by Spanish Spies.

The finishing department of the King Powder company, located at Kings Mills. in Warren county, O., was de- stroyed Monday night in a manner lead ing to the belief that 1t was the work of enemies of the government. The build ing, in which was stored a quantity of smokeless powder, was evidently fired by two men, one of whom was badly burned and apparently had been drag ged away from the burning building by his companion. Smokeless powder in the condition it was in in this depart ment does not explode like ordinary powder with a flash. but breaks into a bright light and burns for some time. The great light attracted citizens, and some of these met a stranger in the vi- cinity. The injured man was taken into custody. He Is apparently a foreigner, but he is so badly injured that he can scarcely talk
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
Spanish Story of A Bombardment.

Madrid. June 22.-An official dispatch from Havana says:
 An American vessel bombarded the town of Casilda, province of Santa Clara (about five miles south of Trini- dad, with which 1t is connected by raiD, for three hours. She fired 150 big shells. The troops and the gunboat Dependiente co-operated in a brilliant defense, and the American vessel was obliged to re- tire after damaging some houses and cb
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
A SECOND EXPEDITION.
General Duffield's Command Or
 dered to Santiago.
THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

The President and His Military Advisers
 Pleased With the Work Accomplished
 During the First Two Months of Hos-
 tilities-Shafter Now or Santiago.
 Washington, June 22-Two months ago yesterday war broke out between the United States and Spain, according to the proclamation of the president and the declaration of congress. The end of that period finds nearly 16.000 United States troops lying off Santiago prepar- Ing to land; 1t finds cable communica- ton established between the govern ment at Washington and the advance guard of the expedition In Cuba, and it finds Cuban territory in the possession of United States marines, backed by squadron, and nearly all of the commer- cial ports of Cuba blockaded. This is all apart from Dewey's great victory at Manila and from the splendid results achieved in organizing several armies now in the camps. Therefore the off, cers of the administration feel that they have a right to look back with pride
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
Two Men Drowned.

A drowning accident, by which two West Roxbury (Mass.) men lost their lives, occurred of Hough's Neck Smn- day afternoon. The dead men are Senaz F. Babbitt. aged 42, and Edward w. Frost, aged 36.
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
Hx.rrea.orer Clark Sentenced.

William Clark of Fort Plain. N. r., Montgomery's defaulting ex-treasurer was sentenced Tuesday by Justice Sto- yer to four years Imprisonment in state prison at Dannemora. Good behavior will reduce Clark's term to three years.
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
Fighting In AlhnnIa.

There was fighting all day last F'ri- day between Albanians and Christians near Berane. Christians pursuing Ale banians have been nred on by the Turk Iah RarrIaon.
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
Mrs. Manning Gets a Divorce.

Mrs. Colin c. Manning, daughter of Chief Justice Fuller of the United States supreme court, has been granted a di- vorce by Judge Ball in Chicago. Deser- ton was the specific charge upon which the bill was based. Mir. Manning Is United States consul at Fayal, in the Azore islands
Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23
THE SURPRISE %~ SEASON! Twenty-Five Pieces of $1.00
 1.25 and 1.50 Dress Goods
 to be Sold at 75C a yard.

This seasons topof-the- fashion imported French and German alwool and silk and wool Dress Stus in all the wanted coors and all this seasons purchase to be sold 75 cents yard. We are the losers of course. Can't help it.. We shall have pay for the mistake of buying much.
 But you to be the gathers; and the earliest going to be the greatest ganers If not convenient to visit the send for samples.