Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-11
AN ADVISORY BOARD CREATED.

AN ADVISORY BOARD CREATED. Step Taken by the Consoli-
 dated Road-The Usual Dividend
 Deelared-A Word About the Rig
 Improvements the Road is Making.
 The monthly meeting of the directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford was held Saturday afternoon. It was gen. erally expected that a successor to Ezekiel Hayes Trowbridge, the late senior director of the road, who died here two weeks ago, would be appointed at this meeting Satur- day, but President Charles P. Clark said Saturday that the election might not take place even at the meeting next month.
 A quarterly dividend of 2s per cent. was l declared. It was feared by some that the l prevalent industrial stringency would l affect the road, 50 that somewhat lessened dividend would be declared, but this 1 proved only bear rumor. President Clark l said: eve not only declared our usual dividend to-day, but fully expect to do the same regularly in the future. We have re- duced the expenses of the road by the re- movM of trains and other economical meas- ures to such an extent that unless the present depression is protraoted for over 8 year our dividends will not be decreased" The president spoke of an advantage of talk ing of trains as the benefit conferred on the road in pushing the four tracking be- tween here and New York. The construc- tion gangs now save much time by not be- ing obliged to stop work so frequently ow- ing to passing trains. The four tracking is now completed to Milford, twelve miles from here, and President Clark expects that the last rails will be laid to New Ha- ven within few months.
 An important step was taken yesterday in the appointment of an advisory board. Its organization will be permanent and 1t will
 have all the force of 8 regular standing committee. Its membership includes nine of the directors. The Connecticut mem- bsrs are Prof. George J. Brush, director of the scientific department at Yale, a recent ly elected director; the Hon. Henry c. Robinson, the we'll known Hartford attor- ney, and w. DsBishop of Bridgeport, sec- retary of the board of directors. The other six members of the board are Presi- dent Charles P. Clark of New Haven, Vice President Judge John M. Hall of WiIlf- mantle, J. Pierpont Morgan of New York city, John D. Rockefeller of New York city, Charles F. Choate of Boston, and George Macculloch Miller of New York city.
 The duties of this board will be such as will almost entirely rsvolutionize the busi- ness of the directors. It will have charge of all affairs which may arise between scheduled meetings of the board of direc. tors, and will gave the board from the special meetings which have been required with increasing frequency of late. The newly elected advisory committee will have full power to act in any sudden cases which may arise.
 CHARGED WITH MURDER. George J. Brennan Accused of Gauss Ing the Death of Frank E. Reynolds The Coroner Investigating-Bren- | nan Under One Thousand Dollars Bonds.
 Early Saturday morning George J. Bren-
 nan. 8 bartender employed by James E. McGann, who keeps 8 saloon on Congress l avenue, was arrested early Saturday morn | ing and locked up charged with murder in : causing the death of Frank E. Reynolds, who died shortly after o'clock Saturday morning from the effects of injuries re- ceived while in McGann's saloon, as was reported in Saturdays COURIER
 It appears from such evidence as can be ] secured that Reynolds went into McGann's saloon and ordered drink. He also used | insulting language to some of the other | patrons of the place and also to Brennan. | The latter, 1t Is claimed, came from behind
 the bar and struck Reynolds, who fell to the floor, and in falling struck his head and received injuries from the effects of which he died.
 These facts were learned early Saturday morning. Brennan was placed under ar rest and subsequently released under bonds of $1 ,O0O, furnished by ex-Aldermsn Rob ert Hollinger. Brennan is spoken of as a man who never uses intoxicating liquors | and who was never known to bs engaged | in brawls or assaults before.
 Coroner Mix is making @ thorough in- vestigation of the case, but will not be | able to make his report until, 1t is thought,
 Wednesday. Brennan's case will be called
 in the city court this morning and prob
 ably continued until after the coroners re.
 port has been made.
 Mrs. Ella T. Herzog, who lives in the
 upper tenement of the house where Rsy-
 holds lived, and who observed him lying
 on the front stoop and went down and lei
 him into the house, said: ''It was abou,
 ten or fifteen minutes past il Saturday
 morning when saw him come up the
 steps and try to open the door. He ap
 peared very weak and could not muster
 up strength enough to make the bell ring
 I went down and let him in, and he die
 not say a word, but appeared to be stupid | or stunned. His clothes on his right side were all dirt and he looked as though he had been thrown out into the street or hac
 fallen down. His hands were bloody anc
 his mouth bleeding and his lip cut. H.
 looked terrible, just as though he had beer
 through threshing machine.
 staid down stairs and hel ped Mrs. Reynoldl
 take care of him. I washed his face ani
 hands and SAW that his mouth and ipi
 were badly cut and swollen. He had hard
 ly any pulse at all during the morning ani
 50 told Mrs. Reynolds to get Dr. Cremin
 All day long up to the time he died he dii
 not say anything we could understand bu
 mumEled and talked ineoherently. Thi,
 morning they came and took the body tt
 the morgue to make au examination of |
 and when they are through I suppose VI
 will know what caused his death"
 Reynolds and his brother for ssvera years ran the Stafford dining rooms or State street. Afterward the deceased wen
 to work for Charles W. Bradley at the ole
 Florence house on Union street, where hs
 was popular waiter. Of late years he hat ! yielded to drink and his health had becom,
 undermined and he was thought to ba
 drifting into consumption.
 | OF LOCAL INTEREST.
 Financial Notes.-The Clearing House ! Diamond Match Company Divi ! dend-Other Dividends.
 The secretary of the New Haven clearing
 house reports the clearings and balances