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The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
Tobe Renoved.

New York, April 1-Mayor Strong an- nounced this afternoon that he would remove Police Commissioners Murray and Kerwin in the course of day or two unless they handed in their resigna- tions in the meantime. The mayor ex- plained that the commissioners have opposed reform in the department. Mayor Strong this afternoon sent letters to United States Civil Service Commits sioner Roosevelt and eX-District Attor- ney Mitchell requesting them to accept the offices of police commissioners.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
MErHop1sr coNrrRENor.
To-day Promises to be Lively One in
 Stamford.

Stamford, April 1.-Preparations for the forty-seventh session of the New York Hast conference of the Methodist church, which meets here tomorrow, are completed. The iopening session will not be held until Wednesday, but tomorrow will be busy day. Candi- dates for admission are to receive their preliminary examination on which the recommendations to the conference are to be based, and the committees having charge of the several branches of the organization must be on hand at work on Tuesday. Bishop Warren and the presiding elders of the four districts, will also be here tomorrow to pre- pare for the routine work.
 Rev David G. Downey, of the Stam- ford M. E. church, is to be host of the conference during this session, and the daily meetings are to be held in his church. Dr. Downey's church is one of the most important church stations in the conference, outranEing in numbers and wealth all outside of Brooklyn, ex- cept Trinity church, New Haven. Tn membership, exclusive of parishioners, is 785, according to the current report, and there are but four Brooklyn churches within the conference that ex- ceed that membership. Tn amounts contributed for the pastors support and for the general purposes of the church the Stamford church ranks among the first.
 At this conference the pastors of 2S2 churches will be present, represent ing 55,310 members, exclusive of parish toners. These are divided as follows: New Haven district, 72 churches and pastors, 13,305 members; New York dis trict, 65 churches and pastors, 13, ,4sS members; North Long Island district, 6S churches and pastors, il, 6SS members: South Long Island district, TT churches and pastors, 16,844 members
 To these must be added the minis ters assigned to special work as editors, and missionaries, which will bring the representation up to $50 preachers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
IT MAY RESULT IN MURDER.
4 PROBABLY F4TAL SHOOTING AB-
 FRAY IN STA1LFORD.

John O'MaTa Shoots the Widow of HIS
 Brother-The Trouble Was the Outcome
 Over a Row Regarding the Insurance on
 the Life of the Deceased Man-The
 Woman Cannot Live.
 Stamford, April Hate this after noon John OMara, a laborer by occupa- tion and about thirty five years of age, called at the house of his brothers widow, Mrs. Thomas O'Mara, and when the woman came to the door he drew from his pocket a revolver and fired four shots at her. all of which took ef- feet O'Mara then jumped upon truck which was passing the house, and was captured by the police before he had gone very far.
 The shooting is the direct result of a quarrel over money obtained from in- surance policies on the life of Thomas O'Mara. Although the OMara's are very poor and not in circumstances such as to afford the necessarily heavy premium the life of Thomas O'Mara was insured for $6,200 He died last May, and not long after death stories were afioat that he had been poisoned. It was then stated that Mrs. O'Mara had fed her husband ground glass and had given him certain poisonous connections.
 Finally Coroner Doten exhumed the body and after post mortem and a chemical analysis of certain parts of the stomach a certificate was filed confirm ing the physicians certificate given at the time O'Mara died, which gave apo plexy as the cause of death.
 Ever since the coroner's finding was reported Mrs. Thomas O'Mara has been bothered by her husbands family, who claimed a share of the insurance mon ey, and 1t is thought that to-days tragedy was actuated by desire to punish her for refusing to listen to the O'Mara's demands.
 Mrs. O'Mara cannot live.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
that the city hall would be a proper

that the city hall would be a proper place for it.
 Alderman Keyes--I am opposed to bringing the statue of Harry G. Lewis into this hall None of us claim that he did not have the frailtles of human nature, and it is on this account that the opposition to having the statue placed on the public parks of the city has developed It has literally been driven out of every park of the city and now an attempt is made to completely bury it in the city hall. l shall there- fore move as an amendment that the matter be referred to a committee of five to select suitable site for the statue.
 Alderman Macdonald accepted the amendment, and the resolution as amended was unanimously adopted.
 A petition from Health Commissioner Joseph R. Manning asking that the West river marshes be placed in san itary condition immediately was refer red to the committee on retrenchment and reform.
 Aldermen Parish and Shanley were appointed a committee to make ar engagements for series of band con certs to be given on the public greens of the city during the months of June, July and August.
 The report of the committee on nom nations recommending the appoint ment of fifty eight special constables was read and they were unanimously elected. The names were published in the Courier" last week. To the list was added the name of Nathan simon, janitor at Yale college, unanimous con- sent having been given. on motion of Alderman Macdonald.
 The report of the committee on re- trenchment and reform recommending the locating of a public morgue on a lot in the rear of police headquarters and appropriating $2,000 for the purpose was read and the recommendations were adopted.
 The minority report of the committee on streets recommending that the peti- tioners for the grading and laying out of new streets west of Crescent street be given another hearing was adopted after considerable discussion. The ma jor'ity report gave the petitioners leave to withdraw.
 The report of the committee on rail- roads and bridges giving the petition CTS for a flagman at Veto, State and Olive streets leave to withdraw was unanimously adopted.
 The report of the committee on re- trenchment and reform authorizing the board of health to purchase four or five acres of land in the outskirts of the city and rect thereon a building to be used as hospital for contagious diseases at an expense not to exceed $3,5OO was read and ordered tabled for printing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
WOMAN VOTE WAS A FIZZLE
TT HAD NO EFFECT IN THE ELEC-
 TION IN BRIDGEPORT.

Wren and Miller Win Members or the
 Board of Education Over the American
 Protective eAssociation-The Entire Demo-
 cratic Ticket Elected by Big MajOriiies-
 Republican Vote Fell Off-Quiet Election
 Day in Hartford and Stamford.
 Bridgeport, April 1.-The annual city election resulted in victory for the democrats by majorities ranging from 800 to LOGO. One thing also Is made very clear, namely that A. P. Aism is url- popular in Bridgeport. The womens vote was failure By mismanage- ment on the part of some leader the woman vote miscarried and was placed where 1t was not intended. As re- suit two A. P. A. men were elected to places on the board of education. The fact, however. that the city went democratic shows that the voters meant to rebuke the A. P. A..
 Frank E. Clark, the democratic can- didate for mayor. defeated Emory F. Strong, the republican candidate, by majority of 750 out of a total of over 10000 votes. Fred c. Mullins, demo- cratic candidate for city clerk, ran away from the republican aspirant. T. L. Bartholomew, to the tune of 1,054. The rest of the city ticket is democratic by majorities ranging from 800 to 1000. The common council will stand sixteen democrats, eight republicans. Three aldermen from each of the two parties were elected, nominations in the alder manic contest being equivalent to cleo tions.
 The fight of the day centered about the candidates for positions on the board of education. There were three tickets in the field, viz: Democratic, inde- pendent republicans and A. P. A. The two democrats, Frank Miller and Peter w. Wren, are elected by the regular democratic vote. The A. P. A. candi- dates, Elmer s. Youngs and Dr. c. N. Payne, are also elected and thereby hangs a tale.
 The women had plenty of votes to elect H. c. Coggeswell and Frank Kings ley, the independent republicans and anti-A. P. A. candidates They per sisted, through mismanagement of some kind, however, in voting for Miller and Wren, who had sufficient regular democratic votes to carry them through. In other words the great egistration of women for the past three days had been accomplished for the sole purpose of throwing the election from Youngs and Payne to CoggeswelI and Kingsley and failed.
 The anti-A. P. A. faction Is disgusted at the outcome and pronounce woman voting a fizzle.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
Nh Mnre snnrrinr.

Boston, April 1.-There will evidently be no more licensed sparring contests in Boston for the remainder of the present year. This was shown by the board of aldermen tonight, when an attempt was made to have the order passed January granting the Tabasco club a license for a sparring exhibi- ton on January IS last, but which went by default transferred to April 19 The rules of the board this year provide that of any one member is opposed to the granting of a license 1t cannot be granted Alderman Allen placed him. self on record the early part of the year by opposing them and he maintained his opposition tonight when the mat ter came up. Six members voted against this particular proposition to five in favor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
NEARLY ONE HUNDRED FEARS o1D
Lived Through the Terms of Twenty
 Presidents.

Lived Through the Terms of Twenty One
 Presidents.
 Wethersfield, April 1.-Osmond liar rison of Wethersfield, who died on Sat urday lived to the age of ninety-six years and five months. He was born under the administration of the elder Adams and while Washington was still living. MT. Harrison lived through the official lives of twenty-one presidents to say nothing of the administration of John Adams, which was already un- der way when he was born,or of Grover Cleveland's second term, which was not finished at the time of this mans death. Some of the presidents had but a brief tenure-as the first Harrison, and Gen. eral Taylor, and President Garfield, and the succeeding president in each case, as in that of Abraham Lincoln, became president because of their untimely death.
 MT. Harrison was shoemaker. In party politics he was g. republican. He was formerly a whig, and was one of the old Harrison Veterans" of 1S4O memo- ry. He would have voted in 1920 for Monroe but lacked the real estate quail ification which was necessary as con- dition precedent to becoming a voter, in those days, here in Connecticut as well as for long time afterward.
 He leaves a widow but no children.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
THEIR SILTER WEDDING.

MT. and Mrs. William H. Farnham of
 Westville Celebrate at Their HOme-The
 House Filled With Friends-Beautiful
 Gifts.
 The silver wedding of MT. and Mrs. William H. Farnham of Crescent street, Westville, was delightfully."- celebrated at their home last evening. Aa large company of relations and friends were present During the evening a bountiful feast was served.
 A handsome plush spring rocker was presented to Mir. and Mrs. Farnham from the members of the WestVille M. E. church with congratulations. The presentation speech was made by Rev. William McNicholl, pastor of the church. An elegant silver water pitch or and goblet was given by the em- 'ployes of MT. Farnham. Other presents were a silver mounted ebony cane, two sets of handsome silver tea spoons, sets of silver knives and forks, table spoons, desert spoons, gold sugar spoon, two silver salt and pepper boxes, two hand embroidered doylies, several pieces of money and linen.
 Among the guests were Mrs. Orilla Farnham, Mrs. Harriet Nettleton of New Haven, MT. and Mrs. William s. Beecher of Westville, Mr. Bennett Farm ham, Yale '96 S., Miss May P. Farnham, Mir. and Mrs. Henry M. Crocker of New Haven, MT. and Mrs. w. Burr Hall and Miss Maud Hall of Wallingford, MT. and Mrs. A. N. Farnham and fami-' ly of Westville, Rev. w. IT. McNicholl, Mrs. Keeler of New Haven, MT. and Mrs. J. F. Nettleton of New Haven, MT. Edward s. Nettleton Yale go, Mir and Mrs. c. E. Brown of Westville, MT. and Mrs. Tufts, MT and Mrs. George Taylor, MT. and Mrs. Walter Russell, Mir. and Mrs. Walter Russell, jr., Mir and Mrs. John M, Austin, MT. and Mrs. Arthur Miller of Woodbridge, MT Myron Russell of Westville, MT. Robert Jeffcott, Yale '97 S., of New Haven, MT. George Thompson, Yale '95 S., of New Haven, Mrs. George Hinman of Westville, Mrs. Fowler of New Ha- ven, Mrs. C. E. Gorham and the Misses Lena and Myrtle Gorham, Miss Lillian Neal of Westville, MT. Harvey Brown, Miss Ethel McNicholl, MT. Smith, MT. J. Michael of Westville, Miss MilIie Hubbard, Mrs. Small and Mrs. B. B. Beardmore of New Haven.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
YALE Y. M. 0. 4. ELECTIONS.
Held in Dwight Han Last Night.

helu HI OWAEnU 1ddAA 11ab6 N1guUs
 The annual meeting of the Yale Y. M. c. A. for the election of officers was held in Dwight hall last evening. Af- ter the reading of the minutes of the last years meeting nominations for president were asked for. MT. T. F. Archibald was nominated and elected by exclamation. Nominations for first vice president from '97 were next in order. Nominations-Fi Fincke, Ware, ,Cof- fin, Smyth. Elected, Coffin.
 Nominations for second vice presl- dent from '96 s. were next ordered. Me- Gee secured the election by acclama- ton. Nominations for recording secre- tary from '9s resulted as follows: Bingham, Gallaudet, A. B. Williams, Wickes, Bell, Torrey. Elected, Gallau- det.
 The following were the nominations for treasurer from '96: Hunt, J. Hol- lister. Nettleton, Belo. Elected, Hollis- ter.
 MT. R. c. Morse '62, member of the advisory committee whose term of of- flee had expired, was reelected.
 MT. William Fl. Sallman was reap- pointed general secretary of the Yals Young Mems Christian association for the coming year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
THEIR THRoArs CUT.
A Mother Murders Her Children and Then
 Disappears.

| -A AA AAdF ana Inen Disappears.
 Columbus, O.; April Mrs. W. H. H. Williams of Grove City, accompanied by her three children, registered at Park hotel on Saturday. To-day two of her children were found dead in her room with their throats cut One was boy, aged seven, and the other a girl, aged twelve. There were two beds in. the room. Annie, aged thirteen, and her mother occupied one bed and her two younger children the other It is sup posed Mrs. Williams murdered the chill dren some time during last night She has disappeared.
 Annie says that her mother left the room about S:S0 this morning, but before going told her not to go near the bed in which her brother and sister were sleeping. She obeyed and so it was not until the chambermaid came in that the tragedy was discovered.
 W. H. H Williams, husband of the woman. does business here as an insllr- ance agent and salesman. He was brought to the hotel soon after the dis covery of the bodies, but refused to talk about the matter and would not permit his daughter Annie to tell what she knew. Acquaintances say they never knew of any trouble in the family and Mrs. Williams seemed to be of sound mind.
 Williams tonight said his wife left home Saturday last during his absence She had been cranky" for some time, but he did not regard her as insane. He supposed that she had gone to visit friends in this city or Cleveland MT. Williams thought his wife had commit ted suicide.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
General Alarm Sent Out.

New York, April 1.-The police are looking for Harry Keene Carlton, forty years old, who disappeared from his boarding house, 116 East Twenty-second street, March 2. He was bookkeeper for Johnson & Faulkner, 11S East Seven teenth street. He was given leave of absence March 1. He returned to his boarding house March badly injured about the face and body. He told sev- eral conflicting stories of his injuries. From the fact that he left $S5 in cash and some jewelry in his room the theo- ry of suicide is advanced. The police sent a general alarm out at the re- quest of the missing mans relatives, who reside at 373 Commonwealth ave- nue, Boston.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
ATKINSON AND wARNER.
Two Well Known Citizens to Discuss the
 Financial Ouestion.

Financial Question.
 Hon. Edward Atkinson, who has been engaged by the New Haven University Extension society to lecture on the Financial Condition and Outlook of the United States" tomorrow evening, April 3, at Warner hall is a speaker and writer of national reputation. It is hoped that bankers and business men will avail themselves-ofth the opportunity to hear the financial system discussed by one who is known as an advocate of the gold standard. As a lecturer MT. Atkinson has few equals, and his article in the April number of the Forum en- titled "The Battle of the Standards, and the Fall of Prices" has aroused wide spread interest among those who are studying problems which, in the near future, will confront our national legis- lation.
 Mfr. Atkinson has leetured during the past winter to crowded audiences of both ladies and gentlemen at Harvard university and before the Nineteenth Century club of New York.
 General Warner of Marietta, O., the president of the Bi-Metallic league, has been invited to follow MT. Atkinson and give his views from the standpoint of the silver men,. Over 100 tickets have already been sold. The price is twenty-five cents each.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
CONTROLLING EIEorB1o ROADS.
Capitalists Interested in the Consolidated
 Purchase of Ihe Stamford Line.

Capitalists Interested in the Consolidated
 Purchase of the Stamford Line.
 Stamford, April 1.-The announce ment that the Stamford street railway had been purchased by a syndicate of New York bankers caused considerable surprise in business circles.
 Coming so soon after the report that the Consolidated railroad was to buy up several electric roads in the state, it was at first thought that the report was incorrect, and that the line had really been purchased by the Consoli- dated. It is now learned that the prominent members of the syndicate reported to have bought the road are J. Plerpont Morgan, E. c. Benedict and H. O. Havemeyer. The sale was com pleted last week, ending negotiations first entered into a year ago. The plans of the buyers are as yet unknown, but it Is rumored that the road will be equipped with electricity throughout; that a power plant will be erected at Glen Brook, and that power will also be supplied to the New Canaan and Stamford branch of the Consolidated. The deal Is reported to be a move on the part of officers of the Consolidated road to control by investments by it's large shareholders the systems of trolley lines which may run parallel to it's tracks.
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In Excellent Condition.

Chicago April 1.-Three thousand people assembled in the Auditorium to- night to participate in the tenth con- vocation of the University of Chicago. Degrees and certificates were conferred on twenty-five men and women. The covocatlon orator was Chauncey M. Depew, LL D. He was received with great enthusiasm, and his address was frequently applauded. The president of the university, Dr. Harper, made a statement that the university was in ex- cellent condition.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
Initiated Six Candidates.

A meeting of Winthrop Castle. Knights of the Golden Eagle, was held in the Courier building last even- ing. The first and second degrees were worked on six candidates. There were large deputations present from the other castles. An elegant pin is offered by the grand castle to that member of degree team which does the best work
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
Rogers Coaching Harvard.

Boston, April 1.-The Harvard senior crew is rowing a modification of the Cook stoke. The crew has been without a coach for some time- Last week Der by Rogers, Yale '93, now in the law school, took charge of them. Rogers is of the famous family of oarsmen of that name and was substitute on the Yale '92 Varsity All but twelve men has been dropped from the freshman crew, and this number of men will probably be retained until the crew goes to New Londons
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NEW YORK,S MYSTERY.
The Police Still Hard at Work Trying to
 Clear It Up.

 Clear It Up.
 New York, April 1.--The police were hard at work to-day trying to clear up rhe mystery surrounding the death of the colored woman found strangled and mutilated yesterday morning on Sixth avenue. Mador Robinson, colored, a stewardess in the depot at Hoboken of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Vest ern railroad, to-day visited the morgue here and identified the murdered wo- man as a passenger who came to the Hoboken depot Tuesday on a train from Newark.
 During a conversation the woman told the stewardess that she had come from Heathsville, Va, near Fredericksburg having been sent north with ten or elev- en others by white man, an employ ment agent. She had gone into service in a small town not far from Hoboken, but not liking the work came to New York to seek employment. Madora also said that the dead woman told her that she was going to visit acquaintnoes in Thompson street. this oity, which Is not far from the place where the body was found. Madora would not tell the dead woman's name, but thought it could be learned by telegraphing' to the squire of Heathsville, Va. 1t is expected that 8 careful search will now be made by detectives of every house in Thompson street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
Yale Notaa.
CANDIDATES ON DECK.
 Tba fol1ouvino, men nreeen+ad +baro

FOOTBALL CANDIDATES ON DECK.
 The following men presented them selves as candidates for the positions of full and half-backs on the University eleven yesterday; M. D. Flames, '9S, 1SO pounds; R. M. Lester, '97 s., 15O pounds; J. I. Lineaweaver, '97, 154 pounds; P. B. Lukens, '95; T. J. McCa- hill, L. S.. ITS pounds; J. B. Miller, graduate, 152 pounds; Merrill, T. D. Newmyer, '9S; W. K. Shepard, '97 S.; A. c. Sherwood, '97, 1892 pounds; A. D. Smith, 'SS 163 pounds; I. N. Swift, '98, 161 pounds; J. A. Walsh, '9S, 175 pounds; Young.
 All the men were practiced in kick ing and were coached by Stillman '95 &, Adee '95 and Captain Thorne.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
THE MATE DROWNED.
He Was Washed Overheard in a Severe
 Storm.

Yarmouth, N. S., April 1.-The two- masted schooner Alfred Keen of and from Rockland, Me, bound to New York with a cargo of lime, was lost on Trin- ity ledge, off Port Maitland, yesterday mirning. The vessel encountered a heavy snow storm last Thursday, dur ing which she lost her deckload and had her forestaysail headgear carried away. When the wind changed she ran before it and about o'clock yesterday brought up on Trinity ledge the buoy of which was gone, having been carried away in the storm.
 Mate Charles Davis was washed over- board while the crew were trying to get into the boats and was drowned. The balance of the men saved only what clothing they wore and landed at High Head Cove Master Reuben L. Falkin- baum and his four men are being cared for by United States Consul O'Conlor and will be sent home Wednesday, night.