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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-01-18
OBITUARY..
Death of Mrs. A. g. Scranton.

The many friends Of "A. G. Scranton
will regret to learn of the death of
his wife, which occurred yesterday
morning. She had been sick about five
weeks. She was a most loving and de-
voted wife, and she leaves large circle
of friends to mourn her loss. Mr.. Scran-
ton is connected with Price, Lee &
Co., and was formerly, proprietor of a
picture frame store on orange street
for years. ,r
The wife Of DR.. IT, e. Hickox OF Chap
el street died early yesterday morning.
She was a most estimable woman and
loving and devoted mother. She
leave 10 mourn her loss her husband
and a son. who is the we'll known
Congress avenue meat market pro-
prietor. Mrs. A. G. Scranton, niece
of Mrs. Hickox, also died yesterday
The deceased was born in Orange
where she lived a great part of the time
before her marriage. She was an at
tendant at Trinity Episcopal church.
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THE SYMPHONY CONCERT.

The second concert in the course Civ
en- by the local symphony orchestra will
take place next Thursday afternoon at
O'Clock. Tickets for this concert and
the remainder of the course are for sale
at Steinert's for $225. Single admission
will be sold at the door. Everything
went splendidly at the rehearsal Thurs
day and everything augurs fine per-
formance at the concert.
Mr. f. Wayland Fellowes, who is an
enthusiastic lover Of music, but is un-
abe to attend concerts as a rule, was an
interested listener at the rehearsal, and
was much pleased with the orehastra's s
work, and congratulated Mr.. knight
warmly on his playing. The program
has already appeared in these columns,
and next week analyses of the numbers
will be printed.
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AGAIN TO ENTERTAIN.


"Old Hiram, the Historic Lodge.
For many years past it has been tls
annual custom of this ancient lodge OF
Free Masons to have a social enter
tainlnent largely for the enjoyment and
better acquaintance of their many
friends and the public. The entertain-
ments have been of a varied charac-
ter-sometimes dramatic, literary or
musical and often ending with a social
promenade concert, etc. The interest OF
our citizens have always been mani
tested in "Old Hiram's" attempts to
please them, by a very large attend-
ance, the affair being a society event
The matter was before the lodge at
its regular communication, the 18th
inst, and Worthy Master DR.. Wheeler
appointed a committee consisting OF
Julius Twiss, Captain McCabe of the
Grays. H H. Peck and Mr.. Walton, to
consider the matter of this seasons en-
tertainmert and to report to the lodge
at its next meeting Thursday evening,
the 23d inst. On that occasion it is ex-
pected that many society men and in
fiuentfal citizens who are members OF
this lodge and who have had much
experience in Hiram's entertainments
in the past year, such as Hon. Lyndo
Harrison, Hon. J. D. DeweH, H Grant
Thompson, L. e. HUM. Sherwood 5.
Thompson, Major Benjamin E. Browns
Hon. Herbert E. Benton, W A Beers
and others will be present and adviss
for the coming gathering.
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Onthe Monroe Doctrine.

$50 members and guests at the dinner
of the Massachusetts, Reform club at
Young's hotel this evening, included
among the number being Professor John
Bach McMaster of Philadelphia, Pro-
fessor Alfred Bushnell Hart of Har-
ward, Alfred S. Cassatt of Cincinnati.
George +. Tucker, Esq. of New Bed
ford. Robert Treat Paine, Richard H.
Dana, Darwin E. Ware, Moorfield Sto-
rey. Andrew C. F'is1e and c.. R. Cod
man. Hon. G. S. Hale presided and the
general topic of discussion was THE
Monroe Doctrine" After a short
speech of intrudction President Hale in
trodueed Professor McMsster as the
first speaker.
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MET A HORRIBLE DEATH
THE FITE or WILLIAM CASE IN
HARTFORD YESTERDAY.

Killed While Trying to Board n Moving
Train-Body Dragged II Quarter of Mile
-One Leg Found ON the Brasebeam
After Reaching Elmwood.
Hartford, Jan. 17.-William Case Of
Bristol met with horrible death in
this city this afternoon. He was thrown
underneath the wheels of the south
bound passenger train ON the New Eng
land road few minutes after O'clock,
and was almost instantly killed. The
unfortunate man was about to board the
train home for Bristol, and lost his
footing in the act. He was accompanied
by friend named White, also of Bris-
tol. The train was already moving
rapidly when the two men started to
cross the track between them and the
coaches. A fence separates the two
New England tracks, and White pass
ed through a gate first and success
fully boarded the baggage car. Case
allowed two more cars to pass before
he made the attempt. He grasped the
railing firmly, but his foot slipped, and
as his body swung out he struck the
fence, and was drawn down underneath
the wheels His left leg was severed
and his body was drawn along a quar-
ter of a mile, as far as Laurel street.
1t had become entangled in the coup
ling chains. The train hands We're un-
aware of what was happening, the train
moving on at it's usual rapid pace. On
arriving at Elmwood the conductor was
informed by the telegraph operator of
what had happened, and looking down
discovered the leg of the unfortunate
man underneath the car, held there by
d brake beam. Case was thirty-eight
years old, married, and leaves a, wife
and two children, the boy aged six
years, and the girl four years. His
body was taken to the morgue in this
city. The dead man was employed in
the office of the e. Ingraham Clock
company, here, and Travelled in to his
work from Bristol daily. Case un-
doubtedly owes his death to the fence
running between the two tracks of the
| New England road, as he had but an
| instant in which to board the train
before the car platform had passed
| the gateway.
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A Shocking Assault,

Mrs. Ann Lyman, an aged lady of Old
Saybrooll, was terribly assaulted by an
unknown man as she was returning
home early Thursday evening. She was
attacked near her own door. She was
knocked down, and her assailant was
choking her life out when a neighbor,
Robert Holmes, happened to pass that
way and the villain fled. A brakeman
named Eugene Green has been arrested
on suspicion, and Mrs. Lyman declares
that he is the guilty man, and it is
thought that he attacked her out of re-
venge because she had said he was be-
coming hard drinker Green was un-
til recently employed on the Valley
road
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Boatner,s Resolution Discussed.

washington, Jan. 1.-THE house judi
ciary committee to-day discussed the
house resolution of Mr. Boatner of
Louisiana looking to the Impeachment
of Comptroller Bowler for his action
in stopping the payment of sugar
bounties authorized by congress. While
not finally acted upon it was practically
agreed to report the matter back to the
house with request that the commit
tee be authorized to inquire into the
powers of the comptroller and to report
upon the statute laws under which he
acts. The committee ordered faverably
reported the bill of Mr.. Curtis of New
York, 20 reduce the cases in which the
penalty Of death may be inflicted. In
stead Of death, the measure provides
for imprisonment at hard labor for life.
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GENERAL HARRISON ENGAGED.
He VIII Wed Mrs. Dimmick Soon After
Lent He States,


Lent He States.
New York, Jan 17-Benjamin Harri-
son tonight at the Fifth avenue for
mally announced his engagement to
Mrs. Dinlnlick.
The corridors os the hotel were
thronged with politicians during the
early part of the evening awaiting anx-
iously for the communication OF ma
ton Importance" which the generals
secretary had stated early in the day
would be made this evening The pol
iticians were at a loss to understand
just what this would be, many being
of the opinion that it would be of a po-
litical nature. There was a crowd of
newspaper men and others about the
hotel before o'clock, when Secretary
Tibbetts appeared and handed the, fol-
lowing:
General Harrison authorizes the an
nouncement that he and Mrs. Dimmiclz
are engaged to be married and that
the marriage will not take place until
after Lent
Colonel Tibbetts refused to further
discuss the announcement and al
though the ex-president was upstairs
in his rooms he denied himself to all
newspaper men.
Colonel Tibbetts said that General
Harrison would remain in the city un-
til after Sunday when he would go to
Indianapolis, and from there to Wash
ington, where he will argue the Stan
ford case before the supreme court
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The Collections for the ar,nenians

Prof. II. W. Farnam sent out last ev-
ening the following: Since the enclosed
circular was printed it has been inti-
mated that the Red Cross society
would not be allowed to enter Turkey.
In that case the relief will be given
through other agencies. We are in
formed by the National Armenian Re-
is now being very efficiently carried on
lief committee that 'the work of reIier
in many places in Turkey at the pres
ent time under the direction of Ameri-
can missionaries and consuls of for
eign powers and that relief will be
sent directly to committees already or
ganized should other agencies fail.
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Wrecked Steamer Patched.

London, Jan. 17.--The steamer Ce-
phalonia from Boston for Liverpool
which struck rock off the south stack,
and was subsequently beached at the
upper end Of New Harbor, near Holy
head, has been patched and proceeded
for Liverpool in tow of three tugs
Steamer Drunelsier( Br) from New
Orleans arrived at Bremen to-day in
a damaged condition, having collided
with and sunk the German bark Move
The crew of the Move was rescued
by the Drumelseir and landed at
Bremen.
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THE $1oo,o0o,o00 LoAN.
Comptroller Eolsels Makes an Appeal to
the $500 National Banks.

the $500 National Banks.
Washington, Jan. I'm. James II,
Eckels, comptroller of the currency, has
issued the following circular to the $500
national banks of the United States:
Some days since, at the request of the
secretary of the treasury, / caused to be
forwarded to YOU circulars inviting pro-
posals for the per cent. bonds soon to
be issued by the government. In order
that offers for the same may be made
more intelhgently by those desiring to
bid, there has been prepared by the
treasury department the enclosed state
ment, exhibiting the prices to be paid
for the bonds in order to return to the
investor certain rates of interest in said
statement mentioned It is the desire
of the government that these bonds be
distributed as widely as possible, and as
they are of a character which affords to
national banks especially desiing to OBJ
tain circulat tlon thereon a long time in
vestment, your attention is called to
them, both as to! this particular feature
and that of the general character of the
Investment 1t is suggested that the
national banks can materially aid the
government in popularizing this loan
by calling the attention of their patrons
to the desirability of it as an invest
ment, and in stimulating subscriptions
thereto. 1t is earnestly requested that
YOU explain to your patrons in detail
the manner of making bids and the
terms thereof, thus giving them the
inf tho e.ilINibpf
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At Harmonic Hall,

The second assembly of a series which
are TO be held in Harmonic hall this
winter was held last night. A most
enjoyable evening was passed. The fol-
lowing were the committee:
gements-John w Murphy,
president; John W. Merriman, secre-
tary; Joseph II. Griffin treasurer Frank
C. o. Brown, Raymon Benton.
Floor committee-Leonard w. john
son, chairman; Frank K. Swan, James
II. Allen, Herman Scott. jr., William A.
Johnson, William II. Milligan, Theodore
Peck, George T. Murray.
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Mrs. Courtney Receives Aid.

Aidhas been given to Mrs. Belle Court
ney, whom the police found in destitute
circumstances on Thursday evening at
her home on Factory street. Wood and
coal were sent to the woman through
the interposition of Father Coyle of st.
Johns church. Two women of st.
Johns parish called yesterday and took
steps to provide clothing for the chill
dren. The oldest boy will be sent to
the parochial school of St. Johns par
ism. The younger children will be pro-
vided with home soon.
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Franklin,s Birthday Observed

Boston, Jan. 17.-To-day is the 19Oth
anniversary of Benjamin F'ranklin's
birth. Through the efforts of the
Franklin Typographical society flags
were displayed on all the city buildings
and school houses throughout Boston
during the day-for the first time-in
honor Of the country's first great print
er. Hereafter Franklin's birthday will
be observed in Boston. Scholars in all
the schools were reminded of the sig
nificance of the day. The Franklin Ty-
biographical society held it's seventy-sec-
ond banquet at the Quincy house this
evening.
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WERE LIVING IN SQUAL0R
RESULTS MADE BY AGENT SIMMONS
IN C1MPVILLE.
An Old Veteran Turned Out of His Home
Frozen Conditional Worse Case Dis
covered in Litchfield in Which the Person
is Worth Thousands of Dollars.

Winsted, Jan. 17.-Agent John F.
Simmons of the Connecticut Humane
society returned tonight from Camp
vile, Litchfield county where he has
been investigating the case Of William
Davidson, an old soldier, and his daugh-
ter, who were turned out of the home
of his son-in-law, Eugene Cam. last
December. Davidson when found was
frost bitten, his check frozen and he
was sick with pneumonia. He was re-
moved to the Soldiers Home at Moro
ton last week.
Agent Simmons has nearly a score of
affidavits to sustain the newspaper
stories of inhumantiy, and they will
tomorrow be forwarded to State At
torney j. S. Huntington of Woodbury.,
and action will probably be brought
against Cam and the town of Litch-
field
Mrs. Mary Cam, wife of Eugene
Cam, will be arrested for bigamy. She
swore to-day that she had never pro-
cured divorce from Gilbert Bishop,
who is now serving fifteen years SEN
tence in Charleston state prison for
aggravated assault.
Agent Simmons also discovered the
family of A. w. Churchill Of Litchfeld
living in filth and squalor. Mrs.
Churchill is said to be worth $4,000.
Within a stones throw of the Churchill
home is a shanty occupied by David
Mass, eighty seven years old, the inter
ior os the building being unfit for a
dog. Agent Simmons will investigate
the latter two cases.
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YAzE JUNIOR PRoMENADE.

Arrangements Completed Tor the Social
Event of the Year--Teas and Germans of
Prom Yeell-Pntronesse for Promenade
and Germans.
Yale promenade week will be ushered
in next Monday afternoon with the jun
ior tea at the residence OF Mrs. Henry
l.. Hotchkiss, No. So Hillhouse avenue.
The tea will be held from A until G
o'clock. The sophomore tea will be CIV
EN- at the same time at the residence of
Mrs, e. Hayes Trowbridge, No. $40 Tenn
pie street,
The annual promenade concert of the
Glee and Banjo clubs will be given at
the Hyperion in the evening. The pro-
gram is as follows:
PART I.
King Cotton March. ................ Sousa
Banjo Club.
Meath the Elms. s........... .Carm. Yalen
College Songs-Wake, Freshman,
Wake. :. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
George Washington, Carm. Yalen
Serenade.... ......,.........T Tracy
Mr. Parker and Club.
Tutti Frutti. ,..,..................
Glee and Banjo Clubs.
PART II.
Die Pupenfee Waltzes.. ..Tobani
Banjo Club.
Tom Tom..,. ....... smith
Espanita Waltz. ...............R .Rosey
Mandolin Club.
Negro Sweet Quartet.
Wine Galop.. ....................k .kuntz
PART III.
Toie Skirt Dance. Benedict
Banjo Club.
Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground.
..................... Foster
Ma 4Aapham and Club.
Waltz Song-Breezes of Night. ~.
-. .... ......f............La Lamothe
Lost Chord. ................S Sullivan
Mr.. Lakeland and Club.
Bright College Years. .... Durand 81
After the concert the junior german
will be held in Alumni hall. E. E. Gar
rison win lead There will be fiSe sets
of favors, including the souvenir ia
vors.
The patronesses of the junior ger
man are: Mrs. Fl. l.. Hotchklss of New
Haven, Mrs. Garrison OF Colorado
Springs Mrs. Heffelfinger of Minneapo-
lis, MIS-. McKim of Washington, Mrs.
Sage Of Albany, Mrs. Wollcott Of Den
yer, and Mrs G. B. Farnam of New Ha-
ven.
The sophomore german will be held
| ~, ;,,y Nal
vile Parker '9S will lead, and it is ex-
pected that about ninety couples will
fbe present. There will be five sets OF
favors, including the souvenir favors.
These will consist of pin trays, made
by Ford of New Haven, for the ladies
and pewter mugs for the men.
On Tuesday there will be number of
teas. The students located at 36 Elm
street will give tea from A to 6 on
Monday. The patronesses are Mrs.
Timothy Dwight, Mrs. James S. Petit,
Mrs. H. Grant Thompson, Mrs. Edward
" Reynolds, and Mrs. n. Albert Hook
er
The chief and most important event
of the week is the junior promenade,
which will be held at the Second regi-
ment armory on Tuesday night and will
begin at 9 O'Clock. The decorations will
be done by local firm and the colors
used will be white and gold. The floral
decorations will consist largely of
palms.
The promenade committee consists of:
Chairman, Clarence Mann Fincke; floor
manager. Elisha Ely Garrison; Lyman
Metcalfe Bass, George Clymer Brooke,
Charles Edwin Heffelfinger, Fred Tows-
ley Murphy, Dean Sage, jr., Dudley
Vanness Sutphin and Joseph Stofer
Wheelwright
The patronesses of the prom are Mrs.
MeKim, Mrs. Wollcott, Mrs HotchlSiss
Mrs, g. B. Farnam Mrs. Sage, Mrs. Gar
rison and Mrs. Perrin
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Forger Disappears.

Boston, Jan. 17.-Mr. E. C. Norris, the
safe manufacturer, left Boston about
two weeks ago and has not been heard
from since that time. 1t has been dis
covered that he has forged the name
of his father-in-law Hon. Frank M.
Ames, on notes which will aggregate
$4,000. 1t is known that brokers, banks
and trust companies hold about $50000
and that private individuals have prob
ably SIS. 900 more.
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d. u. \. NOTES.

The Hillhouse High school polo team
is going to play it's first championship
game in Meriden this afternon woith
the Meriden High school team.
Miss S. S. Sheridan is to start de-
batting club among the girls. The first
meeting will be held Tuesday
There will be q regular class meeting
Monday, at which time the prom. will
be discussed.
Charles Bradley has been taken into
Gamma Delta.
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Abbott and Pearce Signed

Boston, JAN 17.-Stanton Abbott, cham
pion lightweight of England, and Leslie
C. Pearce, the Philadelphia lightweight,
have signed articles of agreement to
box fiften rounds at Music hail. this
city, under aldermanic license, on Feb
ruary 4. Pearce defeated Abbott in
twenty rounds in Boston last June and
the dissatisfaction over the decision
brought about the new match
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TWO FIRES YESTERDAY.
Ex-AIderman Shan1ey's House on Fire
Small Blaze in Henry Street.

A fire broke out in ex-Alderman John
T. Shanley's home, 211 Franklin street.
at $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The alarm was sent in from box 421.
Bradley and William street The fire
is said to have been caused by a defec-
tive fue and was behind the walls.
which made it difficult for the firemen
to get at. The damage was about $500,
which is covered by insurance.
The second alarm was from box 513,
and was sent in about S;15 o'cloc last
evening. The fire was found to be in
the room occupied by Amanda Williams
at 16S Henry street. Nothing in the
room was burned except a bed The
damage was merely nominal. It is
thought that the fire originated by the
overturning of a lamp.
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May Go to West Indies.

London, Jan. 17.-Though the admiral
ty refuses to confirm or deny the state
ment that the new flying squadron is
destined for Bermuda it can be stated
nthe authority of officers attached
to the squadron that they believe that if
they do not go to Bermuda they will
go to some point in the West Iidies.
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Or The Monroe Doctrinp.

Washington,Ja Jan. 17.-The senate COM
mittee on foreign relations discussed for
two hours to-day the Monroe doctrine
and finally by vote ordered a report on
the resolution submitted by Mr.. Davis
of Minnesota, chairman of the sub
cummittee.
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Spraired His Ankle.

W. ]. Kerrigan fell in washout on
the Consolidated railroad near Bridge
street yesterday afternoon and sprained
his ankle. DR.. Carroll was called and
treted the wound Mr.. Kerrigan was
comfortably resting at the Hotel Garde
last evening.
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Slot Machines to &c.

New London. Jan. 17.-Mayor John
son issued orders this afternoon to have
all slot machines removed. These ma
chimes for chance investments have be-
come alarmingly numerous throughout
the city.
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Entertained by Governor Co fan.

Niddletown, Jan. 17-G3vernor Coffin
entertained the members of his staff
at his home here this afternoon. In
the evening the party occupied boxes
at the Middlesex to witness the pre-
sentation Of "Shore Acres
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PERSONAL.

Mr.. Charles H. Bunce of Fair Haven
starts Sunday evening for Avon Park,
Florida. After visiting there he goes
to Tampa, Florida, where he will spend
the winter.
Miss Birdie Miller, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Wolcott Miller of Nicoll street,
is in Kansas City, where she is spend
ing the winter at the home of her cous-
in, ex+Judge David D. Hoag, whose
mother, while he was a student at Yale
college, was q resident of Wall street,
this city, near College street. Miss Mil
Ter is much improved in health.
Mr.. C. P. Jordan. for many years pro-
prietor of the Hub clothing store on
Church street, has been indisposed at
his home on First avenue, West Haven,
for several weeks, but is improving un-
der the care of his physician, DR.. Paul
G.. Skiff.
A TRIP TO THE SOUTH BY TWO
LADIES.
Mrs. w. w. Hoag Of this city, resid-
ing with her daughter, Mrs. Klein, on
Bishop street, and whose husband, the
late Hon. w. w. Hoag, was a leading
agriculturist of Sherman, Conn, re-
turned early yesterday morning by the
Colonial express from G. trip to the At
lanta exposition and to Griffin, Georgia.
She is in the seventy-ffth year of her
age, and was accOmpanied on tiiS long
journey by an old friend, Mrs. S. M.
Northrop of Sherman, Conn, who is in
her eightieth year. They spent several
weeks in Griffin with Mrs. Hoag's
youngest brother, Mr.. Homer Osborn,
who is a prosperous manufacturer Of
chairs and collins in that town The
two aged ladies greatly enjoyed their
excursion, despite it's length and IA
tigues, and return in excellent health
and spirits, much refreshed.