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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-12
COMING SOCIAL EVENT.
Engagement of Miss Jennie II. Kerr to
Charles Albert Heaton.

The engagement has just been an
nounced of Miss Jennie Hamilton Kerr,
younger daughter of Mrs. Hamilton r.
Kerr of New York city to Mr.. Charles
Albert Heaton of New Haven. The
bride is a highly attractive and accom-
plished young lady, charming and en-
tertaining, inclined rather to the bru-
nette type. She completed her educa-
ton in Europe, spending four years
abroad and among her accomplish
ments she is fluent speaker of French
and German. She is a descendant of
the Knickerbockers and her mother, a
very accomplished and refined lady, Is
the widow of New York gentleman,
who was possessed of a fine estate in
herited from his father, who was for
many years a prominent and success
full New York business man. Mr..
Heaton is the younger son of our late
and much lamented townsman, Edward
Heaton, of honored memory, and is a
brother Of Mr.. J. Edward Heaton of
this city. His only sister was Mrs.
John Brewster Fitch, whose death last
"illtei CdHk d E1loclIl oNCl ANCW ILdNt
society and was so deeply lamented.
Mr.. Heaton's family comes from one
of our oldest and best New England
families, having descended in direct
line from Stephen Goodyear, first depu-
ty governor of New Haven Colony, and
from Thomas Wells, governor of the
Connecticut Colony. Mr.. Heaton's
grandfather on his mothers side served
in the war of 1912 as a staff officer.
MIR. Heaton, though he has been re-
siding in New York for year or more,
still retains his New Haven citizen
ship and Is the owner of the beautiful
Heaton residence on York street. He
is member Of several prominent New
York clubs, among them the Riding club
and Manhattan, and is a member of
the Sons of the American Revolution
and eligible to membership in the So
ciety of Colonial Wars Mr.. Heaton's
home in New York is at the Waldorf.
The wedding will take place in the
early fall and will be a quiet one owing
to the comparatively recent bereave-
ments in the family; and the young
couple will, directly after the wedding,
leave to spend the winter in the south
and then spend year or two in travel
in the old world
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TO ENTERTAIN FIFE CHIEFS.
General Committee of Arrangements let
Last Evening.

General Committee of Arrangements NJ ct
Last Evening.
The general committee in charge of
the arrangements for entertaining the
fire chiefs at the international conven-
ton which will be held in this city in
August met in the fire commissioners
room last evening. Former Chief Hen
drick presided. Several of the sub
committees reported progress in the
work assigned them.
The committee on finance is meeting
with much success as well as the COM
mittee on transportation. The design
for the badge is being completed, and
when finished will be one of the most
unique that has ever been seen in this
city
The convention will probably be in
session four days. The business to be
transacted will be interspersed with
various forms of entertainment The
visitors will be taken to East Rock.
West Rock and the different shore re-
sorts.
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secure additional land in these Sec
tions.
Superintendent Kendall announced
than an exhibition of vertical penman-
ship would be held at the Boardman
school on June 81, % and %, both after
Moons and evenings.
The following self-explanatory petit
ton, signed by pupils and graduates Of
Hillhouse high school, was read and re-
ferred to the committee on special in
struction:
1--WE, the undersigned, students and
graduates of the Hillhouse high school,
respectively petition the honorable
board of education of the city of New
Haven that it reappoint Mr.. Isaac
Thomas as principal Of the high
school,
However, if the decision of the hon
orahle board renders this impossible,
we desire that this petition should
stand as testimonial Of our apprecia-
ton, from our point of view, of Mr..
Thomas efficient work as principal Of
the Hillhouse high school,"
The petition was signed by about 800
names.
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. CORNELL CREW At TTHAC4,
New Varsity Eight Have Brush with
the Freshmen.


Ithaca, N. Y, June T-To-day was
an ideal one for rowing, and Coach
Courtney improved the opportunity by
giving his crew plenty of work. The
eights went out this morning. The
Varsity makeup was as follows;
Stroke, Briggs; 7, Savage; 6, Carter; 5,
Odell;| 4, King; 3, Wakeman; 2, Bent
ley; bow, Dalzell; coxswain, Colson.
This combination, therefore, includes
five Annapolis men and three Varsity
veterans, Briggs and Savage having
rowed at Poughkeepsie last year, and
Bentley at the Henley regatta in '95.
Giving the youngsters a start of 20
seconds over the two mile course, this
Varsity eight beat the freshmen in
lively spin by a few feet. Courtney
congratulated the freshmen, who rowed
the distance in thirty seconds faster
than yesterday. He was careful to
withhold the time, however.
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BRYAN M'CLETEAND DEAD.
The Noted Turfman Dies at His Home in
KentuclkY

Lexington, KY, June 11-Byron Nc
Clelland, the widely known turfman,
died at his home in this city tonight
He was taken with a conjestive chill
at Latonia last Saturday and was
brought home and stricken blind on
Monday. Later his left lung became
congested producing pneumonia, which
was the immediate cause of his DEATH
Mr.. McClelland was born in Lexing-
ton and was forty-five years of age
While boy he was a jockey, but was
forced to discontinue riding on account
of his weight. He took charge of a
string of horses in 1878, from which
time his turf career dates He had
been eminently successful, leaving an
estate of s350,000. He was married
about twelve years ago to Miss Sallie
Smith, who survives him.
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TEST VOTE ON SUGAR SCHEDULE.
1t Was Close, but the Republican Amend


ment Prevailed.
Washington, June 1.-THE first test
vote on the sugar schedule was taken
in the senate late to-day resulting in
the adoption of the republican caucus
amendment changing the house rate
to 1.95 per pound by the close vote of
years 80, nays 30. The affirmative vote
was made up of 20 republicans, dem
ocrat, McEnery, 1 silver republican,
Jones of Nevada, and 1 populist, Stew
art of Nevada. The negative vote was
made up of % democrats, populists
End 2 silver republicans. 1t was the
closest thus far taken on an issue of
Importance and was acknowledged as
showing that the caucus amendment
was sure of adoption.
The vote was as follows:
Yeas-Allison, Burrows, Carter, Gull
lom, Davis, DeBoe, Elkins, Fairbanks,
Foraker, Frye, Gallinger, Hanna, Hans
brough, Hawley, Hoar, Jones of Ne
vada, Mcbride, McEnery, Mcmillan,
Mason, Nelson, Perkins, Platt of Con-
necticut, Pritchard, Proctor, Sewell,
Shoup. Spooner, Stewart, Wellington,
Wetmore and Wilson-32.
Nays-Bacon, Bate, Berry, Butler
Caffery, Chiffon, Clay, Cockrell Daniel,
Faulkner, German, Gray, Heitfeld,
Jones of Arkansas, Kyle Lindsay, NAL
lory, Ma tie, Mills, Mitchell, Morgan,
Pasco, Fettigrew, Pettus, Roach, Till
man, Turpie, Vest, Walthall and White
80
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LEFT $50. 100000.
Value of the Estate of Late Millionaire
Richardson.

New York, June 11-Mayo Whetsline,
the book reviewer and lawyer, who aid
ed the late Joseph Richardson draw
his will says that the estate is more
than S30,000.000, all in dividend paying
personal property. The expenses of
Mr. Richardson and their three chill
dren did not exceed $500 a year. The
widow and children inherit the fortune.
with the exception of s76,5OO. of which
Mr.. Richardson bequeathed $4,000 to
the Rev. n. NJ. Warren, pastor of the
Central Parw Baptist church, and s17,-
500 to the church
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HELD UP ON BRO4DWAY,
John Donohue Robbed of a Valuable
Diamond Pin.

New York, June 11.-John Donohue,
mantle, Conn, was held up and rob-
bed to-day at the corner of Broadway
and SSd street by two men. One man
held Donohue while the other tore a
SIPS diamond pin from Donohue's shirt
front and tried to steal a $500 roll of
bills from Donohue's pocket
Donohue called for help and the
thieves fed. One of them, who gave
the name of William F. DAILY, was ar
rested. The pin was found in his pock-
ct. Daily was locked up on a charge of
robbery and Donohue was held as a
witness. Later DAILY was arraigned
and held in $4,000 bail for examination.
Donohue was fined $40 for intoxication.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-12
THO MEN DROWNED.
Their Boat Capsized by the Swift Current
of Miller's River.

of Mil1er's River.
Miller's Falls, Mass, June n.-John
Callahan of Brattleboro, VT, and James
Kelly of Turner's Falls were drowned in
Miller's river this afternoon. Both men
were employed on the construction of
one of the piers for the new bridge
The men had been to dinner and were
crossing to the Erving side of the river
in boat, going above the dam. The
current was very strong owing to the
high water. The men lost control of
the boat and 1t was overturned, the
men being swept over the dam. With
them was John Morris, who succeeded
in reaching shore. The body of Kelly
was recovered within ten feet of where
he was drowned.
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A Drunken swede Jumped OFF Steamboat
Dock Last Night.

At about 10 o'clock last evening
Augustus Wilund, thirty-seven years of
age, a Swede, hailing from Hartford,
and giving his occupation as a sailor,
while intoxicated, jumped from steam
boat dock into the water. He was OBJ
served by two citizens and officer Nc
Guinness, who jumped into a boat and
rowed out to him. The drunken bather
or would-be suicide as the case may be
swan away from the boat, but finally
became exhausted and sank. When
he came to the surface he was pulled
into the boat and taken ashore where
1t was found that he had been some
what sobered by his cold bath. He
was kept at the dock until he was Sob
cred uD.
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Hartford. June 11.-At midnight the
log drive has nearly all passed here, but
it is believed to have been held at Mid
dletown. The temporary bridge was
saved from danger by pikemen, who
steered the logs away from the piers.
The river is at 10 feet above low water
mark,
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Receptton to Mrs. SaraT. Kinney

Middletown, June ia largely at
tended reception was accorded Mrs
Sara T. Kinney of New Haven, state
regent of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution. at the home of Mrs.
10 V. Coffin, wife of Ex-Governor Cof-
fin, this afternoon. The reception was
under the auspices of General James
Wadsworth corps, D. A. r., and up
wards of two hundred ladies were pres
ent.
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Ten Men Were Killed

London, June lin consequence of
overwinding a terrible accident has oc-
CURED in the Garth coiliery Maesteg,
Clamorganshire, Wales. The cage
was precipitated to the bottom of a
shaft 800 feet deep. Ten men were
killed.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-12
Vaccination Against Smallpox Not Hurtful

Berlin, June 1.-THE official Reich
sanheiger to-day publishes the decision
of the Royal Scientific Medical COM
mission appointed to investigate the
question whether vaccination against
smallpox produces a disposition to tu-
bercular disease. The commission finds
that there is no proof of such a dispo-
sition as a. result of vaccination.
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Massachusetts Legislature Proroeued

Boston, Mass. June 11.-This was the
last day of the legislature and the
usual ceremonies We're carried out.
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CRETE AND WANDA WINNERS.
Results in the Second Days Trotting at
Fleetwood Park.

New York, June 1.-THE second day
Of the trotting meeting of the Driving
Club Of New York at Fleetwood park
attracted about 1000 spectators. The
first event on the card was the unfin-
ished 800 trotting class from yesterday,
in which the grey gelding Tommy had
one heat, the bay mare Crete two and
the bay filly Frances Jane one heat to
their credits. Crete was the favorite
and she won the heat with a little to
spare.
The 2:19 class for trotters with a field
of twelve had a hot faVorite in the
bay mare Wanda. Dudley Wolcott won
the race in straight heats cleverly and
the favorite in the second heat checked
so badly when near the half mile pole
that she fell and was out Of the race.
Summaries:
800 s-Trotting-Purse $500.
Crete, blk m, by Blizzard
Qockwoo6 ............. l !
Frances Jane, b m, by
Allerton (Hayden).. -. 10 s l 3
Tommy, 6, by Polonius
(Murray) :. ............ 3
Crescent, g (Rogers).... 2 4 4
Germa, b m (Barnes) -. 8
Dressgoods. br m (Kinney) 4 3 3 8
Wyncode Maid, b m (Da-
ViS).. ...... ..........., .
Cornelia Nutwood, b m
(Ra1nS).. 80. ......... b Z
Arraccus, b h (Cherrier).. II 10 10 8
Euretta, br m (Stevens).. 8
Crescent b m (Schrader) IL q
Time, 2:22A, 2:24A, 2:22A, 2:22%
2:231a
2:19 Class-Trotting-P $500.
Dudley Olcott, ch 6, by Albert
w. &C. Moser) ................ 1 l
Agnes Merrill, rn m, (McCar-
thy). .......... ........ ........ II
Myrtle Boy, blk g GippencotD 2
Gilly Gaines (Kinney) ........ 4 3 3
Memorial, b m (Cherrier).. 3 4
Frank Medium, b G LOCKWOOD 10 9 4
Mclaughlin Maid,ch m &c. Mo-
ser) 49,. ..................... b
Ap Albert, b (Powers) ....... 8 7
Water Belle, b m tWilliamson) 10 10
Trotsy, b m (Clippinger). ....... II s
Carlton. ch g (McBride) ........ 0 il II
Wanderer. m (Snyder).. s d
Time, 2:1SN. 2:19A, 2:1SA.
2:12 Class-Pacing-Pur $500.
Valleau, by Sentinel Wilkes
tHollen) ......,............. L
| Out of Sight. b 6 (Davis).. 3 2
Little Gem, b g( Cherrier).. 2 8
Time, 2:15A, 2:16A, 2:15A.
| Match Race.
Russell T., b 6 Geonard) ...... 1 /
| Prince A, b Gove) ...... 2 2 {
Time, 2:S4A, 2:31h, 2:291a.
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Charles Tillinshast, Driver of Crownmont,
Was the Unfortunate Man-Purse of $111
Presented to Him by His Frlends-2:35
Glass and Match Race Yesterday-2;45
Class Will be Finished To-day.
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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-04
PROHIBITION is SAFE,
Kansas House Votes Down the SeatOn Res
nIntInn Providing for ResnhmlssiOn,

Kansas House Votes Down the SeatOn Res
olutiOn Providing for ResubmissiOn.
TOPEKA. Kan, March 3.-Representa-
tive Seaton's resolution recommending
the re-submission of the prohibitory
amendment was killed in the house
yesterday by vote of Sc to 60. The
resolution was reached on third read.
ing before noon, and the roll call
was called. Those voting in favor of
the passage of the resolution were:
Armstrong, Basgall, Bean, Botkin,
Cassin, Crosby, Cubbison, Davis, Ernst,
Fairchild, Farrell, Fitzgerald, Giles
pie, Goodno, Graves, Hacllbush, Hack
ney, Harvey, Hickman, Heminger,
Irwin, Jameson, Johnson of Chase,
Jones, Keefer, Kelsop, Lambert of
Lincoln, Lawson, Lewis, Lobdell,
LOOMS, Malin, Marks, Marty, Nc
Grath, Metzler, Moore, Muenzenmayer,
Palenske, Patton, Rothweiler, Rut-
ledge, Simmons, Singleton, Seaton,
Smith of Sherman, Stoner, Stuart,
Taylor, Try, Vogelgesang, Walters,
Ward, Wehrle, Weilep and Wright.
Those voting in the negative were:
Aker, Bacon, Barker, Barkley Ben
nett, Bradley, Brooke, Brown of Cow
ley, Brown of Greeley, Brown of
Pratt, Buell., Burkholder, Burtis, Carr,
Clark, Conger, Dalton, Dewitt, Dingus,
Epnerspn, Feighner, Fell, Finney,
Foley. Fouts, Fulton, Giessler, Gray,
Grimes, Harbaugh, Haywood, Hen
ley, Hibner, Hollembeak, Ingle,
jackson of Comanche, jackson
of Harvey, johnson OF Labette,
johnson of Nemaha, Keddie, Lam
bert of Lyon, Larimer Mccarthy, Nc
Keever, Mott, Montgomery, Outcalt,
Parry, Poison, Reed, Richards, Shouse,
Smith of Brown, Stevens, Tapscott,
Truehlood, Turner, Wallace, Williams
and Speaker Street.
Absent or not voting were: Gates,
Jaquins, Longley, Maxwell, Merrill,
Ravenscraft Russell and Seaver.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-04


A canning factory and creamery
will soon be in operation at Emporia.
Citizens of Great Bend made up car
load of corn for Indian famine suffer
ers.
Rev. II. D. Fisher of Lawrence,
wants to be appointed consul to Jeru-
salem.
Lloyd Battorf, of Jewell county, is
only Is years old but he'weighs $50
pounds,
A Ceptralia man has put in 5000
horseradish plants, and will manufac-
ture for table use.
Congress has passed the bill appro-
priating 100000 for enlarging To-
pekas public building
An Ohio man will put in brick man
ufacturing plant at lola with a capac-
ity of %, 600 bricks a day.
The linseed oil works at Fredonis
exported 40 car loads of oil meal to
Liverpool, Eng, recently.
Kansas farmers are getting higher
price IOT ldU CdJulC anu dIC' lNOhlh I,
cheaper corn than Tor many years,
The next state oratorical contest
will be held at Lawrence. o. II. Caster,
of Ottawa, is president Of the state as
ISOLATION and f. d. Plundon, of Salina,
secretary.
The equal suffrage association of
Topeka has placed three women can
didates in the field for the council and
will try to capture the republican pri-
maries in the interest of their candi-
dates.
A crazy man armed to the teeth en-
tered Gov. Leedy's office the other day
and for a time there was great conster
nation, but one of the clerks succeeded
in getting him away without any acct
dents.
Col. A. A. Harris. formerly an attor'
ney of Fort Scott, is accused by client
at Duluth, Mimi, of holding valuable
papers in a 81, 900, 900 lawsuit, and de,
manding SIS. 900 for them.
The citizens of LeaVenworth, with
out regard to party, gave Senator
elect Harris and wife reception upon
the eve of their departure to Washing
ton. Ex-senator Alexander Caldwell
presided.
Eugene Mikesell and wife, of Fort
Scott, were under arrest charged with
burning their home to get insurance
money. Mikesell was also charged
with defrauding several wholesale
houses from whom he purchased goods
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-04
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
symn,thIye will the Waman.

Miss Annie Emerson, II young woman
school-tencher in Bourbon county, re-
fused to surrender her school TO II man
whom the board had employed tn sue
coed her, A big majority of the patrons
sympathize with her, and when the
man teacher rang the bell to call school
only the children of members Of the
board responded, and when she rang a
moment later they all went in. There
upon the man teacher told the board
he would give up the job. Miss Elmer
son, backed by sympathizers, issdeter-
mined to hold the fort, while the
school board is just as determined she
shall not.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-04

The senior class of the Columbus
public schools has applied to the school
board at Neosho, Mo-, for permission
to take their grades and go to Neosho
and graduate with the class of '07.
The reason given for the unusual ac-
ton is that a negro is in the class at
Columbus and the white members dc
not want to graduate with him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-04
serIous Ezperlment At Horsc RncIng.

While returning from "A literary socie-
ty near Hope Arthur Andrews and John
Bragg had race on horseback, twas
very dark and their horses ran into a
load of young people, breaking up the
carriage and killing both of their
own horses The occupants were Sc
riously injured and Andrews was
thrown to the ground with such force
that he was unconscious for hours
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-04
He Did the Right Thing.

A Chicago man bought 100000 bush
els of corn at Manhattan this week,
paying Is cents bushel. When the
grain was all garnered he gave ban
quet to the farmers who had sold the
corn and to the business men of Man
haitian.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-04

Secretary Coburn, of the state board
of agriculture, has sent circular let
ter to the 1,T00 assessors and 105 county
clerks of the state urging more com
plete and accurate statistics pertain
ing to the dairy and creamery products
and the areas in nurseries and vine
wards of the state.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-04

LAWRENCE, Kan, March Alum
dreds braved the stormy weather to
welcome Senator w. A. Harris and
wife last night at reception given in
their honor. The hall was handsomely
decorated, there was inspiring music
and the entire affair was q brilliant
success.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-04
MUST Don rheIr m.eAnnns.

CARSON, New, March 2.-Wi1liam
Kinney, the sheriff of Ormsby county,
New, in which the big fight will take
place, has issued a statement in which
he warns all who intend to witness, the
fight to leave their weapons at home
He also intends to put a stop to all talk
of a mOb
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-04

SENECA, Kan, March 2.--John zim
norman, farmer living northeast of
Oneida, while drunk last night, at
tempted to strike his son Robert with
a chair, when the latter shot his father
through the body, The homicide gave
himself to the officers sent for his ar
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-04
Mm Imnroyo the Ronds.

The county commissioners of Bour-
bon county have ordered that all able
bodied men applying for aid shall be
given work on the public roads at so
cents day, instead of provisions All
prisoners committed to the county Jail
for non-payment of fines will also be
worked on the roads and allowed 60
pents a. dav.