The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-30
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

On May 10 twenty-six candidates
from this city will be initiated as mem
bers of Lafayette Consistory of the
Scottish Rite of Bridgeport. The exer-
cises will begin at o'clock in the after
noon, and at o'clock the banquet will
be served.
The fire department received the re-
peater apparatus from the Gamewell
Fire Alarm company, repaired and fit
ted with all the improved appliances,
Thursday. 1t was Immediately placed
in circuit and the o'clock test was
struck from it that night.
Elmer L. Norton, the secretary and
treasurer of the Peck & Bishop COM
pany, is quite Ill at his home with a
diphtheretic sore throat. He has been
i'll for two or three days, and is under
the care of DR.. Frank H. Whittenore.
Philip H. Mcmillan, son of Senator
Mcmillan of Michigan, is in the city for
a few days. He is the guest of num-
Der of Yale undergraduate friends and
is stopping at the New Haven house.
He was president of the Yale navy in
his graduating year-9-and is much
interested in tie condition of the Yale
crew.
At the residence of DR.. J. E. Twitch-
ell last evening a reception was given
to Assistant Pastor johnson by the
adult Bible class, of which he has been
the leader since he became assistant
pastor of the church. There are about
one hundred members in the class and
the majority were present to bid Mr..
johnson farewell and Godspeed. His
studies are about completed and he will
soon go to the far west to take charge
of a pastorate Of his own.
About fifty of the Mobiles of the Mys-
tic Shrine of this city went to Bridge
port on the 7:1O train last evening to
attend the meeting of the Pyramid
Temple. R. N. Burwell, w. A. Relyea,
Harvey Barnes D. P. Merwin and sew
eral others took degrees Among 9TH
ers who went were Frederick H. Wal
dron, l.. III. Johnson, G. e. Hoadley, S.
J. Bryant, Willis L. Mix, William A.
Waterbury, N. A. Wilcox, Walter
Leigh, Rollin S. Woodruff, Frank E..
Stoddard, DIR. Charles Park, Charles E.
Smith, H. s. Sanford, John N. Leonard,
F. q. Anthony, c. E. Root, Felix Chill
Iingworth, DR.. Robert Ives, DIR. j. w.
Jewett and Joseph Cunningham. Ia
hles were set for two hundred and fifty
at the banquet.
The Fairbanks Mission circle of the
Dwight Place church entertained Miss
Humes working girls class at English
Hall on Thursday evening. The class
numbers about sixty members, but the
~ ad fIl1 of
tendance. Miss Bessie WEIGH recited
and Miss Louise Elliott played instru-
mental numbers for the pleasure of the
girls. Refreshments were furnished by
the Fairbanks members of the COM
pany.
The annual congress of the Sons of
the American Revolution will be held
at Morristown, n. j., to-day, and the
BANQUET will take place in the evening.
A special train will take members back
to New York the same night. The del
egates from Connecticut are President
Jonathan Trumbull of Norwich, Senior
Vice President E. S. Greeley of New
Haven, H. Wales Lines of Meriden, Ev-
erett E. Lord of New Haven, Judge Ed
gar of Norwalk, Judge Morris B.
Beardsley of Bridgeport, Stephen w.
Kellogg of Waterbury, Joseph F.
Swords and Colonel L. R. Cheney of
Hartford Colonel Cheney going as al
ternate for C. P. Cooley, Walter
Learned of New London, Judge Rufus
s. Pickett of New Haven, Charles F.
BROKER of Torrington, Rufus E.
Holmes of Winsted and Judge Hobart
j.. Hotchkiss of New Haven.