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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-19
YALE NOTES.
President Dwight's, Administration
 and Question as to His Successor.

Concerning the features of President Dwisht's administration at Yale and the question as to his successor, last evenings New York Post says:
 The foremost feature of President Dwight's administration has been, along with the expansion of the elective system of studies and development ot the university scheme, the vast mate rial growth of the university. The number of students has about doubled, and the list of buildings erected since the president took office in 1886 includes Vanderbilt Welch, Pierson, White, and Berkeley dormitories, Dwight and Os- born halls, the new library, the infir- mary, Kent and Sloane laporatories, the new medical and law schools, and the two large Scientific school buildings, at a total cost which has been estimated as high as S5,500.000. The funds of the university and it's departments have during the same time increased from $2,273, ,092 to $4, 4,635,321. On trustworthy authority it can be stated that the pres ident himself has given directly or in- directly about $10O,O00 to the university and it is now recalled that during some of the early years of his administration he took no pay, while serving at once as president, university treasurer, and preacher in the college pulpit.
 | Many names are already under dis cussion for the succession. While there l is a large variety of views, the prevail | ing impression seems to be that the next president will be a Yale graduate living outside of New Haven. There is strong feeling in favor of some man who is in early middle life, who blends with sound scholarship and ideas on organized education the civic sense, and who is not a clergyman.
 The Yale corporation, which is to choose the next president, consists, be- sides the president, of the governor and | lieutenant governor of the state ex-offi-
 co, the six members chosen by the l graduates, and ten Congregational cier- gymen of this state. Of the ten cler- gymen, at least half are classed as very liberal. and not likely to insist on the 1 clerical tradition of the Yale presidency.
 There is absolutely no law but that of l tradition and custom for choosing the
 head of the university. The anti-ceri-
 cal movement is certain to be aggres-
 sive, especially in view of the sectarian
 changes in the student and faculty body 1 during the last few years in a univer-
 sity which last year, in the academic
 and scientific departments, graduated
 more Episcopalians and more Presby- ! terians than Congregat tionalists
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IMPORTANT MEETING HELD.
Of the New Haven Christian Endeavor

Of the New Haven Christian Endeavor
 Unions Executive Committee.
 The first meeting of the executive committee of the New Haven Christian Endeavor union to occur since tEe elec- tGn of the new officers was held in the parlors of the Davenport church last evening, the president of the union, Dr.
 Frederick N. Sperry of the Davenport Y. F. s. c. E., in the chair. Prayer was offered by J. K. Shepard of the
 First Baptist society. The roll call by
 the secretary, Miss Ida M. Adams of the Dwight Place society, showed four teen societies represented.
 It was decided to hold the next union
 meeting with the Dwight Place society on Wednesday evening, January 1S
 1899, and the following persons were appointed to make the necessary ar rangements: Miss Ida M. Adams chairman; James H. Mansfield, United church, Charles D. sherman, Daven- port society.
 The committee last evening voted 1925 for the work of the reception committee of the union for the ensuing year Miss Alice l. ElSins of the Howard avenue Baptist society has been elected chair man of the reception committee of '99, which is a guarantee that the socials
 of the coming year will be kept up to the same high standard as in former years.
 The chairmen of the other standing committees of the union as announced by President Sperry last evening, are as follows
 District-Henry M. osborn, United church.
 angelistc-Edward 0. Dorman, Davenport.
 Finance-Gardner F. Thorpe, West Haven Congregational. Temperance and good citizenship | George Gutbrod, Calvary Baptist. Press ommttee--Charles D. Sher-
 man, Davenport. | Music commttee-Charles T. Lincoln, Calvary Baptist. Miss Adams announced that an "in- termediate" Christian Endeavor society had been formed in the Congregational
 church in Stony Creek. This is the first | intermediate society which has been formed within the limits of the New 1 Haven Christian Endeayor union so far
 as the records show. 1 At the close of the business session
 a social half hour was profitably spent | in becoming acquainted with the new l officers.
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ABOUT STATE HIGHWAYS,

Commissioner Mcdonald Says Friends of Good Roads in the Legislature Will be Numerous.
 What is particularly pleasing to Highway Commissioner James H. Mac
 donald in the result of the recent elec- tion is the fact that a large number of
 members of the state legislature will be friends of the good roads movement. MT. Macdonald said to Hartford Times reporter that in looking over the list of representatives and senators he had recognized the names of many who had been selectmen in towns and who have been brought into close touch with the good roads movement. He relies on these men to favor any measure that will have for it's purpose the amending of the law so as to widen it's scope and make it more effective in the improve
 ment of the highways. They have been cooperating with the state highway commission, and by close contact with the department have learned to appre- ciate it's work.
 The committee appointed by the last Legislature to inquire into the matter of improving state highways has not vet helu d IieetlllS to Iol IHuldle US report. Until this is done, MT. Macdonald does
 not care to say anything that might be considered as suggestions for the
 amendment of the law. It is easy to see, however. from the tenor of his re-
 marks that he is strongly in favor of 1 having the law amended so as to pro- vide for the appointment of inspectors to see that contractors do their work according to the specifications,
 MT. Macdonald does not look with dis favor on the suggestion which has been
 made that the selectmen be appointed state inspectors. Indeed, he takes rath-
 CT kindly to the idea. and does not know but that in the suggestion lies the
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EXPENSES OF CANDIDATES.
Statement Filed by Various Ones Yes
 terday

Statement Filed by Various Ones Yes-
 terday.
 Yesterday being the last day on which candidates in the recent election could file statements of their election expenses, several candidates filed such statements
 Julius c. Cables statement showed that he expended s200 through Isaac M Ullman, his political agent.
 Chairman Fyler of the republican state central committee, filed his state ment in the office of the secretary of state irr Hartford. It showed that he received $14,30O during the campaign, and spent a like amount.
 Melbert B. Cary, chairman of the democratic state central committee, has filed with the secretary of state at Hartford an account of the receipts and disbursements of the democrats in the recent state election.
 The receipts amounted to $4150. The items are as follows: D. N. Morgan, $1,000; Simeon E. Baldwin, $250; A. M Ross, $50 P. $. Bennett, $100; c. P. Ly- man, $250; s. c. Warehouse, S4O0 Car Jos French, $500 Frank J Kilbourn, $1; r. c. Benedict. $765; E. c. Benedict (col- lected) $4S5; E. c. Stevens $15; F. P. Furlong, $50; Walter Leigh, $100; James Huntington, $10; Y. D. Dechert, $1OO: George M. Woodruff, $25; A. Lloyd Dalafield, $25; w. F. Wilcox, $20 His expenses amounted to $2,6401S. Chairman Martin of the democratic town committee yesterday filed his statement of campaign receipts and disbursements. The receipts from all sources amounted to $2,1S7. They are not itemized The total amount of ex- penses was $2,166.20. Four hundred and fifty-five dollars was contributed to the committeeman of the various wards. James H. Webb, democratic candi- date for congress, filed in the office of the town clerk in Hamden, statement showing that he spent $2,300. This is the largest amount of money any New Haven county candidate has admitted that he spent in the election. MT. ! Webb gave $400 to the state central 1 committee and $400 to the New Haven town committee.
 James P. Bree, democratic candidate for representative, spent S16O, All the socialist candidates filed their statements yesterday. The total of ex- penditures of all the candidates was $1.57. One man spent r cents.
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solution of the question of inspectors.
 In cases where the work on the roads is done by the towns themselves, MT. Macdonald says that the inspector ought to be an outside person, who is in no way connected with the town. It wouldn't do to have the selectmen pass
 on their own work They would be apt to forget the duty of inspectors and re- member only that they were selectmen. ! In regard to an increase in the appro- Ipriation, MT. Macdonald did not care to
 say anything. His department receives now one hundred thousand dollars a lyear to divide among the towns who vote to take advantage of the good
 roads law to improve their highways. This sum was appropriated to his de- partment when the state was in debt. With a surplus of hundreds of thou sands of dollars in the state treasury 1t would not surprise Highway Commits
 sioner Macdonald if the legislature would show its appreciation of the ne- cessty of having good highways by voting much larger appropriation. It is only the very sanguine friends of the
 good roads movement who express the
 hope that the legislature may vote to inaugurate comprehensive system or hstate road building by issuing bonds.
 | MT. Macdonald has great deal or faith in the building of gravel road. and says that the extension of the law to
 the gravel system has done more to
 popularize the movement than any
 thing else. There has just been fin-
 ished for three thousand dollars two
 mile piece of road in uilford which the
 selectman of that town says could not 1 have been done for less than six thou
 sand dollars without the cooperation
 of the state highway commission.
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RAILROAD MEETING

Bridgeport, Nov. 1.-The stoekhold- CTS of the Naugatuck division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad held their annual meeting in Bridgeport Thursday and elected the following named directors: w. D. Bish- op of Bridgeport, Frederick J. Kings bury of Waterbury, Royal M. Bassett of Derby, A. Heaton Robertson of New Haven, w. D. Bishop, jr., of Bridgeport Joel A. Sperry of New Haven, Charles S. Brooker of Torrington.
 These directors elected William D, Bishop president and secretary and w L. SQuires treasurer.
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Manager PoIi Replies.

To the Editor of the Journaitand Courier: ~
 I wish to encroaeh on your valuable space sufficient to assure such of your readers as are my patrons, that reports circulated in this city regarding an act to be given at my theater next week, are unfounded in fact, and do me and my house an injustice. I have tried to merit public patronage by avoiding sen sational and questionable acts at all times.@eI trust that the public has real ized this fact, for I feel that in this respect; my reputation stands as we'll as that of any theaterical manager in the country, invidious reports to the contrary. I assure all my friends that in "The Duel" they will find not the least thing that is objectionable.
 Very respectfully.
 S Z POli
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polrs Wonderland Theater.

A great bill is booked to succeed the present weeks attractions at the Won derland. The success of Proctor's re- cent innovations is "The Duel" re- fined playlet of unusual type, in which Anne Sutherland is supported by cap ital company. The bill will also contain Patti Armanto, the sand and smoke ar tist; Hafford and Wild, George E. Aus tin, Daly and Armstrong, Axtell and Howard, the Troubadour Four, Brown, Harrison and Brown, and many others. Regular patrons of the Wonderland are warned not to credit sensational and unfounded reports regarding the char acter of the feature act. It will be per fectly refined in every respect. Prices 10 cents and 20 cents; ladies in the af- ternoon 10 cents. Bikes checked free.
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LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
SERVICES AT TARIOUS CHURCHES TO- MORROW.
Funeral of George T. sperry Largely Attended by Borrowing Friends The gregationaI Church.

The funeral of George T. Sperry, the young man who met his death in a mill in Westville on Thursday, was attend ed yesterday afternoon frcm the resi- Sperry, 57 Ferry street. Rev. Dr. Sage officiatsd. There was large attend- ance of relatives and friends. Two hymns were rendered by quartette consisting of Miss Lena Smith, Mrs, William Sheffield, Harry V. Santry and Mark Hare. A delegation from Har- mony lodge, I. o. o. F., attended and officiated at the burial service in Ever green cemetery. The bearers were D. w., George H. and Lewis w. Bowers and Evertt J. Clark. Among the floral offerings were the following: Wreath, Miss Betsy Sperry, pinks from the so- clety Daughters of the Rebecca; vio- lets, Mrs. Bowers and Samuel McI<en- zie; pillow from the mother, sisters and niece wreath, Mrs Anna Harland; crescent, MT. and Mrs. George Davis; chrysanthemums. Mrs. H. s. Granniss.
 A Thanksgiving praise service will be held at the Grand avenue Baptist church Sunday evening. The choir will be assisted by Miss Margaret J. Penn, soprano; Mrs. Morgan F. Fow- ler, alto; N. E. Smith, tenor and Mark Hare, bass. The programme in part is as follows:
 70 Be JoyfuT' .........H. w. Fairbanlz Duet-For Soprano and Tenor.
 ......... ........ ....... Dudley Buck Quartette- mpanied-There's Friend in the Homeland. .......
 ........ ....,.... ........C. A. Ravens The Harbor Bell'' ............. Sankey Harvest Anthem-All Thy Works
 Shall Praise Thee ..... Caleb Simper Address-Rev. Dr. Sage.
 At the Grand avenue Congregational church Sunday morning, Rev. Dr. Mitchell will resume his sermons on
 Johns gospel. The subject will be The Thirst of Experience. In the evening ! the music will be appropriate to the season and the programme is as fol- lows:
 Choral Opening Service. ........T Tours | Anthem-They Shall Not Hunger Nor Thirst
 Choir Hymn-When the Golden l Leaves Are Falling ........, Ravens l Sermon-Three Unquestionable Facts About Salvation.
 1 Choir Hymn-Whosoever Heareth | At the East Pearl street M E. church there will be preaching services to-
 morrow at 10;30 a. m. and 7:30 D. m l There will be a meeting for men at 3 lp m., vesper services under the aus pices of the Epworth league at 6:15 D.
 m. Revival services will be held on
 Tuesday and Friday evenings at 7:3C
 o'clock and meeting for ladies only
 on Wednesday at D. m The sub ject of Rev. MT. McNicholrs sermon 1 Sunday morning is Our Earthly and
 Heavenly Bodies"
 l Rev Alexander r. Irvine, religious
 director of the Y. M. c. A., will preach
 at the Second Congregational church
 Sunday morning.
 | MT. and Mrs. Frank Bunnell of Mon- I towese entertained party of friends at 1 their home Thursday evening. Thert
 was music and dancing and a supper was served.
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EARLY FOREIGN NEVIS.
Dreyfus Officially Informed That He Is
 to Have a New Trial.

Paris, Nov. 1S.-Ex- Captain Dreyfus was yesterday officially informed of the decision of the court of cessation to or der a revision of his trial.
 The telegram stating that Dreyfus had been officially notified of the action of the court of cessation in the matter of revision of his trial came from the governor of French Guiana No partic- ulars were given as to how the prisoner received the news.
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ROSENTIIAL.
Grand Opera House.

The full returns from the football game will be read from the stage at the Grand this afternoon. Next week Mon- day, Tuesday and Wednesday strong bill in vaudeville will be offered. For the last three days, commencing Thanksgiving matinee, the house will be turned over to combination at the same prices~10 cents, 20 cents and 30 cents-with daily matinees. "Cuba's s Vow" a strong attraction, comes on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
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TO STRENGTHEN wEI-HAI-wE

v w w I.
 London, Nov. 18.-The Evening News says the government has sent an engi- neer to Wei-Hai-We to construct breakwaters, build six powerful forts and dredge the harbor, so as to permit warships to lie inside. These works will obviate the necessity which would otherwise exist, in case of hostilities of warships putting to sea each night in order to avoid torpedo attacks. Or ders have been issued for the enroll ment of battalion of Chinese for ser vice at Wei-Hai-
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FOOT, CONTEST.

In pool contest at Jake Mann's place, last night, Stewart defeated Hall by the score of 300 to 147. Hall gave fine exhibition of fancy shots, using one cue, two cues, one hand and two hands at will and making some marvellous shots. Another exhibition game will be played at s o'clock tonight.
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RHODES MAY SOON BE PREMIER

Cape Colony Government Effects a
 Compromise With the Opposition.
 Cape Town, Nov. 1s.--The government and the opposition have practically set tied upon the terms of compromise, and bill for redistribution of the seats in the assembly will be introduced which will be satisfactory to the pro- gressives. The early resumption of the premiership by Cecil Rhodes is general ly regarded as probable.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-19

Mir. and Mrs. c. A. Nichols, Mrs. F. 4 Lockwood, jr, George Austin, Miss Maude Rude and E ButteIy have been elected teachers in the Grace Nj. E. church Sunday school Miss Ida Barnes .was made au assistant teacher.
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was the speaker and made a burning appeal for the support of City Mission work. He said the churches owed it to the mission to see that they had sub stantial support and said unless the well-to-do classes bridged the chasm over to the lower the bridge would be built from the other side.
 Several solos were rendered during the meeting by Miss Ellcock. soprano of the First Baptist church choir.
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ANNUAL MEETING OF THE UNIT
 ED WORKERS

The annual meeting of the United Workers will be held on Monday. No yember 2f, at II o'clock, at 200 Orange street. All who are interested are in- vited to be present
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ing, but ten thousand dollars has been pledged, and there is probability ot the amount being increased by five thousand dollars more the coming year. making a total of sixteen thousand dol lars for building purposes. It has been decided to commence work on the build ing when twenty thousand dollars has been secured, It is estimated that about thirty thousand dollars will be required for the construction and com plete equipment of the building.
 Miss s. J. Hume, lady missionary, also spoke on her work among Che Wo- men and children. She said the moth CTS meetings were largely attended by people from all parts of the city. There mas been an average attendance of 150 mothers with their children. She also spoke of the children's meetings on Saturday. The hall is not large enough to hold all who wish to attend, and the children await the age, six years, when they may attend these meetings. Mrs. L. c. Dayton conducts these children's meetings. She also referred to the eX- cellent work being accomplished by the Girls club
 The statistical part of her report fol- lows:
 From Report of Lady Missionary, Miss
 S. J. Hume.
 calls made and received by lady mis- slonary and assistant. .. ..... 4,4S3 Garments given. .... .. .... 1873 Letters written 117. postals 339 .... 506 Bibles and Testaments given. 27 Meals slVen.... ...... 61 Work round for. .,.. 42 1 Coal given tons) s).................. 20 Coal, flour and medicine sold for | small weekly payments (totaD. 2,55757 Mothers meetings held. ....... A Members of mothers meeting..... IFS | Children's meetings held ....... 42 l Children enrolled. ed................. 429 l Meetings of Girls club. ........ 25 Members of Girls club. ......,... 64 Meetings held at jail. .......... 40 | Expended During Year-Lady Mission 1 ary's Account.
 For general expenses. ........ $64 42 For services of assistant. ..... 1S600 1 For Sewing school. .......... 11.60 l For Girls club ub................ 4919 For Thanksgiving. ing.............. 7S3S For extensions for women and
 children. n.................. ...... 12460 For Christmas expense. e..... SS91 For relief work l. 5S6 40
 Total $1,1395O
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s'rhere is no Kodak
 but the Eastman Kodak"
 1898 KODAKS
 For sale by The Arthur H. Barnes Go. D.sr G,,snsm Store. 159 Church St.

ny, playing Hotel Topsy Turyy," which appears at the Hyperion theater on Thanksgiving day, afternoon and evening. and on Friday evening, the 25th inst. Sale of seats now open. Prices 75 cents, $1 and $1,50.
 ROSENTHAL.
 Rosenthal will give one recital at the Hyperion on Monday evening, Novem- Der 2S. An exchange, speaking of his playing, says: Let it be said at once that no disappointment was in store for last nights audience. All that had been said of Herr Rosenthal was fully justified In Liszt's rhapsodcal but un- questionably effective Concerto in flat he displayed executive powers on the keyboard that have seldom been equal ed and certainly never surpassed within living memory"
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Total ................. .$1 ,506 :

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 He also referred to the inadequate ac- commodations for carrying on the work in the present quarters, and said that it was expected that work would be com menced on the new building next year. Over eighteen thousand dollars has been already collected, more than suffi- cient to pay for the land on which to build. The treasurer not only has one thousand dollars in hand for the build-
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Open part Of year C n1ontnS.) Mission Medical Dispensary-
 cases treated. ed................... S9 Fresn-air tickets used by pastor
 and lady missionary (over).... a,eG0 Expended During the Year--General Superintendents Account, Or General Expense Account.
 For janitors services, hall gas
 account, platform carpet, gas
 mantles, transparency re-
 newed, hall cards, repairs
 Hymn books, hall curtains 6nd
 miscellaneous account........ S302.79 For services of assistant during
 vacation ....................,. $500 For relief work-General ac-
 count ..-.....-....-s..... .s5Ol-fO Special for India, $1713; for
 Cuba $7.00. .24.13 ... Through helpers at hospital.
 almshouse and pail .225.O0-550.53 For fresh-air work. k............... 595.25