The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-14
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 the Sacred Heart church. The sars- field Guard, Captain Donovan, will send an escort to the funeral. The
 burial will be in St. Bernard's ceme-
 tery. The escort is as follows: Riley
 E. Phillips, Jr., James P. Maher, T. s.
 Donohue, w. E. Spencer William
 Frederick, John j, Duffy, John Reilly,
 George D. Hogan, under command of
 Corporal Thomas E. Wrinn. The mem-
 bers of the escort are all personal
 friends of the deceased. This will be
 the first time since the beginning of the
 war that one of the New Haven boys
 has been brought home to be buried.
 firing squad from the Sarstields,
 composed of Corporal Thomas D. Wrinn
 and eight men will act as an escort to
 the cemetery, where the military sa-
 lute will be fired over the grave and
 taps will be sounded.
 The capsized schooner James N.
 Seaman, which was lowed into Halifax,
 proves to be a worthless wreck. Per-
 haps $100 may be realized from the
 sale of the wreck. There are two
 claims for salvage amounting to $17,0O0.
 The Grand Opera house resumes busi-
 ness about the middle of August as a
 variety theater. Only few combina-
 tions will be played next season, and
 the house will be turned into vaude-
 vile theater playing attractions that
 will fill it from pit to top gallery. This
 is a new departure for the Grand
 Opera house, and the manager Dr. c.
 c i, tot, +l,ot will ,oI<
 hit.
 The secretary of war having directed
 the removal of all mines and torpedoes
 used in harbor defnese on the Atlantic
 coast, the shipping men hereabouts,
 especially the oystermen, are anxious
 to know when the New Haven mines
 will be removed. The action by the
 war department was taken in response
 to petitions from various eastern cities,
 notably New York, urging that in the
 interests of shipping the dangerous
 mines be removed The rules in re-
 gard to any vessel leaving or entering
 mined harbor are most stringent At
 New York, for instance, no ship is al- lowed to enter or leave the harbor be-
 tween sunset and sunrise without
 permit. The secretary of war has been
 10th to issue such permits on account
 of the great danger to any vessel leav-
 ing the harbor after dark. It is said
 the losses to the shipping interests of New York have reached $1,220,000 New Haven Rebekah lodge, No. 3, I. O. o. F., held their regular meeting in
 Odd Fellows hall, Crown street, last evening. After a short session an en- tny. .t1i,, ;al, Odd Fellows and their families were present. Refreshments were served in the banquet hall.
 The Fresh Air Excursion" of the City Missions, postponed on account of the storm yesterday, will be sent out, if pleasant, to-day, for the day s outing at Pawson Park. The steamer will make two trips to the park in the | forenoon, leaving Belle Dock at 9:15 a.. m, and again two hours later at 11:15 a. m.
 The cellar of the city hall was badly l flooded yesterday morning owing to the | heavy rain and the blocking up of a couple of catch basins. The cellar had ! to be bailed out.
 Cables have been strung to furnish the current for installing a complete | system of electric lighting and ventila- 1 ton in the operating rooms at the gen. eral hospital.
 The newsboys have secured con- ! cesson from the New York World l The publishers have agreed to accept 1 the papers which are returned to them at the full value instead of on the 10 | per cent basis, which they recently re- irc ct a price of 60 cents a hundred for the papers instead of 30 cents as has been | the price in the past. The Journal has made no concessions as yet.
 Eleven fire alarms have been rung thus far this month.
 William D. Hemingway and family of Baltimore are visiting his father w. | R. Hemingway at Morris Cove. c. ". Williams has been appointed superintendent of the Connecticut | School for Boys at Meriden He is at | present superintendent of public schools | of that city. He went to the Connec- | ticut School for Boys years ago as a l supervisor, and is not unfamiliar with | the work of the school. He was after l ward principal of one of the city | schools, and was few years ago made | superintendent of schools. The salary
 is S3,OO0.
 The two lodges pertaining to c. l Cowles & Co.'S employees will have a grand excursion to Glen Island, July 21, and the firm will shut down the shop ! for that day in order that all hands | may go and enjoy the outing. The net | proceeds will go to the benefit of the order. The two lodges are named | Harmony and Friendship and belong | to the order of Good Fellows. The or l der is strictly concern of this shop l and was established for the mutual | benefit of the employees Each lodge is | limited to a membership of fifty, so as | to keep the expenses down as low as | possible, and as there are one hundred l men enrolled there are at present two l full lodges. The organization and it's purpose is such an admirable one that l c. Cowles X Co. are giving it all the | encouragement they can.
 l An excursion from points on the 1 Hartford railroad to Glen Island occurs next Saturday. The excursionists from l the various towns will reach here at H. Starin for the island.
 | Thirty members of Charles Dickens Land Perseverance lodges, Sons of St. | George of Meriden, and George Steph- | enson lodge of Wallingford, will go to 1 New Britain this evening to institute