The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-18
OF LOCAL INrEREsr.


 ports last week that Spanish torpedo boats had been sighted off the New England coast, had to hurry up the work, doubling his force of hands in order to expedite matters. The guns are now ready for business. All that is wanted Is the ammunition which will be speedily forthcoming. The men to work the guns are ready for service. Chief Hubbard and one delegate from each of the thirteen companies in the fire department went to Stamford yes- terday to attend the State Firemen's | association convention.
 The tax on savings banks, which is suggested as an amendment to the war revenue bill, is arousing tremendous opposition among the banks of the country, and particularly in the east, where the largest proportion of depos- l it's is held. A great many financial | men claim that the imposition of per | cent. on deposits, say, would legislate | the savings banks right out of exist | ence. Savings banks have no capital, | and to tax deposits would impose cut | ting off of one or two per cent. divi- dends from the interest.
 ! Frank Pagan, aged thirty, while painting in front of John Shanley's sa- loon at 327 State street yesterday af- ternoon, fell from step ladder to the sidewalk. He struck on his back and I side. He was taken to the hospital, | where it was said that he would soon l recover.
 A search is now in progress for Cap l tain J. s. Johnston who commanded l the schooner c. c. Lane of this port, and who disappeared from the vessel at Bridgeport last Friday. Several hundred dollars belonging to the own- CTS of the vessel, which is he said to have collected in freight, is not to be | found. The managing owner of the Lane is Frank T. Benedict of New Ha- ven. The latter Monday sent a repre- | sentative to Bridgeport, where the ves- | sel is at present, and an unavailing search was made for the skipper. The crew were paid off and the mate and steward were left on board the vessel.
 The New Haven Clock Go. has begun running on a twelve hour schedule in the clock department.
 At the consecration of Christ church on Thursday of next week there will be but one service, which will be at 10:30 a. m. The demand for seats for the occasion is very great. The programme outlined is as follows: Bishop Brew ster will perform the consecration ser vice, and the preaching will be by the Right Rev. Bishop A. c. A. Hall of Vermont. The programme is: Process sional, Morning prayer, communion, consecration service by Bishop Brew ster, chorus of the Messiah preach ing by Bishop Hall of Vermont; reces- sional. The programme will be render ed by the Christ church choir, Mir. Ha- vens organist, and by selected singers from other city choirs. In the rendi- tion of the difficult Gounod's mass, part of the choir of Trinity church will as sist. After the services in Christ church lunch will be served in Lenox hall, corner of Broadway and York Square, to the specially invited guests.
 The plating and pattern departments at Sargent's are running on ten hour time. Other departments are running on nine hours time.
 Postmaster Howarth has received a notice from Washington stating that on June next the department will begin issuing to postmasterS a new series of postage stamps, commemorative of the holding of the national and information al trans Mississippi exposition at Omaha, Neb., during the coming sum l fo11 e+ox intended to supersede the ordinary series now in use.
 James D. McGann has sold for An drew c. Smith double house and two stores at the corner of Cedar and Put nam streets to MT. Phelps for about $10,000. This lot is 40 by 80 feet MT McGann has also effected a trade o1 Patrick Mortell's shore cottage at Nor. ris Cove for house owned by Edward Clark on Olive street.
 The Schollhorn Manufacturing com pany has just received a large order for tools to be used by the United States army and navy. The company has sufficient business on hand to keer running up to September. The Scholl- horn company narrowly missed an or der for 10000 swords for the army The local company was the second lowest bidder.
 The sixth annual banquet of the Unit ed Baptist union will be held at ths First Baptist church, this city, to-mor row evening at z o'clock. Hon. Franci: Wayland, dean of the Yale Law school will act as toastmaster. The principa address will be delivered by Rev. w. c Bittings, pastor of the Mount Morri: Baptist church, New York city, It i! expected that about 400 will enjoy tht occasion.
 The Phi Beta Kappa society of Yalt has elected the following named un dergraduate officers to serve for the en suing year: President, Alfred Bates Hall '99 of Chester, Conn.,; vice presi dent, Henry Robinson Shipman 99 O Hartford, Conn.,; assistant treasurer Henry Thornton Bowles '99 of New York city; secretary, Norman Mcleod Burrell '99 of New York city; chairman of executive committee, John Kirkland Clark '99 of Brooklyn, N. Y. The othel members of the committee chosen were Charles Montgomery Hathaway, jr., '99 of O1yphant, Pa., and Sullivan Dorl Ames '99 of Providence, R. l.
 Hiram lodge, No. 1, A. F. and A. M, | will transact business of unusual inn