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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-31
AMONG THE FIRST.
As Usual the Consolidated Road in for
 Improvements.

As Usual the Consolidated Road in for
 Improvements.
 Among the few companies that have to date compiled with the requirements of the Federal Safety Appliance law is the New York, New Haven and Hart ford railroad, all of whose cars are now equipped with the couplers and enough of them equipped with air brakes to be safely within the stipulations. The law refers particularly to freight cars. An order has been issued by the Consolida- ted road that, after June 1, no car not equipped with automatic couplers, whether belonging to railway compa- ny or to private owners will be loaded or received. except to be forwarded in the direction of home, and that no car will be received beyond a date which will permit of its being returned to the owners before August l. A heavy pen atty attaches to the hauling of car not so equipped after the date mentioned.
 The New Haven road makes it point never to send out train which falls below the requirements of the law.
 The roads policy being that safety and compliance with the law are prefer able to any other consideration. They agree with some other railroads, that sixty or seventy is not too high per centage of cars to be controlled by the air brake.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-31
LEAVES ESTATE OF S5,ooo, 900.
Funeral of Timothy D. Blackstone in ch

| cago.
 | Chicago May 3o.-The funeral of Timothy | Blackstone, expresident of the Alton rail ! road, took place here yesterday at Il o'clock from the home. 252 Michigan ave nue. At ? o'clock the body was taken east
 over the Lake Shore read in q special car attached to the regular New England eX press to Norwich, Conn.,, where burial will be made Thursday.
 Services at the house were of the most simple nature, the Rev Charles A. Lippin- which Mr. Blackstone was a member offl- ciating. Honorary pallbearers were Robert T. Tat,, hineon Gs s,., H. " Bshop, William Brown
 5S Grp | Dr. sSF PraaR billings Lambert EGPtsF " Tree e.
 E. B. McCagg, Colonel ]. H. Wood, James Carlton, (. A. Mcconnell, Dr. R. x. Isham,
 P. w. Blatchford. Active pallbearers, SC eago and Alton railroad, were as follows: H. E. R. Wood, William Riley, Robert somcrylle, Frank McMullin, M ]. Scraf- ford, Thomas Plunkett. The body was ac- companed to Norwich by Mrs. Blackstone, "a nephew, and W. J, Bryson, who for the past twenty-five years has acted as Mir
 Blackstone's secretary.
 MT. Blackstone Is reported to have left an estate amounting to between LOGO GOO and $6,000000 nearly all of which was ac- cnmuated, through his confidence, in early years, In the future of Chicago. In the re- said to have received something like S5, 5,000,- QO0 for his Interest. and at the time of his death he owned large share of the stock of the Joliet and Chicago road, which Is op- ernted as a Chicago spur by the Alton. Out side of the homestead at Michigan avenue and Hubbard Court, Chicago the decedent is said to have held but little other real property When he came west he had the backing of very wealthy broker In Con, nectjcut and among other ventures he bought large tract of land and laid out the town Of Mendota. III. In 1868 he pur- chased a good sized block of the stock of the old St. Louis Joliet and Chicago rail road, picking 1t up al ten cents on the dol lar. This he afterward disposed of to the Alton company share for share.
 While he was man who gathered to- gether wealth, he lived In q most simple style and what money he spent in lavish manner went usually in the direction of He gave libernlly to the widows | and orphans of employees, and is said to have never turned away q worthy applicant | for aid.
 Aside from his widow MT. Blackstone | leaves no near relatives, the nearest of kin l being two nieces and one nephew In Con necticut
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-31
MAILING FORD.

| Memorial day was observed here witt usual parade yesterday forenoon. Al l the factories were closed all day, anG at noon the stores closed for the re, mainder of the day.
 In the forenoon at 10 o'clock the
 school children began marching ur | Main street to Christian street, where the regular procession passed in review. Of the school children there were up wards of 130 from the Colony street school and 16O from the Whittlesey ave nue school.
 The order of procession was as fol- lows:
 National band, twenty-three mem bers, J. T. McDonough leader; Chief Marshal D. Ross and aides, Major D. O'Brien First Assistant Foreman James A. Downey of Wallace hose, John G. Phelan, G. Atkinson; Go. K, sixty men, Captain Nortonn; Arthur H. Out
 ton post, No. 36, G. A. R., thirty-elght
 men, Commander P. M Twitchell;
 Spanish American war veterans, Thom-
 as Timothy w. Lociert ]. J, Clarke;
 Yalesville Drum corps, fifteen men; Fire
 Department Chief Downey, First As
 sistant Cannon and Second Assistant
 Gavin, twenty-four men; G. A. R. vet
 erans in 'busses; Rev, F. H, L, Ham,
 mond, Rev. l. A. Clarke, Warden H, B.
 Hall, W. IT. Newton, and o. I, Martin
 in carriages.
 The line of march was up Main, to
 Christian, to Colony street, to Holy Trinity cemetery, where the graves of deceased soldiers were decorated. The The line of march was then taken up to the Center street cemetery, where the ritualistc exercises of the c. A. R. were observed. At this cemetery the school children sang Star Spangled Banner and America. Benediction was pronounced at the Center street ceme- tery by Rev. r. H. L. Hammond.
 The Dublins of Meriden came down here yesterday morning and played the Walingfords on the South Colony street grounds and were defeated by a score of to 5. The visitors by agreement received one-half of the gross receipts The Wallingfords played the same team In Hanover park in the afternoon and were defeated to f. The total re- ceipts were $202.60, and the Waling- fords were to receive one half as by previous agreement. Fully one-half of those in attendance were from Wall ingford. When a settlement was at- tempted the Meriden manager offered Manager Fogarty $15 instead of $1O1 30, which was refused, and the Wallng- fords came home without any of the receipts Comment on the fact Is un- 
 L. R. Cook and A. r. Pierce started morning on 0 fishing excur- sion to Putney, Vt.
 Yesterdays recorded real estate trans fer was Theodore LaBarnes to Andrew J. Brown, 45x140 feet on sylvan avenue
 Mrs John Palmer, who has been vis- iting her brother, B F. Williams, starts ] to-day for New York en route to her home in Boias Deltow, South America
 John F. Neal of Northford and Miss | Charlotte Scard will be married at the | home of the bride in East Walllngfor1 | on Wednesday evening, June 6, at 8 o'clock.
 The funeral services of Dr Horace B. l Scott will be held in St PauPs church l 1t 2:90 o'clock Saturday afternoon with nterment in the Tn Memorlam" ceme- l cry.
 Officer Dan O'Reilly arrested Ned Nh gent early last evening on complaint of 1is brother-in-law on the charge of breach of the peace.
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PERSON4L MENTION.

Mrs Northrop, eighty-fve years of age, of Sherman, Conn.,, comes this week to visit her sister, Mrs. Hoag wid- ow of the late ex-Senator .Hoag, of son-in-law, MT. Kline of Bristol street. The two old ladies made an extended trip into the southern states a year or so ago.
 Mrs. George H, Cheever of Boston, Is stopping with her brother, Joseph Chat terton, of 174 Grand avenue.
 Professor Kline, of Lehigh university, was in NeV' Haven, his old home a few days ago. He was on his way to Bos- ton on a business trip for the universi- ty
 MT. and Mrs S. T. Riggs, of 54 Shell ton avenue, announce the enga cement of their daughter, Grace w., to Allen C.. Curtis, a popular clerk in the Winches- ter Repeating Arm Co.'S office.
 Miss E. Isabelle Hart, of West Chapel street, returned from Bridgeport to-day where she was visiting, bringing with her Miss Katherine La Field, who will remain in the city for several weeks as her guest
 Leo Morris and son Charles are stop ping at the Hotel Sea View, Savn Rock, for the summer.
 Cards have been sent out for the we'd ding of Miss Ida Louise Pratt, daughter Of MT. and Mrs John c. Pratt of Hart ford, and William Sheridan Leek. also of that city, at the South Park Metho- dist church Tuesday, June 12, at 5 o'clock D. m.
 The Misses May and Julia Fitzgerald, of NeW London, are visiting Miss Jose phine Reynolds on Whalley avenue They were among a number of young people who went to Milford yesterday afternoon for an outing
 MT. David Stanley Smith, Yale 1900, has composed the music for an ode to be sung at the Commencement exercises at Battell chapel June 27. It is written for baritone solo and mems chorus. The words were written by Whitney Barney, Yale 1900 MT. Smith has been a student of the Yale department of music for the past five years and the organist at Center church for two or three years. He was also the accom- panist for the Gounod society the past
  season.
 MT. and Mrs. R. Abells announce the engagement of their daughter, Lillian, to MT. Adolph Gabriel, of New York city.
 Cards were issued in Southington yes Lerday announcing the coming wedding lf Samuel H. Mckenzie and Miss An toinette Bowers The event is to occur It the residence of the aunt of the pro- jpective bride, Mrs Fanny Granniss. 37 Summer street, on Tuesday afternoon, tune 18th.
 Miss K. Tanning spent Sunday at her lome In New Britain Dyer c. Manwarring and his wife, an | i'd couple living at Prospect Hill, near l linton, were saved from death few | lays ago by their shepherd dog The l Id couple were attacked and knocked | town by vicious bull. The animal | would have killed them had not their log come to their assistance The dog ttacked the bull and Manwarring and is wife escaped.
 The ladies of the Hartford Golf club lave elected Mrs. N M. Stone team cap- ain. Hartford is not going to be be- ind the other Cnnecticut cities in ath- atiac for Ixot,oop
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YESTERDAYS BALL GAMES
THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE SEE NEW HAVEN DEFEAT MERIDEN.

Visitors Went to Pieces in the Seventh
 Inning-score I4-O-The Morning
 Games-Other League aud College
 Games
 Fully 5000 people witnessed the base ball game between New Haven ana Meriden at the Savin Rock grounds yesterday afternoon. It was the usual holiday crowd bent on pleasure, ana some of Umpire Conroy's decisions were guyed unmercifully, but aside from this, nothing that was in any way laWless occurred, and the game was played without hitch. The accommodations of the management were if anything, superior to those of last year, and the two West Haven policemen were easily able to handle the crowd.
 The Blues won the contest handily by the score of IA to O. Ashe occupied the box for New Haven, and the visitors owe their shutout to him, for they were able to hit the ball but five times safely, and not a man received his base on balls. Ashe received admirable support by the rest of the team, however and New Haven's team work was somewhat of a surprise to the cranks. Not an error was made by them, and double play in which Quinlan, Bone and Cana van participated, checked Meridens only chance of making run.
 The visitors with few exceptions, played first rate ball up to the seventh inning, and at the ending of the sixth the score was but 3 to 0. Dumbaugh had been hit quite freely, but the field ing had been almost errorless In the seventh and eighth innings though, the whole team seemed literally to go to pieces, and on the worst kind of errors New Haven scored her remaining runs. An instance of the kind of playing which the visitors did at this point of the game is First Baseman Clay's error of a throw from home plate. With two men out New Haven had scored five runs when 'Cuscl1, on his second time at bat in the inning, was struck out by Dumbaugh. Catcher Miglant dropped the ball and Cusick ran toward first 1 Plenty of time remained to put the | runner out, but Clay dropped the ball when it was thrown to him, and Fitz- maurice was enabled to score another | run. Similar errors, not quite so glar- | ing perhaps, made the running a farce, | and when Ashe went out on a fly to | centerfield, after eight runs had been | scored, sigh of relief went up from the crowd
 The game afforded excellent batting practice for New Haven, and several | two-base hits were made. In all fif- teen base hits were made off Dum- baugh New Haven's base running in the game was of a high order, and a number of stolen bases appear to their credit. The score:
 NEW HAVEN.
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LEAVES TEN NEPHEWS AND NIECES IN CONNIEC,TICIIT

The above dispatch in stating that Mir Blackstone leaves besides his widow only two nieces and one nephew as his nearest relatives, is in error. The de- ceased railroad king leaves ten nephews and nieces, all of whom reside in Con- necticut.
 Morton F. Plant, one of the nephews. and who is the son of MT. Plant, the great railroad nlagnate, who died re- gently, attended the funeral services in Chicago, and will attend the interment which takes place in Norwich, this state, to-day. The remains of MT Blackstone's brother and his brothers wife are buried in Norwich.
 Among those from Connecticut also who will attend thd burial services in Norwich to-day are Hon. Lynde Harri- son and his daughter, Miss Gertrude Harrison.
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THE ANNUAL SPRING SHOOT
or NEW HAVEN GUN CLUB AT UETzEN PARK YESTERDAY.

Potter and Claridge Carry orr the smnii CT prlzes-Claridge Takes First Money ofthe Day--Schoveling Bill, Eastman Potter and Wilson Take Most of tho Other Prizes-Out of Town Clubs Well Represented.
 The New Haven Gun club held their annual spring shoot at the Schutzen Park range yesterday. It was well at- tended and many out of town clubs were represented. Messrs, Roberts and Hill hailing from Seymour, Stevens and Merrill from Guilford, Thorpe and Hart from Bridgeport, Fox and Ger main from South Norwalk, pr. Bill and Schoveling from Jersey City, and Roberts and French from Thomaston. The prizes offered were mostly all of money and were divided among the winners according to the per centage system. Four or five small sweeps were won by Potter and Claridge. Myron Clark, of the New Haven club, won the hat prize offered by Mir J. IT, Hardy. The highest number of entries was in the third event. when the num- Der reached 33 The events and win ners follow
 1st Event--10 bird race--Claridge first, having 10 straight; 2d prize, Schoveling, Dr. Bill and Eastman; sd prize, Potter
 2d Event-15 bird race-1st prize, Wilson, IA out of 15: 2d prize, Clark, pr. Bill and Eastman; Sd prize, Clar- idge, Potter and Schoveling.
 Sd Event--10 brds--1st prize, WN son, 10 straight; 2d prize, Claridge; 3d prize, Eastman and Stevens.
 4th Event-1O birds-1st prize, Will son; 2d prize, Potter, Bill and Robert son; 3d prize, Clarldge. Clark, Stevens and Harvey.
 9th Event--1O birds-1st prize, Ste vens. 10 straight; 2d prize, Claridge, Clark and Wilson; Sd prize, Schoveling, Germaine and Clark.
 9th Event-15 birds-1st prize, Will son; 2d, Potter, Harvey and SchUcbel; Sd, Claridge, pr. Bill and Eastman.
 7th Event-10 birds straight--1st. Claridge Eastman and Stevens: 2d, Eastman and Wilson; Sd, pr. Bill and Ferguson.
 Sth Event-10 birds-1st. B. Eastman; 2d. Clark, pr. Bill and Wilson; Sd, C1aridge, Crane and Eastman.
 9th Event-15 birds-1st, Dr. Bill; 2d, Potter; Sd, Clark, Schoveling and Will son.
 10th Event-10 birds-1st, Eastman; and French
 11th Event-10 birds--Ist, Grcsbeck; 2d, Schoveling, HarvAy and French; 3d, Potter and Stevens.
 12th Event-15 birds-1st, Clark; 2d, Dr. Bill; 3d, Stevens and Wilson.
 18th Event-10 brds-1st, Clark; 2d, Potter, Schovelingi Sd, Glaridge and Harvey.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-31
HELP FOR THE FRIENDLESS
DONATION DAT TOR THE HOME ON
 JUNE c.
Meeting of the Committee at s o'clock To-night at 1O6 College street-Pubiic Invited to Visit the Home and Learn Its NOllSs and Needs.

Invited to Visit the Home and LearI Its WO,ks and Needs.
 The managers of the Home for tht
 F'riendless again appeal to the people
 of New Haven for assistance in thu
 work begun thirty-three years ago They have been seriously hampereo during the past few months by lack o means, and it has been necessary to borrow considerable sums to meet ex- penses. Trusting to the generosity o1 the people to provide for this debt anc at the same time, for future expenses they have selected Wednesday, June 6 as Donation day, and have appointed Q committee to solicit contributions al that time. A hearty response is earn estly requested.
 The Home is so well known that nc words setting forth its work are need- ed It shelters the aged, provides for the young, cares for the erring and re- lieves the suffering.
 The expenses, always large, have been this year unusually so, owing to the serious illness of many of the old in- mates-so serious that special care was required-and also to an epidemic of measles among the children and young women.
 The city has been divided into dis tricts, and the solicitors will make a thorough canvass therein. Money is most needed but contributions of cloth ing and other useful articles will be much appreciated.
 Everybody interested is cordially in vited to visit the Home, 76 Clinton avenue, on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 6, and see what is being done Tea will be served, and home made cake sold. Those who cannot call on that day are invited to come at any time, for the doors are always open and the matron ready to receive visitors and answer questions.
 The committee in charge of the plans for Donation day have selected John c. Hollister, chairman; Thomas Hooker, The executive committee consists of the following gentlemen, viz: Ruther- ford Trowbridge, James D. Dewell, John T, Manson, John H. Platt, David K. filling, Frank H Sperry, Benjamin R. English Frederick w. Austin, Arthur B. Treat, Arthur J. Crawford, Bernard B, Savage Frederick H. Brown, Frank H, Walker, Burton Mansfield Charles D. r. Sanford
 There will be a committee meeting at LOS College street tonight at o'clock.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-31
NATIONAL LEAGUE,

Morning Games At delphia-Chicago g. Philadel- phia ,. At Brooklyn-St, Louis 5, Brooklyn l. At New York-St. Louis 5, Brooklyn 1, At New York-New York 6, Pittsburg '.
 At Boston-Boston 8, Cincinnati 4.
 Afternoon Games. At delphia-Chicago 3, Philadel- phia IS. At Boston--Cincinnat 8, Boston r At Brooklyn-St. Louis Iii, Brooklyn 6.
 At New Fredericksburg 1, New York o
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VICTORY FOR YALE FRESHMEN.
They Win Their Second Game from
 Princeton.

They Win Their Second Game from
 Princeton.
 Yale freshmen won their second con- secutive baseball game from the Prince ton 1903 class team here this afternoon before an enthusiastic crowd The Yale followers had a brass band with them, which aided in discouraging the Princeton players. Ethan Westcutt pitched a magnificent game for the Yale youngsters, holding the Princeton cubs down to two scattered singles. Me Knight for Yale and Roys for Princeton played a star fielding game. The score by innings:
 Yale 1903.. ....1 0 2 1 0 0 ? 0-7 Princeton 1903 0 1 0 0 o O-1 Bases on balls-By Freeman 6. by Wescott 2 Struck out-By Freeman 8, by Wescott Stolen bases Vale S. rinceton f Passed balls-White and Parson. Double plays-Freeman and McCave; Bush and Roys. Umpire, MT. Gruber. Time, 145.
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BROWN DEFEATS YALE.

Score Seven to 1hree-Timely Hitting By
 Brown.
 Providence, May 30Through Wash burns magnificent pitching and Browns timely hitting Yale fell down before Brown this afternoon. Brown scored her two runs in the first on a base on balls and three singles; two in the second on a single an attempted putout and a three bagger by Bacon; two in the third on three singles and Qufnbys error and one in the fifth on Saunders home run. Yale gained two in the second on two singles and Il long home run by Guernsey and one in the third on
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-31

The Great Race Won by the Prince of
 Wales.
 London May SO-The Prince of Wales has landed another Derby to his credit, his three-year-old Diamond Jubilee winner of the 2.000 guineas, and the fav- orite. having won the classic event on the Epson Downs to-day. Simondale was second and James R. Keenes Dis gIlise II. was third.
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two errors by Crane and one by White more. Score:
 Brown .. ..2 o 1 O o 0 %-7-12-5 Yale ...... .....0 ? 1 0 0 0 0-3-- 6-3
 Batteries-Washburn and Whittemorc; Garvan and Sullivan.
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DEMOCRATIC DELEGATEs

Delegates to the democratic state con- vention have been elected as follows:
 North Branford-Edmund M Fields. Willis T Williams.
 Collinsville-Ulrich Haury, Jeremiah Crowley,
 Beacon Falls-Cornelius W. Munson, John H. Benham.
 East Haddam-Frederick B. Clark, James Bride, jr., John D. Shea, Frank ]. Currier
 Oxford-John B. Page, Glover W. Cable.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-31

Summary Two base hits, O'Connor, Luchia, Canavan, Dumbaugh; three base hits, Canavan. Base on balls-By Dumbaugh 1. Base on hit by pitched balls-By Dumbaugh, l. Struck out By Dumbaugh 1, by Ashe f. Double plays-Quinlan to Bone to Canavan. Stolen bases-By New Haven 7. Um- pire, Connor. Time of game 1 hour 50 minutes.
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At o'clock yesterday morning a number of members of the Y. M. c. A. left on a bicycle club run to Bridgeport. Others of the club went later. The club witnessed the races at Seaside Park and returned home last evening,
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The new plan of the Ansantawae club house in West Haven of serving on each Wednesday evening of the season a table d'hote dinner to members and friends, with an orchestra to furnish music was inaugurated yesterday. and many members went down in the after noon,
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District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court,
 May 26th, 1900. ESTATE of SYBIL ELIZABETH WHEEL ER, fate of, Orange, in said District, de- ceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of New Haven hath limited and appointed six months from the date hereof for the credit ors of said deceased to bring in their claims against said estate. Those who neg. lect to exhibit their claims within said time will be debarred. All persons indebt- ed to said estate are requested to make i'm mediate payment to
 MARY FRANCES CARROLL, my30 3tp AdministratriX, c. t. a.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Morning Games. At Milwaukee-AIi ,, Minneapolis I C1 inningsl At Buffao-Buffalo 4, Cleveland '. At Chicago Chicago 1, Kansas City 2 Q2 innings). At Indianapolis Rain.
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OTHER COLLEGn GAMES.

At Cambridge Georgetown 8, Harvard ?. At Bethlehem University of Pennsyl- vania 3, Lehigh o.
 At Middetown-Wes 3, Columbus 3. At Albany-Dartmouth 2, Union A. At Worcester-IIoly Cross g. Cornell O. At Watertown-Taft School ', Black Hall G.
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District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court,
 May 2Sth, 1900. ESTATE of HENRY BlECHER, late of New Haven, in said District, deceased. The Administratrix having exhibited her administration account with said estate to this Court for allowance, and having filed her written resignation as adminstratrix of said estate,-
 ORDERED = That the 4th day of June, 1900, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at in said District, be and the same is appoint ed for hearing on the allowance of said account, and the acceptance of said resig- of the time and place of said hearing be given by publishing thls order three times in some newspaper having circulation in said District. By order of Court, my29 St ALBERT r. WELLES, Clerk.
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Other Afternoon State Games

At Derby-Derby 1, Bristol 6. At Norwicl-Norwich F, New Lon don 5.
 At dgeport-Bridgepor 4, Water bury g.