The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-16
Local Weather Report,
New Haven, March 15, 1o01.
Brief M enttOn.
water to-day, 7.32 p. m.

E1Gn WdIGI lO-dcy, t'oA p' Aii'
 Senator o. H. Platt arrived in Con
 nectcut for a brief visit yesterday. lit
 attended a banquet in Torrington last
 evening.
 At the meeting of Admiral Foote post
 c. A R., this evening, Dr. George l.
 Porter will deliver an illustrated lec-
 ture on the assassination of President
 Lincoln.
 Assessor John J. Hogan is recovering
 from a painful malady which has con-
 fined him to his home for eight days,
 and he will be able to resume his duties
 in the city hall within a few days. { Booker T. Washington, president of the Tuskegee institute, who lectured at Yale last evening, is guest during his stay in New Haven of Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, jr., secretary of Yale.
 The police yesterday were investigat- ing burglary at Sparks news store on Wednesday night, when 1000 cigars were stolen It is probable that the Howard avenue police will make an ar rest in the case soon.
 
 come little visitor at their home. It is a girl, and arrived Thursday He is son of Director Hugo of the department of public works. The new conner is the directors tenth grandchild.
 Hon. Alexander Troup, Mrs. Troup and daughter, Miss M. Grace Troup, have returned from South Norwalk where they had been attending the funeral of Miss Elizabeth M. Troup who died in New York on Tuesday.
 The pocketbook containing SIS which was lost more than one week ago by James Boucher of 30 Wolcott street, was returned to him yesterday by Mrs. Corcoran of 104 Haven street, who found it lying on the sidewalk in Grand avenue, near Haven street.
 Important meetings of the Intercolle giate Track Athletic association and of the Intercollegiate Bicycle association will be held to-day at ? D. m. in New York city. The track leaders will meet R. w. Chandler who will represent Yale, at the Fifth avenue hotel.
 A movement is on foot among the military men of the state to secure per- mission from the general assembly to send the entire Connecticut National Guard to the Pan American exposition at Buffalo during the coming summer this trip to take the place of the annual encampment at Niantic.I
 The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of this city will hold an | open meeting at Arion hall on Wednes- | day evening to which all carpenters of | the city are invited. J. J. O'Neil of | New York. National organizer, will | speak Carpenters hope to obtain the adoption of the eight hour rule on April 1.
 The Rev. Father Kearney, provincial of the Dominican order of Preachers, came to this city last Monday and has been at the parochial house connected with St. Mary's R. c. church. as the guest of the Rev. Father Higgins, the pastor. Father Kearney came here 1 from a visit to the head Dominican house in Boston.
 There will be a meeting in Turner hall in New Britain on April of the Swedish singing societies of the state for the purpose of forming a state or ganization. Societies will be represent ed by delegates from Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Wallingford, and New Britain Permanent organization will be effected and officers chosen. Mrs. John T. Cooney, who conducted l he Grove house at Savin Rock for a number of years, has purchased the cot age, 157 Beach street and will open a ,otel there in the early summer. The place which she now occupies has been by the Fair Haven road and will be used in connection with the big contemplated at Savin Rock Mrs Cooney intends to build al jler and bath houses across the street rom the place she has just purchased. Theophilus Liefield of this city, Unit d States consul at Freiburg, has sent T Q the state department a report on {, Sulphur in Russia" MT. Liefleld says , n an extended report: "A large area of = ulphur deposit has recently been dis :, covered in the trans-C Caspian territory :, # Siberia, which section, according to : he article in German periodical on which l base this report, is also rich n cotton, coal and petroleum. These lew sulphur deposits can be considered lmong the most profitable on earth" d 4EGOPODIUM.