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The colored American., 1901-06-29

handed protest against the discrin 10 g.
tiOn made against the cCI,red peopIe
In Jacksonville Prof. Ferris is sus.
tanned by sCme of the best known min
sters and educators in that state. He
is self made young man and is a pred
uct OF Connecticut
He was born in New Haven, Conn.
July 20tb; 1878. His father was born of
free parents In New York State and
Joined the UuiOn Army as a volunteer
when but sixteen or seventeen wears Of
age. His mother was the daughter of
EnOch J-ffersOn, an cd sage who re-
Gently passed away, having lived out
his four score years In Wilmington.
Del. EnOch Jefterson's father VI as quite
a remarkable men; he escaped from
slavery himself and Afterwards bought
his wife and two children free; Enoch's
wife was nOtl woman in whose veins
Indian, Caucasian and Negro blood
flows. The three dominant traits that
now characterize Prof. Ferris were
manifested in him from early bOyhood.
AS boy he was studious, being q vsrs-
ciOus reader. He was always Of an ag-
gressive active nature, being a csp'ain
OF base ball and foot ball teams and
captain Of military troop, also lead
er IN all kinds of athletic sports. Anap-
titude for public speaking was also
marked in him in his early years. The
first youthful achievement Of his to
which he looks back with much pride
was his organizing company called
the De Yancy Guards
When he was thir. cen years of age
Rev. Gedda was pastor of the Bethel
A. NJ. E. church in New Haven. He
suggested to Mr.. Ferris the advIsabili.y
Of organizing m litary company, In
June 1887, Mr.. Ferris began to study
tactics, he gathered his youth
iul comp aniOns and plsymates togeth-
Or, dlilled them and soon organized q J
company. Then in the winter with
The assistan ce of Miss AdeIine Saunders
New Haven's talented elocutionIst and
Rev. Gedda. he formed his youthful
friends and female sympatzers into
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49, u EDIA Business Partner. A man with ssoo
;. tliolS WIZ ma good opportunity for business
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PROF. VIM. HENRY FERRIS, A. M.

Graduate of Yale and Harvard and a
Young man who by Force of Character
and Industry, has Pushed his way to
the Front.-HiS Career an Interesting
one-F1iS Experience at the Florida Ho!o-
cauSt Notes in his Career.
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concert company; and by dint OF hare
Efforts they succeeded in giving a few
concerts In New Haven and thus raise {
enough money to secure uniforms and
guns. The resDl; was that on Decora.
ton Day. 1888, for the first time in the
history of New Haven, a eCmpany OF
Negro boys ok part in that pstrIotiC
parade and were the center of attrac.
ton In that procession and receive an.
plause again and again. Other com.
panies OF Negro bey have since been
organized but none ever quite attracted
the attention that the DE Yancy Guarc
did,
From the time when Prof. Ferris er.
tered the New Haven public schools
when lad six yesrs Of age up to the
time when he received his A 81 from
YsIo and Harvard he has again and
again scored triumphs as a scholar.
His record as astudent in the New Hsv
en- public schools wss go good that
when thirteen years Of age he was ad-
m1tted to the New Haven Hillhou se
High School without sn examination.
He did we'll as a student in the Hill
house High School and was among the
fortunate forty out OF q c'ass of nearly
one hundred snd fifty, whose standing
was high enough TO compete for com
manCement Oration. Mr. Ferris took
as his theme. "Hayti, the Black Re-
public" He was among the fortunate
twenty whose essays were chosen to
Da read before the B 9ard of Education; /;
and he was amorg the ten chosen to
deliver commencement oralIOn in the
Hyperion, the largest oTers house in
New Haven. And the hCnOrs Of the
evening were divided between Mr. Fe.-
rjs and Mr.. Murry, the class orator of
the class of '95 Mr. Ferris was quite
popular among his fellow pupils, being
chosen as one of the motto commit
tee
WhiIe student in the High Schou
Mr.. Ferris was successful agent ard
correspondent Of the In dianapOlis Free
man, then ably edited by E. E. Cooper,
the present editor ofThe CoIored Amer-
lean.
In the fall of 1891 he was matricuIate
in the college department of Yale Uni
versity and was graduated in 1895, TAX
ing two year special hOners in Phil
3sopy, one year special bOnoIs in Eng.
ish and being among the best twelve
10 Soci( lOgy in class OF over two huns
1red It was regarded as quite an
achievement to take special honors in
Wo different subjects and 1each honor
marks in a third When IN the be-
ginning Of his Junior yesr Ferris an
his intention Of specializing
n Philosophy, it was regarded IS quite
! joke for Negr) to spe cis lie In Phil
,sopby. But before the close OF The
senior year man by the name Of Cur-
is and Ferris were regarded as the two
,est philosophers in class Of $50.
And when just before the Senior ex-
mlnation Ferris pcs ed his ADVERTISE
nent in the Ytls News to give public
N lOsOphical lectures on philosophical
uer stions, some of the sons of New
(Ork's 400" attended.
In the early fall of 1900 Prof. Ferris
vas a political speaker in Massachus-
etts and Connecticut being recon-
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This excursion will be ron under the
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round trip-to Richmond, Newport
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Stopping at Gprdonsville, Louisa
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THE CITY COuRT.

In the city court yesterday morning
Michael Daley, who was arrested for
theft Thursday by Detective Ward and
Sergeant Connolly, was arraigned on
the charge of third offense of theft.
This is a binding over case, and such a
disposal was made Of it. He Is held
under 5000 bonds to appear before the
July term of the criminal side of the
superior court.
Jacob Zaronltz arrested Thursday
night for idleress was arraigned and
he was committed to jail for thirty
days.
Annie Moves an old offender, was
charged with being a common drunk
ard, and she was committed to jail for
sixty days.
Joseph SMITH was allowed to go on
suspension of judgment He was
charged with vagrancy, but 1t was his
first offense.
John Crowley and Michael Nolan
were charged with drunkenness, and
each was fined So and costs
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IN THE SHORT CALENDAR.


In the short calendar of the superior
court yesterday the contested divorce
case of May VS.. May went over for one
week.
The demurrer in the case of the An
sonia Cottage company VS.. Ansonia' an
action for damages for digging away
bank, went over one week.
In the case of the Halstead, Har-
mount company vs.. Ariek ct ais, mo-
ton was granted. for Harry Matz and
Jennie Matz to file answers.
The case Of the Fountain Water com
pany VS.. Terrell Derby matter, went
over.
In the matter of the voluntary wind
ing up of the affairs of the Connecticut
Auxiliary Fire Alarm company, an or
der was passed making Fl. Sherwood
Holcomb permanent receiver.
In the South Quinniplac street fore
closure case of Wedmore VS.. Leeds, mo-
tions were granted to cite in co-defend-
ants.
In the $4,000 alienation Of wife's af-
fectlons case of Gormley vs. Costello,
from Hamilton street. bond for prose-
cution of $75 was ordered in two weeks.
Five cases of foreclosure was put
over two weeks: Stone VS.. Gilbert, Mid
dletown Savings bank VS.. Campbell,
Plat VS.. Musgrove, Sheffield VS.. Sa-
merososky, Darlington VS.. Currie.
Motion for a Judgment of foreclosure
was made in the case of Law vs. Cha
pin, a 50 900 matter. The case went
over
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Richards of Jamaica Plains, near Bos-
ton, upon grounds Of desertion. The
plaintiff was formerly a clerk in Even
Mcintyre & Co.'S store, and is now en-
ployed by Epson & Grannis as a book
keeper. Decision reserved.
Flora A. Poronto vs.. Milton G. Po-
ronto The plaintiff. who is a pretty
young woman from West Haven. and
was married April s. 1894, at Bridge
pert, Conn. Decision reserved,
Almeron M. Shepard asked for a di
vorce decree from c. Josephine Shep-
ard, nee Barrier, upon grounds of de-
sertion. Mrs. Shepard went to Bridge
port and then to New York. The di-
vorce was granted
Paul Lubenow of Meriden asked for
a divorce from Annie Lubenow upon
grounds Of desertion.,
Judge Wheeler announced that the
divorce case Of Emma A. Ives vs. Her
bert M. Ives, upon grounds of deser-
ton, which was tried two weeks ago,
was granted.
Mary Gertrude Adams nee Bassett
VS.. George e. Adams. Divorce was
granted upon grounds of intolerable
cruelty.
An interesting case was that of Myr-
tie M. SchWabe VS.. Louis Q. Schwabe,
who lived together but four weeks aft
ter the marriage. Schwabe is motor
man upon the Winchester avenue troll
ley lines. Judge, Wheeler granted the
divorce without hesitation.
The case Of Mabel l. Cooper VS.. Clar
ence Cooper was also granted.
THE TREAT DIVORCE CASE
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Magistrate Brann, while the woman
was making her plea, looked out Of a
court window. There was lump in
his throat The little prisoner began to
cry and his mother caught him up and
kissed him. The scene was pathetic
one Magistrate Brann permitted the
mother to embrace her son and then
said:
I will send the boy to the Catholic
protectory. You can see him, Mrs.
Graham, whenever you desire
Mrs. Graham took an affectlonate
farewell Of the boy. Some of the court
officers started a movement to help the
family Of the dead song writer New
York Mail and Express.
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SANG DEAD FATHERS SONGS.

| Little Howard Graham, Who Was Or
dered to Move On BY the Police, Ex-
plains.
Near one of the entrances TO the
stock market in the Produce En-
change building "a. little faxen-haired
fellow stood singing there was plain
tiff pathos in his voice, and as the
members of the exchange passed to
and fro they dropped coins in his hat.
Policeman King came along and asked
the little fellow his name.
"'My name is Howard Graham
said he. T am 10 years old. My faith
er is dead. He wrote the songs I an
singing.
1.-THE policeman ordered the little fell
low TO move on. He did go. put re-
turned when the policeman left and
began singing Two Little Girls in
Blue He got more money. He then
sang My Dads the Engineer Prove
to the World You're a Man and 9th n
songs.
Then Policeman King came along
second time and arrested the boy, who
told the policeman that his mother,
Mrs Alice Graham, had sent him out
to beg
1.-TWO years ago Charles Graham,
the writer of many popular songs died
in Bellevue hospital, poverty stricken.
He had written songs that were sung
by all English speaking people. His
Two Little Girls in Blue was trans
lated into French, German ana The
Morse languages, but, being pressed
by want, he sold all his rights to he
song for $40.
1.-THE little fellow who was arrested
and arraigned before Magistrate Brann
in the Center street police court is his
son. Mrs. Alice Graham, the widow.
was in court. She said she lived in
two small rooms, with her four chill
dren Her eldest son, Harry, ID years
Old Is a messenger boy, She has an
other boy, younger than the prisoner.
and two little girls, who inspired the
father to write his famous song.
My husband was good man. but
unfortunate sobbed Mrs. Graham.
He was alwys doing kindnesses for
others and was always in want, 1ut he
never complained. I did not tell my
son to beg, judge. I wish YOU would
send him to some institution. He is
not bad boy, but I am too po)" 70
take proper care of him. 7 am en-
ployed in cleaning a building and I do
not earn very much. For his dead
fathers sake, Judge, please send him to
some institution
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lore in both contests, too numerous to
mention.
New Ravens runs in the first game
were made through timely batting
helped on by the errors Of Theisen.
The score of that game by innings
as as follows:
Bristol ... 80 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0--4-10-4
New Haven 20 0 2 0 i 0 81 So
Batteries-Bristol, Mock and Thei-
sen; New Haven, Bannon and Luchia.
Two base hits-Anderson. Murphy 2.
Luchia. Three base hits-Mock and
Reisling. Sacrifice hits-Fitzmaurice,
Bernard and Vollendorf. Left on bases
New Haven 4, Bristol 5. Struck out
BY Mock 2, by Bannon 8. Passed
ball-Theisen /. Wild pitch-Mock.
Bases on balls-Off Mock q Umpire
Plat. Time-1 hour 30 minutes
Score Of the second game:
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Landlord Nero Of the Davenport no.
tel has won the case brought against
him by Mrs. katherine Lacey, the own
err of the hotel. The suit was an action
Of summary process for alleged nom
payment of rent, etc.
The case was tried before Justice
Kleiner, and the jury disagreed, This
is Virtually a victory for Nero.
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ASCENSION, WHERE SOUP COMES
FROM

His maiesty's ship Wye has arrived
from the Island of Ascension with a
small consignment of turtle. ! believe
1t Is the custom Of the admiralty to
ship once or twice year such a con-
signment. Half of it their lordships
appear to keep for their own consump-
ton; the other moiety goes to the
sovereign. The supply of Cheloniae,
suppose in the only raison d'etre of
Ascension nowadays. We used to have
an artillery garrison there when Napo-
leon was at st. Helena, and then the
island, I have heard, was rated as a
ship of war. 1t is rated as SO much
turtle soup now, l take it.-Pall Mail
Gazette.
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THE COMMISSIONERS APPEAL.

At the superior court yesterday it
was stated to Judge Wheeler that the
trial of the appeal from Mayor Stud
ley's action of removing the four police
ommlssioners-Avery. Clark, Landers
and Shannahan, would last at least two
days 1t will be started Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
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DAMAGES OLE 500.

Judge Ralph Wheeler, in the superior
court yesterday afternoon, awarded
Christine Stahmaker damages of $500
against the city Of New Haven, A
year ago she fell on the sidewalk at
the corner Of Whalley avenue and
Sperry street.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-06-08
YALE TEAM OFF.

They Left for Princeton Last Night at
7:30 O'clock.
The Yale baseball team with a few
heelers left last night at 1880 for New
York where they put up at the Muir
ray Hill hotel This morning they will
go to Princeton, where the second game
Of the series will be played this after
noon,
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IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
TWELVE DITORCES WERE HEARD
YESTERDAY.
The YAM Case Not Yet Reached In tina
Supreme Court-Mrs. Lulu Trent Gets
Common Pleas and City Courts.

Judge Ralph Wheeler in the superior
court yesterday tried twelve divorces
after hearing the short calendar.
United States Consul Robert M. Nc
Quade, located at Canton, China, was
an assistant in assisting Mrs. Caroline
Laura Bishop to get a divorce from
y Frederick Ezra Bishop, a tea merchant
Nof Hong Kong. Decision was reserved
as Judge Wheeler desired to look over
the papers Of service.
Mrs Fannie A. Richards of Guilford
asked for a divorce from Albert c..
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DEMURRER HANDED DOWN.

A demurrer was handed down in the
superior court yesterday in the case of
Nellie L. Shipman Of New Haven VS..
Albert f. Rockwell of Bristol.
The court says that suitable opportu-
nifty must be given for the children to
visit each other and their parents.
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NEW HAVEN.

New Haven .........I I I y -
Summary: Three base hits-Canavan.
Two base hits-Bone, Owens. Sacrifice
hits-Luchia, Bernard Reisling. Left
on bases-Bristol 4, New Haven s..
Passed ball-Theisen. Wild pitches
Deering 2. Stolen bases-Murphy, Lu-
CHA, Anderson, Kennedy. Struck out
BY Deering 2. Bases on balls-Off
Roehs 8, off Reisling 1, off Deering a.
Double plays-Francis (unassisted).
Kennedy to Owens, Deering to Bernard
to Caravan. Umpire-McCann. Time
hour so minutes.
OTHER GAMES POSTPONED.
All the other State league games were
postponed on account Of rain
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NEW HAVEN IN MERIDEN.
This afternoon New Haven will play
at Merden5 and the next home game
will be with Bridgeport on Tuesday.
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Wheeler of the superior court heard
further evidence in the divorce case
of Lulu Treat against her husband,
Frank N. Treat.
Further testimony was offered to
show that Treat was Incorporate,
and after hearing it the court granted
the decree and gave an order that
plaintiff should have $2,100 almony.
! BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT.
The judges Of the supreme court
continued their considera ton of New
Haven county cases yesterday.
The first case on the list was that
of Isaphene Hlllhouse against Robert
A. Pratt and others, but it was placed
at the foot of the list. This is a fore
closure case in which Henry street
property is involved The plaintiff had
two mortgages, one for $4,000 and the
other for Sl,500.
The case of George e. Mcnamara
VS.. Lorenzo J. Mattel and w. J. Atwa-
ter was continued.
The case of Margaret Carney VS..
James Hennassey and wife, also argu-
ed, is a little case which involves a
piece of property in State street closed
up by a fence, Only 5000 damages were
claimed. 1t is an appeal by the de
PENDANT.
The case of the city of Meriden VS..
Matthew Maloney and a half dozen
Others also came up.
After hearing the case the court ad-
journed till next Tuesday. They will
hear the YAM case most likely on
Tuesday.
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THE APPEARANCE OF

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

At Milwaukee 2, Boston a.
At Baltimore-Baltimore 10, Cleve-
land g.
AT Philadelphia-Ra Rain.
At Washington-Wash 4, Chi
cago Is.
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ASTERN LEAGUE

At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. G, Mon
treal Z. &
Other games postponed on account of
rain
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AT Pittsburg-Boston 3, st. Louis 8.
At hicago-Philadelphi 4, Chicago
G.
At Cincinnati-New York 2, Cincin-
natl 3.
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COLLEGE GAMES.
At Hanover-Dartmout IA, Wes-
Ieyan 3.
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THE TREAT DIVORCE CASE.
Late Thursday afternoon Judg