The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-11
THE BIG BENEFIT CONCERT
SECOND REGIMENT ARMORY VAS
PACKED WITH Il LARGE AUDIENCE


About 1000 People Present Last Nigh
at the Entertainment for the Benefi
at the Packing House Fire-GOverno
Mclean and STAFF and City Officials ii
Attendance-A Delightful Programme
The Affair Thor ughip Successful.
The testimonial concert given by
Manager S. q. Poll for the families Of
the four firemen who recently lost theil
lives by the falling of wall at the
hudson packing house fire brought to-
gether an audience which completely
filled the Second regiment armory last
evening and numbered about four thou
sand persons.
A large stage had been erected at the
east end of the armory hall, while the
entire room was hung with the Ameri-
can colors Back of the stage was a
large picture depicting fireman in the
act of rescuing a child. On the south
side was erected another stage, back of
which among American flags were por-
traits Of President Mckinley, Vice
President Roosevelt and Governor Nc
Lean. Palms profusely backed. the plat
form.
After the second overture the band
played Hail to the Chief as Governor
WITH hare pf his
staff in full uniform, and Mayor Dris-
coll and Mayor HARRISON, of Hartford
entered. The board Of fire commission
ers, the board Of police commissioners
and other prominent citizens and chiefs
of various fire departments in other
places We're there also. The governor
and his party were greeted with tu-
multuous applause as they entered the
armory.
The numbers by the Second regiment
band, the Dorscht lodge orchestra, the
40. U. W. band and the National mil
itary band of West Haven were well re-
ceived.
Jules Garrison recited an original
poem describing the incidents of the re-
cent catastrophe. Then followed Gou-
mods Ave Maria" sung by Miss Eliz-
abeth C. Gaffney accompanied by the
Dorscht orchestra. 1t was one of the
gems of the evening. Louis A. Lauten-
back sang "Adieu, Marie" with full,
strong voice, and was followed by
vocal quintette by five young people
Miss Matte Boorum and Masters john
ME Fox, George Wright, Harry Robin
son and Joe Kaufman.
Io, J,n pxybi
bition of the vitagraph, giving moving
picture scenes, including several of the
recent fire. In conclusion portraits of
the late Captain Joseph e. Condren,
Frederick N. Hale, Frank j. Williams
and William p. Reilly, who lost their
lives, also x-Chief Kennedy and ex-
Chief Hendrick, were thrown on the
screen.
Rossini's "In1ammatus" was sung by
Mrs Carrie Allen Baker, of Bridgeport,
and small chorus, with. piano accom-
paniment.
Mrs. Eugene p. McKenna gave pleas
ing solos on the cornet, showing profess
sional versatility, and received an en-
core.
Particularly good was the duet by |
Miss Gaffney and Mr.. Lautenbach. Will |
liam Wheeler played the difficult ac-
The Schubert quartette, composed of |
Messrs Lautenbach, Janswick, Morgan |
and r. E. Phillips, sang effectively their
two numbers.
Altogether the affair was both a nota-
BILE and a very successful event It is
thought that the benefit Melted at least
will hey iy1,rpccih1o tp
ascertain the exact amount until those
who had tickets to sell turn in the
A special detail of policemen was
under command of Sergeant
Williams, of the Howard avenue pre-
,inct. The patrolmen in the detail were
Murphy J. Moore, Cohee,
Allen, Hanrahan, Cannon, Ledwith,
Kane, McAvoy, O'Brien and Mcqueen
~.
The programme rendered was as fol-
ows
Following was the programme: I!
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ........... Wallace
Second Regiment Band.
acknowledgment ,.......... Thomas {
Dorscht Lodge Orchestra.
Descriptive Fantasie-Midnight Alarm ]
Episodes from Fireman}s Life) Il
Observation-Disclosures. Reeves {
Band and Orchestra; Frank Fichtl, II
Leader. IL
recitation ...................
Jules Garrison. In
'olo--Ave Maria ................G ounod /
Hiss Elizabeth c. Gaffney, accompanied
by Dorscht Lodge Orchestra. \
Marie Adams r
Louis A. Lautenbach. r
quintette-MissM Mat
tie Boorum, Masters George
Wright, Johnnie Fox, Harry Rob- h
inson and Joe Kaufman. v
Observation-Disclosures Daily q
A. o. U. w. Band; John C. Wolfe, !,
Leader
merican Vitagraph-
a-Queen Victoria's Funeral Cor !,
tege 9
b-President McKinley's Inaugural =
ton.
c-Miscellaneous Views. :,
uartette-Our Firemen's Last Call.
Observation-Disclosures. Original
iremen Martin Fleming, William
Dwyer, ]. F. Griffen and Harry F. a,
Bement, of the New Haven Fire y
Department. y,
............. Rossini =,
rs. Carrie Allen Baker and Chorus
verture-Golden Crescent ....... Miller -,