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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
WOMAN ROBBED OF $46.
Found in a Vacant Lot After Bei
 Taken There by Two Men.
IUuIH HtWHyS, Cornelius Gardiner, Manage

Found in a Vacant Lot After Being
 Taken There by Two Men.
 About 1:S0 o'clock yesterday morning 8 woman, somewhat intoxicated and having on her person several diamond rings, was found by the police in the lot at the corner of Hill and Prince streets. She was brought into police headquar- ters and locked up. She stated at head quarters that she was going along the street when she met two men, who took her to the lot and then robbed her of $46 which she had in her pocketbook. She said that the men had something to drink with them and that she par took of some of it, after which she was robbed. E. <%
 The woman's name could not be learned from the police, although she stated that she came here with her husband from Springfield two years ago, that they lived on Kimberly ave- nue, and that her husband worked for the railroad. The police could find only one name which eorresponded to that of her husband. He is employed at the gas works, and she says that he is not her husband
 The matter has been turned over to the detective bureau for investigation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
YOUNG BOY COMMITS SUICIDE.
Hangs Himself Because He is Not Al
 lowed to Go Skating.

Hangs Himself Because He is Not Al lowed to Go Skating.
 Christian Thompson, sixteen years old, of Handen Plains, because his pa rents, who went Christmas shopping, told him he must saw wood and let his brothers and sisters go skating, com 1nitted suicide by hanging himself Sat- 1rday afternoon. Young Thompson made but very little fuss when told he must saw and chop the wood before go- ing skating.
 His father, Thomas Thompson, who is farmer and who peddles vegetables in this city, left the house with his wife to come to town to purchase Christmas presents for the children. The other children went skating and then Chris tian went to the barn, took hitch line and mounted four rounds of a ladder which leads to the hay loft in the barn Then he made a moose, put it around his neck and jumped off the ladder.
 The boys father returned home about 2 o'clock and found him hanging in the barn.
 Dr. Kirby and Constable Thomas R. O'Connel1 were sunlmoney. Dr. Kirby found the boy had died of strangula- ton. Medical Examiner Joslin viewed the remains and ordered Constable < OfConnell to investigate.
 Christian Thompson was the second of. six children in the family. There arg two other boys and three girls.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
SOWING HER WILD CATS.
Little Miss Sigsbee Startled the Rear
 Admiral.

Little Miss Sigsbee Startled the Rear Admiral. Rear Admiral Sigsbee, who rules over League island navy yard, has a niece of whom he is very fond. She has a great deal of artistic taste and has been able to turn to a practical use her tal- ents. When she was a girl of about 15 she made great deal of money draw ing designs for fashion papers. She came one day into room where her uncle happened to be. There was a dance on hand for that night, ahd ne said:
 Are you going to the dance with the others?"
 "No." she replied, II am not. ] haven't anything 10 wear.''
 Nothing to wear!" he exclaimed. 'Why, you have a good allowance and you have made great deal of money besides. l think you are too extrava- gant.''
 "I am not extravagant," she replied don't see how yod make that out. For instance what do you call extrava. gant?'
 Why" answered the admiral, ''the other day heard you distinctly telling some one that you spent $5 on candy fol the girls at recess. think that was a great extravaganza"
 Well" she replied, that's true, but you know a girl must be allowed to SOW her wild oats some tinae "--Detroit Free Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
CHRISTMAS HELP FOR OTHERS
Through the City Mission House at POI
 Orange Street.

Through the City Mission House at POI Orange Street.
 A number of the families connected with the city mission house on Orange street have already been assigned to those wishing to give personal attention to helping others. Forty children of the mission have been invited to Christi mas tree prepared sor them at one of the churches. As many more are hav- ing Christmas gists prepared for them by the primary school scholars of Madi- son. Conn.,, to be distributed by repre- sentatives of the schools at the Mission house Christmas tree on Christmas day. One hundred children from all parts of the city not otherwise provided with a Christfas treat with members Of their families will gather about the mission Christmas tree on the Tuesday after Christmas under care os the ladies of the. International Sunshine society, New Haven branch. Mrs. l.. B. Am dreWs president. .. .[..-..
 F. AtSbs NlOSSIletit uGS1IG0 dlSU U SiNS to twenty or thirty families personally known to him as s missionary pastor, Christmas cards, which will be good at any time during the winter for the amount noted upon them (from $1 to S5) in food, gue1, clothing, medicine, etc, as may be needed in this way enablinfi them to have something in hand to ward off approaching distress.
 Another effective method of helping others and yet in careful way is to send to MT. Mossman an order on your grocer or marketman for one or two dollars a month for the, three coming winter months, to be used by him where most needed and as occasion requires.
 Christmas gifts of any amount will be acceptable and may be sent to the City Mission house POI Orange street. Fruit vegetables or house supplies of any kind fro mfriends in the country or market men and grocers in the city can be placed in the ssoreroom at the Mission house for use either at the present time or later in the winter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
REV. MIR. BULLOCK BOUND OVER
To Next Term of New Haven Common
 Pleas Court.


 To Next Term of New Haven Common
 Pleas Court.
 Milford, Dec. fa.-Rev. Charles Sey- 1taour Bullock, pastor of the Neighbor- hood church of stratford, was before Judge Roger s. Baldwin in the town court this morning for q hearing on the civil proceedings brought against him by Miss Isabelle Viola Shailor. formerly d member of the Neighborhood church and who now resides with her parents in this town. She charges MT. Bullock with being the father of her child, and she sues him for the support of the child. A big crowd was present in the court room. +~.. 4... ; Al plea of not guilty was entered by Attorney Marr, counsel for defendant, and by an agreement which had been male with Prosecuting Attorney Platt the accused clergyman was bound over to the common pleas court in New Fla ven. the case ta come up at the next civil term of court. Bonds were fixed at $500 and were furnished by w. H. Benjamin, of Stratford, member ot MT. Bullock's church.
 Both MT. Bullock and Miss Shailor declined to make any statement for publication.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
Polt,s I,heater.

The school children paying admission to the Thursday matinee will receive a handsome Christmas present from Man. ager Po1i.
 By special arrangement Manager
 Poli will present the Fillmore Sisters in their latest and biggest vaudeville hit, 'The Adventures of Bedelia." Manager
 Poli secured James Hydes consent to
 a weeks engagement of this duo of
 fun makers for his theater in this city for the holiday week show. This as- sures the patrons of rousing fnu mak- l ing bill throughout. AS special feature there will be Elm met Corrigan and company in their comedy, ''The Pot and the Kettle'' This 1 is also one of the best in vaudeville and
 offers many amusing as we'll as original situations in it's line.
 Then the eleetrograph will have a special series of the motion pictures
 taken of the big Eagles parade in New York city with the New Haven Eagles
 as 8 prominent part of the picture. One ican recognize some of the leading mem- bers in this city.
 Worlds trio in dance and song act, | Finlay and Burke in stageland satire,
 Brandow and Wiley in a, colored act,
 the Lamonts as the society acrobats,
 the famous Gardner children. They are Airline, age five; Edgar, age
 seven, and Helen, age nine. They pre-
 sent decided little novelty that is sure
 to win them a big place. on the bill. "A
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
A CHRISTMAS CREED.
Sermon by Rev. MT. Haynes at United
 Church.

Church.
 The United church held 8 Christmas service yesterday morning. The church was decorated in laurel and creeping pine. The first anthem was "Bethle- hem," by Bartlett; the second, 70 Little Town of Bethlehem" by Nevin. The sermon, by the Rev. Artemas J. Haynes, was called "A Christmas Creed.' The substance of the sermon is as follows:
 After investigation of the many creeds there is difficulty in appying their spec ulation to practical life. We must pass from theology to the fact that Chris i tianity is Christ, and is very near to us. In framing the creed one must con- sider the whole material world, for Christianity is very wide in it's applica- tion. It must speak of all the homely common facts of life, which are ignored by the creeds. It must cover work and play, hospitality and family life. It must support courage and justice, and emphasize the need of men to strike a | blow for the helpless. It is to uphold the higher patriotism of Him who said: tThe world is my parish.'
 From our Christmas creed one must learn to obey duty not desires. The creed is to be strong, but not harsh, and is to touch the gentler graces of | life; sympathy for sufferers, beauty of character and holiness. Let mercy tenn per justice. The truest gentleman is the gentle man, as Christ was gentle. The creed must begin with the humble things of earth, and end with the high est realities os heaven.
 | To follow this creed is to live simply; to practice courage and justice, sym pathy and mercy; to be a brother to ev- [ cry man; to forgive faults; to think and speak gently; to worship God, and con- fess one's sins. There must be grati- tude for the past, cheerfulness for the present, and patience for the future. i It might seem that Christ is left out of this creed, but it is only from a study of His life and character that it was formed. The compassion of Christ is the most wonderful thing in the world. He is we'll called our elder
 brother. He. touched in a loving way all the humble things of earth, yet was l Himself of heaven. Time flies, while
 we are in luxury and idleness, and sad ness and injustice brood over the earth. Let us take this creed into our lives for year and at it's end we shall
 be better men and women.
 The Christmas praise service of the Sunday school was held in the chapel
 at noon. The primary department oi
 the school will have a Christmas tree I and exercises at the chapel at AIS p
 m. Wednesday,. The rest of the school
 will hold ts exercises in the chapel at i745 p. rn., the same day. There will
 be a play, based on Dickens Christmas carol, presented at the exercises.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
oRAToR1o SOCIETY REHEARSAL.
Important Meeting at College Street
 Hall Tonight.

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 In College street hall this evening will be held another rehearsal of the New Haven oratorio society. It will be the first since the recent excellent rendition of the Messiah at Woolsey hall, at which time the society severed itself with glory and established at first ap- pearance reputation which compels it's recognition as one of the foremost organizations of its kind in the coun- try.
 While the rehearsal is called for 8 o'clock, it is more than likely that the actual amount of singing done will be very little. Professor Samuel S. San ford, who is president of the society, will be present and be introduced to the members. He will, in all probability, throw few bouquets both at the mem bers of the chorus and the director and others who participated in the recent successful event. He will in a way out line the work to be attempted and fer vanity accomplished by the organiza- tion during the remaining winter and spring months.
 Professor Parker, the director, will talk at some length concerning ''The Passion Music,'' by Sebastian Bach, l which is to be taken up and studied in preparation for another or rather two concerts to be given, one some time in February and the other at another lat CT date. He will explain the magnitude of the work and the difficulties to be encountered. This work is a stupend- l oCs task, but it is certain that the members of the chorus will take up the study with the same enthusiasm which has characterized their study in the past and in consequence bring it to a successful ending. If the society suc- l ceeds in giving the Passion Music in 1 the same superb manner as was the | Messiah" and in the short space ot time allotted, it will certainly establish a record for itself, and the directors can in the future hesitate at nothing. It is sincerely hoped that there will l be an especial effort on the part of the ! members to be present at the rehearsal \ this evening, as the music is to be dis l tributed and other important announce. ments made which it is needfui that al I should know.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
THE 1oo-MILE TRAIN.
We're Likely to Be Travelling at That
 Rate Before Long. -.

IkcLS LoeIolG lJoliS.
 We note with pleasure that our space devouring friends at zossen have not yet satiated their hunger for pace and touched the record the other day for no less than TAO miles per hour. They seem to be overcoming air pressure rather comfortably up to the present, and we have heard nothing about the motors failing or the pressure caving in
 the front end of the car. Perhaps the doubting gentlemen who figured on the motors burning out from ] overload at eighty miles per hour to
 100 miles per hour will now be convinced i that higher speeds are both possible and practicable. One hundred and l forty miles per hour is 8 decidedly hot pace, but it will more than likely be beaten before we go to press. It has taken a aood many years to evolve the i two-ninute trotting horse, but this year we have him in duplicate. and just so 1t
 has been with electric railroading.
 Once the records began to break, they fairly blew up and left nothing but l fragments. One hundred and forty miles per hour, even if not outdone by q considerable margin, still means that the hundred mile-an-hour train is much nearer to
 reality than it has been before. That
 speed is quite feasible whenever it is
 demanded, and it is, moreover, quite, high enough to meet the requirements
 of humanity for some time to come. Its
 real importance lies. as we have often
 remarked, in it's application to long 1 lines on which the saving of time would
 be material Cutting down the running time to FIatbush or Haclensack may I defer the dyspepsia of the commuter 1 for another season or two, but it is not
 commercially important. It is cutting
 the time on long runs that counts--re- I ducing the time to Washington to less than three hours, and converting the l trip to Chicago into mere nights run. I It is now annonced that the experf-
 ments have been conducted largely with the idea of the early application of the 1, system to the railroad connecting Der
 lin with Hamburg, distant by rail one hundred and seventy-six miles from
 each other, and that an early conver-
 sion of that line is by no means i'm ' probable. Somehow the hundred-mile-
 an-hour train looks nearer than it did a
 few months ago, and our spy-glass is
 still trained in the direction of Germany.
 -~Street Railway Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
LESSON OF CHRISTMAS
TOLD TO CONGREGATION OF
 TRINITY II. E. CHURCH.

Rev. pr. Fl. Franh RaII DiscouEsss on Real Purport of HoIiday-spsciAi Sunday school Service Postponed One week.
 Despite the stormy weather, a goodly number were present at the Christmas services yesterday morning at the Trim ity M. E. church. Rev. Dr. H. Frank RalI, the pastor, spoke on '"rhe Christ mas Vision" taking as his text Luke ii, 8. He spoke, in part, as follows:
 If Christmas has any meaning at all it means 8 new vision. In all religion there is aspiration, the knowledge of some need. of some good that is aimed at, of some wrong that should be right ed. The cry of mans heart is for God Christmas is the answer to that cry. Christianity is more than a cry, more than a prayer breathed upon unrespon- siye air. It is God speaking to, men, the vision of God come into the world and into ollr lives.
 .'But the vision of God cannot come alone For the shepherds of old, for the mother Mary, life and the world must have seemed different after the light from above had shined upon them. In the white light of Gods presence, in the gleam of the Christmas vision, many things must change, Men are our brothers, no more simply our ene- mics or our fierce competitors. The world looks different. We lose our lust for the things that pass, and our heart goes out for the things that men do not see. .e s .-..s>.,
 tsWe need vision to-day. Vision, pur- pose, poWer--these three must be III our life. The purpose must be there, and we fail often enough because our life purpose is so low. The power must be there. that the purpose may become life and character. But we need the vision too, and the vision must come first ot all. The lust of the world IS III the hearts of men and 1t has blinded thelr eyes. We are selling our days and oui hours. our hearts and our hopes, for the things that must perish tomorrow. We need the Christmas vision, not Tor to- day, not for this week. We need It TOT our life, for the year that is to come for the days of toll, the hours of pleas ure Bring your life to the test of its light. What are our loves and hates what are we living for? What does God mean to us day by day? Is He real to us? What does He want of us; what does He care for us We answer these questions with hearts dulled ane eyes blinded by the dust and the glare and the heat of our daily life, swayeo by it's passions, warped by it's preju' dices and it's low standards. Answer them under the light of the Christmas vision. Be sure that the answer will bt true for time and satisfying for eter' nity.'' 55, <,.ss
 Owing to the indictment weather the special Christmas service of the Sun day school was postponed until next Sunday evening at 7:30. The pro. granme as arranged will include some pleasing features. Among these vii be recitations by Ida Beardsley Mabe Watson, Brent Lowe, Grace Paxsor and Miss woodruff, as well as a solo D! Mabel Lafayette.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
LETTER TO MIR. BUNNELL. G. B. Bunnell, Hyperion Theater, New
 Haven, Conn:

G. B. Bunnell, Hyperion Theater, New Haven, Conn:
 Dear sir: wrote you this morning
 saying that in view of your earnest de- sire and your willingness to assume the
 extra cost of handling the big produc- tion, that we had concluded to make an excepton Of New Haven and present Checkers" to the playgoers of a town where the engagement was for less
 than one week. Since then I have your letter enclosing one from a New Haven pIaygoer who had seen Checkers dur ing it's New York run and who won dered if the play would be produced in New Haven with the same completeness of cast and scenery used in New York. wish to assure you personally, and you can repeat it with the utmost con fidenee that Checkers" will be seen in New Haven with the identical cast and
 scenery used in New York and since then in Chicago. The production is un- der the direction of Kirke La Shelle, whose reputation for tForoughness and
 reliability is too well known to need further exploiting. New Haven is the
 only place in New England outside Bos- ton in which Checkers will be seen
 and your playgoers have your libera1ity and progressiveness to thank for the I opportunity to see what the New York
 and Chicago press have pronounced one
 of the few real hits of the present the atrical season.
 We shall arrive in due season to have
 everything ready for our firts perform
 ance at the Hyperion on Christmas af- l ternoon. :,s | Yours always,
 Cornelius Gardiner, Manager.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
FLEISCHMAN-ADLER.

Nuptials Will be Solemnized at Music
 Hall January 3.
 Invitations were issued Saturday for the marriage of Miss Rebecca Fleisch- man, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Henry Fleischman, to John Adler of 10S Edge wood avenue. The ceremony will be performed at the B'Nai Scholom syna- gogue on Sunday afternoon, January 3, at 3:30 o'clock, A reception and feast will follow at Music hall at o'clock.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
FELL AT THE DEPOT.

John Monohan while alighting from a train at the Union depot last evening fell, and as it was thought that he was badly injured he was taken to the New Haven hospital in the police arnbu- lance. On his arrival there it was found that beyond a few bruises there were no injuries. He was therefore al- lowed to go home.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
ACCUSED or THEFT or s4s.

Bartender Arrested for Stealing That s. Amount from His Employer.
 James Smith of Carlisle street was ar rested yesterday afternoon by Officers Birmingham and Powers and charged with the theft of s46. Smith was acting as bartender in James Wards saloon, at the corner of Dewitt and Portsea streets, few days ago, and 1t is all legged that one morning the proprietor was out Smith stole the money from the draw. s
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21

better trio of children cannot be found on the stage. ..- $
 The electrograph besides displaying the special view will have others.
 On Christmas an extra big holiday bill can be presented making the show on that day a continuous one from to Il p. m.
 Prices: Evenings, 10, 20 and 30 cents; afternoons, 10 and 20 cents; ladies at matinee, 10 cents; box seats, 50 cents.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
SIR HENRY IRVING HERE.
Excellent Presentation of 'tDantea a

Excellent Presentation of Dante" at < Es the Hyperion.
 The great Sir Henry Irving and his splendid company was greeted by a large audience, considering the prices, at the Hyperion on Saturday night. Sir Henry Irving essayed the role of Dante in the niece by the same name, by Sardou, and his acting was fully in keeping with the high standard set on previous occasions.
 His splendid talent was recognized and appreciated by New Haveners to such an extent that q speech was de- nanded at the close os the third act. The supporting company was excellent in every particular, and the scenic ef- fects intensely interesting. <.