The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-22
VARIOUS ITEMs.

Benjamin Besser, for the past four years with Harry Hyman, the Church street merchant, as buyer and in charge of the advertising department, leaves for Philadelphia shortly. MT. Besser has accepted position with a leading firm there.
 Local physicians agree that at the present time there is more illness from grip, pneumonia and hard colds than in any winte Tn the last ten years.
 The selectmen of East Haven town ship have had fire escape built on the town hall They were prompted to make this Improvement, as there is only one entrance to the second floor, where all the entertainments and dances in the town are held.
 The final debating trials Saturday evening resulted in the choice of the following men to make the squad for the team which will meet Princeton: From Yale union, H. Glicksman 1904 A. o. McKinstry 1905. l.. 0. Bergh 1906, w.. l.. Myers 1905, J. T. Roberts 1905 and C.. F. Kerrigan 1905; from the Kent club, D. Flanway. J. H. Sears. s. c. Kone and H. c. Lust, of the Law school and H. Rankin, of the Graduate school
 Three hours after her daughter, Miss Anna L. Effort, had been married by Rev. Thomas B. Davies to John w.. Burns, on Thursday, Mrs. Sarah l.. Elf fort, the mother of the bride, died at their residence, I72 Dixwell avenue. It was the mothers wish that the wedding ceremony should not be postponed. Mrs. Efforts husband is the coachman for Hayes e. Trowbridge, of BIO Temple street.
 ". I. Hall, of Yale university, deliv- cred an address at the First Congrega- tional church in Branford last evening. The subject was Missionary Work in Japan.'' MT. Hall is a native of that country, and his remarks were specially interesting.
 Commissioner F. A. Betts, who repre- sents Connecticut at the St. Louis ex- position, has leased a house in St. Louis and will remain there until after the Worlds fair. Close friends of the com missioner here state that he will resign from the republican state central com mittee to take up the duties of Worlds fair commissioner.
 Joseph Clancy, ex-business agent of the Bridgemen's union, who was stabbed in Ansonia a few weeks ago, was reported last night as in a vastly improved condition. It is expected that MT. Clancy will be discharged as cured from the New Haven hospital to-day or tomorrow.
 The business for many years conduct ed by John H. sPlatt at 90 Orange street has passed into the hands of Merrels, Cross & Beardsley, three of the CO., workers of the late MT. Platt
 Frederick E. Pierce, a Yale academic senior roonaing at 13O Farnam hall, is i'll with the measles. He is being nursed there by his sister, who came here from South Britain to care for him. The au- thorities do not fear an outbreak of the disease.
 Professor George Trumbull Ladd of the department of philosophy and men tai science, Yale, is i'll with slight at tack of influenza.
 Edward B. Bradley of the firm of H. c. Warren 6 Co, has been elected di- rector in the Maiden Electric company of Maiden, Mass, and also of the Sub- urban Gas S Electric company of Re were, Mass, to fill the vacancies caused by the resignation of F. ". Sterns of Boston. New Haveners have substan- tial interests in both of these companies. The Maiden company has voted to is- sue 1000 new shares of stock at once.