The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-14

The regular weekly lecture at Yale Hall, Franklin street, was given by Prof. F. ". Williams, of the depart ment of oriental history at Yale. The subject was the Russian-Japanese sit uation.
 Mrs. Morris F. Tyler is still in Cam den, S. C., where she will remain for several weeks.
 MT. and Mrs. H. C. Warren and Miss Anita Warren left last week for an ex- tended trip in the south.
 Mrs. A. H. Marshall and Frank Mar shall of New Britain are visiting friends in Branford.
 The seventh organ recital of Prof. Harry Jepson will be given this after noon at o'clock in Woolsey hall. h. terest in these recitals has. been stead fly increasing.
 Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mccormick of Chi cago daughter of the late Senator Han na, as head of a syndicate of former pupils of Miss Porter's Girls school at Pennington. has offered s15O.OoO to re- habilitate the school. Since Miss Por- ter's death three years ago the prestige of the school has waned. Mrs. McCor- mick has recently visited Professor Keep, who is in charge. If the offer be accepted the old staff of teachers will be reinstated.
 | C.. R. Merrinan, one of MT. Leopold's pupils, has been engaged as tenor solo, ist at the First Congregational church, New Britain, beginning his duties next Sunday. This is one of the most import ant positions in the state, this church giving an oratorio or cantata each month. Mir. Merriman is to sing here soon.
 Grand Canton Sassacus, No. 1, P. M, I. O. O. F., announces the next in their series of popular whists for Thursday evening, March 1T, {St. Patrick's nighD, as Sassacus armory.
 N. Hardy Hoyt and Nathan Hoyt have returned from a very pleasant trip to the Bermudas.
 Miss Eniline Upson and her sister, Mrs. Vail of Wooster street are recov- ering from a severe attack of the grip.
 The memory of Augustus Cass Led yard, one of Yale's younger war heroes, is to be commemorated by the class of 1S9S of which he was member. In- formally the class has already decided to place on the campus a $5,000 mem orial for the young lieutenant who was struck down by a Filipino while quell- ing insurrection near Manila. The mem orial will take the form of a flagstaff with. "a granite shaft and a handsome bronze base, bearing an appropriate in scription. Details of the memorial will be settled when the class comes to Yale for it's sexennial gathering. Ledyard was the son of the millionaire president | of the Michigan Central railroad. He enlisted in the Yale battery.
 A. certificate of incorporation was filed by the Knickerbocker Construction company of this city in the office of the secretary of state. Capitol. s25,0OO. The company is formed for the manufac-
 The staff of ex-Gov. Geo E. Louns- bury of Connecticut held it's annual re- union at the Hotel Imperial, in New York, Saturday night, and after attend 1 ing the theater dined at the Cafe Mar tin.
 l Wilson H. Lee, president of the Con- necticut Typothetae, will leave here to- day for Philadelphia, where, in the ev- ening the executive committee of the United Typothetae of America will hold a meeting. The principal business will be the arrangements for the next na- tionaI convention of the Typothetae, which will be held during the third week of June at St. Louis during the World s fair.
 Clarence V. Henderson, formerly of Branfcrd, and Miss Rebecca May Nichols, of Temple street, New Haven, were married Saturday afternoon by the Rev. MT. Smith, of the Howard Avenue Congregational church. MT. and Mrs. Henderson spent Sunday in Boston and will later visit MT. Hem derson'ss old home in Lakewood, N. H. They will make their future home at Irving the Hudson.
 J. D. Merwin of West Haven is i'll at his home on Washington avenue, threatened with pneumonia.
 The announcement is made that Miss Rose Siebold, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Frederick Siebold of Allingtown, has been married to MT. J. Peter Holm of this city,
 At g o'clock this morning the sale of | IICSClNCQ oSdlS 4sOl I<udW IS ulQd ; lplay, "Die Jugendfreunde," opens. The play will be given next Wednesday evening.
 l Mrs. F. F. Travis of Church street and Mrs. c. I. Osborne of Brooklyn, N. Y., have just returned from an ex- tended trip of four weeks. Mrs. Os- borne will remain the guest of Mrs. Travis for several weeks.
 Miss Haley of Elm street, West Ha- Iven, sang the offertory and assisted Christ church, West Haven, last even- ing. Miss Haley has a sweet soprano lvoice
 The Saturday Afternoon Whist club were entertained by Mrs. William E. Husted, jr., Saturday afternoon.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Prinz of IA Chestnut street, who has been i'll for some time, lis reported on the road to recovery. The prizes for the players who have the highest scores at the intercollegiate whist under the direction of the Domin- lican fathers of St. Mary's church at the Second Regiment armory, April G. will be awarded by the ladies in charge of the section on colleges.
 
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