The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07

Our townsman Charles H. Keeshin, in advance of ''The Village Parson." has been in town for day or two, and leaves for Providence this. morning. He has been in advance of ''The Village Parson" since last July. The success of the company has been great, and it is
 immensely popular. Moreover, it is presented by the finest company which
 has ever interpreted this highly sue ressful and popular drama. Mir. Keeshin
 is one of the most successful agents
 ever on the road. and has represented
 many noted organizations.
 A new company of minstrels will be
 brought into existence this week, to be
 known as the Locust Minstrel Troupe. which plans to give a show in Pyramid hall about the middle of April. Major O'Neill. of Hartford, will come down to
 begin the rehearsals Thursday night, and will continue to drill the company weekly.
 Only a small number of Yale men have yet signified their intention of talk ing the proposed trip to St. Louis as members of the military companies who will go there for the exhibition the first week in June and plans have been made to cut down the expense of the trip from $60 to $45. This includes every item for ten days at the fair grounds and entire transportation.
 Chief of Police Wrinn is confined to his home with a slight attack of the grip. He will probably be able to re- sume duty to-day.
 Plans are under way for a benefit re- cital for Harry Whitaker, the organist at Center church, at Harmonic hall The recital will be given sometime this month.
 R. W. Parry and Joseph Hyde Pratt, chief engineer of the Pacific Consolidat- ed Mining company, have just returned from the mines in the Pyramid district of Nevada. They have been on a tour of inspection of the property, and have found conditions ideal
 MT. and Mrs. M A. Dean and Miss Dean of Boston have taken apartments at Warner hall. They will remain here several months.
 A very enjoyable surprise party was given Miss Virginia G, Wiley, of No. 102 Spring street, on Friday evening by a number of her friends. The evening was pleasantly spent with games and music. Refreshments were served late in the evening.
 The plays which are to be given at the home of Professor and Mrs. John c. Schwab, of BIO Prospect street, next Thursday and Friday evenings promise to be great successes. The arrange ments for the affairs have been under the direction of the members of the Lowell house council, and it is being given for the benefit of the Lowell House association. Thomas Janviers Passing of Thomas,' which was dra- matized by Mrs. Schwab and is very clever and amusing,I is the first farce.
 Those who will take part will be Mrs. Schwab, Professor Schwab, Professor
 Gruener, Miss Margaret Whitney and
 William A. Rice. Some of those who
 will take part in the second farce, "A Regular Fix are Professor Read, Pro- lessor Ciifarieton Lewis, Mrs. Schwab,
 Miss Ethel Carinalt, Professor Samuel
 Fisher, Kingsley Blake and Miss Mar garet Whitney. On Thursday evening,
 between the acts, Miss Myra Chitten-
 den, the yiolinist, will play several se-
 lections, accompanied by Mrs. Henry
 w. Farnan. On Friday evening Stan ley Fisher, the well-known tenor, has
 offered his services. He will be accom-
 panied by Mrs. Frank Q. Porter
 +t,, Dlaf
 has introduced bill in behalf of Lieu tenant Colonel Adrian Terry, increas- ing his pension to $50 per month. Colo mel Terry was born and brought up in New Haven, but h eis now a resident of Tennessee. He is a brother of Gen eral Alfred H. Terry, one of the best known officers from Connecticut during the civil war.
 Owing to the many requests Leader Holt, of the New American band of West Haven, will give a concert ball at the town hall on Wednesday evening, March IS. A great effort will be made to make this the finest concert ever given by this popular band. A pro- gramme will be arransed to suit all tastes.
 
 in the twenty-fifth year if it's existence and having the distinction of being the oldest musical organization in New Ha- ven to-day, will give a popular concert in Foy auditorium on March 16. It has been diligently rehearsing for several weeks past under it's capable conductor, William E. Haesche, and fine pro- gramme has been prepared, which, with the soloists who will assist the club, has not yet been fully decided upon. The
 names of the soloists will be announced later.
 The Daughters of Isabella is the name of a new fraternal and benevolent or ganization that has been started with the first branch in this city. The or ganization has been known as the aux Hilary of the Knights of Columbus. On Saturday night number of the mem
 bers of the auxiliary met in the office of ex-Senator James P. Bree and arranged to become incorporated under a new name. There are two branches in this state, one in this city and the other in Naugatuck.
 Officers of the Browning School club
 at Yale have been elected as follows:
 G. M. Bodman 1905, president; R. w.
 Neeser 1906, secretary and treasurer
 James Jacobson, of 93 Frank street,
 was given a farewell reception by his
 comrades in the Danish Hundred Men
 society Friday evening. He will start
 with his family next week for Califor- nia where he will engage in fruit rais-