The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-11

The recent snow SlOrnl HdS dueduy cost the city $4.SO0.
 Secretary Anson Phelps Stokes, IT,, is expected to be back in his office about the end of the month.
 At the regular meeting of the Classi- cal club Saturday evening in 20 Phelps hall, Charles H. Sherrill, the old Yale runner, gave an illustrated lecture on "Sicily."
 A valuable horse belonging to James Daley, in F'airmount avenue, of the National Wire corporation, fell and broke it's leg Saturday. The animal had to be shot.
 < Washington circle 1855, Foresters, is to have a bazaar in Eagles hall, Janu- ary 23 and 25. The chairlady is Mrs. McDowell, secretary; Missr M. Ryan, and teasurer, Mrs. Lucke. . andrews, the junior member of z @Ine newly formed firm of Porter & An drews of Toledo, O., is New Haven man, and was graduated from the Hill house high school, this city, in 1901.
 The annual meeting of the woman's board of Grace hospital will be held at the hospital this afternoon at o'clock. Reports for the year will be read and the election of officers for the ensuing year will be held.
 Major Henry Hooker was thrown from sleigh Saturday forenoon at Temple and Crown streets. He was dragegd along the ground, but escaped injury. The horse ran over mile be- fore it was stopped.
 Two pieces of property on High street belonging to the late Professor J. Will lard Gibbs have been distributed to his sister. Mrs. Julia Van Name, wife of Professor Addison Var Name. One piece had frontage of 69 feet and the other IS feet.
 The Trinity league football cup, over which there has been so much contro- versy, has been sent up to Trinity col 1ege by the local high school. No de- cision in regard to the protest of the local school has been made and the X cup may stay with it's donors.
 Jennie B. Cation Hive, No. g, Ladies of the Maccabees, will hold a regular meeting this evening at St. Georges hall, Insurance building. All members are requested to attend as the installa- tion of officers takes place. The mem bers having books will kindly return them this evening. Meeting called to order at 7:45.
 The Active Firemen's association of this city met in No. 2's house Saturday afternoon and held it's annual meeting. 
 ed the association has passed through a most prosperous year. The following officers were elected: President, Cap tain Redmond; vice president, Richard Dixon; treasurer, Wilfred Spang; sec retary, Joseph Kelley, and trustee James Davidson.
 The mystery surrounding the institu- tion and withdrawal of the proceed ings to have a conservator appointed by the local probate court over Miss Elm ma Judd, of Wallingford, is cleared The lady, who was the daughter of a prominent and wealthy Wallingford manufacturer, who left her a large leg acy. is to be married to B. F. Lamb, the former hotel clerk. He has been her companion at the New Haven house ir this city since her arrival here three months ago. The date of the marriage has not been announced.
 The local board of United States steamboat inspectors have just made 2 report of the results of their investiga- tion into the sinking of the sound steamer Erastus Corning of the Starir line after running on a rock off Soutt NorwallS a little over two weeks ago The finding of the board is that the Corning was sunk by running on . rock at Copps Island; that the lives ot the passengers on board were endan. geed and that the accident was caused by the unskillfulness of the pilot, w w. Daboll. The pilots license has beer suspended by tine United States inspec. tors for thirty days.