The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-13
NOTES OF LOCAL INTEREST
GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN AND
 PARTY OFF FOR BUFFALO.

supreme Court Not to sit Here-Arrived in washingtOn-harIin Firearms Co.
 Buys Out Cartridge co.-cscil Rhodes
 Sch choiarship-Hartford's Epidemic.
 Governor Chamberlain left Meriden for Hartford on the 1929 train yester- day morning and at 12:O5 started for Buffalo, N. r., with the armory and ar senal commission on a tour of inspec- tion of armories in that city and Brook lyn.
 Bridgeport, April 12.-After consider ing the petition of New Haven lawyers for a special session of the Supreme court in that city to hear New Haven county eases the Supreme court in ses- i sion here to-day decided not to go to New Haven. The cases will, therefore, have to be argued here.
 New Milford, April 12.-John W. Me Mahon, aged ninety, a wealthy and in- i fiuential farmer of this town, who was at one time first selectman, died at his home as the result of a shock yester- day afternoon.
 The Marlin Fire Arms company of this city has purchased the plant and good will of the American Cartridge and Ammunition company of Hartford, capitalized at $10O,OO0. The machines of the concern will be moved to this city and operated in conjunction with the Marlin company's plant. This will give employment to many more hands. Of ln Of 10 Tnrst- ford company's had been paid in in. cash.
 It is now expected that from six to eight candidates for the Cecil Rhodes scholarships will appear this morning, when the examination papers for the Connecticut students are to be given out at Yale university. President Had ley says that while a number of men have expressed an intention more or less definite to take the examination, he could not be certafnn that all would ,ap- pear for the test.
 Among the first arrivals of the Con necticut delegates in Washington to the K. of C. exercises there this week were MT. and Mrs. James E. Mcfarland of New Haven. Most of the delegates from the state arrived last evening.
 Five new cases of meningitis were re- ported to the Hartford board of health yesterday and the death of one patient after only 36 hours of illness convinces the board, if anything further was needed to convince them, of the pres lence in Hartford of this disease in what threatens to be an epidemic form and of the necessity of taking immediate steps to guard against it's spread.
 ] Notices were sent out yesterday morning for hearing before Director Coe on the layout of Mckinley avenue, between Edgewood avenue and Willard street, and of YaleAavenue, from Derby to Edeewood avenue, to be held April 19. l. was originally intended to ex- tended to extend Mckinley avenue to Fountain street, but as one of the prop erty owners in the locality was not given the damages claimed, a protest was made and the extension was made only to Willard street. The Mckinley avenue matter will be heard at two o'clock and the Yale avenue matter at , 2:3O
 The annual reunion of the First Con- : necticut Heavy artillery will be held 
 Wednesday, June 8, the place to be de- ! cided by President Hobart w. Deming c. C. Courtice and Judge Henry E
 Taintor of Hartford. It is now likely : that the event will take place in New Haven, where many of the members re
 side.
 It is expected that the survey of the
 cut on the Shore line division of the Consolidated railroad in this city, pre- , paratory to it's being widened, will be Icompleted in about two weeks. Nothing
 has yet been done in the matter of ar ranging for greater "head room'' in 1t.
 Capt. s. A. Smoke, manager of the : Yale dining hall, said yesterday that the change from the former system of American to European system service at the dining hall would not be begnu , for four weeks, although it was voted three weeks ago to try the new system
 A number of changes at the dining hall must be made before the new system can take effect and for that reason it was decided to wait four weeks before starting it. The first meal in the dining hall in the spring term will be served tomorrow night.