The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-22
VARIOUS ITEMS.

The governors of Colorado, Ohio and appoint delegates to attend the Ameri- can Roadmakers' convention, which is to be held in Hartford February 10 and Il.
 The state beard of railroad commits sioners will make an inspection of the new rolling lift bridge in Bridgeport across the Pequonnock river, and it's trestle work approaches this forenoon. At the afternoon exercises of the thir- teenth annual meeting of the Bridge port auxiliaries of the Woman's Board of Missions, held at the Second Baptist church. yesterday, Mrs. T. H. Sheldon and Mrs. W. H. Faircflild brought the greetings of the New Haven branch, one speaking relative to Life and Light" the publication of the Woman's Board of Missions, and the other on Our Pledged Work Mrs. E. s. Hume of Bombay, India, a teacher in school Of about 700 East Indians, who is in this country on a vacation, was the next speaker. The Park street church is particularly interested in Mrs. Hume through long acquaintance, and her address proved intensely interesting to the ladies who were present. A. letter 1 from Miss Wilson, who left in Septem- Der for Harpoot, Turkey, was read by Miss Harriet Hawley, the correspond i ing secretary.
 In Hartford yesterday a wooden 1 building in Bloomfield, occupied for livery stable purposes, was burned and l 1t is stated that the insurance of $10,000 on the building and it's contents does not cover the loss Three horses and many carriages, sleighs and harnesses were burned, but twenty-seven head of cattle were saved by neighbors. The owner of the building was w. c. Wade of this city.
 The work of rebuilding St. Michaeps R. c. church on Wooster Place, this Icity will be begun as soon as plans lhave been gotten out and contracts can be let
 Martha J. Buckley, widow of Will Iliam Buckley, died at her residence in
 Southport, Wednesday, aged seventy nine years.
 Mir and Mrs. N W. Kendall of this city are at the Willard in Washington, ID. c. MT. Kendall is there represent ling the Brewers association of the
 United States, and appeared before the l judiciary committee of the house in op- position to the Hepburn bill, to regu- Hate the liquor traffic between the va- Irious states. MT Kendall will look af- ter several legislative matters of inter- iocf fa 1,o Ia l In Washington yesterday Senor Don
 Philippe Bunau-varilla, the minister from the new republic of Panama, was asked in relation to his coming to New Haven to the annual banquet of the Business Mems association. Senor Var lila explained, however, that it would be impossible for him to come. He has consistently declined similar invitations since the Panama treaty came before the Senate.
 Henry B. Deiss, aged forty, president of the Waterbury Typographical union,
 died of lingering Illness Wednesday.
 In the office of the town clerk, Wa I terbury, there is marriage license upon which is indorsed the fact that the Rev. Father Keram. pastor of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, mar lried Gimbittister Pace, aged twenty three, and Maria R. Cappizzutta. aged fifteen, on January IA. The charities board records, however, show that the bride is only twelve years old.
 The extensive addition to the hos Epital department of the Soldiers home,
 at Noroton Heights, although not for lmally accepted, is now completed and occupied. The hospital contains beds for ITO. There are ill the hospital at
 present 40 patients.
 The coachman for a Torrington busi-