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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
FUNERAL oF W. II. PRESTON,

FUNERAL OF W. H. PRESTON.
 Bridgeport, Oct. s7.-The funeral of
 William H. Preston was held at 2 o'clock this afternoon from his late
 residence, 194 Arctic street. The house
 was filled with ssorrow owing friends, in-
 cluding a number of representative
 newspaper men from this city and
 New Haven. The services were con-
 ducted by the Rev. Gerald H. Beard,
 D. D., pastor of the Park Street Con-
 gregational church, who preached a touching sermon in addition to the reg
 mlar services. Thee pallbearers were
 James L. McGovern and Charles F:
 Greene, of the Bridgeport Farmer; Alexander Troup, jr., of the New Ha- ven Union; Albert, E.. Lavery, Henry May and Justine Wilson, all of whom ] were at one time newspaper associates i of MT. Preston. The casket was sur ] rounded by an elaborate and beautiful 1 floral display. Burial was in Lake | view cemetery, where, the Rev. M'
 Beard conducted the committal ser- | vices.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
BOOKSELLERS FINE STOCK.
Prominent New Haven optician Center on Chapel Street. -- - !

Prominent New Haven optician Center on Chapel Street. ;.
 One. of the leading. business houses in this city, ranking high for the quality of it's. goods and the excellence of it's service, is that of Paul Roessler's Son, S16 Chapel street. The special line of goods handled by this firm, which has been established for nearly half a cen- tury. is that of optical and scientific goods. As headquarters for scientific instruments the store has been justly famed during it's long existence, main taining to-day the same, high standard that its founder initiated in years gone by, ~ tss <. H5
 As opticians and dealers in optical goods, the reputation of the firm is well established, The store has become a veritable Mecca for many in need of supplies in this line.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28

THE ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN"
 Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights next week at the New Haven theater. Barney Gilmore, the natural singing Iris3 actor, will appear in A Rocky Road to Dublic," a comedy dra- ma in three acts by Daniel L. Hart, au- tlor of he Parish Priest and other successes, supported by .he following clever people: George Hassell, John D. Griffen, Americas veteran Irish char
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
ENTERTAINMENTS
Hyperion Theatre.

WARREN'S PROFESSION"
 people went to the Hyperion ght expecting to See something booking in Bernard Shaw's play,
 Warren's Profession" They Disappointed. What they really was a well acted and powerful
 which had for it's subject the day hypocrisy of society. There refT>fn. the audience whose in- pee. did not permit them to see the stage picture, and in the st these people disturbed the per- nee with senseIess mirth, where d for mirth did not exist. As in- ng the power of the play it is saying that the distinguished in the audience ceased to be Red when the story was in full Eory is not a pretty one and ot look well in type, but it erful lonesome say the most
 from Shaw's pen, notwith-
 the fact that the play was and was written in 1893. Its prnance on any stage was in
 Ondon by the Stage society. ,t's performance was it's first
 rformance in America, and,
 rOm it's reception here, it is
 Ee great future. After the
 which introduced the char
 laid open the scheme of the
 was no more laughter from
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
NO BREAK WITH CENTRAL.

President Mellen Says There is No
 Thought of Leaving Forty-second
 Street Station.
 In reply to a question submitted to him yesterday President c. s. Mellen of the New Haven railroad declared that there is nothing whatever" in the report recently published to the ef- feet that the New Haven may quit the Central" President MelIen added:
 Our continued use of the Grand Central station is assured, and there has been no thought of going else- where. When the Pennsylvania sta- tion is completed there will be a through service established by way of the same to points south and west, and possibly, if there is a public demand, some service locally may be establish ed to and from that station, but that is so far in the future no action look ing to such a result has been taken as yet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
Biiou Thenter.

By special permission of Williams and Walker, Manager PoIi announces for next week atsl1is local theater the appearance of tfe lAbyssinia Girls, who are to be the leading feature of the. forthcoming sttpendous production "Abyssinia,' which will be presented by Williams and Walker in New York city shortly. During the interval for prepa- ration the girls under the leadership of Aida Overton Walker, wife of Walk CT, of the famous team, will present their singing, dancing and speciality number atthe Bijau theater. The girls coming include such well known favor ties as Maggie Davis, Jessie Ellis, Kath- crime Jones' Wilhelmina Martin, Ida Day, Lavinnia Castor, Bessie Vaughan, and Miss Hattie Mcintosh. The book and lyrics are bylI. A. Shepp and Alex Rogers, music is by Will Marion Cook.
 Herbert's dogs will be another feat ure, including the loop-the-loop dog; Smire and Kessner, as Bell Boy and Waiting Maid;" Donovan, Arnold and company; Magnini family, the musical barbers, and the famous Rooney yis- ters, and the electrograph will complete the olio.
 Prices: Evenings, 10c, 2Oc, soc; nati- nee, 1Oc, 20c; ladies at matinee, 10; boxes, soc. @s.s,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28

LEWIS MORRISON. THIS AFTER
 NOON AND EVENING"
 When an artist, as in the case of Joseph Jefferson in Rip Van Wrinkle is unequalled imitators spring up without proper qualifications. Lewis Morrison is another illustration of this fact. Two years ago he retired and 'i1itators sprang up like mushrooms. believing a profitable field open. They found financial and artistic failure. The pub lie can't be fooled all the time, They wanted the real devil. Lewis Morrison, an dthey are getting him this season
 with the most elaborate scenic, mechan- ical and electrical <, production of Faust ever staged in this. country, The name and fame of Lewis Morri- son has drawn a succession of crowded houses in every city he has so far visit ed, his auditors have voiced, their ap-
 proval in tumultuous fashion and the
 tour of Lewis Morrison himself in the past of Mephisto bids fair to be the ] biggest financial theatrical success of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
FUNERAL OF G. A. R. MEMBER.

Services Over Henry Chambers Yester-
 day Afternoon.
 The funeral of Henry Chambers, sixty years old, who died at the home of his son-in-law, Martin F. Kinnere, No. 47 Bishop street, Wednesday, was held yesterday afternoon at 2:3O from the residence.
 Mir. Chambers was G. A. R. man and all the pallbearers were G. A. R.. members. They were Silas Moore, w c. Whittlesey. Daniel Ackley and Alon- 70 Derrick. There was large attend ance. The interment was in Westville cemetery.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
OPERATION SUCCESSFUL.

Augustus Linahan, of Georgetown, on
 Road to Recovery.
 An operation performed about two weeks ago upon Augustus Linahan, son of Thomas Linahan, of this city, presi- dent of the National Casket company, for appendicitis has proved highly sue cessfaI and MT. Linahan is now on the highway of convalescence. MT. Lima han is a member of the Georgetown university football squad. His many friends in this city will be glad to learn of his recovery. Dr. Verdi performed the operation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
YALE TEAM OFF.

Left for New York Last Night-WilI
 Meet West Point To-Day. -.
 The final practice fer the Yale team yesterday afternoon was very light. There was no scrimmage, but the men were put through an hours practice at signals. The team left at o'clock last night for New York, where they put up for the night at the Murray Hill hotel and will proceed to West Point this morning, The substitutes leave this morning on an early train.
 The only changes from the lineup of last Saturday will be Hockenberger at left guard and Gates at left end
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
ALICE NE1LsoN's RETURN.

Musical and theatrical circles will be considerably interested in the an- nouncement that Miss Alice Nelson, the charming and vivacious young American prima donna, who has been abroad for four years studying and also singing in grand opera, is now in this country, and, under the management of the Messrs. Shubert, stars this coming week on a tour of the country, present. ing grand opera in Italian (such works as Barber of Seville" Don Pasquale," :" "Crispino la Comare," acts from Rig oletto, La Boheme and others) with a company especially selected by Henry Russell, the eminent English teacher and lnopressario, from the leading Ital. ian opera houses, an augmented orches- tra, etc, and one performance will be
 given at the Hyperion theater Saturday evening, November 4, when Donizetti's brilliant and sparkling comedp opera, Don Pasquale," will be given in it's en- tirety.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28

auditorium service tomorrow evening at the City mission house on Orange street there will be an illustrated lec- ture by F. E. Hartshorn on Our Coun- try" with fifty. stereopticon dissolving views of beautiful scenery and mission ary work in America, Cuba and Porto Rico. Illustrated songs will also be thrown upon the screen. Admission free. Silver offering received. Come early. Hall darkened and exercises commence promntIv at 7:S0.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
COURT GoETHE's NINETEENTH
Finely Celebrated in its Hall Last

Finely Celebrated in its Hall Last
 Evening.
 Court Goethe No. 26, FOresters of America, celebrated its nineteenth an- niversary at it's lodgs room in the Cou- Tier building last evening. Speeches were made by Deputy Frederick Schwartz, Charles Gartner, H. F.. Moeller, Pater Lendworth, Charles Kantetcy and Joseph Girometta. There was fine singing by Miss E. Hess There was large attendance and ex- celIent music. together with recitations, dancing, etc.
 One new member was admitted. Re- treatments were served. The lodge is very prosperous.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
sGBoRGE W. CRAWFORD,

District of New Haven, ss. Probate EsTXTE of WILLIS SSSSe9 GooDYEARs El RsOG; late
 of Hamden in said District, deceased. 4 Mary L.. Currier of Mount eVrnon N. Y. having made written application d. b m C. .' t a. may be eA granted on said estate, as by said application on file in this Court more fully appears, 1t is
 ORDERED, That said application be Probate to held at New Haven, in said District, on the 2SthI,'lay of October 1905, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, and that public notice of the pendency of s6 ap}PltFH6atl6on d} t6a ana .re 1t the time and to all parties interested in said estate by publishing this order in a newspaper having a circulation in said District
 LIVINGSTON w. CLEVELAND,
 OPS it Judge
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
PURCHASED BY MIR. HrrNT.

The residence on the southwest cor ner of Lincoln and Trumbull streets has been purchased by Thornton Hunt. It is next to the, residence of A. D. Os- borne. MT. Hunt, it is understood, will make some changes and improvements to the residence preparatory to occupy ing it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
King Oscar,s New Style.

Stockholm, Oct. 27.-At a meeting of the council of state to-day King Oscar announced that he would in future use the following style and title: "Ws, Os- car, by the grace of God, king of Swe- den and of Goths Wends." He further announced that his motto would be ''The welfare of Sweden" instead of ''The welsafe of the sister nations"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28

IGue @S6IleFdl puUllC, JUL LueF9 4 question of it's power. It is. Ecting play. A splendid and |tting audience saw the per \ A large number of under Eere present, and many citi-
 " Haven, who left their pme,9 an, unnecessary pre-
 \
 arren's profession'' was
 iven. No detail of the stage
 Rleft incomplete. and the
 las admirable. Miss Mary depreciation of the part of ren" was. compelling. An ex- .ort in certain parts of her her detracted from the best Tt was a difficult and most l role. Miss Herne, as the. achieved perhaps the great ss of the evening. She show f to be an actress of excep- Ialities and of rare tempera- bhn Findlay, as the unctious "ReV. Frank Gardner" was He will be remembered as
 in ''You Never Can Tell" George Farren and Arnold 2 the other principal charac-
 altogether well balanced Daily, who staged the play,
 responsible for it's produc- a grateful speech at the end ond act, and defended the purpose by saying that ''if cellar full of lirt one could
 out by pretending it wasn't
 thanked the audience for d welcome they had given arren's Profession" will be
 afternoon and evening at
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
REDDISH PLAYERS.

Kessler, Morris Moshkowitz hn1uel Thornberg, three Yiddish Iwho head the company from the theater, New York city, which Ato the Hyperion theater for one Aance, are claimed to be the &Arlous Yiddish-speaking actors eountry. Their work has ap-
 not only Yiddish-speaking
 1llsss sNerk, but has attracted and been commented
 ,entative critics of the $ f that city. On Tues
 ltzer Sonata" will be
 first time in this city
 npany, which includes Is Yiddish players in
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
| EVIRGINIAN.

an," as dramatized by N Ind Kirke La Shelle from
 tovel of the same name,
 Il at the Hyperion theater
 y evening. In it's drama 'he Virginian" is display
 acts, the first at Uncle ~ second at Judge Henry's s8third at the camp of the Yes and the fourth in Medi- lWyoming, and is known to
 picture of the most inter- 2 les of the book, accurately
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28

c.cter actor; Frank Lavarnia, will Long, jr., Patrick TouheSs-, Nina shir- ley Isis Maynard, Jessie s1.eseur, etc. MT. Gilmore will introduce new songs and harp solos and specialties. A car load of scenery depicts Ireland as it is to-day Matinee Saturday. y
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
DIETER. BROTHERS 4s Grove Street. Ger. Orange sareua ].
 Telephone 1394-2

Another specially of this firm is its supply of photographic and camera lenses. This has become ari importand bushes nowadays, and Roesslers has become a center for these supplies.
 As in times past, So still ~Ro oessIer's \ Son remains a prominent buying centag of the city.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28

the season. MT. Morrison appears at the New Haven theater to-day, mati- nee and night, in "Faust." Prices for this attraction: Matinee, 15c, 25c, soc. night, 25c, to $1.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28

THE CITY MISSION HOUSE.
 No. POI Orange street, Rev. w. D. Mossman, missionary pastor. At the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28
District of New Haven, ss Probate Court October 27, 1905.

District. of New Haven, ss. Probate ESTATE. of JOSEPHINE IETI,' Ti laSS hSVS' of
 New Haven in said District, deceased.
 Henry A, L. Hall administrator hav-- ing made written application praying authority to carry our certain con tracts of said deceased to convey cer- tain real estate as by said application on file in this Court more fully appears, it is A. -~E
 ORDERED That said application be heard and determined at Court of Probate to be held at New Haven, in satdl District, on the 7th day. ,f Nov 1905, at ten o'clock in the forenoon and that public notice of the pendency of said application, and of the time and place of the hearing thereon, be given by publishing this order three times in some newspaper having circulation in said District.
 By the Court.
 GEORGE W. CRAWFORD,
 OPS St S Clerk. New Haven, Conn. Counsel for the Administrator.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-28

WE WISH TO EMPHASIZE THIS Our meats, are first in quality, in worth and first in general exceIleV We take pride in the choice cE Every, quarter of beef is selected Vi but one thought in mind namely, Ql8 ity. The Best Quality.
 GROCERIES
 Now in our grocery departm every known specially in the known for it's quality we have it in stock.
 Butter Nut Brand Canned God Chase & Sanborns' Coffee and TeH Franco American Soups, Heinz picN varieties, Gold Medal Butter and etdE 20 lbs. Standard Granulated Sugf $1.00. PillsburY Best" and Washbt. Crosby Flour, 75c per bag.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-21
HEIRS CONTESTING
MICHAEL EBNER WILL
Feel They Did Not Receive Their
Rightful Proportion of HIS
Wealth.

Amelia Davis, John Frederickson
and William Frederickson, relatives
OF the late Michael Elmer, of Moline.
are contesting the admitting of the lat
ter's will to probate in the county
court. The hearing is in progress to-
day before Judge E E. Parmenter. j.
b. Oakleaf is attorney for the execu-
tor, J. a. Hanson. and Searle & Mar
shall and Truman Plantz. OF Warsaw.
are the counsel for the Directing heirs
An effort viii be made 10 establish
the alleged fact that undue influence
was exercised over Elmer in the draft
ing of his last testament by those of
his relatives who profited most gener-
0usly in his requests. The estate is
approximated by the contestants at
several thousand dollars. but the de-
Tense holds that this is an extravagant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-21
Eighteen Clones For Illinois.

Urbana. H.. March 21.-Director
HUFF of the University of Illinois has
completed his baseball schedule. which
consists of Is games. exclusive of the
Minneapolis series. The schedule is
a heavy one as four games each with
Chicago. Michigan and Wisconsin are
on the list The college season will
open on April Is with a game with
Wabash college. Nebraska, which
played the varsity a close game two
years ago, will be here on May 8. The
schedule is as follows: April l to IA
Minneapolis league team, at Cham
paign April IS. Wabash college. at
Champaign; April 10, Purdue. at
Champaign; April 81. Northwestern at
Evanston; April %. Wisconsin, at
Madison; May 6. Michigan at Ann Ar
Dor: May !. Armour Institute at Chi
cago; May 3. Wisconsin, at Madison
May 6. Michigan at Champaign: May
9, Nebraska, at Champaign; May u,
Northwestern at Champaign; Nav IS.
Chicago at Champaign; May II. Mich
igan at Ann Arbor; May 20. WiscOn-
sin at Champaign; May "a, Chicago al
Chicago; May q, Wisconsin at Cham
paign: May so. Michigan at Cham
paign; June 6. Chicago at Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-21
REMARKABLE SUNDAY
REVIVAL AT DIXON ENDS

Evangelist Sunday. the former ball
player closed his revival at Streling
Sunday evening. During the meetings
he total number of conversions was
l.173 and the last day the sum of
$500 was raised for the evangelist
il is estimated that the total attend
ance during the meetings was 49,
600. AS a result of the moral wave
created the charity bail that had been
planned by the young women of the
Kendall clGb was abandoned and Rev.
Sunday. n consideration of the cutting
off of the society's expected revenue.
raised $500 in his congregations for
the carrying on Of the organization 5
work
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-21
TALK HARD ROADS
Committee of Legislature Will
be Here Fri.
daV.
MEETS WITH SUPERVISORS
Highway Commissioners and Farmers
Generally Bidder to
Conference.

The committee appointed by the I'LL
nois legislature TO investigate senti-
ment in reference to the building of
hard roads on the cooperative Plan
will meet with the Rock Island county
board of supervisors in this city Fri
day afternoon of this week.
County Clerk H. B. Hubbard has a
letter from l. NJ. Magill. chairman
| Of the committee. which is touring the
state, announcing the coming of the
| Legislators. M Hubbard accordingly
has notified the supervisors and they
( will all be on hand on the date an
nounced. Probably Turner hall win
be engaged for the meeting. All high
way commissioners of the county and
the people generally are invited to at
tend.
Bill Before Assembly.
There is a bill before the general as
sembly providing for the building of
hard roads. and the township and
county each to bear one-third the cost
and the state the remaining half Ac-
cording to the provisions of this bill.
ne township must take the initiative
petitioning the county for allowance
of it's third of the cost and once the
construction of the roads is commenc-
ed it is obligatory on the township
that not less than one mile of the road
be built each succeeding year until the
Improvement is general in the town
ship.
Opposition IL Met.
The bill has met with almost univer
sal opposition from the farmers il
those counties that the committee has
visited thus far. and Judging by re
ports that have come from the country
districts in Rock Island county there
will not be much enthusiasm from the
farmers at the meeting Friday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-21
ELECTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that on Tues
day, the 4th day of April, a. D., 1905,
in the city of Rock Island, Illinois, an
election will be held for the following
officers, towit:
CITY OFFICERS.
One mayor for two years.
one city clerk for two years.
one city attorney for two years.
one city treasurer for two years.
one police magistrate for four years.
one alderman in the First ward for
me year.
wo years.
One alderman in the Second ward for
wo years.
one alderman in the Third ward fer
two years.
one alderman in the Fourth ward for
two years
one alderman in the Fifth ward for
two years.
One alderman in the Sixth ward for
two years.
one alderman in the Seventh ward for
two years.
TOWN OFFICERS.
one assessor for one year
one collector for one year.
Four assistant supervisors for two
years.
Two justices of the peace for four
years.
Five constabIes for four years.
Which election will be open at Z
O'Clock in the morning and continue
open until o'clock in the afternoo.
of that day.
Places of registration and voting will
be as follows:
First Ward-First precinct. No. 4O3
Fourth avenue.
First Ward-Second prcc net No. GOO
Seventh avenue.
Second Ward-First precinct, 30. 1O1
Third avenue
Second Ward-second precinct, bari
No. 919 Sixth avenue
Third Ward-First precinct, county
jail. Third avenue and Fourteenth street.
Third Ward-Second precinct. Seidel's
store. Seventh avenue and Fourteenth
street
Third Ward-Third precinct, No. 11I5
Fifteenth street
Fourth Ward-First precinct. Tricks
livery. No. 1914 Third avenue
Fourth Ward-Second precinct, NJ
Levy's carriage house. Nineteenth street
between Sixth and Seventh avenues.
Fifth Ward-First precinct. hose
house on Twenty-second street
Fifth Ward-Second precinct. Schmid's
grocery, No. S23 Twentieth street.
Sixth Ward-First precinct. hose
house on Twenty-sixth street.
Sixth Ward-Second precinct. A. ].
Riess' barn. No. 100 Twcnty-seventh
street
Seventh Ward-First precinct - No. /
$40 Fifth avenue.
Seventh ward-Second precinct. Pc
terson's carpenter shop. No. $40 Forty I.
ifth street.
Seventh Ward-Third precinct. Al I
bert Olson's barn. Forty-fourth street
between Seventh and Eighth avenues.
II. c. SCHAFFER.
City and Town Clerk
Rock Island. Ill. March Is. 1905.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-21
Hayes Has Another.

Manager Hayes announces that he
had signed Henry Karstens of Zee
land, Mich. as a member of his pitch
ing staff for the coming season. Kar-
stems is but 30 years of age. but new
ertheless has an enviable record on
the ball field During the spring of
1902 he played upon the Albion college
team and with them won every game
he pitched. During the summer of
1892 and 1903 he played with the Hol-
land, Mich. team. While a member
of that club he shut out the Chicago
Union Giants with but single hit He
has also played with the University
Of Michigan team and is rated as
conner" by those who have watched
his work in the box.