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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
STATE MISSIONARY UNION.
Meets in NIiddIetown TO-day-Dr. Phil-
 lips to Speak.

The Woman's Congregational Home Missionary union of Connecticut will hold it's annual meeting to-day at the First Congregational church, Middle town. Among the speakers will be Rev. Rockwell Harmon Potter, of Hart ford, and Rev. Dr. W. l.. Phillips, of this city. Mrs Washington Choate, of Greenwich, is the president of the union.
 The society has an executive commit tee of more than thirty members, rep resenting the state, which meets in Memorial hall, Hartford, the second Monday in each month. The officers and members of the executive board living in Hartford are Mrs. Francis B. Cooley, honorary president; Mrs. E. P. Parker, Mrs. c. S. Willard, Mrs. A. H Pitkin, Mrs. c. R. Childs, Mrs. c. S. Thayer, Mrs. George Follett, Miss Mar ion Tallman, Mrs. E. c. Goodwin Mrs H. P. Hitchcock, Mrs. Edward Stone Mrs. Ward W. Jacobs and Mrs. Charles H. Smith.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
City Court Notes.

Stephen Moran, drunkenness, $5, and begging, 30 days. Owen Dwyer drunk enness, $3.
 A charge of burglary against Fred erick Ramsdale was nolled and 8 charge of theft was substituted.
 Catherin Morley was fined $2 for drunkenness, while Bridget Sullivan had judgment suspended.
 James M. Doty had judgment sus- pended on charge of begging, and he was fined $7 for drunkenness. George Johnson, of 154 Ashmun street, was charged with hitting August Strouse of 152 Ashmun street in the eye. The case went over until May 25.
 Judgment was suspended on a charge of drunkenness against Iva Smith, Student John F Lynch, charged with stealing a suit of clothes from Sudden John A. Lilley, in Freshman Row, 395 Temple street, had his case continued until Friday
 Daniel M Confrey, IS years old, charged with drunkenness and resist ance, had his case continued until May 29. Samuel Robinson was fined $3 and costs Of $5.54 for committing a breach of the peace on Harry Kimel.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
THE TWO ORPHANS.
Will be Given at the Hyperion Theater
 Tonight.

Thirty years in the theater, cycle in almost any other sphere of activity, so rapidly do fashions and tastes change; yet good play is always a good play, however archaic its out ward garb may seem to a new genera tion. It is not difficult to understand twhy D'Ennery's The Two Orphans" has held the stage since first produced thirty years ago. As final judge the public seldom errs, and if 1t gives its approval to a play for whole genera tion, that play, be it tragedy, comedy, melodrama or farce, must have in 1t certain vital clements which raise 1t above the rapidly shifting fashions of EtiiFis,.e.
 It would be a good thing for the stage if the modern productions, as a whole, contained the dramatic values of this masterpiece of D'Ennery's
 It weaves together with marvellous skill five distinct love romances. It never flags In intensity, the interest gradually rising from one climax to another. It gives an accurate picture of the time in which 1t Is laid, and it presents variety of lifelike figures.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
AT THE LOCAL THEATERS.
"At Yale"

That the present day stage trapplngs run to riotous extravaganza Is an un- deniable assertion. Much discussion has been raised by the famous race scene In the new college play, At Yale" in which a real race is put upon the stage with panoramic effect that pictures the entire course, and the two boats manned with the full crews of eight men apiece are actually pulled over the course and across the stage in full view of the audience. Paul Gill; more, who will appear in the piece at the New Haven theater next Friday and Saturday nights and at the popu- lar matinee Saturday, said recently about this scene: Tt is never extrav- agance to give the public something that fills want that nothing else will. In all other college plays, where either the football team has an inning or the boat crew has winning, it is played or won off the stage and the realism, so-called of the picture is attained by q 1udicious amount of noise on and off the stage with a wild set of people on the stage making the audience believe that they are seeing something they are not seeing. In our play, At Yale, we give the race on the stage. The eight men enter their boats and actu- ally row in the electrical contrivances provided for them across the stage, but slowly enough to allow the entire course to pass before the eyes of the |lookers-on. This is genuine, This is real. This can no more be said to be extravaganza than it is to have real blood upon Macbeth's dagger or a real army on the stage. The machinery is expensive and the electrical contriv- ance one that has never been tried be- fore. But it gives the satisfaction that no other scene could possibly give. It is therefore an added piece of artistic workmanship-a artistic achieve ment'
 Seats now on sale.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
COURT DECISIONS
 CIVIL AND CRIMINAL Dr. Shepard Gets Divorce on Grounds of Intolerable
 Cruelty. DR. RU1CHKoLDT WINS Many Important Estate Cases Before the Pro-
 bate Court.
DIR. RUICHKoLDT WINS

In the superior court yesterday aft ernoon Judge Robinson granted Dr. John M, Shepherd, of Madison, a di- vorce from his wife on the grounds of intolerable cruelty.
 When Mrs. Shepherd took the stand she denied, in answer to specific ques- tions of her counsel, that she had ever thrown a knife, scissors or any such missile at her husband; that she had never threatened to shoot him, and that she had never struck or kicked him.
 The judge asked her if by her an swering some questions by saying she didn't remember she implied that her mind was at times blank, and she said no. Then Attorney Ely, for the doctor, asked her if she had taken drugs for years. She admitted that she had, and that she had taken them up to now. She denied she had any yesterday. She said that she lived with married sister in New Jersey at present, and that the child was there
 Attorney Ely, in his argument on be- half of the plaintiff, claimed that drug taking did not constitute grounds for divorce, and that he was going to rely on the testimony regarding cruelty as superinduced by the drug habit.
 Attorney William A. Wright counsel for Mrs. Shepherd, laid stress on the fact that the couple had lived together over fifteen years. He claimed she had even taken boarders to help her hus- band out and had done everything that a wife could do.
 Continuing, he said "Only once does she admit striking him. That was when he was holding their three-year-old child under running faucet as chas- tisement. None but an inhuman fath- CT would have been guilty of such an act and any wife would have been justified in striking him."
 Attorney William O. Campbell, of New York, also spoke for Mrs. Shep- herd. He stated that he had known her from her childhood This case" said he, Ifs pitiable. In thirty years of my experience have never seen a case so pitiable. That letter to her in which the doctor sardonically offers to furnish her morphine is one of the most cruel ever read. His situation Is pitiable and Is due to his infatuation for an- other woman"
 Attorney Ely, in his closing argu- ment recalled that morphine has an effect to deaden ones mentality, and that it kills all moral sense" He said that the case hinged on question of veracity between. the doctor and his wife. "On one hand, we have the word of a person who admits taking drugs; on the other, that of a man of clear insight who has served an honorable term in the army"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
RIG APPLE CROP.
Blossoms Indicate There VIII Be No
 Scarcity of Fruit This Year.

A Meriden man who spent consider able time Sunday riding about the sur rounding country reports there will be a full crop of apples this year judging from the many blossoms. There will be some peaches according to the pres ent outlook, but the peach crop was practically killed early in the season and the fruit will bring good prices. There are some peach blossoms to be seen, but only few.
 The San Jose scale has done consid- eralbe damage to the apple and pear crop in some localities. Hundreds of trees are dead owing to this pestilence and whole orchards are dead where there was an abundance of fruit to be counted upon. Where the farmers have exterminated the scale their orchards wear pleasant appearance these days.
 Not only has the scale damaged fruit trees but many complaints are heard about currant bushes being killed. One man in the northern section of the town had several hundred bushes com- pletely ruined by the scale and his fruit trees are now in fair way to follow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
Queer May Weather.

It was cold May day yesterday hereabouts and New York dispatches say it was the coldest May 21 ever known in the history of the weather bureau. At o'clock a. m. the ther- mometer stood at fl degrees, the former record on this date being In 1892, when the mercury fell to 43,
 It was freezing in Buffalo, and in Albany there was heavy frost.
 There was frost here yesterday morning and slight furry of snow
 Much garden truck in New Haven county fields was badly damaged, A, N. Farnham saved his tomato plants b ycovering them with newspapers, but he lost heavily in the strawberry field.
 J, H. Hale, the Glastonbury peach grower, when asked about the injury a frost was likely to produce, cheerfully replied that there wasn't much of any thing left to hurt.
 Every blessed peach blossoms as dead as grandma's bonnet" he actually chuckled, and we've got to wait until the summer of 1908 for peach short- cal.e''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
FIVE LOST IN BURNING
 0F 4 LAKE STEAMER Seventy-five Have a Close Escape From
 Death.
FIRE OCCURS AT NIGHT
Coal Passers Are Penned In and Unable to
 Escape.

Grand Haven, Mich, May M.-F4ve lives were lost and about seventy-five persons had a close escape from death when the passenger and freight steamer Naomi of the Crosby Transportation company burned early to-day in the middle of Lake Michigan, while on her regular night trip from this port to Milwaukee. Four of the victims were coal passers renned down in the fore castle by the flames, where many of the rescued passengers from the decks of the freighter Kerr and the steamer Kansas say them at the port holes vainly imploring for help. J. M. Rhoadea of Detroit, passenger, was the fifth victim. He was terribly burned in his berth and died soon after reaching hospital at Grand Rapids. Mich. Tic steamer was burned to the waters edge and has been lowed into this harbor where she lies at her dock, smculder- ing hulk.
 The fire broke out about 1:S0 o'clock between decks in the forward end of the steamer. It was apparent almost from the first that 1t was vain for thA crew to fight the flames. They irnme- diately turned their attention to arousing the passengers and getting them on deck Captain Traill promptly sent up signals for help which were seen by the freighter Kerr, the Kan~ sas, sister ship of the Naomi, and the Saxonia. By the time the three steam- CTS had reached the scene the Naonis boats were in the water filled with people and a number of passengers were still huddled in the stern of the burning ship. The captain of the Kerr ran his big steel ship up under the Naomi's stern so close that the irnpar- filed people leaped to her deck. Then the screams of the imprisoned coal passers were heard from the bow nort holes. Vainly they begged for help. The port holes were too small for them to pass though and they were com pelled to fall back Into the smoke aild fire, where they burned to death
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
OBITUARY NOTES.
The Late Edward Dwight Dickerman

The Late Edward Dwight Dickerman.
 The late Edward Dwight Dickerman. who died on Monday at his home at Ithe "Yorkwall," 1S7 Wall street, after an Illness of three weeks, aged eighty years, was native of Mt. Carmel and had resided here for eighteen years. Previously he had been in Illinois, where he was special agent for the New York Home Fire Insurance and other companies. He is survived by his wife and two brothers, Rev. G. s. Dickerman, of Cottage street, and W. |B. Dickerman, of Mamaroneck, N. Y, a member of the New York Stock ex- change, who are the only surviving children of Ezra Dickerman, of Mt. Carmel.
 The funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at 1S7 Wall street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
Estate Yields $1O,4S5.

The inventory of the estate of the late Hattie M. Parker wife of Clar- ence M. Parker, was filed in the pro- bate court yesterday by Benjamin J. Stone and James J. Lawton, the ap- praisers, and showed property to the value of S19, 495.97. Of this five pieces of property valued at s1S,2SO, make up the larger portion; the remainder is in notes due from various persons, all to the amount of $6,155.97. Mrs. Parker was the daughter of the late Enos Dickerman, over whose estate a contest started but was amicably set tied. The contest was because of Mrs. Parker, who was named as executrix of her fathers will, having died be- fore him. Her husband is now execu- ,or of both estates.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
ALFRED MAcKRILLE TO ADVANCE
Changes Contemplated in Railroad
 Auditing Department.


 Changes are bein, contemplated in the auditing department of the New Haven road and several changes are to go into effect about the first of June, it is reported. J. M. Tomlinson, the pres ent auditor of freight receipts. is to fill a newly created position of general auditor for the road. MT Tomlinson's $ present position will be filled by Alfred Mackrille, a son of the late John Mack rille, who formerly held that position. Alfred Mackrille has been chief travel ing auditor. This position will prob ably be abolished henceforth.
 While these appointments have not yet gone into effect they are said to be fully decided upon and will take effect ia a short time.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
Gets Divorce Prom Fourth Wife.

Judge Robinson in the superior court yesterday granted divorce to Dr. Ruickholdt, from his fourth wife, Mrs. Emma Minerva Ruickholdt of Burling- ton The doctor married this last wife in this city Sept, 10, 1901, and he alleged that he was deserted July IS, 1903. It was on this ground that the divorce was granted.
 The case has been on the contested list, and ex-Judge Blydenburgh was entered for the defendant. Yesterday morning he withdrew and the case was heard as an ex-parte one, The doctor was represented by Attorney Goodhart.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
 CAME TO SEE CIRCUS.
But MiddIetown Colored Couple Decide
 Also to Marry.

Dennis Perkins, aged twenty-seven and Sarah Jackson, twenty-eight, both colored, came to this city from Middle town yesterday for the purpose of see- ing the Buffalo Bill circus While on the trip they decided to get married and transform 1t into a honeymoon, so they visited Registrar Carr's office and secured a marriage license, They an- nounced their intention of having the ceremony performed by the Rev. John H. Presbury, of 13S Ward street, but he stated last night that they had not come to him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY.
Of olive Branch Lodge To-morrow
 Night.

The 5Oth anniversary of Olive branch lodge, F. & A. M of Westville will be attended tomorrow evening and 1t is expected that all of the city lodges will be represented. A history of the lodge prepared by Walter Leigh and Robert T. Grant will be read. Many local members of the order and mem- bers of the grand lodge will attends The meeting will be followed by a ban- quet at which speeches of congratula- tions will be delivered. {
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
Ex-AssEssoR BALDWIN.
Again Taken Seriously III.

Ex-Tax Assessor Charles A. Baldwin who not long since recovered from a quite serious illness and was able tc resume his wonted business activities was again taken suddenly and quite seriously i'll a day Or two ago. Yester- day, although still confined to his bed his condition was quite encouraging giving hopes that he will soon be able to be about again and resume attention to business.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
WILL MEET MAY 2s.
Council of Connecticut State Federation
  of Women's Clubs.

The council af the Connecticut State Federation of women's Clubs will meet at Madison on May 2S The session will open with a memorial service at the church for the late Miss Mary M. Ab- bolt, at noon, followed by a meeting of the executive board. The council proper will not open, however, until 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Besides ad- dresses of welcome and responses and reports from the peace congress and council of education, an address on Plant Life' will be given by Edward Albert White, professor of botany, for estry and landscape architecture at Storrs.
 A paper on uniform divorce laws will be read, with discussion to follow. An opportunity also will be given to pres idents of clubs to discuss questions, re- lating to club or federation work.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
John s. Dwyer.

The funeral of John s, Dwyer, whose death occurred suddenly at Middletown Saturday, took place yesterday morn ing from the undertaking rooms of Hugh A. Keenan, at 9:SO o'clock, and later from St. Johns church, where a iissh mass of requiem was celebrated by the Rev. Father Ford. Mir. Dwyer is survived by two brothers, James and Morris Dwyer. The interment was in St. Bernard's cemetery.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
Check for One Cent.

F. H. and F. W. Tillinghast, of Cen tral Village, have on exhibition bank check for one cent, received from the telephone company as their commits sion at the toll station for the past quarter. It is the smallest check ever received in the place and is a curiosity, as few others ever saw a check for such an amount,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
Probate Court Notes.

An application was filed in the pro- bate court yesterday afternoon for au- thority to sell the property known as Ivy Nook on the New Haven -Hamden line. The application is made by Phillip Phoenix as administrator for the es- tate of the late Stephen Whitney. The application will be given hearing on May 28
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
Nathan Bunlster.

Nathan Bumster, aged sixty-five, who died on Monday at his home, il saltonstall avenue, was employed as a watchman at the National Wire com Ipany's factory. He had been sick about three weeks with a complication of diseases. He leaves widow and large family.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
Mrs. Jane cObIeigh.

Funeral services over the remains of Mrs Jane Cobb 'gh were held at the late home on Montowese street, Bran ford, yesterday afternoon. The Rev. MT. Ranger, of whose church in Gull ford the deceased was a member, off, ciated. The interment was in the West Side cemetery, Guilford.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
Interment in This City.

The remains of Mrs. Mary Hoey, who died at the home of her nephew, Mi- chael Fender, and niece, Mrs, Eliza Coffey, in Wallingford, will be buried in St. Bernard's cemetery, this city, to-day, after services at Holy Trinity church, Wallingford.
 Previous to taking up her residence in Wallingford, Mrs. Hoey lived in Mt Carmel, where her husband, Peter Hoey, died two years ago. She leaves a sister, Mrs. Ann Garvey, in Walling- ford.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
FINDS COLD TEETH IN LOT.
PatroIman Makes strange Discovery aat Whitney Avenue.

Patrolman Prendergast, of the Grand avenue station, while patrolling his beat along the northern section of Whitney avenue late yesterday after noon, noticed small jewelry box lying in the grass in the lot between Cold Spring and Gamer streets. Picking it up he opened the box and discovered therein an upper set af handsome gold teeth, The find was taken into the precinct. There is no clue to the own CT of the teeth.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22

Work has been commenced upon the double tracking of the electric road to Lighthouse Point from Grannis Corner, and the officials of the Consolidated Railway company hope to have the two tracks down before the rush of travel starts in on that division this summer. The double track will extend from Granniss Corner to Townsend avenue, where the line approaches Norris Cove.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
Mrs. Hannah M. worden of west Haven,

The funeral services of Mrs. Hannah M Worden, who died at her home, 175 Richards street, West Haven, May 2O aged sixty-nine, will be held at her late home this afternoon at o'clock. The deceased was the wife of Albert G. Worden, a well-known citizen of West Haven.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
Meeting of Bird Club.

IA feature of the regular meeting of the New Haven Bird club tonight will be a stereopticon lecture. Meeting be- gins at s o'clock. Members are request ed to report on field work.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
GOING ABROAD.
Former New Haven Pastor to Sail on
 Lucania June 20.

New Haven Methodists will be inter- ested in 6 European trip planned by Rev. F. A. Scofeld, former pastor of Grace M. B. church, here, and now To- cated in New York city. MT. and Mrs Scofeld and daughter will sail on the Lucania June 29, and will visit friends in England.
 Later they will take a trip on the continent, going through to Rome. They plan to return to New York in Septem- Der.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
John Iden Levine.

The funeral of John Idin Levine will be held in North Haven this afternoon. MT. Levine died on Sunday at his home, 1886 Stebbins avenue, New York city, of penumonia, after an illness of a week.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
CannheII Discharged.

Samuel F. Campbell, the auto dealer arrested last week on complaint of the Continental Tire company of New York for concealing a mortgaged auto mobile, was discharged by Judge Matthewson in the police court yester- day for lack of evidence after a short trial
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
On Munson Estate.

An inventory on the estate of Lucy A. Munson, filed in the probate court shows the estate to be worth $12,191.29. The value of the real estate is $1,OO3. The appraisers were William J. Weld and Charles A. Baldwin.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
HarwInton Church Calls Pastor.

At the Congregational church in Har- winton Sunday, after the morning ser vice, meeting of the church was held and the motion to extend call to Rev. .B. P Capshaw, of Baltimore, was unanimously carried.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22

Two very small chaps, Joseph Mo Marrow, eight years old, and his broth CT, Charles, ten years old, were again before the court on burglary charges. This time they were both committed to thes reform school and they both cried so loudly that all business was sus- pended in the police building until De- tective NcAvoy could start to Meriden with them.
 Joseph Errico, charged with the theft of $7 from Edward Gordon, was fined $7 and costs of s6.96 on plea of guilty.
 George Johnson, charged with asault- ing August Strouse, of 152 Ashmun street, was remanded until May 25.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-22
poLrs NEW THEATER.

The Pekin zouaves lead the Poli bill this week, with an excellent olio in support.