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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
STANG GOES BACK TO HIS COMMITTEE Withdraws Resignation Ten dered Last Week and
 is Ready to Serve
 Again.
COL. oULLMAN ABSENT
 AT BOARD MEETING
Committee Thinks it Was in the Wrong, and Peace makers Do Good
 Work.

Much progress was made at the meeting of the board of education held last evening to heal the breach that was opened up at the meeting of week ago. The net result of last nights session was that Dr. spang, who at tho previous meeting announced his resig- nation from the new buildings conn mittee last evening, announced that lie withdrew the resignation and when that committee sits to-day with arch itects to act upon new plans for the Greene street school he will be one of the members present.
 Col. Ullman was the only member of < the board who was not present, and as ho was the leader in the split of a week ago his absence might be taken as an indication that all is not yet harmony, In response to the notifca- ton of the meeting, however, Col .IJll- man wrote that he was very sorry hs could not be present as he would be out of town, go that his action lacked decisive significance
 The Greene street rla~ s'traii9n was taken up again, lr~, v~~aa i1tr- 4u- extracts frcm ta ;@ rue, 7as Ya.7'l the committee hrd -'- t T~rait ~cFs when compe tition for r'a- v-7 called for, in which it ennccrr7 i,74 t1n ccea- mittee was to sAale dow7 mans 10 meet the amount of money which it thought would bc for he9r1ing if 1t appeared that the plars required more if the additions were due to the irl- structicns of the committee fer addt-4 ticns to the original plan submitted, or if not, that the plans should be re- jected Upon consideration it theref9rs appeared to Dr. Spang and Mr Bets, the members of the committee present last night that MT. Moran's point about the possible unfairness to other architects competing under the actian that had been taken was we'll taken and they were satisfied that the board had done right in rejecting the bids and sending the matter back to the committee to get new plans. The c0fp- mittee now has the matter before 1t again with the understanding that fl has free scope in altering in minaI degrees the plans, provided they are satisfied first that the architect on thA plans called for to come inside of the sums specified in the architects corf petition fairly met the competitions The committee is to get plans fer a school both with and without an as- sembly hall and also if it wishes to in accordance with other notifications it may suggest, provided 1t can get with
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
Purport of Law of 1eoA

The purport of the law of 1905 has .been well understood in military cir 'cles ever since it was passed. The object of this enactment was to abo1 fsh the position of brigadier general, 'Rnd line officers of the c. N. G. have Frequently hesitated to comply with the orders of Brigadier General Frost. Ethey believing that he held a positi m which had no legal existence. This .view of the law has been often dis scussed among the officers. The ob-
 Jection to the recognition of General sFrosts authority was overcome by an understanding that he was to be rec .ognized as brigadler general de facto Ieven if he was not brigadier general 4de jure There was no hope that General Frost would retire from the abrigadier generalship and thereby re- Slleve the situation of an unpleasant difficulty. But General Frost showed
 no disposition to retire, and there was nothing left the commission of off, .cers on the reorganization of the c. N. |G., but to point out in their report the
 act of the legislature by which the sbrigadier general and staff were de- 7prived of an official existence. Over Ten Years Brigadier General. General Frost has served as briga- 'dier general longer than any man has occupied the position since the crca- .tion of the brigadier general in 1871. lon January 6, 1907, he had served as .brigadler general for ten years. His
 predecessors in the position of briga- 'dier general served as follows; Robert D. Craufurd, from July 2S, '1ST1, to September 20, 1875.
 William Randall Smith, from Sep
 ternber 2S, 1875, to July 6, 1878. Stephen R. Smith, from July, 1878, to January, 1885.
 Charles P Graham, from January 2S, 1885, to March 1, 1890.
 Thomas L. Watson, from March 1, |1S90, to May, 1892.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
NEWS SUMMARY.
GENERAL.

GENERAL. Sec. Taft Will See Emperor William. Hi to Succeed Tower as Ambassador, President to Review Fleet. Russians Offer Their Services Apologist for Those Cocktails. Hadley and Scofeld to Meet Emperor, Supt, Beede Honored at Boston Meeting
 STATE. Clinton Woman stricken in Train. New Haven Clairvoyants Try In Vain. The Litchfield Law School. Actor Began Is Indignant. Auto Strikes Girl in Meriden. Investigation of Newton's Accounts. J. H. Mansfield Speaks at stratford. To Investigate Stamford Election.
 CITY. Divorce Mill Turns Out Three. Spang Withdraws Resignation. Wheeler to Get Release. No Hearing on East Rock Sale. Fireman Phelns Retired. Rogers Not Eligible as Counsel. Ra2ors Razor Slash Takes of Collar Welch School Alumni Meets. Trouble Finding the Chapel.
 SPORTS. Yale Plays Brown To-day Favorite Sewell Wins Glen Cove. Bones Quintet Defeats Providence. IN II. H. s. vs Ansonia This Morning. Question of Readville Parks Future. Pawtucket Poloists Lose, Atlantic City Tourney Opens. Carnegie Attends Princeton Regatta.
 EVENTS TO-DAY. Yale Brown Football Game School for Scandal at the Bijou. Vaudeville Attractions at Polls. Life of an Actress" at the N. Haven "The Girls of Holland" at the Hyperion
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
National League Commends President
 and Congress.

Buffalo, N Y, Nov. S.-The twenty seventh annual meeting of the Nation al Civil Service Reform league prac- tically ended this afternoon. A brief informal session will be held to-mor- row after which the delegates will visit Niagara Falls Joseph H. Chqate was elected president at to- days session and resolutions were adopted commenting President Roose- welt for Determined and effective en- forcement of civil service laws, and rules" and expressing satisfaction that congress gives evidence of strong CT support of the principles of the merit system.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
TIMERS STRIKE STILL HOLDS.

Contrary to report in morning paper yesterday to the effect that the timers strike is practically at an end, each side still maintains it's jetsrmina- tion to await action by the other lead ing toward a compromise. Both the masters association and the journey mems union state officially that there is no foundation for the rumor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
TO CONFER WITH MAYOR
Park President Blake Looking Toward
 Fountain Dedication.

At the meeting of the park board, which was held last evening, the board took up the matter of exercises for the dedication of the Bennett memorial fountain on November 29, and voted to authorize the president to confer with the mayor and such others as he though proper in regard to the assignment of the order of ex- ercises for that occasion. Nothing more definite in regard to the matter was done.
 Superintendent Amrhyn's report for the past month contained the an- nouncement that unless freshets should interfere wit hthe work the ex- cavation of the Edgewood park late would be completed by December 1.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
SOLD BRASS FILINGS FOR s1.ooo.

New York. Nov S.--Inhuenced by the present premium on the precious metal, Samuel Hirschfeld entered the financial district to-day, and, according to the allegations which later led to his ar rest, disposed of bag of brass filings for s1,000. The purchaser was Reuben Ritzele, who described himself as dia- mnod broker, and, until his awakening to-day, friend of IIirschland. The lat ter was held in $S.0OO baiL
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
RAILWAY OFFICIAL AT P. O.
New Haven is Not Included in Grant
 of Additional Carriers.

Frank Rice, assistant superintendent of the government railway mail ser vice with headquarters in Boston, was in town yesterday on an official call. The trip was in the general interest of facilitating mail transportation and no special significance attaches to the visit.
 Among the 56 additional letter car- riers granted to various cities on Thursday by the acting postmaster general, Hartford gets three, but none will be added to the local force.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
WHEELER GETS RELEASE
Aldermanic Committee So Recom-
 mends on Mortgage.

The aldermanic committee which was appointed to hold hearing on the petition of James F. Wheeler that the mortgage held by the city on belonging to him in Water street which was given as security for guaranteeing bonds of the old New Haven and Derby railroad, which have since been retired, held it's hear ing last evening. MT. Wheeler was the only citizen present In executive session the committee decided to rec commend that the request be granted, and will so report to the board of all dermen at the meeting next Monday evening.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
ILLINOIS CENTRAL STOCK
Date for Arguments Regarding Dis
 puted Shares November 25.

Chicago, Nov. S.-Judge Hall to-day set Nov. 25 as the date for hearing ar guments affecting the voting of $500 shares of the stock of the Illinois Gen. tral railroad, held by the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York, the proceedings are part of the action governing the bill for an injunction res- training the voting of those shares at thet postponed annual meeting of the stockholders of the Illinois Central rail- road
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
J. H. MANSFIELD SPEAKS
At Christian Endeavor Meeting in
 Stamford.

Stratford, Nov. S.--A district meet ing of the Connecticut Christian En- deavor union was held in the Congre- gational church here tonight, the Rev. H. Fl, Spooner of Kensington, presiding The speakers were the Rev. A. E. Harris of Meriden and I H. Mansfield of New Haven.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
WEATHER RECORD.

Washington, Nov, s.--Fcreoast for Saturday and Sunday:--
 For Eastern New York: Fair Sat- urday, Sunday partly cloudy, probably local rains, with cooler in west portion. light to fresh winds mostly southwest,
 For New England; Partly cloudy Saturday; Sunday probably local rains; light to fresh winds, mostly southwest,
 Observations at United States weatf- terday. seventy fifth meridian time. CT bureau stations. taken at 8 p, m. yess
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
Wallingford Man Sued Because TIa
 Couldn't Get Wood.

In the civil side of the common pleas court yesterday the decision In the ao- ton of Waldo D. Cook of Wallingford against Harris Levy, which was heard in court on Tuesday and decision re- served, was handed down. The plain- tiff is given pigment for $50 The ac- ton was over wood purchased by the plaintiff He alleged that after pay ing for the standing wood the land was sold by the defendant and that he was unable to obtain the wood.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
rMo CAR TREspAssERs.

Albert j. Jaudet, who says he Is twenty-four, and that his home Is in Lynn, and Michael L. Gallant, who claims to be twenty and who lives in Maynard, Mass, were arrested last evening by railroad special offl- cer for espassing on railroad cars.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
BEST SERVICE TO CALIFORNIA

via Washington-Sunset route. Person. ally conducted tourist cars without change from Washington. Berth SS5O.
 Offices TO, 22S Washington St., Boston,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
PROMINENT STEEL MAN DEAD.

Pittsburg, Nov S.--H. s. Duncan, prominent in the iron and steel inals- try suddenly died tonight frop2 2 art disease. MT. Duncan, who wa-a ty> eight years old, was. vice president of the Cennonsburg Steel company.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
STRIKE CALLED DEE

Pittsburg, Nov. s.-The local branch of the Commercial Telegraphsrs' nnion tonight formally called off the strike in thls city About 200 men were con cerned in the local strike
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
LAscrvIoUs CARRIAGE CHARGE.

Mary Carey, woman, aged thirty eight, and Francis Rourke, aged twen- ty seven, were arrested last evening at 91 Meadow street by Patrolmen Brown and Marlowe, and are held on charges of lascivious carriage.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
VIEWPOINTS ACCOUNTS
Investigation Shows ORense More
 Serious Than Supposed.

Newtown, Nov. S-Frank E. Soule of New Milford is engaged as an ex- pert in Investigating the accounts of Charles H. Northrop, formerly town clerk, who is now in the Bridgeport jail on the charge of emlbezzlement, and he will be ready to report in about two weeks, when special town meeting will be called.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
HARD GAME FOR THE YALE ELEVEN Strong Brown Team to Buck the Ellis at the Yale
 Field This Af-
 ternoon. BOTH TEAMS IN
 GOOD CONDITION Brown Will Play in Goebels Place at Right Guard
 Paige Not in
 Game.

The Yale eleven to-day plays its first hard game since the contest against West Point, when 1t meets Brown at the field this afternoon Every mem Der of the Yale eleven with the excep- tion of Paige, Is in first class condition, and the regular substHptes can be put in at a moments notice. Paige will not play in the game to-day, nor have the coaches had the slightest iden of playing him before the Princeton game a week from to-day.
 The Brown eleven is nlso in trim for the contest, and fhsir playing of liar yard has inspired the members of tho team with the nope of dstoAsing Yalc, so that to-day they will fight fer every inch
 The lineup will be practically the same as that tried in practice for the past few days, except that Goobel will in all probability not go in, hIs place at right guard being taken by Brown. Congdon will play at center and Cooney at left guard.
 Tad Jones will be the general of the eleven in the first half at leass. Brides will be at left halfback, where he has made good ever since he was put in the day practice was held in the ar. mory Bomar will start at right half back, and Coy will be In ct fullback. The game will commence at 3 o'clock. The freshmen at 1;15 o'clock will play the Princeton freshmen. The line up of Yale and Brown to-day follows Yale Position Brown. Ii. Jones ..,'....,,........ Pryor
 Left End. Foster ..............,.,..t. Kirby
 Left Tackle. Cooney .'...,..,,....., .,..,.,..... Conklin
 Left Guard, Congdon ..........,....,,... Smith
 Center Brown ........,,....,,s.. Ayler
 Right Guard. Biglow ............,...,..., Hazard
 Right Tackle.
 Right End rad Jones .''''.'' .''.''',,.,... pennle
 Quarterback. Brides ......,........a..... Maynew
 Left Halfback. Bomar ...,,..... ...,..>, Regnier
 Right Halfback. Coy ........... '...'...,. McDonalu Michael J. Thompson will referee the game.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
SPEED LIMIT REACHED
So Says Director of Hamburg- Ameri-
 can Line.

can lane,
 Plymouth, England, Nov. S.-Herr Albert Ballin, general director of the Hamburg American Steamship line, before sailing for Berlin to-day gave expression to the opinion that under existing conditions the present speed limit had been reached by the new Cunarders Lusitania and Mauretania, and that no important advance in this direction is likely to occur until some new means of propulsion is invented.
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COOK GETS S15o

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LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.

New Haven. Nov. 8, 1907.
Daily public ledger., 1907-05-30
BY CraUes of Heroes

An hour, a flower, a memory, perchanco
tear or two,
These give we from our life to them:
Nation, what gave they you?
What Of the silent partings, too solemn
and sad for tears?
What OF the homesick signing which
only the night-wind hears?
What of the waking picket, guarding the
nations sleep?
What Of the cold and the hunger?-what
Of the thirst and heat?
What OF the midnight marching, where.
weary, footsore, drenched,
The pallid weeping morning shows the
enemy intrenched?
What OF the Shrek of the battle? What
OF the after-hours?
Oh, men! in the name OF God, can ye
heal such wounds with flowers?
Look to your lilies, Columbia! Stainless
they should be as snow,
To rest on hearts burned white in battles
furnace glow;
And your roses, red as the blood that
flowed on fields of death.
TheiT fragrance full sweet TO stife the
smell of battles BREATH
Alas! II our flowers were all that we lad
on each nameless grave
Alas! for us and for them and the sac
rifice they gave.
But over those lowiy hilloc1Ss, as over the
hills of God,
A glory breaks from the nower-cups
withering on the sod,
For they are the pledge of the promises
What you gave to US we will keep"
The oath OF the nations waking sons to
her sons who are asleep.
Frances Ten Eyck.
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STILL LIVE FOR US
Funeral March for Heroic
Dead Has Meaning Be-
yOnd Mere Honor to
the Fallen.

T. VERY year, in the full tide Of
=. spring, at the height of the SYM
phony of flowers and love and
life, there comes solemn pause, and
through the silence the nation hears
the lonely pipe of death.
Year after year lovers wandering
under the apple boughs and through
the clover are surprised with sudden
tears as they see black-veiled figures
stealing through the morning to a SOL
dier's grave.
Year by year the comrades Of the
dead follow, with public honor, pro-
cession and commemorative flags and
funeral march-tribute from us who
have inherited a nations glory to the
heroes who gave it,
AS surely as this day comes round
we are in the presence of the dead.
But not all the associations of this
Jay are sad: some of them are tri-
umphant, even joyful.
We seem to hear the funeral march
become a pean. Our heroic dead still
live for us, and bid us think Of life,
not death--of life to which in their
youth they lent the passion and glory
of the spring.
Memorial day may and ought to
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in every section Of the country. All
agreed that decorating the graves Of
soldiers with flowers on the day ap.
pointed would give the nation new
life and be welcomed by all the peo.
pie.
But this is not all. The religious
sentiment at the bottom of the idea
of honoring the dead soldiers and
perpetuating the memory of their he.
roic deeds made the day something
higher and nobler than anything
known In the days of the Greeks.
Thus it came about that Memorial
Day became the greatest of all our
American holidays. 1t was day for
the bereaved to commune at the
tombs of their honored dead.
For many years, as we all know,
the custom was an event-the most
beautiful, pathetic and sacred Of our
holidays-but later on, as the ranks of
the survivors grew thinner and the
families who had contributed so many
lives to the war passed away, the day
became more like other holidays-a
day more noted for military parade,
a day for games and picnics and hav.
ing good time generally, until now
the general public are coming to look
on Memorial day as an ordinary ma.
tional holiday, like Washington's
Birthday or the Fourth of July.
Had it not been for the deep reli.
gious sentiment, with prayers and
church services held in honor of the
soldiers, Memorial day would from
the beginning in all probability have
been attended with the noise and dis.
play of the Fourth of July. Fortu-
nately this religious sentiment has
made the people more thoughtful,
and instead of noise and gun firing we
have gone in for more quiet recrea.
tion-country picnics--making the
day more like festival than a day
of mere noise and parade.
l think 1t is a beautiful idea, this
decorating the graves of those who
sacrificed their lives in the tremen.
dous days of the war and purely out
of patriotic devotion, and 1t is a pity
indeed that public sentiment Is grad.
ually changing and we are forgetting
the solemn lessons taught by the war
and of the sacred meaning of honor.
Ing the dead-drifting away and max
ing the sacred festival more and more
a common holiday of races, noisy pic.
MICS and having a good time general.
ly, with no particular sentiment ami.
mating the thousands who should take
a higher view of Memorial day.
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HE MADE A MISTAKE.
New Jersey Private Mistook Violin
Resin for Shaving Soap.

New Jersey Private Mistook Violin
Resin for Shaving Soap.
"a soldier named Ed Morton" said
a veteran from New Jersey, was on
OF the quickest men with the fiddle
ever listened to, and he carried it
with him to beguile camp life. A
fellow named Charles Foster was his
tent mate, who, having discovered a
slight down on his CHA, endeavored
to coax 1t forward by frequent ap.
plication Of his razor.
"One day Charlie was boasting of
cake Of shaving soap he had found,
and said that he had used it twice.
and had found it just fine. He offer.
ed to lend it to Morton. When the
soap was produced Morton ex,
claimed; Why, If there amt my resin
that ! have been looking for more
than a week.
There was soap enough in the
brush to make lather and Charlie
thought he was using soap when h1
had the eddie medicine"
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MEMORIAL DAY
Something of Its Origin and q
ophecy as to Its Future.
BY MAJ. GEN. FRED. b. GRANT

BY MAJ. GEN. FRED. d. GRANT
EJHB idea of this beautiful Gus
tom was first suggested and
made great national holiday
by Gen. John A. Logan. He
was thoughtful man, swayed by sen.
timent of the highest order, and
close student of the classics. He
read much and frequently referred to
historic episodes in his speeches.
BY nature Gen. Logan was inclined
to be heroic, and so after the war,
after reading much about the beauti-
ful customs of the ancient Greeks in
honoring their dead heroes with cere-
monies and flowers at annual fes-
tivals, it came to him in a moment of
inspiration that it would be a patriot.
ic and popular thing to likewise honor
the dead soldiers of our own country
In similar way. He held that to
decorate the soldiers graves once
year in the month of May with its
flowers and blooming splendor would
awaken rev sentiments of loyalty and
regard for the government among the
people.
1t was a fact, as he we'll knew,
that nearly every household had lost
one or more members or relatives or
dear friends. Gen. Logan's inspira-
tion awoke a response in every heart
and his movement was soon organized
and made OF national Importance.
Grand Army posts were established
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day, and the hundreds that have fall
en- since the Spanish-American war,
and whose bodies have been borne
across the sea to be buried in Arling-
ton, have made this the largest city Of
patriotic dead on the globe. This Goth
of May, like all others, will see every
low green mound of the extensive field
covered with flowers and immortelles.
There will be a repetition of the an
nual ceremonies, with probably addi-
tional interesting features.
Alas! the column of ex.union sol
diers does not present long line, and
the few who participate are for the
most part bowed with age and In
creased disability which time has
wrought.
The patriotic organizations, sons and
daughters of veterans, and the loyal
people have taken up the work
which older hands have had to lay
down. The spirit of gratitude and de.
votion to the memory of the countrys
defenders inspires the whole nation
to-day as 1t did in 1868.
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1864, when 127 yielded up their lives.
The largest military prison in the
north was at Elmira where 1916 pris-
oners were confined in an open pen or
stockade. The death list reached 1894,
about 25 per cent. In March, 1865, the
greatest mortality occurred-495-or
1875 per. cent. of all the deaths. All
except six of the dead were buried in
field which was afterward plowed up
and planted with wheat, and now
neither summer nor winter shows
sign of where 5000 hapless confeder-
ates were laid away.