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TELLS OF OLD SCHOOL.
Dr. Palmer Talks Before Historical
 Society

At meeting of the New Haven Historical society last night a paper entitled An Almost Forgotten New Haven Institution" was read by Rev. Dr. Charles Ray Palmer.
 Before Dr Palmer was introduced the business of the last meeting was reviewed and the donation of a DOT trait of the late Lynde Harrison was made by his wife. brief review of his life was given, which did full jus tice to his prominence and his life's work
 The Rev. Dr Palmer's lecture was one of great nterst to those interest cd in the history of this city and spiced his talk with some very anus ing little anecdotes
 This school was founded by Prof. Ethan A Andrews and was located on the east side of Wooster Square, the same building later being the Russell school The name Of this was the Young Ladies institute. Over two hundred scholars attended this school during it's two years of life. among whom eighteen different states of the union were represented.
 An informal reception was held al the close of the reading.
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LILLEY PRESENTS
 A BRIEF TO-DAY

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 which they were put in an admirable manner. Each of them contained six chairs. They were reached by two white cloth covered steps. Between the entrances to the boxes were squares of blue with a big white TO- sette in their centers.
 The stage at the farther end was made convenitne place to sit out dances It was reached by pas sageway between two of the boxes and then up a short flight of steps and made an ideal place for that purpose with palms and small bay trees placed about at intervals in sure-enough gar den style.
 | The committee boxes were construct ed at the end near the entrance, just at the left of the entrance. They offer ed the only note that was out of har- mony with the general color scheme. Instead of the blue fronts which the other boxes had these were decorated l in green
 The grand march. which had been planned to start promptly at 9:i5 was some minutes late. It was just 9.30 when, after a preliminary program of i music, Wells orchestra struck up the measured beats for the grand march. Then David Daggett, the general man. ager of the ball and Mrs. Horace l.. i Wells, the president of the Womans Exchange. for the benefit of which the affair was held. walked out upon the floor and led the march once around the hall.
 With a flourish of music the orches- tra struck up for the first two-step of | the Charity Subscription ball of 1908 the tune Of La Kraquette." Then followed ten dances. After the tenth i dance supper was served in the boxes by Caterer Fleming with characteris- tic ecat, A cup or two of black cof- fee and the rest did wonders with the slightly dropping spirits of the dancers and it was with renewed vigor that they went at it again, whirling away the dizzy miles with ten more dances until the wee small hours this morn ing. The barn dances were reserved for the after supper series. But they were not by any means the only novel steps that were introduced. Many of the couples danced the so-caled 'two-step-waltz" with great success.
 At 2.30 to the strident calls of the coachmen on Court street the hacks and private liveries dashed up to the long ''T' shaped awning. received again their precious social lights with their torn dresses and tired eyelids, and whirled them away again. The ball was over
 The best the managers for 1909 can hope to do is to equal the success of last night.
 Many very beautiful costumes were worn by the women who attended the
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Four colorinEs in the granites and two patterns in the colored Tile in laid effects.
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CANDEE ESTATE sif.f7f.
Inventory Filed Yesterday in Probate
 Court.

An inventory of the estate of George Edward Candee was filed by it's ap- praisers. Albert T. Candee and George R. Booth, with the clerk of the Pro- bate Court yesterday afternoon. The total valuation of the estate is s1l,11l.- 26 d major part in stocks and bonds. Jane NJ. Candee is the executrix.
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ball last evening, some few of them following:
 Mrs. Horace Wells, handsome gown Of green and white silk with pale green satin and lace.
 Mrs. s. A. York, white lace net over pink silk.
 Miss Nellie Holcomb, white striped satin with lace.
 Miss Nellie Munson, white crepe de chene with spangled bodice.
 Mrs. Frank Munson, handsome white lace gown with bands of satin, white silk rundersiip.
 Mrs. H. c. Warren, lavender satin gown with handsome applique.
 Miss Anita Warren, white crepe with pink satin trimmings and or chids.
 Mrs. George Beers. white satin gown with bands of filet.
 Miss Leila Earle, black net with spangled net trimmings over black silk
 Mrs. Ferguson, black silk net over pale yellow
 Mrs. Harvey Munson, yellow satin and filet.
 Miss Munson. blue and white organ die with blue satin bands.
 Mrs. James E. Todd. blue satin with braidings of gold, and handsome lace trimmings
 Mrs. David Daggett, white silk l al, xt-if nd lace.
 Miss Edith Hart, white lace over white silk.
 Miss Bulford, white and lavender organdie over white silk.
 Miss Marie Kirby, lavender and white silk muslin.
 Mrs. Percy Greist. blue and white silk muslin trimmed with blue satin and filet lace.
 Miss May Hodson, white dotten net over white silk.
 Mrs. Ferris, pink liberty satin with duchess lace.
 Miss Smith. black net with jet trim mings over black silk.
 Miss Margaret Fitch, light blue satin with beautiful orchid.
 Mrs. Henry Graves, cream net over cream satin,
 Miss Welch, blue brocaded satin,
 Mrs. Clarence L. Clark, pretty gown of pink.
 Miss Elsie Trowbridge. pale yellow satin
 Mrs. H. NJ Kochersperger,i handsome white lace gown over white silk.
 Mrs. E. Hershey Sheath, very beauti- ful gown of spangled net over white satin.
 Mrs H. Grant Tho.,mson, black net with handsome jet and lace trimming. Miss Margaret Thompson, pale blue satin.
 Miss Dorothy Morgan. white silk net with lavendar satin and ribbons 1 Miss Dorothy Wright, pale yellow satin.
 Mrs. Frank Bigelow. gray crepe with | bands of gray satin.
 Miss Bigelow, dainty white lace over blue
 Mrs. James Kingsley Blake, lovely lace gown of white with .lavendar
 Miss Geraldine Low, gray silk mule over gray taffeta.
 Mrs. Talcott H. Russell, white satin and lace.
 Mrs. Thomas G, Bennett, handsome gown of gray silk with Duchess lace
 Mrs. Winchester Bennett white silk muslin with handsome border of roses
 Miss Harriet Moseley, rose pink gren- 1 adine over rose taffeta, | Miss Helen Porter, apricot satin.
 Mrs. Roger White, 2nd, gray crepe over gray taffeta.
 Mrs, s. M Hammond, black net gown over black taffeta, handsomely trimmed with jet.
 Mrs. F. c. P. Barnes, gray figured chiffon with lavendar satin bands ovel 1 lavendar silk
 Mrs. Henry F. English, very hand. some gown of lavendar and white satin 4 with lavendar velvet.
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plied by members ot the house and inc general public sentiment. The de- veionments of the last two or three days ii is the common opinion to-day. made it imperative that the Lilley res o1ution be reported promptly by the rules committee. There IS no doubt. if the resolution is reported. that it will he instantly adopted by the house. and an inquiry will be made. Even those members of congress who have been in cl;ned to demand that Mi Lilley shall
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den basement like the hum Of an sohvs
beehive.
The preliminary hustle Is especially
marked these days among the kangaroos
which animals are especially importan,
when a show has 20 make 40 many long
jumps. Several OF the kangarOos we're IN
busy yesterday overhauling their pouche
that they didn't even notice when Fritz
snee2ed, Concentration can no further 20
In the monkey house likewise unusnaO
activity prevailed. Any circus man will
tell you that the monkeys all know when
they are about TO 90 out on the road. just
before the time for the start they get I'M
usually busy about their hea hunting.
Nothing else was done yesterday in the
monkey house, and in fact the hunt is an
nually pressed with 40 much vigOr that tho
leas would undoubtedly be eXterminated
we're 1t not for the fact that the fleas seem
TO be just as well aware as their landlords
that moving time Ia near. The monkey
keepers hold that It's all a matter Of heredii '
with the fieas. Their ancestors have been
annually hunted by their tenements fur 81
many years at this time OF the year that H.
is now instructive with q monkey dwelling
flea 10 take TO the thickest and darkest
cover he can find on all his residence.
And 20, you see, enough OF the monkov
dwelling species escape their pursuers ~
insure the race against extinction. And, in
fact, as Dexter Fellowes observed, whlla
pointing out these and other wonders. "a
not Dame Nature most mysterious?
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CHOATE APPEALS FOR MONEY.
Tells Of the Needs Of the state Charities
Aid Association.

Joseph H. Choate. who presided at the
meeting Of the State Charities Aid Asso-
citation which was held yesterday after
noon at the Colony Club, made a plea for
contributions TO the society, which is sup
ported entirely by voluntary donations.
He said that he was making a special
appeal 70 the women, because the society
had always depended largely upon the
gifts Of women
Il am sure, he said, that il every woman
here would sacrifice the amount she spends
for bridge to this cause we would very
quickly have in the treasury the 5000 we
need. Perpaps some Of you don't play
bridge. Well. | am sure that every one
of you could spare at least one new dress,
The money that those would cost would
be a very great help
Mr.. Choate gave a brief outline Of the
work Of the society. which, he said, was not
exceeded in imDo rtanos by that OF any
other charitable organization, in the state
The placing Of destitute children in homes
where they would he properly cared for was
he continued, a saving OF millions oil collars
TO the State.
In conclusion Mr.. Choate told a story
II was about a drive he had once taken in
the Berkshires with a very attractive young
woman. Unfortunately II began to rain
when they we're a long distance from home
and the young woman got very wet.
sOh, dear she walled, what shall dof
| arm simply soaked, Why, feel just like
a wet sponge
Well instantly responded Mr.. Choate,
there 10 only one tnlng 10 90 with a wet
sponge A.,
After the laughter had subsidized Mr.:
Choate said that he believed the financial
committee knew something about his
squeezing ~propensities. and that was why
they had insisted upon his trying to raise
the necessary funds.
Il am so proud Of the work OF this so
ciety.' he added, -and 30 proud OF being
it's president that / am willing TO abase
myself and ask for money. They say
that a plea Of this kind isn't very elective
unless the one that's making il tells what
he is willing to do himslef. We want Just
5000, and | am willing to give 5 per cent
Of that" .
George +. Garfield, vice-presldent oi
the society, spoke Of the prevention OF
| tuberculosis in the city and State and
Homer Folks discussed the care OF des-
titute children.
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SPECIAL ELECTION ORDERED.
Secretary Of state sends Notice to the
Clerks OF Niagara I'M Orleans Counties.


ALBANY, April 1l.-Secretary Of State
John S Whalen in accordance with the
proclamation Of Gov. Hughes Of yesterday
calling a special election in the Niagara
Orleans Senate district 10 elect a new Sem
ator In the place OF the late Senator Fran
chot, to-day sent to the county clerks OF
the two counties affected copies OF the
following formal notice calling for such
election;
DEAR Sir: Whereas a vacancy exists in
the ONCE Of Senator for the FOrty-seventh
Senate district, composed Of the counties
OF Ma CARA and Orleans. caused by the death
Of Stapislaus p, Franchot: and whereas the
Governor, by his proclamation dated April
10, 1905. has directed that q special election
for Senator In place OF Stanislaus P. Franchot
be held in the Forty-seventh Senate district
on Tuesday the 18th day OF May, 1905:
Now, therefore. notice Is hereby given
that a special election shall be held in the
Forty seventh Senate district. composed
Of the counties Of Niagara and Orleans. on
Tuesday. the 18th day OF May. 1908, which
the following oflcer may be lawfully elected
for, to wit; A Senator for the Fory-seventh
Senate district.
IL has been reported that efforts would be
made in the Supreme Court TO restrain the
Secretary Of State from sending out his
notices. but nothing Of the sort has de-
veloped
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HUGHES TO APPEAL TO PEOPLE.
VIII Address a Mass MeetlnG In Utica This
Afternoon In Behalf OF Gambling Bills.

UTICA, April ll.-When Gov. Hughes
comes to Utica tomorrow afternoon 20
make an appeal to the people of the State
in behalf Of his anti-raoetraok gambling
bills which encountered a check in the
Senate last Wednesday he will be greeted
by an audience that in numbers and enthusi-
assn should delight his heart.
Following the announcement to-day by
A~ssemblyman Hart Of this city. one Of the
sponsors for the racing bills. that the Gov
ernor had decided to present his arguments
on the anti-gambling measures to a central
New York audience at a mass meeting at
Utica, the citizens have arranged TO give
the Governor a big audience. Enthusiasm
Is so keen that an overflow meeting may be
arranged.
Senator AokToyd, a Democrat, who resides
in this city and represents Republican
Oneida county in the upper house at
Albany, voted against the racetraok bills and
his course has been generally condemned by
his constituents, lnasmuch as Gov, Hughes
ordinarily Is not given to addressing
political mass meetings n Sunday after
moons. and furthermore considering the
fact that he is nov seeking votes for his pet
measures, his coming into Senator Ack-
royd's territory at this time is significant as
indicating the trend Of sentiment among
citizens on the subject Of anti-racetrack
gambling, The following in the editorial
columns Of the Observer, the organ OF the
Democratic machine. tonight, y significant:
Tomorrow in this city Gov. Charles f..
Hughes will speak upon a subject which has
at.-rc,ed tho c'tonticr ~ the cAople NJ the
whole State. as well as Of distant States
UNFOLDING the majesty OF the law and the
integrity OF the Constitution. There will be
an outpouring Of citizens that will demon
strate to the people Of this State that the
Oneida Senatorial district is in favor OF the
passage OF the snti-gambling bills that we're
temporarily defeated in the Senate during
this present w4ek, There will be in the dem
onstration no Thought OF party lines. The
great moral question Ia one that Ia uppermost.
4 Democrat whose party feeling has never
been questioned will introduce a Republican
Governor whose courageous purpose has
brought 10 his side the support OF a people
more thoroughly united in a struggle against
a dangerous element than ever before upon
a single propo ,it,on Of moral worth.
In a note printed in the local papers this
alternoonlBishop Charles T. Olmsted Of the
Episcopal Diocese Of Central New York
calls upon ~churchgoers to attend to-mor-
rows mass meeting and help wipe out the
stain resting upon the Empire State through
the action OF the Senate this week.
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NEW POST OFFICE BUILDING
As Ut WILL FACE THE NEW PENN
SILIANIA STATION.

Both Buildings Are by the same ARCHITECTS
and They Are In Harmony, but the
Governments Building WIN he the
More Austere-ENpeditIOn VI Mails.
The new post office building, the plans
for which we're approved by the Secretary
Of the Treasury on Friday, will face on
Eighth avenu on the blocks from Thirty
first street 20 Thirty-third and will extend
back toward Ninth avenue 10 a depth Of
1896 feet IL has been the aim OF McKim,
Mead 4 White. the architects. while keeping
in mind the practical uses Of the building,
TO give II the monumental character which
a Government building Of lie importance
should possess.
The design OF the exterior was carefully
studied in lie relation 10 the immense Penn
syfvania Railroad station. which will occupy
the two blocks on the opposite aide Of Eighth
avenu The main entrance TO the station,
however, will be on the Seventh avenue side,
The same architects drew the plans for
the station. The exterior OF the station
Ia TO be finished in pink Milford granite
and the general architectural treatment
will be that OF a Dorio colonnade The
two buildings will harmonic not only az
regards style but a regards material
and scale as well. At the anne time, how
ever, the post office building will have a
distinctly governmental expression Nc
Kim, Mead 4 White were not prepared
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matter OF savtnE time that the new post
ONCE will be Of the greatest help, Il will
mean, In the opinions Of the local postal
officials. that most Of the mailo will be kept
open considerably longer than they are
now. The postal authorities under the
new conditions will not have to contend
with the congestion which clogs the I'M
~derground tubes now between the hours
Of 5 In the afternoon and 10 at night. The
main post Office handles daily about 100000
letters between those hours.
Before the new post Office is erected, how
ever. the pneumatic tube system which 10
now under way will have been oOmpleted,
30 that practically all the branch Offices
south Of l25th street will have been con-
nected, What the new post Office is meant
chiefly 10 afford though is increased floor
space for the workers. The conditions
in the old building have become 30 intol-
erable that Congress has been obliged TO
rent 5000 square feet OF floor space in the
new Hudson Terminal building. and on July
/ all Of the force who do the asserting and
despatohing Of outgoing mail will move
down there, They have only about 1000
square feet Of space in the old building in
which TO do the work and they have been
rubbing callouses on each others elbows
for several years.
The entire floor space Of the new post
ofice building win be open and uninter-
rupted, The railroad company at first
wanted 10 reserve q large rectangular space
for light and air. The conveyance between
the Government and the railroad provides
that neither steam engines nor any other
motive power involving combustion shall
be used on the trackage under the building.
The Government also has the right TO GROSS
the railroads reservation in the event OF
desiring TO connect with the subway system
In the betterment Of the mail service. :
The old post ofioe will probably be used
as a branch office when the new n il com
pleted. New Workers, however, will be able
TO point out the old Park row structure
for at least two years to come as "the city
post Office
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yesterday to say Of What material the ex-
terror Of the new pcs. ONCE would be, but
it will undoubtedly be granite
The building will be four stories high
The principal facade will CONSIST Of a row
OF Corinthian columns, terminated at the
Dorh and south ends by pavilions con-
tanning inches. This colonnade will cor
respond to- the public corridor which will
extend the entire length Of the facade
The facades on the Thirty-frst and Thirty
third street sides will be a continuation
Of the same motive, pilastsrs being used
instead Of columns, and they also will
terminate in a pavilion at the. west end.
There will be ample access to the building
by steps on all three sides.
The estimated cost Of the building hasn't
been announced yet, but the bill intro
duced in Congress authorizing the SeCre-
tary Of the Treasury 10 enter into contracts
for its completion limited the cost TO IS, 5O0.-
900. The site cost 81, 900. 900. II was OF
course purchased from the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
The site runs back toward Ninth ave-
nue. to a depth Of as feet. A private street
will be constructed in the rear Of the post
Office from Thirty-first street TO Thirty
third, The rights Of the Government TO
the site are limited TO q depth OF 20 feet
below street level. That. however. will
be a sufficient depth TO AFFORD a basement.
Under the post Office basement Of oourse
will be the tracks Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, but they will be away
down at the bottom Of the hole. Eighteen
feet above the tracks and below the post
Office basement will be the railroads big
exit ooncourse, a passageway 90 feet wide
which will lead to the streets. Probably
1000 trains a day will pull in and out under
Of course be made for the shooting of mail
bags up and down from the post ofioe TO
the train platforms below. II is in the
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SENATOR ACKROYD REPLIES.
Defends His Action in Gambling Bills To
n Minister WhO Condemned Ia

wa w.
UTICG, April u.-Senator Joseph Aokroyd
Of this city, who represents Oneida county
in the upper house at Albany, and who
addressed a communication TO the voters
in his district a few days ago advising Such
Of them as favored the s%uti-racing bills
to write 10 the Republican members Of the
Senate and cease bothering the Demo-
cratic members himself included has broken
his promise not 10 answer any more COM
municAtions on the subject. In a letter
TO the Rev. 8. W. Brown Of this city, who
as representative OF a local clerical assocla-
ton addressed him a note ~denounoing him
for his action in voting against the anti
racetrsok gambling bills, Senator Ackroyd
writes Is folloWs:
Your communication In regard 10 my
position on the Agnew-Hart snti-gambling
bill duly received, In reply ! beg to say |
am not opposed TO the said bill, but to the
effect Of this bill. Before the Percy-Gray
bill became a law, which has been declared
constitutional by our highest court. pool
selling was universal throughout the State.
The Percy-Gray law allowed betting or pool
selling al the racetraCk and only al the time
Of said race. and nowhere rise Pass the
Agnew-Hart bill and again the poolroom
will open. as before, in every large city in
the state. Every BOOKSELLER or bookmaker
now outside Of the racetrscks il in favor Of
this bill and working for It's passage. |
am nor a betting man or a gambler in any
manner. | never attend or bet on horse
racing, or buy stocks on margin, or play
cards for money. am against gambling
in all lis forms, from gambling In stocks on
margin which believe 10 be the worst form
Of gambling. bridge whist. church fairs,
down 10 the boys that play craps and marbles
for keeps. Gambling is a game Of chance,
which has always existed since Adam took
a chance and ate o! the fruit OF the tree Of
knowledge. That sin has been visited upon
us from generation 10 generation, and will
be until time shall he no more. If that Is
lnue, YOU cannot drive II out by legislation,
Better to control and Confne II 10 certain
lime and location, by legislation and moral
slaslon, rather than Ivy legislation which
would moi control but scatter broadcast
throughout the State.
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MRS. SAGE GIVES TO OLIVIA.
The school In the Minnesota Town Of That
Name BENEFITS BY $500.

ST. PAUL. April ll.-Prof. Stanley Of
the High School Of Olivia, Mimi, bethought
himself recently that the city was named
after Mrs. Russell Sage. As the school
is about to establish a manual training
department. he wrote asking her for a do
nation Of $500 which she sent with her
hest wishes,
In her letter she wrote: Il am proud
of the name Olivia, which has come down
TO me from Olivia %Standish, daughter OF
David ~Standish, the great grandson Of
Cant. Miles Standish, and ] am also proud
Of the name Margaret, which belonged
to my great. grandmother on the maternal
side. as Olivia belonged to my grest-grand-
mother on the patornal side"