Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-06
CITY NEWS,

John T. Boylan, " T. Disley and J. W. Hodson are on visit to the Ser l mudas.
 Clerk Root made out first papers for Benjamin Bennett of South Britain to- day.
 Rev Fathers Slocum and Curtin left yesterday for months vacation in Florida.
 The class in embroidery at the friendiy league will hot meet for It's usual lesson to onght, owing to illness Ill the family Of the instructor
 There will be meeting of Court Rose Hill, F. of A., tomorrow night. All members holding fair books will De expected to make returns at this | meeting.
 The funeral of Margaret, the infant daughter of MT and Mrs Morgan Dow | ing Of Bridge street, who died last | nght. took place this afternoon, with lhlerinent in Calvary cemetery. 1 The management at Polls wishes it understood that all tickets for Cranes | performance of David Harum'' held on orders must be taken up not later than o'clock tomorrow evening All orders not taken up then will be sold To the hrst applicants.
 1 Advertised letters at postofice: William Buckingham, F. H. Brown. Mrs E: A. Clark, Mrs Mary Dunn, John Dolan, Sarah Cecilia Knowles, M'me' Georges" Laureuil, Fife McLeo Miss Daisy Pratt, ]. Norman Rose. l Ciarfa Sterling
 -Consul-General c. F. Turner of Ot- taWa was summoned to his home in this city yesterday or account of the serious illness of his mother Mrs E. T. Turner. NIT Turner Informed Democrat reporter to-day that his mothers condition is critical.
 Every member of the Roys' club is wanted at headquarters at ' o'clock this evening. It Is said by some that the club is going on q fishing trip. While others say that 1t is going to dis band. Which statement is correct? Probably both are wide of the mark, but be that as it may, it is certain that something unusual Is about to take place at the Boys club. What is it?
 The final rehearsal will take place at Leavenworth hall to-morrow morn ing for the entertainment to be ren- dered at the annual reception Of Prof Baileys dancing class members on Friday evening. The entertainment will excel all previous ones and prove Il treat to the large gathering that will
 
 gram will follow the entertainment at o'clock to the sweet strains of Faul- mann's orchestra.
 N hat does the action taken at the last meeting of the board of agents of the Bronson library fund mean re- Guiring q two-thirds Vote to re-alect the asslstants! was asked of one of the members of the board this after noon- It means nothing,'' replied the gentleman, unless the employees are diScourteous." The reporter wanted to discuss the subject further. but that was all he could get out of the man, who dismissed the scribe with the re- mark that it meant just that and noth- ing more. -~
 Booker T. Washington's autobiog- raphE continues to attract widespread interest. The instalment contained in the February magazine number of the Outlook includes the famous ad- dress nade by MT Washington at the opening of the Atlanta exposition. when for the first time in southern history q negro was called upon to speak as q representative of negro en- terprlSe and negro civilization ill q great public meeting managed and controlled by the white. people of the state. The police deserve credit for the eff fort they have made to keep the walks clean and yet not enter complaints against anybody. Of course 1t was impossible Ito keep the snow off the walks since the present storm set in. as many found to their sorrow who put themselves to the trouble of shov- cling it off and then found that as much more had drifted back in a few minutes. The snow has been whirl- ing in all directions and in consequence property owners find it out of the question to keep their walks in as good shape for public travel as they would wish to have them. Even the sand people threw on their walks was swept away. When the wind ceases and people get a chance to clean their walks then everybody, will be pleased to see the officers come along and talk to people who negleetsto comply with the law.
 The annual statement for 1900 of the Prudential Insurance Go of Amer ica, which has just been published, makes a fife showing. Over S249,- COG, 900 Of new business was written last year by that company, and the insurance force was increased during the closing year of the. century to over s6O4 ,000, ,000 During the year the company's income amounted to over S.24 ,OU0, ,O0O. At the present time the assets have increased to over $4O,0O0,- GOO, and the surplus to over $6,00O,- 900. In payments to it's policy hold CTS the Prudential has a remarkable record. IT the matter of claims. ma- tured endowments- and dividends over S1.O0O,UOO was paid to policy-holders in 1900. making q grand total of over Si9,0OO,0OO paid out in the same way since the organization of the company. The Prudential has built up for itself an enyiable position ill the life insur- ance world both in the lines of ordi- nary and industrial insurance. Z
 General Secretary Robert s. Ross of the Waterbury Young Mems Chris tian association, received q telegram Tuesday afternoon from q brother in Montreal announcing the death there of his mother, Mrs William Russell Ross, at the age of 66 Only half an hour before the receipt of the tele- gram letter came from his mother