Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-20

At meeting Of the democrats oI lhe fifth ward at 111@ Grand street on Wed nesday night q committee of ten from all sections of the ward was appointed to form ticket for the primaries.
 Mir and Mrs Merritt Heminway Of Watertown. accompanied by Mir and Mrs Charles Heminway. Mrs Bucking- ham and her sons Charles and Mclean, arrived home last evening from Flu rope, where they had been touring since spring.
 No meeting of the members of the drum corps which is about to be or ganized among the members of the St Joseph T. A. society was held last night owing to the absence of some of the leaders ill the movement.
 Professor Bailey commences his dancing season with the opening of a class for entire new beginners next Tuesday evening at his large and ele- gant hall. 1OS Bank stret. The ad- vanced class commences early in Oc- tober and therein will be introduced the new dances adopted for the sea son at the annual dancing masters con- yention.
 The performances of TeSsier, the slack wire performer. and Beaul1eu, the buck and wing dancer, more than pleased the large audience which pack ed Jacques auditorium last night at the fair of the Washington Hill A. c. Tonight the Shelvey brothers will ap- pear in acrobatic feats. Gallipeau's orchestra furnishes music for the dancing, which is a feature of the fair.
 Edward Brown. the star twirler of the Jeffersons. who is considered the best pitcher in the City Amateur league by many fans, will leave on Monday next for .Hillsda1e university, Michigan. wle Le will become a student. Brown will play on the football and baseball teams of the university during the com ing year. He is said to be as good football player as he is a baseball play CT.
 George Beach, foreman employed by the Clock company. is a candidate for alderman ill the second ward. MT Beach is the first candidate for alder man in this ward to reach forth from the laboring class for political honors. If his friends rally to his support at the nominating caucuses he will cer- tally be selected for he appears to be quite popular in his ward, especially among his fellow workmen. @
 At the A. NJ. E. Zion church on Pearl stret yesterday there were mem- Orial services for the late President Me Kinley. The church was crowded and the addresses were made by the pas tor, Rev E. McCalIum and Joseph B. Hatcher. The subject embraced by both speakers was the life and princi- ples of the late lamented president. Each showed great intimacy with the subject from the point of view of an observer and student of great foot prints on the sands of time
 Ivy temple, No 5, k. S.. will on Wednesday evening. October ?. hold q family reunion in Pythian hall. con Sisting of the members and their fam lies. A nice entertainment is being arranged and refreshments will be served Mrs Frank White is anxious to meet the daughters of the members under 14 years of age in Pythian lalI Monday, September 23. after school. Members will please attend to this without further notice On Tuesday afternoon, September 24. Mrs Warren | Of 53 Abbott avenue would be pleased
 
 Among the expressions of sympathy | forwarded to Mrs Mckinley was one | from Mrs E. c. Kilduff. wife of Inc mayor of Waterbury, which read as; follows: ''The death. by the bullet of an assassin, of your beloved husband. whose bearing in the face of death and whose attainments in military and civic life won for him the profoundest respect and esteem of the civilized world and the highest balors in the gift of q great people, has stricken our hearts with sorrow beyond the bower Of words to express The women of | Waterbury offer you their heartfelt sympathy in your bereavement. May God, in His divine mercy, give you strength to bear this great sorrow
 Andrew J. Reid, aged 76 years. died yesterday afternoon at his home. 3S Niagara street. Mir Reid had resided in Waterbury since 1S45. He was we'll and favorably known to the older residents of the town, all of whom speak of him as an honest, industrious man and very agreeable neighbor. He built the first house constructed on Niagara street and lived there for over half a century. He was a skilled and | popular employe of the Waterbury Brass Co and worked there until he re- | tired on account of old age. He leaves | three sons, Bernard F., George H. md Andrew J., Jr, and two daughters. Mrs Jehn McKellar of New York and Mrs James Mccoy of Trenton. The flu neral will take place tomorrow morn ing at S:30 o'clock to the. Sacred Heart | church.
 There appears to be a prevalency of malaria in some portions of the city especially in the east end. There are also a number of typhoid fever cases in the city. At present there are be. tween twenty and twenty-five persons at the hospital who are suffering from typhoid fever. There are no new cases of the fever in South Brooklyn, where there was a small epidemic a few weeks ago. Those persons in that sec tion, who are suffering from this dis ease, are reported as making favorable progress on the road to improvement Town Health Officer Dr O'Hara has been conducting an investigation foI the past two weeks or more as to the causes which produced so many cases in this section of the city. He had the milk sold daily to these people in spected by Dr Keeley but it was found all right He has also sent samples of water from a we'll which is SUD-