Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-23
CITY NEWS.


 Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair tonight and Tuesday; fresh west erly winds.
 The Waterbury Military band will furnish music for the class of 'S2 of Yale college at the annual commence ment day exercises of that college to- morrow
 John F. Donnelly, aged 2 years, son of MT and Mrs Dennis Donnelly of 146 Bridge street, died last evening. The funeral will take place Tuesday morn ing at 3 o'clock. Interment will be in St Joseph's cemetery.
 Mrs Winifred Dundas, who was complainant against her husband for assault in the city court this morning, immediately after court entered suit for divorce, alleging intolerable cruel ty and intemperance. Her counsel is Attorney Carmody.
 Curates of the Hartford diocese leave to-day to spend the week in the annual retreat at Holy Cross college, Worcester. The exercises will be con- ducted by one of the Jesuit fathers, under the direction of Vicar General Synnot of St Thomas's seminary, Hart ford.
 The funeral of Louise Wiehn took place Sunday afternoon at 2:30 to St Cecilia's church, where services were held by the Rev Father Martin. In terment was in Calvary cemetery. The pallbearers were Louise Armbruster, Grace Berg, Nave Bargand, Helen Hahn. The floral offerings were most beautiful.
 DrL. J. Thibault and E. S. BaribauIt of this city, Dr l.. c. Bari bault of Lewiston. Me, and Peter Lanworth of Boston, guests of E. s. Baribault, will leave tonight for New Haven, where they will be joined by Dr A. o. Baribault of that city. The entire party will board a yacht to-mor- row and will enjoy a weeks cruise along the Sound. They will witness the Yale-Harvard boat race.
 One of the gates at the Naugatuck railroad crossing on Bank street is missing, owing to a collision with horse and team belonging to the DO- nestle Pie Baking Go. The gates were lowered as usual as the train from Watertown came in about 1 o'clock. A horse and team of the Domestic Pie Baking Go, driven by three boys. ran into one of the gates and smashed it.
 The branch of the Economic league recently formed here held a highly successful meeting yesterday afternoon in Speedwell hall and admitted a large number of new members. The com. mittee on platform and organization had not brought their deliberations to head and consequently did not make final report. They will do so, how T1v1ry vI,o,a ization will be effected and officers elected.
 In reply to a query to-day Real Es- tate Agent Schlegel said that the par ties interested in building hotel here are now considering the H. w. Scovill property on the corner of Prospect and West Main streets. This place is worth $120O00 in MT Schlegel's esti- nation. If this does not suit they will consider the site of the old Sco- will house which can be had for S7O,- 900. One idea suggested is that the Lewis heirs, who own the Scovill house site, each take a block of stock in the enterprise.
 About 2:30 this afternoon an alarm of fire from box AT called the fire de- partment to 97S South Main street The fire was in a house owned by Richard B. Lewis and was caused by mat tress on the third floor catching on fire from lighted match in all prob ability. The fire was quickly extin- guished with the use of chemicals. The damage amounted to about S10 or S15. Callmen Bowe. Bloomfield and Burns, who are employed at Rogers & Bros factory. were told by a person employed in the office of that company that the alarm was sent ill from box "A on Johnston avenue. They went there, but saw neither fire nor firemen, then they went in the direction of box AT and found the firemen on South Main street coming from the fire.