Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-11
CITY NEWS.


 noon by Officer $. Mccarthy for breach of the peace.
 The funeral of the late Ann Cocker, who died Tuesday last, will be held at p. m. Thursday from her. late home, Glen street. Burial will be in Middle bury.
 The Misses Lida and Helen Burpee of this city were bridesmaids at the wedding of Henry Edwards Ellsworth of Simsbury and Miss Susan Hotch- kiss Starr at Bridgeport to-day. Special forecast for Connecticut: Rain tonight and Thursday morning, followed by clearing weather; warmer tonight in north portions, with light to fresh southeast to southwest winds, increasing in force.
 Tomorrow will be Lincoln day, a legal holiday. In accordance with a recent vote of the board of agents of the Bronson library the institution will be closed all day. The banks will also be closed.
 The four amendments to the city charter, which were drawn up by At tofney Richmond for certain persons in the city and were to have been intro
 
 They will not be presented.
 John Tynan, 73, died last night at his home, 13 Charles street Two children survive the deceased, John Tynan and Mrs John Lynch. The fu- neral will be held Friday. morning to St Patrick's church at 9 o'clock In terment in St Joseph's cemetery. Leo Herbert, the three years old son of MT and Mrs Patrick Herbert, 3S4 North Main street, died last night of diphtheria. The funeral took place to-day at 10 o'clock. The remains were taken to Litchfield for interment by Brown & Crane
 The funeral of Mrs John Middleton, wHo died Monday evening at the home of her son Charles on Laurel street, will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2:3O with service at Hall Memorial chapel at 3 o'clock and interment in Riverside cemetery.
 \ At a largely attended meeting of the Lasselette circle, Companions of the Forest last night in Red Mems hall, the recently elected officers for the present year were installed by Miss B. Lester of Bridgeport. After the in stallation social session was enjoyed. A number of the members of Liberty circle were guests of the evening.
 Thomas F. Kilduff, aged % years, son of Mir and Mrs Thomas F. Kilduff of 30 Sperry street, died yesterday af- ternoon, aftaer an illness of one week Besides his parents he leaves two sis ters, Miss Mary Kilduff and Mrs George Spurway: also two brothers, John and Timothy. He was a young man of good character and had wide circle of friends. The funeral will be held Friday morning at S:30 o'clock.
 A demurrer in the two suits of ID. H. and F. H. Plumb versus John F. Maher of Naugatuck was heard by Judge CoWell in the district court to- day Decision was reserved Plaint- ifs were driving one day and their horse was scared by colt owned by the defendant and which, it is claimed. was running loose on the highway. Plaintiffs horse ran away, throwing them out. Negligence on the part of plaintiffs is alleged
 Detectives Dodds and Kennaugh ar rested GenarO Renando this afternoon for embezzlement Some time ago Re nando received trunk from Italy through the Adams Express company. Two other trunks the property of a fellow cOuntryman living in Torring- ton, were also received by him and it is claimed he disposed of the goods An other man who was arrested for this offense some weeks ago was discharg- ed by the city court. It is now claim ed that Renando is the right party.
 The 'bus business is beginning to at tract some attention in Waterbury from others than tho strikers. Tive Ur three parties are thinking of I.utting few thousand dollars into vehicles to be run on schedule time through diff, ferent streets about tue city. One oi the men told a Democrat reporter that he bought the business conld he nada to pay even after the strike is settled, and stated that he is willing to put $1, ,OOO into joint stock company to run buses or au.omobl.es through the public streets ef Waterbury.
 The following constitute the jury who will hear the criminal cases at the next term of the superior court which opens here next Tuesday: Walter B. Johnson and Thomas Horsfall, Beth any; John Plant and B. H. Hosley, Branford; Silas B. Jerrolds, Albert Rice and J. N. Speak, Cheshire; John $. Platt and Morris Drew, Ansonia; Horace A. Smith and Henry F. Thomp- son, East Haven; Baldwin c. Dudley, Henry H. Mack and Dudley Chitten- den, Guilford; Franklin D. Bradley and Gidney A. Styles, Southbury; Laverne G. Clark and John Platt, Prospect.
 Yesterday two of the local teachers, one of whom is special teacher, were discussing the trolley strike in the schoolroom. They were speaking about it in general and were wondering how much longer it would last. One of the teachers, whose home is not in this city, said that it was very ineon- yenient to her to be walking around to the varioNs schools-they were so far from her boarding house she did not think that she would rid hile the strike continued. The other Seach- \ CT was positive that she wouldn't. As they were talking one of the teachers noticed one of the boys in the front row of Seat tS drawing something on a