Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-11
CITY NEWS

E The annual inspection of Companies G and A will be held in the armOry
 on May p. ,~... "... .ra..~u. ,...t Thomas Hahn to-day was appointed administrator on the estate of the late
 Catherine Hahn.
 ! The Waterbury Medical society will
 meet this evening ill their new rooms
 in the Mullings' building.
 Attorney Thomas F. IAwlor was appointed administrator on the estate of the late William Klucke by Judge
 Lowe in the court of probate to-day.
 The funeral of Mrs Mary F. Moore,
 who died Saturday at her home on
 Maple street, took place this afternoon
 with service by the Rev MT Bassett
 and interment in Pine Grove cemetery.
 On Wednesday night St Joseph's T.
 A. society's annual May festival and carnival will open at City hall. An ex- l tra effort will be made by the decor
 ators so as to make the hall look pretty. A large orchestra has been secured for dancing and anyone enjoying this amusement will get their moneys l worth.
 Saturday night the fire department l was called to 673 East Main street, 1 where a lively blaze was raging in the l second story of Edward Trdcy's
 building. The family had their furni- i ture packed preparatory to moving.
 The tiremen responded promptly and extinguished the flames in less than an hour. The damage will amount to about $500. The Saturday half holiday will begin at the Waterbury Manufacturing Co.'S plant next Saturday. In some of the departments the hands are allowed a few minutes for washing up, and yes terday the employees of some of these departments held meetings to consider their chances of retaining this time, for the half holiday goes into operation at this plant under the conditions allowed in other factories, that fully fifty-fve hours be given to work.
 At St Thomas's church yesterday Father Crowley, the pastor, recon mended people to take advantage of every inclination on the part of the city to advance the general develop ment of the north end. He said that a great many people appear to be ex ceedingly indifferent in this respect. There is a good deal of work to be done in the north end. Until the church was built there it had lain dormant for years and years, and this feeling has not yet been shaken off. He also ad- vised people to invest in real estate, to be their own landlords, and thus in the end of a few years have something to show for their money besides receipts for rent.
 Humboldt lodge. N. B. O. P, the ban ner lodge of Waterbury, held a meeting Friday evening, and voted to attend the reception to be held in New Haven next Friday evening. given by Elm Tree lodge. One application was re- ceived and two were elected and will be initiated at the next meeting. This order has had a rapid growth in this city. Naugatuck and Union City the past few years. There is one lodge in each of the two latter places and five in Waterbury. The supreme lodge of the order meets in Boston this evening, when 800 new members will be in itiated. the largest number on record as coming into the order at one time. The Master Builders committee and representative of the Carpenters and Joiners' union and other organized trades held a meeting Saturday after noon and settled up the differences be- tween them, and all hands went to work this morning so that at the pres ent time things look favorable for peace in the labor market in Water bury. The reference card was kicked 1 out the back door and the men waived any claim they had against the bosses 1 for the couple of weeks wages they lost fighting the card system. Every thing is booming to-day and it is hoped 1 that chronic kickers and calamity | howlers will cease operations for the | time being at least and give the public an opportunity to enjoy a few months peace and prosperity.
 The following are the officers chosen at the biennial meeting of the Amalga~
 mated Association of Street Railway l Employees of America, at Pittsburg: President, w. D. AIahon; first vice | president, A. w. Morrison, St Louis;
 second vice president, Benjamin Com
 mons, Chicago; third vice president, J. E. Colgan, Chicago; fourth vice presi- | dent, k. D. N. Hamilton, Ontario, Can
 ada; fifth vice president, William Kel- 1 ley, Quincy, Mass; sixth vice president, 1 r. ID. Thomas, Lima, Ohio; seventh
 vice president, T. !. Thorpe, Pittsburg. Regin Orr was reelected treasurer.
 The appointments to the executive
 board were Daniel l.. Dilworth, De-
 troit; R. l.. Reeves, Pittsburg: c. O.
 Pratt Cleveland; William Jacobs, l Louisville, Ky; D. k. Reede Chicago; w. R. Fitzgerald, Troy N, Y.; Freder- ick Fay, Ann Arbor, Mich.
 Have you seen the artistic and beau-
 tiful display of articles designed espe-
 cially for wedding presents that the 1 Upson Jewelry Go is showing? A de- 1 scription would be. inadequate to do 1 justice to this uncommon display; they 1 must be seen and examined to be duly