Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-26


 Miss Ruth Hart of this city has bee elected president of the junior class a
 Wellesley college.
 Luke Stapleton has sold his prop erty at 40 Ridge street to Samuel Ric cardi. The sale was made through F N B. O'Neills agency.
 Miss Anna Kane is va1edictoria1 and Miss Eva Sheridan is salutatorial of the eighth grade class in Miss Don ahlle's room in the Crosby gramma school.
 l Eagle hive, Ladies of the Macca bees, will give a sociable and dance il Knights of Columbus hall on Friday night. A merry evening is assured to all who attend
 l A suit for $5,0OO damages has beer entered against the Consolidated Rail- road Go by George Gudtkops, admins trator on the estate of Joseph Gudt- kops The latter was killed on the railroad tracks.
 At the annual field day exercises of Company A yesterday, thirty of the men qualified as Inarksmen, fifteen as l first class marksmen and three as l sharpshooters. Major Tilson of New Haven was present during the exer- cises.
 Court Champlain, No 146, F. of A., in Odd Fellows hall next Saturday evening. Only members of the order will attend. The exercises of the cell ebration will consist in concert, dance and light refreshments.
 Bradford Webster and l.. Russell CartW of this city will graduate from Yale university next month MT Web ster, who stands very high in his class, has been visiting in Washing ton, D. C., during the past week. He has been offered fine position as pro- lessor of mathematics in a Quaker preparatory school for young men in Washington.
 On Thursday Company G will have its field day. This will finish the drill season for the local companies The men will go into camp at Mantle from August 10 to 15. Thursday will be the last time that the rife range at Simons- vile, or rather Riverside park. will be used as such. Owing to the building of new houses near the present rife range it will have to be abandoned and other grounds will have to be found before next year. A stray shot might do some damage near the present place where the field day exercises are held.
 At meeting of the Central Labor union last night it was announced that the Bartenders' union had decided to discontinue the 15 cents per capita as- sessment for the trolley strike. This does not mean that the union will not continue to lend moral and financial aid to the strikers, nor do they wish to have it construed as an indication that they intend to commence riding on the cars. So far none of the other unions has shown any signs of faltering. On the contrary 1t is said that they s"e firmer now than ever and bound to con- tinue the fight indefinitely.
 Timothy J. Brennan of Fuller street was charged in police court to-day with keepingj open place where drink was sold last Sunday. Judge Lowe filed al general demurrer in the case. This was overruled and a fine of $75 and costs was imposed. An ap- peal was taken to the district court under a bond of $150. August Pa kulet of Green street was fined $25 and costs. His place was searched last Sunday and a gallon jug half full of whiskey was found, dozen empty beer bottles, eighteen beer glasses, thirteen table t11mblers, a box of cigars, and thirty-five full bottles of beer
 As usual, the services at the Sol diers' monument on Decoration day will be under the auspices of the Sons of Veterans. The Rev John F. Zeither of the Simonsville NJ E. church will deliver the address Rev +. T. Bruno of St Johns parish will assist the Rev MT Zeither in conduct ing the service. All parties who wish to contribute flowers. for decorating the graves are requested to send word to G. A. R. hall and their contributions will be called for. This is a good work and everybody should tHy and do something towards help- ing it along so that there may be no scarcity of garlands to mark the resting places of the men who went out from their homes at their country's call and risked their lives in defense of the.4union
 An innportalft1 of the Team sters' and Drfversl International union. local 437, will be held tonight at s o'clock in Hellmann's hall, when dele gates will be elected to the national convention, which will be held in Nj agara Falls, N. Y, on August 3. Com mencing next Saturday the teamsters employed by the local dealers in coal will be granted Saturday half holi- day during June. July 5sand August. Other owners of teams besides the coal dealers have also granted their team sters half holiday on Saturday. Some men like R. N. BlakesIee cannot afford to allow their men a half holiday on Saturday, but instead they will pay the men for an extra half day. Nearly all the teamsters in the city were granted an increase of $1 a short time ago The teamsters feel very grateful to their employers for the favors received.
 An unusual display of diamonds, mounted in rings and brooches. is at tracting cunside derabIe attention In the north window of the Upson JeweIry Go. Their south window is confined to sterling silver pattern in silver plate called the "Iris'' in knives,