Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-13
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Ten cases of scarlet fever were re- ported in the King street school at Meriden yesterday and the school was closed.
 Homer s. Cummings of Stamford was reelected national committeeman at the meeting of the democratic state committee in New Haven yesterday.
 An attempt was made Wednesday night to burn the plant of the Bridge port Beef Co in Bridgeport by setting fire to a mass of paper and excelsior piled against the building. The fire was discovered before any damage was done.
 Louis Baralldi, an Italian, who has opened a store and saloon at the cor ner of Congress avenue and Lafayette street, New Haven, says he is the son of an Italian duke who lives in Milan. Baralldi, who is about 30 years old. left home about year ago coming to New York, where he married He says he will not return to Italy until he is wealthy.
 The executive committee of the Ma tional Hardware Jobbers' association were the quests of the New Britain hardware manufacturers yesterday. The committee have been meeting in Boston and by invitation stopped in New Britain before breaking up. The visitors arrived shortly before o'clock and were taken at once to the rooms of the New Britain club in the Russwin building. where reception was held in their honor from 1 to 3 o'clock and luncheon was served. Rep resentatives of concerns not directly interested in the visit of the commit tee were present by invitation. The delegation was welcomed by Mayor Bassett.
 Governor Chamberlain was asked re- garddng his probable acton upon the suggestion to call an extra session of the legislature and said that he had not been able to give the matter very much attention, but he did not be- lieve the situation was serious enough to warrant the call. He had asked the opinion of Attorney General King and would shortly be able to speak more definitely. Governor Chamber lain had noted the action of Judge Freeman in granting extensions of time and believed that the troubles outside of Hartford could be adjusted if other probate court judges would follow Judge Freeman's example. The governor said that he knew nothing of Atwood.
 Mayor Charters's fight with the board of aldermen of Ansonia was thrashed out before Judge Ralph Wheeler in the superior court yester- day. The city of Ansonia asked for an injunction restraining Patrick c. Murray from continuing as acting superintendent of streets Charters appointed Murray temporary superin- tendent of streets last winter. Mean time the mayor nominated several men to fill the vacancies in the board of public works. but the aldermen have refused to confirm any nomina- tion since they organized in December, 1903. Murray, Charters says, proved incompetent and was discharged April 4, 1904, but has refused to go. He pro- cured an injunction in the lower court preventing the mayor from ap- pointing anyone and has been con- tracting bills on the city's credit since. It was finally decided in court that Mayor Charters should make a new set of appointments to be submit ted to the aldermen 24 hours before Saturday nights special aldermanic meeting.