Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-06-22
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Lightning struck the house Of 6.
M. Sisson In Winthrop yesterday
morning and wrecked the kitchen,
parlor and bedroom. Mr. and Mrs
Sisson were unhurt.
The restaurant building at White
Oak, summer resort near New Brit
ain, was burned yesterday noon, the
fire being caused by the explosion of
a gasolene stove. The restaurant was
conducted by Fred w. Lang and G.
Il. Andrew and while the former was
lighting the stove an explosion oc-
Cured.
A certificate has been filed in the
state secretary's Office Of the incor-
poration of X the Partamol Company of
Danbury. The company is to make
partamol and is capitalized at $10,-
600. 1t is limited to a twenty-five
years period. The incorporators are
j. l.. Dankelspiel and Charles Brook
heen of New York city and J. Moss
Ives Of Danbury.
Cecil McDonough of Hartford who
was terribly burned Sunday evening
at his home by the accidental over
turing of pot of tea, died early yes
terday morning at st Francis's hospi-
tai. He was years old and was the
son of John M. McDonough Of No 8
Donald street The boy in play pull
ed the tablecloth off table on which
q pot of boiling tea stood, and the tea
was tipped over on him.
Jerry Lowe, colored, made a hustle
yesterday for Winsted to catch up
with the ForepaUgh & Sells circus
Lowe was one of the men arrested at
the circus grounds Monday in Hart
ford on the charge of shooting craps.
There was no evidence to support the
charge and Judge Caravan discharged
him in the police court yesterday
morning. Lowe Is canvas man with
the circus. He had but 25 cents yes
terday morning and started to walk
to Winsted.
Application was made before Judge
Platt yesterday for the release from
jail of William III. Lfenweber of Meri-
den, committed for contempt OF court
for failure to carry out orders OF Ref
cree Newton Of New Haven Judge
Platt denied the application. Creditors
alleged that he had concealed prop
erty and the referee ordered him to
| produce it, He said he had none and
/ on his failure to produce any Judge
Plat was notified and adjudged him
a
the kind in this state.
Policemen Costello and Marshall
found a man walking along Main
street near Charter Oak street Hart
ford, at ] o'clock yesterday morning,
dressed in derby hat and an under
shirt. They stopped him and sent him
to the police station to sober up. The
man said he was Carl Gustaveson. He
said that he had found the evening
warm and had undressed and sat
down on the steps of his house with a
couple of bottles Of beer to keep him
company. After finishing his com
panions. the idea of taking a walk
came to him and he set out just as he
was. When Policeman Flynn locked
| Gustaveson up Lieutenant Smith re-
marked: You needn't search him."
The activity occasioned in the
| eighth and ninth wards Of New Haven
| in particular, and several other sec
lions of the city, by the assaults and
misdemeanors committed there recent
| ly, eliminated Monday evening in the
| formation of permanent organfza-
ton to be known as the Citizens
| league of New Haven. The meeting
was held at the home Of Joseph Por-
| ter on Whitney avenue at the invita-
ton of committee composed of sew
eral gentlemen who have been active
in demanding an Investigation of the
workings of the police department
and other things which are called corr
rupt In the city's departments. Seven
/ ty-five well known residents of the
city adopted constitution. In order
to get at the work of reforming and
accomplishing the object of the league
eight members of O board of contro.
were selected. They areA Judge
Henry Stoddard, Joseph Porter Pro-
fessor H. w. Farnam, the Rev George
HI Ferris, George Lewis Sargent. John
t Manson, Professor Samuel I'll. Fish
err and Charles De Forest. Others viii
be appointed to represent other wards
In the city. One Of the reforms con-
/ templated by the league is to have
better locations for the polls and