Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-25
CITY NEWS

A SOu was DOTu tO-udy LO NIT anu Mrs Julius Zibell of 28 Second ave- nue. ! Veronica, daughter of Joseph Ma tereavych of 159 South Leonard street, died yesterday. The funeral took place this afternoon with inter- ment in Calvary cemetery.
 The revised rules of the democratic 1 party in Waterbury are now out in book form and everybody who wants to be familiar with them should get one and read 1t over carefully. | The funeral of Mary Penney will ,l be tomorrow morning at S:30 \ o'clock from the family residence on Hopkins street with a mass of re- quiem at St Thomas church and in- torment in Calvary cemetery.
 The democratic town committee will hold meeting Friday night, when some action will be taken re- garding the appointment of sue cessor to succeed the late Chris Strobel as treasurer of the commit tee. For some time past George Strobel has been filling the position and 1t is said that he may be asked to continue to act in that capacity. The case of Mary Friend against H. P. Lucas will be heard next week by petit jury in the city court. The suit is for rent and both counsel are at variance to the facts and the law. Attorney Russell appears for the plaintiff and claims $20 rent and Att torney Church, counsel for the de- iendant,a allows that all that is due is $2.60. '
 Patrick J. Cavanaugh, 296 Bishop street, will leave for few months trip through Ireland and England Friday afternoon, sailing on the White Star liner Cedric. MT Cava- naugh will land in Liverpool, stay a few weeks on the Isle O Man, after which he will visit Ireland. He does not expect to return until early in October. It is his first trip east.
 John Newell, the we'll known poll ,ician met with mishap last night that came near putting him out of commission for some time. He was riding home on trolley car and had few pieces of boards with him and as he was alighting from the car on North Square he made a misstep and fell 10 the ground. He was assisted to the sidewalk and after resting sometime managed to hobble home.
 F. T. Mclaughlin of New Britain was arrested today in this city by Detective Dodds and Officer Callinan He Is charged with theft. McLaugh
 lin Is said to have stolen an overcoa' from Dr Engelkes office last winter One Saturday afternoon in March hs : entered the doctors office to write { : letter. While he was there the per son in charge had occasion to leav, the room but on their return Nc \ Laughlin and the coat was gone. H' has not been in this city since. bu : when he was spied this morning. thu police were not long in giving him tn hook. Mclaughlin denies he tool
 the coat.
 The summary process suit of Loui
 F. Haase against John w., Smart O
 Boston, the lessee of the Hotel Con
 necticut, will be tried in the cit,
 court tomorrow before a petit jur. and Judge Peasley. The claim is mad s that the actual defendant, Franl
 Mclaughlin, the tenant occupyinl e the hotel, did not pay his rent. $500 n for June. The defense. which is con
 ducted by Attorney Carmody. claim 's that the check for the money wa if drawn 10 "N. F. Bronson" intendin
 it for Attorney N. R. Bronson. coun 't sel for the plaintin. and left at hi
 ofiee on the day 1t was due. June 90
 Attorney Bronson claims there Is n k such man in town as "N. F. Bror
 son" and anyway 1t was cash not '5 check that should have been left k his office The officials of the ban
 on which the check was drawn hav 70 said. it Is claimed. they would hay ,o paid the check had 1t been presente
 to them.
 " The limbs O the law in the Od 10 Fellows building were cut from civ
 ltxatfon an hour or % this morning E About 10 o'clock the elevator @
 stuck. not on itself as those who u'
 1t would suspect, but on a part of th
 machinery along the slide Up
 down ft would not go. and Captai
 Baker who was on board alone VI
 Thinking his last hour had come vhs A the car took drop. not too much
 any means. but just enough and se " tied on a sand bar at the bottor
 Captain Baker then got ashore ar
 to civilization and wired for a m' i. chinist right away. It was some tin
 before the machinist arrived ar
 meanwhile the limbs O the law ve' suffering all the pznEs of people ti'
 up fn a vreek- Those vho were do~ would not dare climb up the la " tosen stories and those who were '
 were afraid to come down. thfnkir tAat the elevator would rscover ifss