Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-11
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The republican state central com mittee will meet in Hartford on Fri day evening of next week at s o'clock, to arrange for the calling of the next state convention and to se- lect the temporary chairman.
 Bessie M. Morse, teacher in the public schools in Southington was be- fore Judge Case in the superior court yesterday defending suit for divorce on the charge of desertfon. Her hus- band is Gordon Philander Morse of Plainyille.
 Cyrus Lee and his wife, Mrs Sarah Cady Lee, of Somers celebrated the sixty first anniversary of their mar riage and also the S3d birthday of Mrs Lee yesterday. MT Lee is S4 years and l month old. They were the first couple published, as was the custom, in the present church edirice by Rev James r. Terry, 61 years ago last Sunday. They have seven chil- dren living, most of whom were pres ent, and also several grandchildren.
 A we'll dressed young man pretend ing to be a Trinity college student, passed a worthless check at the Full Ter trunk store in Hartford Wednes- day afternoon and succeeded in mak- ing $6 thereby. He bought trunk and offered ill payment therefor check for SIP on the Farmers and Me chanics' National bank of that city, drawn by Frank W. Khowlton, pay able to the order of James T. KnoWi- ton, and purporting to be indorsed by him.
 For several weeks lOafers have been going to St Joseph's convent at Hartford daily and have not only asked but demanded food. They would go into the house and sit down and would not leave until food was given to them The same men have been recognized day after day. The police decided to end the nuisance and yesterday morning Policeman Babcock went to the convent just af- ter breakfast and waited for develop ments. In a short time three men boldly came to the back door, walked | in and seated themselves. The SIS | ters recognized them as men who had been there before. They were arrest. ed and while the policeman was walt 1 ing with the men for the wagon to l arrive five more men went to the house. They evidently learned that 1 a policeman was close by, because l some of them made their exit from l the convent through a window before the policeman could reach them.
 ] Edward Laughton, lineman em.
 ployed by the Hartford Electric Light l Go. was seriously hurt yesterday af' ternoon because he was using a belt
 designed to prevent accident. He was ! doing some work on q pole at the
 corner of Capitol avenue and Whit man court. He had his weight on
 one foot to which was attached pole | climber and his body was secured to
 the pole by the belt so that he was 1 free to work with his hands. Sudden
 ly the spike on the climber lost its hold in the pole and Laughton fell l About six feet below where he had
 been working was an iron windlass
 used to move the electric light up and
 down Laughton, held close to the
 pole by his belt, struck this windlass on his stomach. The belt could sliI 1 down no further so he hung there un 1 til lifted down by other workmen
 Laughton was suffering greatly when l released, and was taken to the Hart
 ford hospital in the ambulance. Nc
 bones were broken, but it is probable 1 that he was injured internally.