Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-02
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 One of the gifts to the Japanese relief fund being made up in Hartford comes from q life prisoner at Wctli- ersfeld. It is for $1 and 1t Is most creditable contribution. The fund has almost reached the total of $2,5OO. l Charles Scranton of New Britain. | who was released from the Middle town retreat about two weeks ago, J developed another streak of crazlness 1 so he had to be taken ill charge by the police Saturday. He stood on q | red hot stove among other extraordl- | nary antics, but was rescued in time to prevent receiving any bad effects. | The Hartford police have received communication from the police of Mineola, l.. l., asking for information l of John Matthews, said formerly to have been prosperous merchant I in Hartford. who dropped dead i'll that city last Friday while on his way 1 to the almshOuse to ask for aid. Noth- l ing is known of Matthews in Hart ford and the directories for several The handsome Maltby mansion at New Haven has been bought by Syl- vester z. Poli, the theatrical man, from ex-mayor c. T. Driscoll. It con- | tains twenty rooms and for many years has been considered one of the finest residences in that city. The purchase includes the famous Maltby hot houses. ..... .. William G. Robbins, executOr of the estate of Norman Kellogg, wllo died recently at Rocky Hill, with two assistants started to make an exam- ination of the rooms in the Kellogg house, only partial examination of which was made, but over $3O was found. One ten dollar bill and several one dollar bills and the balance was in change, and all was securely wrapped in old newspapers and the many packages containing the money were secreted in different parts of the room.
 Mrs John Bailey, 8 years old, was struck and killed by fast freight train in Newtown yesterday while walking along the track on her way home from church. The accident Oc- cured near a factory which was in operation and it is thought that the l noise of the machinery prevented her from hearing the approach of the l train.
 | Ebenezer Baker of Willimantic completed Saturday fifty-six years of continuous service as spool turner. and fifty years of that time he has been in the employ of the Willimantic Linen company and it's successor. the American Thread company. With | the closing of the mills Friday night he voluntarily resigned from the per. manent employ of the company.
 Chief Howard G. Arms retired on Saturday night from the head of the Bristol police department. The ofii- cers of the force had surprise in store and at G o'clock. Captain Ernest | T. Belden, who is now the acting chief. called the men together and he stepped forward and presented Chief Arms with handsome solid gold Elks' charm.
 An unusually pathetic case came | to the attention of the Hartford hos pital authorities Saturday night when ! the ambulance was called to take Mrs Edward C. Stanton and her five children to the hospital, all of them sick with scarlet fever. The eldest child is 12 years of age and tile ysiHgest 16 months. The ambulance made three trips to take the family to the hospital. The father and hus- band. Edward c. Stanton. is the only member of the family of seven who | is not sick.