M500 Suits and (lvercoats,
$1800 Suits and Overcoats.
$201108utts and Overcoats,
; $25.00 Stilts and Overt-oats,
, ’ $3000 Suits and ()rercoats,
."
RC ANBIS .
l
Worst Shiimnil Says Treasurer
‘ .. gratin). Since
it»? 5111i!
‘ . ’i'.
,a.‘ 1 , 1‘.
-.
‘1
'~ ".1 ,‘ J E
‘gi 11111151
. He Favors; Bigger inheritance .Taic
-» and a‘ State Tax
he undue}, an” t oi-rth'e stateetreu‘s
. .1 F1910; u fatten Just Issued
hiatus inform tion enough! to main
.. payers ,sit up ,nnd take serious no
- tor the treasurer Says-that tht‘
log for the-'ear is the worst slnct
1‘ 'ur. .1 hogexpefiscs are run
. hendluf the receipts ' under
called rightgaway. Thu
incur/tables, or inter-
nal-aura statement or
éé‘ t ‘ last ten.
the la.-
ercwlth 1P report or
bactlonu‘br the state.
cortisol this do-
sdr ending,
1.
11..
. $5.
. ‘ 'cro as follower .
IGJ‘t-L . . . .
p .
”all...
Km d.‘....‘li '1,” DO
00 1' 9 l , .r . ,
“3 984.25 . 3‘1. , i
l ' 1- ‘ 0
£117.90 2.502.151
54.741.649.81,
125,513.48
111111111
can i W‘Bmclal Accounts.
Balance to credit of all ac-
counts, October 1,1907 .31.258.8-ib.t;
Receipts from all sources
for fiscal year ending
Scptemhcr 30; 1001i 4,002,031.11
50.221.770.71:
Payments for all purposes .b.?l:l.2tll.::
' $478,815.51
“State Debt.
Fundcd debt ot‘titie ‘sit‘uic ..$874.ttm,bt
cash in 'tron‘sdry to the cred-
‘it. of chili lint nntds. St‘p‘
lembcr 30. 1908 . ..... 32.3.5134.“
, amount;
Sundry Matters.
The fiscal year just closed has been
- or very bad one for the state. and but
changed the financial condition of tilt
state from 'a surplus of $265,470.30. in
a net debt 01' $548,588.52. This mnhc:
a loss of $815,050.88. us the rcsult u:
the year‘s business in this departtncnl
being the worst. showing since the “'11:
of the Rebellion; , ‘ .,,
.The enormous expenditure durlm
the year ot’“$¢i.741.049.81,:shows per
traps more truly its magnitude whc1
compared with that of aevon your:
- ince. when $3.77'i.109.91 was pent am
:this amount included $1.00. .0011 ex
intended for state bonds. as illiiiills‘.
only $2.000 last year. > .
i - i regret. to say‘ the fiscal year liuw in
progress will surely be much “'(H'HU
than last year. for a-numbcr oi‘ illl'Kl
appropriations have been only partial
iy used”, and the. balance will be rcry
'laregly‘ drawn this year. Lesstlnn
$360,000 was drawn for good toads his.
year. ,while more than $750,000 wii.
ivprobably g‘oout this year for this pnr
Elise. “It is certain that a greatly in
'.reased amount will be drawn for tho
‘eiv state library building this your.
plor which purpose 31.500.000 has been
must be completed at it large expcndl
ture. The. freeing of the toll bridge.
‘,.w,ill also ‘go oh this year at a probablt
toast of about: 33001000 ”more. New
: nmcrlcsin the state will take $50,000
or more. :Puhlic buildings elsewhere
and other, heavy items will swell the
amount to extraordinary proportions.
,, A conservativeestimate indicates at
least, 51.00.000 more. expenses, than last
year. with 'wellmnigh s certainty of
its being ‘n'mii‘lioiiwnd a quarter, 1
4“, ,am‘, decidedly. o .the opinion that it is
necessary to cifli a halt in this mod
' ‘ Mace, of excessiye expenditure and re
0 him t‘o‘the‘old-tlme policy of,- connecth
cut or “play as on go." indicad of got
lag in debt in; sneaving‘lt‘rro“ future
generations “to“itettle‘bur bills. as Well
as their own. ‘ ‘ 1 . ‘.
Moi-003,031,011” Needed.
More revenueis necessary and l
urgently. recommend an increase of tin-
.lhheritance tax. so thutt‘it will produce
double the present amount; This can
‘ readily .be‘done :nnduourttax from this.
source ,is.,l:ess.,jonoro11n,on those paying
iii, ;tiu1f,‘ip.",ihos£ of. the states where
this ii”: ill collected.,ialso recommend
1!! ‘ 35.017.063.29
a staining, on] the towns of bolts mill,
in , - . '1.
.‘upproprinted. The armory and arsenal
‘ 111111 sin. is.
11"llllt‘ tic 11ml caciudrcly in
the rumour nrni prunpctviiw
'1’ 1" vu'he stntc,
State Bonds.
'1 _;. ncrnl nosumhly of 100? thlt‘tl
or bonds nnmumiuu an 31:.
1.4.1... 111 urdcr to 111ch lltcycry iicnry
'\‘.»‘.15r'1re umhurircd. but thus far i
111“ l ' lusncd any. and on than». are
r “ '-1‘~tundinp 3571.000 bonds due in
“’3" M the puytncnt or which the
1““ 1' Mun of tho urncrol assembly
“‘1" «wide. I 1111111; this entire tnnt~
"‘1 0’ :w‘ulng bonds should be refer
MI in 1'1...» general assembly. and that.
standing cuunrtlttce on ilnnncu
.wefully consider the matter
ilii‘l 1i L‘
in 5111;1‘
hi“...
includc thc redemption of
111/
1.": minds, in: unit as (110 other
MI» 1-1 outlay.
Temporary Loan.
'13-... run] loan of Hit} stoic odds
“‘ 1"" 1’" 1‘ 30. and on that date no tem-
“" ' 1:111 had been made. Perhaps
i" I 1' has no place in it re art for
1" coding: Srptcmber 3 , 1908.
. 111attcr of information I will
i 1 , vs at the date otifthltlll‘fiml‘li
V- - .;. , 1, innit, there is abate 101'
-'..' “11‘ m nut. payable. i'JGttembel‘ 1‘. and
it .51 my intro to borrow still more.
"i ' :wl. boars inturest at 3 D8? 09mm
'4 w more at the some
lismii'iriimd. This shows the
~llcnt credit oi‘ the state. it
‘unlual to impair it.
1; upcctivcly submitted.
l-‘ltEEMAN S. PATTEN.
1111‘.
.l'l“.
'11'
Treasurer.
For In) fin "‘
CASTO:
1111“» _ . 1
in 1111 in :iltttWW
/
Bears the ,
Signature of
GlRL. SWALLOW “1
"at. l -
Florence SMIth,‘ of patohogut, .Dllllk'.
ad Schooh \
1311111101} L- “"11““ 13,41th
(-‘llt‘t‘ Smith [£11111 fine.“ years Old
dunghm- (11"Eriioatism1m'filn an eifOl't
to Ilillitt‘ lu-raelt sickl ”0 She would “Gt
be l't)lli]lt‘i]1‘t1 to 301° schml- awe-“0“":
on 11111111 “up“ owing, It is estimat.
cd that 111.. mwdlowed'llhout one hun-
tlrlc‘d pin}. in "i. i
1-. Willis ‘ W
1111, who .;&;{?giitiiiifl the silt]: slays
m a very c‘rmcal condit and.
lilt‘ utilitiur mung that She iii nut den
HS iiii' “5”“ of hm. “mintlaJrEastl‘O‘
nominal 1'1 at. It lichen“ed the .girl
was dcnicuicd When “he! wmmitte‘:
hcr mm“ “m as her father- was son
to an 11111111111 game time ago tormen-
tul trluumcnt. '
w
Brooklyn phi/El"
cl
0110111111“ 1'
1 don‘t 1 it doesn‘t
kc vour cook book—
.recomntcuii Gold Medal Flour.
mucous.
1 111: 111:
- ' now,
- now,
- now,
’ ROW.
- now.
1 11... lidllhr, and would at Menthol”
”if 111-1111. 9. bill for an issue of bonds;
(“Challenge Sale prices and values displayed are
always as advertised and this Sale ”is no exception.
1 Lot .1 110.00.112.00 and $15.10 Suits at 14.89 “
Top Coats at Half Price ‘
$15.00 and $16.50 Raincoats,
$6.50 Snug Rubber Boots, ,
Children’s Suits at Half Price
1
‘ $9.89
$12.89 .
$13.89
1111.89
$19.89
5;
1
” 7 } Furnishings and ”Sines at Equal Redu‘
1 SPHERE.
i “Mm—H...
. Have Discover” that Baiting Type.
, wriinr it No ”Better Than Beating
2 Omelet, Says Femininé Authority.
, NEW YOl-‘it, Jun. 18; ~'i‘hc it 1111111111)»
3 oi‘ the “new" 111111111111 ,to avoid ironic (in.
: live. to outcr- thc,.prot‘cssious and or»
, cupatlous of lawn and in regard mur-
I rhino its hampering a “inbuilt-r" and
"morc intollct-inui" carccr rcprcscnia
mcrcly thc extreme awlné of tho pcrr
dult‘un in the nuwl‘imcnt which illle
brtinght to womcunitiny rights and up.
lporltmitics not formerly cujnycd by
1 ihemguccordlug to Apple Nathan bicy-
.’cl‘.-\\'ho is one or the prominent run.
scrv’aiivcf lt-ndcr'u or women‘s ~morc~
meats. in this respect she likens wo—
men to the Amoricdh pilgrims ullcr
they ’wero trccd from slavery when
they wanted to do only tlic'things that
they had bccn forbidden to do pre~
i‘io‘usly. Following a' similar hupulsu
women how bccu ambitions in their
now-found frcedom to rival men in cd-
itcatlon and busiuttsn and have lookcd
l
were better flititcti;ltti,'pet't‘o‘rutt. ,
""i‘ho problem uncle future will be
‘how best to in women for more ei'ieot~
lye service. in the tasks that have nev-
er been denied them." says Appleton‘s
Magazine in an article by Mrs. Meyer.
‘,‘They will have to be led back gently
but firmly from following false gods.
They have to discard the notion that
because something was denied them in
the past it must necessarily be. just
what. they want. Why is it that the
home is so comparatively little a cron-
tion of scientific , irogross and the
store; the factory nd the hotel are
pick to take ntlvanthgo of every ud-
vance? ‘Why is the home with its pow-
or. its influences, its human interest.
«homered narrow, while the counting.
louse with its greater routine. its dull-
i" t‘l‘e‘ta‘tls. ‘ls‘contddored broad? Is the
man who plods all day over columns
of figuresdoing so, .much more inter-
esting work than the woman who
hangs over a cradle? I's pounding .a
typewriter more intellectual than bent-
lngnn omelet? These are eattentions
mature beginning to be ask .
“Slowly and by degrees." the Apple-
ton article dfitlurep. '.“through Wiser
and more extended industrial educa-
tion. through soicntiiicfl training for
homo-making and child-rearing. the
old, old dutieso! womanhood, the
scorned, belittled duti s, will be en“
“traded in their right. airplace. The
city to 'eni’rsnohiso;:the home' will
came to connote something quite dil-
té‘iéut 5 tram, what new implies. 1t
indoor be broughtobo‘ht by dragging
tile domain the oldie. but by cause
crating ‘Otthfl ho ‘ «he. acctnnulated
result. of scientific knowledge and
moral progress. ,,.'l.‘hen, and then on-
ly, will women find the direction 01‘ the
home—etc note the President or the
University of Wisconsin: ‘A, high in‘
tellectnal -pleusuro,1..~rather than n
wearisoma‘rontiue.’ Then, and then
only, will entruuchised woman conic
gully and freely into ‘her own.’ "
i
with disltlsle on tire.wnrk,,whiclt may,
Illitli”i":~i 'i‘liEATRE.
New acts for lluyl's Titt‘nlrc. this
(rt-tilt. include Mack and Dugul (‘11.. pru-
wnvim: thc hccnic novelty, Gril's
i‘haultsgivlng. Thcy curry on entire
ll‘tiiitlt‘iiull for this not. 'l‘hc sketch
Hts tuition by Congressman Fred J.
iccnmu. thc same author who won the
no thousand dollar [ll‘k‘t‘ in theI re-
wui rnutcst im- an urilgnul idea. in a
11111 act plot elicit-h. This not closed
successful tour owr Keith and, l’roc‘
01's chcuil. Walter Sinnott. the
\mcrlcnn llnrry Lauder; cotton and
larrow, that most talkcdof musical
1'11 in rundc'rilic: O'Duy and Wilkins.
no peers ui' eccentric comedy. and Ray
iurrny. ihc nwcct singer. ought to
lake as good a program as has been ,
rrscntod ntu Huyt's this season.
11‘. .l. FORCE BENEFIT.
Lovers of music and song are offered
1 treat par exocllcncc in thetcotlcert
11 lm hold in the South Noru‘aik Con-‘
:rcgulionai t‘hurch on Fritliil'..
11nry 22. tcndercd to Director l‘. J.
s‘orcc by .1hc Rough Rider (lieu Club.
i‘his famous organization will render
;e\'erul choice selections and will ho
insisted by the host artists in western
' ‘oupccticut. among whom will be Miss
‘11. F‘. liaicy. of Ncw Haven. soprano.
'ormerly soloist in the. South Norwullt
.lcthodisi. and Congregational Church-
19: Miss Agnes Litllojohn. of Nor»
vulk. known as one of the host. may
'lolinlsts in thc country; Miss Wini~
rcd \\'ciuslcln. oi‘ Danbury. nu elocua‘
ionisi oi rare ability; Chester lieno:
list. of New York city. bass soloist;
he, Apollo Quartet. from the cele-
irated 'l‘lppecnnoe Chorus Club. of
iridgeport—iirst. tenor. Roy Edwards:
econd tenor. Louis Giraud; iirst bliss.
1. Stcbbius (llyne; second bass. Stat!L
cy Beans; accompanist. Mrs. Chester
.loncdlct. There are many other
artists with whom the. management is
negotiating and. all who attend are as-
utred of an exceptionally enjoyable
wetting. Tickets- tire. fifty cents. and
ire being sold rapidly by the friends
If Mr. Force. the people of the town
tirreelng that it is fairly Fred's turn.
DRUSELA:
it’s what you can 113 all the "met with Gold
Medal Flour that counts. Try it. Anon“.
.NEW SOUTH WALES RIGHT REGU-
Ln‘rtous. »
SYDNEY. ‘N. El. ‘Wn Jim. l8.——'i‘he
uwcrnmeut has, decided to prohibit in-
fighting and the use of‘ gloves. udde‘r
l11x ounces in all future boxing “can:
,lests. Pending ,ieglslation of that-sill)-
ect, the police are empowered to en-
”orre in the regulation. .
' WEAVER SHOOTS WIFE.
LOWELL, Mass, .‘lan. 18.—Paul Leo
Dion. a weaver. drod two [hots at his
vifo. Mary L. Dion, early today.
her refusal to live with him. and then
llhoi, and killed hlntselh Mrs. Dion is
.rxpecied to recover. 1 ‘
mm
Jun- ‘
upon . Q
honour. JANUARY
.1.
1,. . . “ ‘1
' t
. u
- 1 $5.19
ions
, .. tilliliii.‘ .. ..
very ill. . .
. Mrs. .1. ll. Sturgcs is quiic ill 111 hot
homo in Cannon. ,
E” 119119. Di caution is slowly illi-
pmvlng from a recent illness.
('hristupher Evans has gone to Ny»
ack. N Y... to sound ii. month:
11 visit with friends in'Staplcton. I.. 1.
from the Christmas vacation spent at
her home ln,\i’cston. uhdhns resumed
her high school studies.
At the present writing Mrs. Sarah
Ann Gregory is lying .very low at tbc
home or Mrs. Roycé‘.‘ in Brooklyn. Her
daughter. Mrs. Anna Pike, is with her.
Right Rev. Chauncey ,B. Brewster.
bishop of the diocese. will administer
the rite of confirmation in St. Mat-
thew‘s parish. Sund‘ v eroding at 7:10.
Rey. Arthur Chapnr tor St. ‘Stephen'é
church, ltidgcficld; will also his present.
Mr. William C. DeWitt,"a student in
Yale University. hos’re'mrnéd ‘i’rom {a
trip to Canada. where he addressed
some 2,000 students at 11 university in
a course or 30 lectures. lie went un-
der the auspices oi‘ the Yale branch
.of the Y. M. C. A. ;,
The Women‘s Auxiliary or St. Mat-
thew‘s parish met Wednesday after
noon at. the rectory. The young ludics’
guild contemplates holding an enter-
tainment in February. . This same or-
: Saturation has presented a black wai-
nut dhli‘lonier to hold the church vest-
mcnts. 3
'Andrew Hoyt died Saturday. Jan:
nary 9, at his homeln blewCanaan oi
la ‘grl‘pp‘c‘. i’vith complications; aged 78
years. He was born in mwicboro,‘N.
Y., the son of the. late lsduc and Attila
Hoyt Tito interment. took mace 'edv
nesday afternoon in Hillside Ceme-
tery, this place.
Mrs. Emily Morris had the pastor.
tune to meet with a. distressinguCci-
dent. Wednesday ‘mornlnx. at her
home in North Wilton. While near
the stove she was seized with u will}:
.ing spell, and, tailing against the
stove. wassoverely burned about the
lace. Dr. Byron. of ‘Bidgeiield, was
summohed. and did all. possible for her
.rcomiort. , ' , ..
'M‘ris. Caroline Culverhouse
daughter Dorothy, of Lee, Mass, have
been visiting friends in town. Doro-
fthy, who lsia precocious juvenile aged
6. evinced great interest in the princi-
ples of theology, ,When questioned in
respeodtothe origin or species. she do
clared that Mixnnd Mrs. amlth,iwho
are friends of her mother in. Lee. were
the first. man and Woman.
, EASYTO DO. ,
"i would like to see you, tomorrow.
Will ”it. cause you any annoyance ii i
call ”round when you are at work ?“
"None whatever."
"By the way. Where are you working:
now?’ ‘ ‘ ‘
t “Repairing thc tunnel. Just. drop in
i any limo."
.w u... .. M...“w....»......»...~..-w. up. mg. . w .... .,
1.9.89
newsor THE nnrrLEsmPs. f
1s
A mail employed by Louis Ambler is:
Miss Ruth 'i‘rcudwcli has returned .
and,
1
thletranche .RUMIHI Attack Three
‘ American Sailors.
ALGlEltS Jam lit-«Jilin battleship
Kentucky came into this port today. ,
infinity-15.11111. lS.—~itenr-Adnii-
rnl Richard Wainwright and the mem-
bers of. his stuiiutteuded the (”Will
last night. When the orchestra played
thc American national anthem, the co-
the audience sum up and cheered
Mrs. it. ll. Fitch has returned from Luutil "19 ""1850 was repeated.
PARIS. .ln'n. iti.—v‘-Antlin‘ssndoi' White
left here today 101' Nice, where he will
glru‘ 11‘ Series oi" entertainments in
honor of tho dinners oi the visiting
American battleships. ,
\llliLEit‘RANCHE. .Jan. tS.--Three
American sailors from the battleships
at present in Villain-nacho harbor, had
an encounter this morning with ogang
of local ruilians. A party of their
’comrades came (otheir rescue before
anybody was seriouslyhurt. andby
the time the police arrived tour out. of.
the live assailants were prisoner's in
the hands of the bluejackets. ’l‘lie titth
camped: ‘ ‘ ' “”" '
. CONSTANTINOPIE,‘ Jun: ills—”John
G. A.“ laishman, iiic-‘Lkmet‘iotin ambus-
sailor. today conveyed to the sublime
'i’brte the regrets-«phi Bohr-Admiral
Sperry that it. would he linpossiblo’ for
any battleships 'of the“ American fleet
to visit Consthn‘tiii'ople;"qs‘vtlie‘ plans
or the cruise would" prevent’it‘. “'Mr.
Leishman will proceed to Smyrna on
board the Scorpion to visit the “battle:
ships Louitiinn and Virginia. ‘Tenioi‘il-
cérs of the Turkish navy will Join the
battleships at Smyrna; and accompany
them to America: ‘ _
HorEL, ARRIVALS... ,
Clifford-19. Pin. :Ltlrabmn; than,
I
Mass; G. A. Sexsmith. Wutervlletfhi.
Y.: E. .1. Adams and wife. Boston;
.l. S. Nathan. Mr. and”Mrs.‘P. J. Mack.
Hurry Rosenberg. ,111. P. BroWn. New
York; J., Silk, city; Joseph Lewis,
New Britain;,;.R. D.'1'ii,lurvln,,0hicn§0:
hirs..M. Miller. MKS-v M. .l.,,,Mark,s 'and
daughter. Troy, N. .Y.;- William Grouse.
Charles ,Reinhold,»,.i_ngk .liaiupsoh, .iiar-
ry liampson. George ,Newioud. mn-
bury; dmnesF‘enberg and wits, hilt-
dlctown. N. Y.: N..E.,R. Mortimcrf ‘n
wile. New Haven; L. E. Corbin. or-
center. - . f
, Monsanto—4. B. Adams and yitc.
Ridgédeld; J.“ L. Alden and. Wife. s.
A..Adams and wife. 13., .l.». arson,
George Brown. 0.12.11], Show, A.‘ .‘Good-
rich. 1.. .0. 11111111111113. .9 1i. isomer.
M. '1‘. Schnspacher'. . ‘ew orb-3'“ George
liférfréck. Amshe‘rsté l 11.; 11183111911.
‘.., . rant. p‘rn , d: 01A. 3 3.,
11.. Li Cabot odd attic. C. G. .‘mbgt.
Boston; Mme. Laisne. H. A. Md bew-
son.“ John 3. Shaw. .1. .1. Ghioitog Gen-
eral and Mrsniiusseil Frost. it such
Frost. ‘Jr.. Miss Ethel, Mllijdrtln‘cit‘y;
~'ll.li"m 0. [other W. linlqsnggihflkl.
Koenip,r and Wife; 0. ‘E. Storinon‘t. New
Haven; 11‘. R.‘ Hurlbuttf Wiito : VS.
'lroensteiu. M. .1. Jordan. lirltlg litll‘t‘,
hauls Mints. NewarkN. .l.: ,(1. 11‘ Had.
leth. Troy, N; 11.; H.1L.Wlittoni"‘ cook:
1111: kl. Stools. Nurwalltr E. w. n nscb.
Baltimore, Md; J. D'. 001111139111 'i‘ord. ~
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