l
t
lull 1111111 up
In M! m use cool 1...;
Willow-stun
.wnsmNGmN. March ill-uem-
be” or the late Connecticut delegation
111' the House of Representatives. are
denying Congress sadder but wiser
men, so for as patronage is concerned.
They have tound that in many cases
the plums that they plucked from
d the patrennso tree were Dead Sea
'7‘ "fruit. good to look at. but of deceiving
interior. The retired statumen are
'loroed to confess that patronage is
' ‘ not what it might be. As one of them
m bald: “There are ten candiates for ev-
'« .
I made nine enemies and one ingra
All stile SConnectiout Democratic
members of the last Congress were
disappointed in the federal Judgeship
RDWlntments when they favored oth-
11: candidate; than :‘those the depart.
ment of justice approved. Mr. Katine
a iv was disappointed in the selection
” .. 0!. WMMfir of internal revenue'cto‘
* which place he wshfed Miles Chanelly
appointed. Mr Reilly's defeat in at-
tributed in part to dissatisfaction over
his postmastership‘ appointments, es-
pecially his choice at Meriden. Mr.
H ‘ Donovan is said to’have gotten in bad
‘. , on somenppointmenta
‘ Mrs Lonergan declared some time
ago that Hartford county would get
something good in federal patronage
_ but it has gotten little but the post-
‘ Warships it is entiled to. and they:
times it source of trouble War“
with. The big- row he had on high
hands at liartiord over the post- office
there was followed by the New Britain
case. where W. F. Delaney got only
Innergan’s endorsement, which the
postofflce department would not up
prove before March 4 Mahan’ s pat-
ronage experiences have not been ai-
together delightful
Thomas F. Noone. whom the adminis-
nation turned down as a candidate for!
Judge, and running down to the Unit»
, ed States mnrshalship. for which he
favored George Forster Innergau
worked hard to land the marshalship
«101' John Galley, but failed.
NoOne Against Spellacy.
Malian and Democratic National
Committeeman Homer Cummings are
, new struggling hard with each other
over the. district attorneyship. [or
kick Mahan prefiers Noone, and Cum-
:minss has picked Thomas J. Speliacy.
. of Hartford. As Cummings is now
said to be recognized as advise: 16
the administration on Connecticut pa-
. trenage, it would seem that Spellacy s
silences would be better than Noone' s,
but former Governor Baldwin and his;
triends are sore against ispellacy, and
~. the outcome is uncertain.
.. Mahan is now busy after the New
Iondon postmastership. which he is
expected to get in due course. It is
reported that he will retire from the
mayoralty of his city in case of suc-
- , as The New London postmaster:
skip is only one of a number of Con-
.neotimit postmasterships that are It-
able to be filled by recess appoint:
about. before the next session of Con-
trees. The first batch of these ap-
poin ments is expected within a week
“'54
,, f Mishap wants two or three of
315 ends named postmaster at East
Hidden and other places. whom he
lied before he retired from
beginning with K.
and users? is working overtime to ..
do: ”sweater at Manchester. In its
my to return to Huttord hetero
lugiudmtinseforhi's good. sothat
he can take over the new office on
April 1, as C. F. Greene lately Dono-
van's secretary, took over the Brides-
port poetotdce March 1. Kennedy may
stay here until April 1 His family
is here. The plan is tor them to grub
=dlreet be their summer home ati
4W at. pounds. the per capita production in
The shifting of otilcea in the House !
ofilc'e building is going on constantly. I
old members moving around, new ones
moving in. ex-members getting their;
enacts out. The rooms of the Collt
necticut memberselect will be really
for them soon Charles Greenwood.
who returns as secretary to Represen-i
tatlveelect liill. may come here short-g
ly to keep Hill’s office open. or he may.
do business at Norwalk. Greenwood}
is said to be making a pecuniary sac-
rifice to leave his present connection
‘with the Salts Textile Company, but
he likes congressional work and for
family‘ reasons he wished to return to
Washington.
Many Jobs clubbed
Only two years of the Democratic
administration have passed but the
Democratic politicians have been so
eager {or the Dead Sea fruit of pet:
ronase that they have already suc-
ceded in capturing considerably over
half or the postmastership ornces in
the country. The Senate of the Sixty-
third Congress had [before it 7.099
postmaster-ship nominations out of
about 12.000 presidential post-offices
in the country. Nineteen cases were
rejected by the Senate. thirty nine
were withdrawn by the pussident for-
ty—i'ive Were left unconfirmed on
March 4. and the balance were con-
tinned. Eirst Assistant Postmaster
General new. the official“ headsmau
for the administration. has disposed of
over 35 000 postmaster appointment
cases during the past two years. in-
cluding fourth class offices, where Re-
publican hold-overs were required to
walk the plank unless they passed
examinations to the satisfaction oi the
tatives, senators or other patronage
advisers
dust at'present 177. I1 Sault, Bana-
tor «McLean’s, secretary, is dean of the
Connlicticut contingent at the Capitol
except Senator Brandegee. whose ar-
rival at the Capitol antedsted Saults
come down they will be the ranking?
members .of the Connecticut contin-
gent from the standpoint of first en-
try into‘iegislative life here.
, Onkoy Made Friends.
1’. Davis Crikey. Hartford county’s
new.representativoelect. has made a
invertible impression in Washington.
During his few days' stay here he be-
gan the formation of friendships that
Courant in the ‘908, how he was tak-
en on as a general utility man, did
inside and outside work, and among
other things reorganized the state cor-
respondence service throughout Con-
neéticnt. Mr Oakey was telling a
friend the other day how he discov-
ered “Jim" Sullivan. now minister to
San Domingo, who is under investi-
gation on charges of various kinds. He
appointed BulliVan. then a bustling
and poorly dressed youngster. to rep-
resent The Courant at Rockville.
Oakey said he then lost sight of Sul-
livan for several years. Next time he
saw him Sullivan was making a.
spmd eagle Democratic stump
speech at Waterbury. From that
Sullivan went t 0 New York af-
dilated with Tammany. defeated Jack
Rose, the gambler attracted the at-
tention of William .1. Bryan and Wes,
appointed minister to Can Domingo,
where he has been in hot water much
of the tiles since .
”filthy” ISLAND. QWAPPEIJ FOR’
DOC!EA8ED BY MACKAY ’
NEW YORK; Marsh 11.1lnder a
long term lease. with a purehngi 9'9-
non. Clarence H. Macksy. president
of the Commercial Cable company; it
was announced today. has come into
bosses: riot- Cardine‘rs Island. cone
acres. or: the easterly
which he will use
Hartford county until next; _, ,7
afl‘he sums is true of the third . .
'tion includes a graphic representation
,productaot thecouulfy.haled on!“
department and Democartic represen-q
somewhat. When Greenwood and Hill}
will last long. Mr. Oakey recalls twith .
pride his service with The Hartford
7- per capita output of cement in 1876
' :1913 it was 50,000 drains. or
United flat-s easiest-'01 surrey Pro- 1
Alarm-111m. as Other Ila-rats is:
187! Ind 7091818,
To illustrate the development at the
mineral muons ot the United states
the Geological Survey exhibit at the
Weiss International m.
M We. toaster with the are
m and marsh. such as thorium.
Mansion. and van-Illusions.
Tbe exhibit at San Francisco shows
the quantity of each of these substances
W per inhabitant in 1878 and
the amount in 1811. Each visitor may
thereto“ viewtheenantttyetthe new
”elements that he maroon-islet til!
Mandhewmpercelve how much
richer he is than his father in 1876.
or the output of the various were!
production per capita durlnx the cam
tenniai year, 1876. and at the present
time. Bituminous coal is represented
by a block of coal weighing 1.000
NEW HAVEN LEADS.
its Trains in New York Score Highest
Mame for Punctuaiity.
The New York. New Eleven and
1876, and by another block weighing
5 tons (10,000 pounds). the per supine
output in 1913 The anthracite
blocks. on the other hand indies” Hartford operated 4,886 passenger
relatively small ”in from 1,149 train! in New York State in the month
to 1880 pounds. .0; December int. and or these. se-
The per capita production of coke 00751118 to the report of the New York
has increased from 184 pounds in 1876 Public 397"“ Commission, 83 per
{9100 mud; in 1913_ At the earlier cent. were on time. while the average
period no other than beehive coke was “I” 0‘ fill it! till!!! VII only 2 5 min-
manufactured in the United States. “l“
bu 1 since then the interesting feature T!“ N" 'H““' I record ”0‘11 l“ "‘9
oi coke manufacture has been the de Percentage of trains on time and in
veiopment of the retort oven, by winch the Home delay to trains was the
valuable constituents of thecoai other ”9“ made W any railroad operating in
than coke are recovered. The exhibit “I. State. the next railroad to it nav-
at San Francisco shows the quantity or in: 33 291‘ cent. of its trains on time
coal consumed in retort ovens in this with an average delay at 4 6 minutes.
country in 1913. the quantity 01 echo The "WW 0’ the NOW York COW
produced from a. and the quantity 01: million on the nerlomnea of a»
coal tar. bonsai. and sulphate of am- “3891' "um ”0 Milli“ monthly.
mania recovered as “products. The In “‘0 Will" WW 0’ last 1'6” the
Quantity of gas recovered and utilized NEW-$07011 root! was first eight times
is also properly shown and second four times.
The production of petroleum in the The report for December tor the
United States shows an increase which principal roads we 'as follows:
is fairly comparable with that at bi-
tuminous coal. The per capita output 5 a 3 ~13 1: p
in 1876 is represented by a halfvbui‘rel ? E ,. 91 § g
of oil containing 22 gallons; the out- 3 E 3 35
put in 1913 is represented by a hogs- 3 §’ {3. 5- _
head containing 2. 6 barrels. or 108 i3 ‘2‘ g
gallons. y F 2 . 3
The per caplta production or copper. N. 11.. N. 11. s 11.. 1 4.886 as 2 a
which in late years has been so 1115-.
niilcantiy influenced by thedevelop- D. a H.......... 2 4.882 83 4.5
meat of olectrlopower transmission; ,
has increased from 1 pound in 1876 to Lona island..... 3 2.969 82 2.4
13 pounds in 1918. and this is iilus- ,
trated by ingots of copper of the two N. Y.. 0. a W.... 4 1.888 79 528 ““
weights. ’ ‘
The per capita production of lead BostonkAlbsny. 51.088 78 6.4
has increased from 4 pounds in 1876 ,
to 9 pounds in 1913. and the outputot Erie 5 6.817 78 5.6
zinc from a little less than 1 pound to ' .-
6 pounds. N. Y. Central.... 8 24.625 77 8.8
The quantity of iron are produced
shows an increase tram 311 pounds Central 1th.... 7 314 76 6.9
per capita in 1876 to 1,434 pounds in ' ’
1913 and the quantity of pig iron ob- D. L‘. A W. 7 1.573 76 7.0
tained item it has increased from 150 ' '
to 717 pounds Pennsylvania 8 1.888‘ 75 11.2
Since the Centennial Exposition an
entirely new industry in mining and Boston & Maine. 9 1,188 66 10.1
meallurgy has been developed through
the production of aluminum. Noaiuml Lehigh Valley...10 2.215 64 14.5
sum was produced on a commercial ‘ *
scale in 1876. but a cube weighing 12 Michigan Cent...“ 863 41 17.7
,.._-.—
eSAILl-NG MASTER LEAVES £8-
TATE’ T0 GIRL EMPLOYE.
will of Famous Coasting ‘8choener
8kippar,"‘¢spi. Meeker Filed.
FAIRFlEhD, March 11.——Captain
Wakeman B. Meeker, the Southport
sailing master whose coasting
schooners dotted the Sound between
Southport, Fairdeld and Saugatuck
ounces represents the per capita pro
duction in 1913. __ ‘
The actual production of gold and
silver in 1913 is a little more than
twice as much as it was in 1876, but
‘as the population has also nearly
doubled the per capita output of both
metals has kept nearly even with the
increasing population. in 1878 the per
capita production of gold was 17
grains; in 1913 it was 21 grains. The
production of silver in 1813 was 352
grains per capita; in 1870 it was 288
grains.
In 1878 the total production of Port-
land cement in the United States was
less than 40, 000 barrels. in 1813 it,
was over 92, 000. 000 ba.rrels The total
his entire estate. money and proper.-
ty, to Miss Nellie T. Collins. a girl
employed in his household:
His will. made January 2, 1802.
was admitted to probate recently by
Judge Bacon Wahemad of the Fair
the bequest to Miss Collins is a “par
tiai recognition of her faithful and
uniform devotion to me and for her
fidelity during many years in caring
1101- my welfare." , Miss Collins was
was 10, pounds. In 1013 it was 350
pounds, equivalent to nearly four or
the bags in which we are acuistomed
to see. Portland cement transported.
., It is only since the including of the
present century that the production of made executrix‘,
sulphur in the United States has had
any significant influence on the trade. .1
but the domestic product has now vir-
tually supplanted Sicilian sulphur in
the Markets. “of this country. In 18761
the per capita production of sulphur 1111
the United States was 150 grains
less than onsethird 91 an ounce“
G. Demarest. secretary and treasurer
o! the Southpo‘rt Trust Co.. was made
executor.
Captain Meeker was skipper of
many famous inst schooners that
pounds. Thejprodtiutioli 0! ”it!"
used in the p1, nufacture of sulphuric
£rtddliilual I 3&5?
dilemma Sale and llemonslation
“modal. Friday and Saturday
The Dress Hep artment has arran
ged a large and comprellensiu sllouin of North
Shore, Wash Dre-ssés, Which will be worn by living models in the dress roomg on Thurs-
day and Friday of this week. These dresses are of madras, crepe,
plain
and figured
voile. white and colored linen. They are so attractive, so practical and comparatively so
inexpenswe that they will prove most acceptable to every woman
In order
to introduce
them to our patrons in a pleasing and easy fashion, the dresses “ill be worn before visitors
who may see exactly how they appear
—...
There will be Dresses for Morning wear in the home for M
arkctin on warm sum-
mer mornings. for- Luncheon, for Afternoons on the porch, for the SeashoEe and {or Din
nor.
“Prices $1. 00 $1 95. $2. 95. $3. 95. $5 00 and $7 50-
Aimskeag Gingham, Striped and Plain
Chambrays $100
Striped and [figured Voiles. “1th satin
girdles, $4.95.
Linen Crash. white
tailored. $7.59.
and colored, nicely
tiles and trimmings.
9......
$7 50.
nqs‘
yr
Novelty Crepes, in fancy shades, $2.95.
Zephyr Ginghams with dainty embroidered
collars and vestees, $3.95.
Voile and Organdic Dresses with satin glr-
-
These pretty wash frocks are certain to be appreciated by every busy woman who has
not the time, or the faculty perhaps, to make her own.
N0 fuss with
a
dresmaker or
seamstress. no thinking or planning, but a dainty gown, ready to wear, and for ex cry
time of day.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Come and see them.
Dres’s Department, second floor.
bath Street.
., Special Music i
svsav sarcasm victims
The City National Bank
Cilifbrd . Hotel
Rathskeller
NOTE-amt" entrance tram Elise
The name indicates its diameter.
personal annulment»
A“Lincoln Day’? Thought
To be a leader in Its line a Bank numt onet- all that: is best for the
town, the suite, the business ilrm and the individual.
The reward that comes hum scrum: “oil is the belle principle 11
pan
which this Bank imitcs your account, not only your account but your
HaZelton
and New York halt a century ago. lett. .
. BUY
and
Coal
Furniture. Dealers
U ndertakers
field probate court. lit specifies that“
How “le" Does Comfort Tired, Burr...
according to the tes- 7 ~
taineut.‘ but she reinsed and Richard _
lied between Enirddd county ports. .
t
n'
Tbe8.iiershiielditSoICo I}
TIL. cu. {humanity 1
; W A. J Collins Company,
A .. .. , , FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALQERS.
“TIZ” FIXES ACHlNG. NOflTH MAIN STREET. sourn NORWALK
woman, '3an rang, 1' _ p T“ '
inn. Callous“ Feet and Corns. .
j; Delicious Creamery Butter
I4 CDTTAGE STREET _ .
2.3539881:
.11 lb. 321:
a 11111. 251:
sass- settings
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