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THE EVENING GAZETTE
. 'wmsn AT ms Pos'r Omen in Noawanx
as a ansrarnn:
H AIL SUBSCRIPTIONS
DAILY. one year. $3: sixfimonths, $1.75: I three
months. $1.00; one month, 30c. I
WEEKLY, one year. in Ivadvance. $1.00; six
months. 600.: three-months. 35c. '
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH-24, 1897. -
Mr. 0uay in the South.
The careful reader of the newspapers
must have noticed that the moment
Senator Quay arrives in the South that
section begins to stir with adventure.
Usually a tarpon, the largest ever
taken, supplies the basis for a moving
”tale which is good for two or three
headlines in the newspapers. and per-
haps five in the Quay press in Pennsyl-
vania, which, bytbe way, is a large and
influential part of the press of the
State. The latest adventure of Mr.
Quay at St. Lucie is decidedly the most
exciting and will command “scare
heads” in every newspaper in the Key-
stone State. With the inevitable tarpon
—this time “a fine one”—is mixed the
thrilling element of a panther, “a gaunt
‘ and hungry beast with great strong
jaws.” This ferocious creature, 'With
that “unearthly scream” which pan-
thers have been uttering ever since
they came upon the earth, dropped
from the limb of a live oak tree and at-
tacked the tarpon that Mr. Quay and
”Seminole Jim” were carrying. Of
course the men were thrown to the
ground by the weight of the animal.
but being more alert than the Indian,
the Senator was first on' his feet, and
drawing his trusty revolver began to
pour a leaden fire into the hide of the
panther. Seminole James got in a few
licks witha club, and “Sam” Burke,
an accompanist, landed “several well
directed kicks” in the bowels of the
savage brute. The really effective
work, however, was performed by Mr.
Quay, who never blanched or quailed,
but kept up a deadly fire fore and aft
until the panther yielded up the ghost.
With such sport as this‘in Florida, who
is heartless enough to blame Senator
Q iay tor fleeing from the humdrum of
Washington ? '
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The Civil Service.
Aboflicial table of the executive civl
service of the United States has just
been printed which shows the whole
number of appointed officers and em-
ployees to be 178,717,',whose annual sal-
, aries aggregate $99,589,827.28. Of this
number 87,108 are in the classified ser-
vice and 91,609 unclassified.
0f the latter 4,818 are above classifi-
cation—Presidential appointments con-
firmed by the Senate—and 8,850 are la-
borers or workmen below classification.
This leaves 72,371 positions not yet
classified and subject to appomtment
,or removal irrespective of the civil ser-
vice rules. I ’
‘ Of these excepted positions '79 are in
tile-War Department, 95 in the Interior
" Department, 560 in the Department of
"Agriculture, 39 in the Library of Con-
gress and 63 in the Government Print-
‘ing Office. All the rest, to the number
of 71,535 are in the Post Oflice service.
In effect, the whole civil service of the
United States, below the oflices filled
by the President with the advice and
consent of the Senate and excluding ‘
mere laborers, is now under the classi-
fied system, with the exception only of
the minor post otfices.
0f the 4,818 Presidential appoint-
ments also, 3,635are in the Post Oflice
service, leaving only 904 in the depart-
mental service, one in the Government
Printing Ofiice, 215 in the. Custom
House and 63 in the Internal Revenue
service. This represents the amount
of patronage actually at the disposal of
the President,” for which so many
thousands are now scrambling.
The Democrats and the Dingley Tariff.
There is no oppression in limiting
the tarifl‘ debate in the House to ten
The main thing is to enact as
soon as possible a bill which shall yield
the:revenue needed by the government,
says the New York Sun.
The opposition of the Democrats in
{Bongre'ss to the particular measure
which Mr. Dingley and his associates
have prepared for that purpose, is pure-
Ty formal and perfunctory. They de-
sire, as much as any Republican can de-
sire,-that the Dingley bill shall become
a law without delay.’ Even if they be-
lieved it to be a bad tariff, extravagant
in same of its features, foolishly anti-
‘protecti've in some, and as a whole in-
adequate torroducz theiadditional rev-
, cane , which the treasury must have,
nah?
No,
issue by a fall.
‘—
there'is every pelitical reason under the ‘1
sun why they should promote its pas-
sage, rather. than ofl‘er obstructions; ,
That is to say, the sooner the Wilson
tarifi is out of the way, and a new tarifi'
in force for which the Republican party
is solely responsible, the better, from a
a party standpoint, it will be for such
remnants of Democracy as Cleveland
and Bryan, between them, have left to
the country.
'l‘heie'ore, we expect to see the bill i
drawn by I
House and Senate and to the White
House for isignature, smoothly, Speed-
ily, substantially in its present form,
and without any more violent or (.b-
Mr. Dingley
structive opposition thanthe proprieties l
of partisan etiquette require.
likewise what the country expects.
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The Cause of Death. i
The inquest upon the two men \I'ho
died in Philadelphia last Week from in-
juries received in fighting,
clearly that neither of them ought to
have been engaged in such “sport.” In
the case of the older man death appears
to have been the result of a diseased
constitution that was brought to a fatal
The other was a mere
youth, lacking in the mature strength
or the training necessary for a fighter,
and his death was evidently caused by
the blows that he received.
It is right to say that the testimony
before the Coroner did not be-ar outthe
impresssion given at the Magistrate’s
hearing. that this youth was enfeebled
by drink. He appears, on the contrary,
to have been a decent sort of a boy, the
SJD of a respectable father, who testi-
fi ed that the lad’s chief fault was a fool-
izh ambition to excel as a fighter.
0.
"1‘“ en" 'L‘Sé'for'tlierliicycle.
Josh Messerger, a deputy sheriff of
Grayson County, Tcx., has a brand?
new device for bringing in prisoners
Whom he 11an arrested. He is prob-
ably the first peace officer in the Unit
ed States to adopt it.
nothing more nor less than that of
flinging them on the rear step of his .
bicycle—St. Louis Globe Democrat. ‘
No Criterion for Kentucky.
The Gentlemantrom Kentucky—Is
:his a good article of writing papah, .
The Salesman—You can judge by the
water mark.
The Kentuckian—Water mark, sah‘l
Show me something else:-
Cleveland PlainDealer.
sah!
The device is
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THE
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olicy
Annual Increase o
in the history of life insurance.
Notwithstanding the maleri
the expense in Lite Insurance is e
income on the Life business of
business, is somewhat lower than last year,
than the average expense of the ten leading
,i
InsuniucE
tna Life
comm.
Made the Followinglfiains in the Year I896:
Increase in Income,
s l ,057,8| 6.28.
increase in Assets,
$ I ,997,234,42.
$I‘98816
Increase in Surplus,
.8l.
Increase in New Life Business,
a; l 598,668.00.
Increase in Life Insurance in Force,
$5,608,680.00.
Increase in Accident Ins‘umnée in Force,
$21,736.500 n
[unease in Accident Premiums,
$ l 75.086.72—0r 62 per cent.
Increme in total Life insurance in Connecticut.
From the increased Surplus the usual increase of dividends to
making the Twenty-Filth Regular
and a record unparalleled
eyear l895.
Their figures for l
unions 6. BULKELEY, President.
H. W. ST. JOHN, Actuary.
J.C. WEBSTER, Vice-Pres.
W. C. FAXON, Ass’t. Sec. Accident Department;
0. E. GILBERT, Ass’t. Sec.
-hclders will be paid in l391,
{Dividends to the insured,
Increase in New Lilo Insurance Written in Connecticut,
$3 I 0,642.00.
$472.56 9.00.
al increase of new business on which
hietly incurred, the ratio of expense to
ilis company, excluding the Accident
and is 23 per cent. less
“purer mutual” companies
896 have not been published.
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J. L. ENG rJISH, Sec.
G. W,,BUSSELL, llI.‘D,, Med. Director.
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JAMES CAMPBELL,
E. E. HALLOCK, General Agent, .5 Hubinger Bld,g.,-New Haven.
J. I. HUTCHINSON, General Accident Agent, Hartford.
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. GREAT BANKRUPT SALE OF SHOES.
UNHEARD 0F BARGAINS. CHANCE OF A LIFETIME.
350 pairs of Lounsbury, Mathewson 6c Cd’s Ladies’ Fine Shoes at half price.
500 pairs sample 3, 3t and 4, C, D and E, from 75c to $1.25 ; worth from $1.25 to $3.
150 pairs Ladies’ Calf, Lace and Button, worth $2.50, at $1.25.
400 pairs Ladies’ nice fine Kid Button and Lace, $2.50 and $3, at $1.50.
300 paIrs Ladies’ Goodyear Welt, Button, patent leather tip, 3 styles, worth $3 at $2
75 pairs Misses’ Patent Leather Spring Heels, at 7 5c. ' ’ °
80 pairs MisSes’ Patent Leather Spring Heels, at 55c.
250 pairs Men’s Calf, Square Toe, Double Sole, Lace, regu
lar $3 shoe, at $2.
60 pairs Men’s Calf. Square Toe, Single Sole, Lace, regular $1.50 shoe, at $1.
50 pairs Men’s Police Bals Tap, Lace, regular $2 shoe, at $1.50. ‘ .
50 pairs Boys’ Tap Sole, Lace, regular $1.25 shoe, at 7 5c.
100 pairs Boys’ and Youth’s, a good one, Lace, regular 850.
180 pairs Men‘s High Boots, same as a year ago 2.85.‘ -
100 pairs Men’s Storm King, same as a year ago, $2.75.?t
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