Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 30, 1909, Page 4

erwich Gullet:in 113 YEARS OLD. Sabacrinion nries, 120 & weeks 0o o month; $6.00 a year. culnvares ot thg Posa Postornos at ‘Norwieb. [ -u. _l e Telephone 210. Norwioh, Tuesday, March 30, 1909. RECENT CENSUS VOLUMES. A report just issued by the census department s In two parts, the first part dealing with colonial enumera- tions of the United States prior to 1790, and the origin of the first cen- sus. The second part presents in de- tal] the returns of % 0 Tt eenvus, compared with similar fgures for 1900, and for other dates during the century which has elapsed since the first cen- sus. The report shows that the popula- tion of the United States increased nineteen-fold from 1790 to 1900; and nearly tem-fold in the ares enumerat- ed at the first census. The increase in the New England states has been slightly mors than five-fold, that of the Middle states fifteen-fold, and that of the Southern states a little mere than six-fold. Of the 3,171,000 white persons enum- erated in 1790, two millions survived thirty years; 830,000 survived until 1880—00 years; 11,600 until 1886—90 vears; and twenty-three persons sur- vived until the census of 1900, or for 118 years. ‘The average size of ta 1790 ‘was 0.8 persons, At the |ast census it wag 46, The number of childrea un- der 18 years of age to each white family weas shown In the report to have besn 1.8 in 1790 as compared to 18 in 1900. The ratlo, in 1790, of nearly 2 ohfidren under 16 years of ago to each white female 16 years old and over has declined to one ch!ld in 1800. Om basis of the proportion shown in there would have been 600,000 fn continental States at the time of the last cemsus, while the number actually enumerated was less than 134,000,000. The tota] value of all property in the republic at the period of the first cen- ©us was between 500 and 700 millions. The total per capita wealth was in New England $133; in the Middle states $145; in the Southern states sa1t. In 1790 slaves wers owned in every state in the unlon except Massachu- setts, Vermont, and the District of Maine, About one-fourth of all the slaves were owned outside of the Southerwr states. As a slave state Virginia ranked first, nearly 300,000 of the 700,000 in the union at thet time. The number of slaveholding families in the United States in 1790 were 92,- 000. In 1869 the number had Increased to 346,000, Slave-holding famllies in 1790 wers elassified according to the the 17% chil number of glaves held. The average number of olaves held 8. each family was But thres pérsons in the Northern states held more than 20 slaves; Elijah Mason of Lebanon, Conn., had 28; Robert Livingston of Livingston, N, Y., had 44, and Marga- ret Hutton of Washington, Pa, had 24 sluves, In the Bouthern states at the time of the first census there existed for every 100 whites 53 slaves and in 1900 the proportion had declined to 43. The total value of siaves at that time is given at $105,000,000. Of this sum the slaves in New England were valued at $686,000. The slaves were estimated to be worth $150 each. The Emith family were the most nu. merous at that time of any other. There were £,932 famlilles and 33,245 persons of that name,. LUXURIES. There i getting to be & very deep tmpression abroad that the chairman of the ways and means committee does not know a luxury when he sees 1t, It is noticed that gpices are classi- fled as luxuries In the new tarift bill, but since they are in dally use In every kitchen In the land, and seem to be as mueh of a necessity as soda or saleratus, the question “Why?' is asked. The mistake ghould net be made of incressing the taxes of the working elasses to meet the extravagance of the times, for the domtnant party will Be at & great (Msadvantage another yoar should it have to defend a tarift Bl which has created dissatisfaction among the people and created politi- oa] prefudices which cannot be over- eome by explanations. Overtaxing the necessities of life may seen to be the easiest way out et It is likely to prove to be the mo dengerous way, OPPOSED TO CHEAP LABOR COM- PETITION. It seems strange to be told that Sen- ator Fletcher of Florida believes In the Dbenefits of protection and thinks that they ghould extend to Bea Island cot- ten, the largest part of which raised in this country is grown there, and to Jumber, of which Florida has an sbundance. He says that but for the oheap labor of the Nile the cottan growers of Florida would greatly in- orease the acreage. A republiean contemporary is right when It says: “Such sentiments from 3 @emocrati menator teach us that the Jomth is no tonger & great free trade section, but one In which industrial Southern cotton growers Iike to head off importatidns of the m staple, even if the con- D87 8 fax. Take out ere 15 no broad, deep, M-Uummln tariff line of between the several sec- of the United States, Each wants what it raises or makes protected, and every tariff is arranged by ‘dickers’ Setween them.” The Chicago man who shot his wife when she asked him to stop drinking did not realize that put him in the way 1;:2" his Uquor immediately pro- ‘The husband who has worn out all the old April fool jokes on his wife might fool her thiy time by present- ing her a toothsome box of candy. , Fappy thought for today: The mau ‘who prizes his own opinions should remember that his valuation of them 18 not their market price. § LIFE SENTENCES. News comes from; Rhode Island that life gentences in “l are a farce. Life prisoners seldom serve over 20 years and ten applications have re- cently been made for pardons, and the senate committee on pardons has rec- ommended favorable action in the case of a man who shut. and killed his wite with & baby in her arms, the shots go- ing 8o near the child as to set its clothes on fire, one of the most brutal and defenseless murders in the history of that state. The responsibility now rests with the governor to say whether committed in a drunken passion, shall again enjoy his liverty. The success of petitioners have been such that the prisoners count upon lib. eration i they persist. An exchang says that “the leniency with which the crime is treated seems to lessen the public sense of its enormity. It is fm- portant ¥t a prisoner expects clemency, that he should behave well in confine- ment. That seems more essential than his behavior at large. As an object lesson Rhode Islan ‘experience hard- ly encourages other states to soften its penalty for the extreme crime. Should Connecticut abolish the death penalty, let us hope that this condition will not obtain as a sequence, LABORING UNDER A MISTAKE. The weekly contributor for the Wa- terbury American tells this story: “It seems good to run across a man once in a while who s not looking for a chance to get more money, One drited inte Waterbury a few days ago trom a soldiers’ home' near Connecti- cut. A conversation was started as to the amount of pension meney he re- celved. His pension was $20 per month, the old veteran sald, and most of it he banked. Asked If that was the limit for pensoners, he answered that it was not. Perhaps he could get $40 per month if he applied, but he is get- ting al] that he wants. ‘What would 1 do with $46 per month? he contin- ued, ‘With $20 I can save enough to give me a comfortable living for the rest of my life should I Jeave the home. And under these circumstances why should I petition the government for an increase? This veteran is 70 years of age and $20 = month amounts to $240 a year, and In ten years would give him $2,400 from the government; and at 80, if regularly banked, this might producd & little In excess of $3,000; and thers is no competence in that for the vet- eran. The fact tirat he is in the sol- diers' home shows that he has been unable to accumulate sufficlent money for independent living, and this tack of thrift or financial abliity warrants the assumption that he doesn’t know what he is talking sbout. His conditien in life makes a small smount of money look very large to him. Allowing for the Increase to $25 a month when he is 76 years of age does not add $500 This old seldier is labor- mistake, EDITORIAL NOTES. The womaen with the ballot would be ensier to get along with than the woman with a rolling pin. Pl ot <amie S The woman who talks to herself may have more than one interested listener. She cannot tell ‘The fact that there is to be ne coal worth five million dollars to A solacing fact. The Maine legislature has made re- pute for length of days, and that is most that is being said of it. It fs to be hoped that the Black Hand wil] never try to get a grip up- on “the Rose of New England.” An English peeress Is the author of a cook book. She fs bound to do something usetul for her fellow men. Castro talks about th nited States as Weyler used to, but he should nev- er venture to march upon Washing- ton. Those who are arguing for a high tariff upon lumber are not the men who are to buy It and bulld the houses. The British merchant marine pieks up $450,000,000 a year for that coun- try and America contributes x-rnly to its thrift. The man behind the will be able to hear the anthems at Easter, if he cannot see the officlating clergyman, or the cholr, Mrs. Carrie Nation has called at the White house, and she did not break any of the windows or have to call for the police. Down south they are saying that “spring must be coming In on a slow freight,” which indioates that the sea- |son is backward. When we read that anthracite coal &t Scranton ls selling for $8.50 & ton we wish that Scranton prices were the prices everywhere. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. A Lot of Pertinent Inquiries. Mr. Bditor:—Wil Kindly en- lighten a taxpayer on the following (was reading Tax Commissioner Cor- bin’s report of the debt of the city of Norwich) if the $400,000 of montgage bonds are not a part of the city debt? Do the bondholders own' the gas snd electric plant? Now if the bonds are not a part of the amount the city as- sumed when they took over the p].l.n! why do they pay interest on the: what will be the resuit when the bondl. become due? Will the city have to refund them, or can the city buy the Uncas power plant and tell !Ke old gas and electric plant bondholders to take it and the city drop the $399,000 the taxpayers have put into it? The city pald to take over the plant +.$227,000.00 Appropriation to rebuild 60,000.00 Notes outstanding ... .. $2,000.00 Three years' interest paid out of general budget on old gas and electric company bonds ... 60,000.00 $899,000.00 Old gas and electric com- Pany bonds .....eiesesens $00,000.00 Total ...iicecessescsvesand $799,000.00 Making lflll the $60,000 ta: the taxpayers a total of &739 city is paying interest on. 1 may be a little thick, but I cannot see why the gas and electric depart- ment should not be a department of the city to_the above amount. If the courts have decided that the $400,000 bonds are not a part of the city debt, how can the bondholdery collect the 6 per cent. interest? I have also been informed hat th Opemtlnl'npflnlu " since the city took over the plant to Sept. 1, 1908, wereaiul 001.82 d by 00 the ‘Haskell and Oklahoma are enough to put anything on the warpath. It surprising that the Indians not the perpetrator of tais horrible crime, | 2 a -ud.h?n il the rather embarrassing pause that had fallen on the conversa- tion. “It was great fun.” "whnt did she uyf' the young man “Was s . a genuine gypsy?” wall. my pelm read today,” Ol‘lfll 'N it was In a spooky charts of hunl.l hanging on the I feit as If all those hands were being | by in horror at the idea of my ere.” ow did you come to go there? Were you worried about something?" “Why, no,” she regM lhfllmlly. “You don't suppose in for- tune tellirg. do you?’ “Then why did you go™ “Everybody dm ltl fun.” ell me about I “First of llL 1 lm to travel, but she didn’t say where.” “Trolley trip, maybe” “Don't be horrid. It was very inter- esting.” must_have been.” said I had had e very happy ‘We all know something about the past. What gid_she hand out to you held u as to the future?” “She sald 1 was to be very wealthy, the girl went to. “And the man I e to marry will be a slave to my every wish. T'd rather have seme other xind.” “You are not partial to slaves? Ob- servo my independent manner. “She said the man I short and blonde, wlth g{ bluo eves. I've been # on earth he can be. “T should think you'd Ifke the tradi. tional dark man bottar." “But she saild I dldn’t. The only person 1 can think of who looks liki the man she described is the milk- man.” “Aren‘t fortunu like dreams, which &0 by cont “T don’ know. Ar.mhur thing is that lhr id I met my future hulb‘nd at plenfe. a yh:nxc that I can't remember. w.'.l at the one we had two years ago?” “D«n 't -joke, ‘This is serlous.” “Well, I like that! As if my perfectly solemn remarks wers foolish.” “She sald T have the finger of & great pneul' “Whose? Why don't you advertise for the owner? $32.606.26 to the $399,000, making $431,605.26 that the taxpayers have put ‘into the plant. Mr, Bditor, 1 don’t want to on your nature by asking A to know just hue much I and electric piant, how min!htfll‘ much it will ease up rate, or whether T am going fl&‘” cents on the dollar, or-:olah have we got the gold trick already Onomnn.howunlh.unl electric commissioners lease a store for a term of years beyond their (Il- of office? Alwo, is it policy for the gas and electric department to enter into competition with the taxpayer lYIfl s doing & business In gas - elecmc fixtures and/the mechanio un‘ 1k s gas fitter that is tr’lnl to n! a llvlng in that line who taxes to buy the o g3 an ma olsc"!o ol and are respen THe wumr: OAILY STORY THE SHORT MAN 1t's so long since T went to | pered. prmnl tax | to of the bonds ;)ld’ bonds, or lose what n? It would also look as though the house owner who does not mtgu or electricity was helping pay for the gaa and- electricity for the to " B cld- to use it. How would it do zens’ committes to look Into the matter and Jet the know the truth whether we are money or los- ing money; or can court of com- mon council have the oity treasurer draw a statement of the amounts re- cefved and pald out and just what it has cost the taxpayers up to the pres- ent time, as it stands on the treasurer’s books. A TAXPAYER, who would like to know just how much his gas and el stock is worth, @nd what per cent. his investment is 0y R‘y l‘cb. Conn,, March 24, 19 [The $(00,000 worth of bandy repre. sent a lien pl upon_the Norwich gas and electric hnt when It was in private hands. ot havis been con- tracted by the city, it is not a city debt but a claim against & city esset. The city does not pay the interest on the bonds, bat the asset does, and the city out of the general tax fund peys the interest on the bonds it has {ssued to purchase the part of the plant which has no llen upon it, and does not carry this to the books as a charge against the earnings of the plant. The slecirle portion of the plant now is in idleness because the city scting as a distributing agent or patron of the Uncas Power company can sell the electric fluid cheaper than it can man- ufacture it, and make, we have been assured, larger profits than ever, which has annulled all the original claims upon which the plant was procured in the interests of the people. The Bulletin is of the opinfon that while the court ruled thet the bonds were not a city debt, it did not say thay were invalid or that they would not eat up the plant if the interest on them was not paid. In this peculiar joint ownership of the plant the party of the first part looks to the party of the second part and collects its intere: If the interest is not paid the plant w! legally revert to the owners of the The General Demand of the Well-Informed of the World has always been for a simple, pleasant and efficient liquid laxative remedy of known value; o laxative which physicians could sanction for family use beeause its com- ponent parts are known to them to be wholesome and truly beneficial in effect, acceptable to the system and gentle, yet prompt, in action. In supplying that demand with its ex- cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along othical lines and relies on the merits of the laxative for its remark- able success. That is one of many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given the preference by the Well-Informed, To_get its beneficial effects always buy the genuine—manufactured by the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents per bottle, DR. JONES, Dentist, is now open for practice at paym: ssued om l“) and the | bool have ‘flwmxmmudm Ynn ml a huubn.nd % b- m only once” :z"hl-nk goodness!™ lusklut tfld my fate line ll !nuowad another one which shows my hus- N‘?go:‘t“fi&m hopes too high. 1 luv. my em to make my bed in many mnlrlu." "!fyaumwlonwulthx :hlnk you would get & mal tocolc e sald 1 was too conservative” the ll!l went on. “She sald I walted makmg decisions and m‘“mi{"fl'}‘ r-uthunyu(or been m, lh-plltn Lpflm glad you see S but T dowt. B idea, sbe told me a lot of disagreeable things.” “What, for instance?* “She :m I was impatient and quick tempered.” "yn couldn't be with ms. Bestdes, ink of all the wealth that's com- :,*gw aa%l":.m in? You're not 0 on h..:llLolm"mmml "rhn thers are dangers ahead of shipwreck. o & to be in an Fhat ‘an Euaband weriane blow Isthnyonnndmdnwloolm- or you in the face of such perils” "But T am impatient and quick-tem. “Wh me is that you are oonmuunv [y Aot it ing to keep me waiting? Won't you the girl an- swered w voice, “that If T didn't refuse the Ihort man and marry the tall ¥d wreck my l'h%ll. l:;le. Sometimes they—they really hit e truth, don't they?—Chicago News. as any under the The ‘nll'(ln does not know what the eity in the premises is intending to Ao and 1t bn not think that tho g has thought so 400,000 worth of tgaged woul tuation or up to the taxpayers of ¢his city to know whether the city is'making or losing money by this municipal ven- ture, and Wallingford.—The Rev. Arthur Grant Boynton delivered his farewell sermon Bunday at the Methodist Bpiscopal church to & large congrggation. i s g - g SE' Extra Fancy SEEDED RAISINS o5 Best Teas 25¢ Ib. Best Coffees 20c Ib. Nene better to be had at any price. United Tea Importers Co., Franklin Square, up one filght, over Somers Bros. 3an26TThS COMMENCE NOW To Select Your Spring Wall Papers ‘Wa have th in all grades and rices, all new, Including our Imported and at all prices. Also Mouldings and Paints, Decora- tions and Muresco. Now booking orders for painting, paper hanging and Jdecorating. P.F. MURTAGH, 92 and 94 West Main Street. ‘Telephone orders. mardd $15.00 Buys a 17 Jewel Hamilton Watch in | a 20-year Gold Filled Case. $10.00 Buys a Waltham Watch in a 20-year Gold Filled Case. Also a full line of the New Style Signet Rings. Gold Chains, Lookets, Cuff Buttons, and a oomplm line of up-to-date FERGUSOR & CHARBOWIEAL wl‘rdlln Square.” In order to accommodate our customers who are waiting for us to start in business, we have “ keop that slave of 85, Wauregan House, to display our Spring Woolens. After April Ist, when the N. Johnson corporation to be my | will be dissolved, our stock of goods will be displayed at 33 Broadway, the present quarters of the company. DAVID F. PULSIFER & GO. Room 2 Years in New York Opening a Lesson In Fulfillment. Anticipation more than met. Enthusiastic “ohs” and “ahs” tell the story. The Boston Store has again demonstrated that it deserves to stand first in Norwich as a fashion guthority, as the fountain head of refined styles. parisons—extends ‘its good name whenever, wherever knowing women pass judgment. It would be as futile to attempt des- dription of the fashion and beauty revealed at this opening as This store thrives on com- to endeavor to describe the odor of the rose in printers’ ink. No exposition of this sort was ever more worth your while— a glimpse of the Boston Store shaw will repay you, Smart Spring Millinery A Showing of All That Is Fashionable ——a. Ready-to-wear Hats, Tailored Hats, Spler’s Hats and Louise Hats, Children’s Hats, Toques and full lines of all kinds of Flowers, all sorts of Fancy Feath- ers and Wings. Boston Store Millinery is not haphazard production—but result of infinite care and ripe experience, and though Hats cost no more here than elsewhere, you profit in style, beauty and uncommonness beyond price. Our Annual Spring Otfering of HOLLAND ROSE BUSHES Two-year-old Plants. Each rose mossed and labelled separately, insures plants to be in good condition—on sale in the basement. THIS MORNING 000 at 9¢ each ‘THESE VARIETIES—QUANTITY LIMITED: LA FRANCE—peach blossom color, shaded pink, ever bloom- ing. g MAGNA CHARTA—bright deep pink—a popular garden rose. ULRICH BRUNNER—shaded pink and silvery'rose. PAUL NEYRON—very large, dark pink, shaded carmine. GENERAL JACQUEMINOT—nch dark crimson, full and fragrant, MRS. JOHN LAING—rich satiny pink, delicious fragrance. ALFRED COLOMBE—carmine crimson. MADAME PLANTIER—white, blossoms all summer. CRIMSON, YELLOW and PINK RAMBLERS. MARGARET DICKSON—white, with pale flesh centre, BARON ROTHSCHILD—rich, satiny pink. FISHER HOLMES—bright pink. large and full, LUCAS HALL, 49 Shatucket Street. 3. J. C. STONE, Prop o risaiure 16 veut 3t mg brother I favor Dltr:n'x g’""éé" octl3d WHEN you want to gll your busi- -I.l:- b‘:'f&r. the lfl::“u. the I:‘lo l'l‘l’.- nn.-‘ R o n‘g“l'g.:"!h 0§ m better tnan throt vertia- ern. Con columns of The Jora Tor adiness resiis. *° AMY SCHAFFER CO. BROADWAY THEATRE Wednesday, March 31st, at 8.16 r-wm&mco.m BDugene Waiter's Great Flay of Conteraporaneous American Life, PAID IN FULL 2 PRICES—250, 33, 50c, 75¢, $1. and $1.50 Seats on sale at the Box Office, Waurcgan House and Biskst, Pitcher & Co's on Monday, March 28th, at § o'cluck. Cars to afl points after the performance, Shows Daily Week of 215, 7,845 March 2 in the Dramatie Playlet, “THE GIRL SPY OF DIXIEX SHAYNE & KING, The Two Natural Hebrews, Funniest of Comedigne. Roderick Thealre FEATURE PICTURE—Honer of The Slums. Mr, O"Nell 8inging “I'll Be Mome at Harvest Time” Admission, afternoon and evening, ¥o. 327 Main_Street, ovn. Post Fourteen Positions HAVE BEEN FILLED by the Norwich Business College Since Jan. 1, 1909. This ought to tell the Young Man er Young Woman Where To Go To Learn. Bookhkeepin Shorthand, Typewriting and Office Practice. Writs or cafl. GAIN SOMETHING by a course in Book- keeping. Shorthand and Touch Tmmlling Norwich Cummmlul ?chonl Broadway Theatre B A Moving Sale of Harness, Blankets and Car- riages golng om mafll we gel seliled in onr mew store. L. L. CHAPMAN, Corner Broadway and Bath Street, mar1? Norwioh, Conn. for Two Weeks Only T will make & reduetion of 25 or cont. in price on the largest and best stook PICTURES CHANGED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. BREED’S THEATRE Cooper & McNulty, Lessees. Devoted to Firstclass Moving Pictures and lliustrated Songs. “INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE.” Monster Film, -v ome-half mile r tio; High Dive. "and Leading the Cops & 3 and 7. Performances 8.45. Special attention dren. Bve: Oe. BREED HALL, Washingten Square, mar16d JAMES F. DREW fiano Tuning and Repairing Best Viork Only, “Poune 423-3. 18 Perkine Ava sept2ld EXPERT TUNING saves and impreves the pi‘mo. Al work guaranteed. A, W. JARVIS, We. 13 Claivment Aves Norwich, Conn. o tal and I'll, b ¥ s F. C. GEER TUNER 122 Pros Tel, 889-5. 6. E. HODGE, Hack, Livery, Boarding and Feed STABLES Up-to-date Equipment and Guaranteed Satisfactory Services 14 to 20 BATH STREET. (Tormerty Chapman's.) Telepone 10. A Wonderful Macln'ne. epria the t practical and up to date ma- ehine on the market for el ocarpets, b kinds of furniture, and bard floors. It thoroughly cleans carpets without taking them up, and leres and lace curu.hu wuhnul taking them down. uld the llr( m":‘:‘.m- t ficlency. See it demonstrated I owr window of HAIR ROLLS every shown in this city. All sizes and eolors, and ocani- tary In every respeot. Call and see them. Anything and everything connectsd with my line of business you will find here. OTTO STABENOW, Prop. mar20d 17 Broadway. “Dignity Is What We Use To Conceal Our Ignorance” is Elbert Hubbard's definition of the and coul He who has " nnu-lly, comblasd w! ability, 1s reat success in Those with luunod ll‘nll! uo—w -llt ltr. natursl or as- L was_ af By g the pubils would: Gisconst & Let the public estimate us correotly; us credit for a LAIGHTON BROS,, Photographers Main Street 0'])03;.‘ Norwich Savings Soclety. a Hm You Noticed the "flm o he Bul | MAHONEY BROS., Falls Avenue. 1t yoi teams you' ll say kh. same. marlld SHEA & BURKE, 37-41 Matn St margsd A 600D TIME NOW to buy & Dew harness for the Spwing and Bummer ssason. A GOOD PLACE NOW it Is st No, ll)m 5t stock to plok from to du The efty. e | The Shetucket Harsess Co. WM. O. BODE, Prop., Telephone 336, No. 288 Mein Stresd mar27d A. W. BURNHAM, « Eye MM mln- Difficult - -y to i ently lecated at 257 Main ‘. ‘Satisfactlon guarantesc. orwich, Ct. Office hours. 210 3 o m. Sandea AND DENTIFN HODGE'S STABLE. 4 to 20 Beth B