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Speciai FAspdieA 10 IAs catcuoo TstbunA
WA.nisaToN, d. c., Oct. 8.-The report is
,tartcti thas tho President prefers Honthurn to
Northern Democrat for TIC speakersh!p, for
lhe Eeasuu that It Is expected that Southern
DEMOCRAT would be likely to he less hostile 10
The Administration. There may bc something
III this story, but there really Ii 10 prospect
HAT Southern Democrat will bo elected unless
Tho old scleme, which provided that 4 number
of Democrats should stay out OF CAUCUS uE IT.
tusc to bu bound by tho action OF their party, IL
revived. Thls scheme now, however, scc1ns
chllnenca1. 1t wa4 part Of The plau Of
the Dcmoc1aa who opposed the h!!bustcrtne
movement ut the ti'no whcu 1t WAS expected by
the President himself that it might bo possible
to elect an Administration speaker, but after
The abandonment Of that expectation there u
10 reason 10 think that any Democrat will
REyUSH TO ENTER rAHTr CAUCUS.
The Spcakcrship situation tlas not changed
to-day. There have been few asrivals OF Con.
rrcssmcu. Cox thinks that the canyass Will not
actively begin before Thursday. blackburn sr-
rived to-day, but declined to talk. Morris0n has
hua!lY cnne out in opposition to tho Texas
Pacific echenle, which ho ca!ts Tom Scotia
job, aud haa declared for the carly resumption
" specie payment, and The remoncelxstion Of
4he old silver dollars. While opposed 10 the
XEAAa 1Al1AG Gu11 uS HSN41lCA ~ lHUHkAku tA&k Ap
would not antagonize the lctee bill, or any plan
for tho improvement OF the Mississippi River.
q. s. co1'a LOUISIANA MISSION.
,tgfo 8 Sct Gs.ff aThs Ss@ ofean. Tina
Of the "a inst. contains the following With rei'
ercnce to Buuset Co1's recent Visit to New Or
leans:
Ills now sa1d that the mission Of Congressman
Eux u ihLs city lust wIntcT WIS not fur the par.
pose Ut Anpros Ing bis chances for tbs Speakssh!p,
" generally supposed u the time, bus TOT The
purpose Of discovering Whit trtdencs could be
secured on which 10 oase quo watEsn!o proceed.
4ug to test Mr. Tllttna right to tho Presidency.
will be Trmcmbe red that as Abort that tmu Tiers
was eoRstdefAble talk about presenting IN ConGrEst
I'LL making such . contest posalnle. Judge
MtffGk ue A4h.uKton. had charge Of eht mat
ter and seeut from she reports row abroad that
~ Coz Wa lu.rustrl with lhe duty of Visiting
this state, wllh the view ot tnIinx out what eyi.
decided " undertake tha eontsai. However,
1tproe4bly makrs httis dinesrnCs now what fae,4
NJ! Cox discovered. q there IL ysrT little ptoba.
billy That my attempt " disturb President Hayes
will ever bs made. Ths situation hAa changed
Nsry much since ". Cox caus On hiA mission, sad
tie feeling thsoas sha1t the Country towards tile
President Il quite dl6eeeul nov from what 1t was
then.
Mr.. Cu1's attention wa8 called " this publlca-
ton to-day. lie denied ta2t his visit to New
Orleans waS for any aucA pu5tose ~ that tndl
Gated abuvc; said That AF. 1illrn's ca4c hecmed
u have bceu iutEusted u . l4uIueu Republican
w the ualus uf Field, who has not succeeded lu
11akiux sny thing cut OF H.: that hia visit to the
south WIS very pleaAants hts path was literally
stIewu with roses.
, 1877-10-09
Remarkably Fraterna, Character
Of Hugh Hastings Letters
to Tweed.
A New Kind Of a Thief Captured
Yesterday at St, Louis.
How Ono Set of Morluary Exercises
Trol on Another In the
Indian Nation.
Abilene, Kan, Startled by the Elopemont
Of q White aud q Black.
The Pair Hunted Down, and ths Black
Mau Put in Jail.


TWEED.
Nnw YoRX, Oct s.-Aasistant Secretary OF
state ApRat@r anent tne M
at WAS entirely propcr tof nc 10 wf'to Iester
10 Tweed. who was at the head Of the depart
r,,,t .,,,,,r mv .trr,tnst snrra- and nskfnrr bts
Mcht. statlos III! e1'eu'ast"'tes' @''. s'H'a "'s
a1l In obtaining Tor nc my salary. ncfcr per-
f,rmcd eerylcn Of INV kind for Tweed, nor lid
-. =, h,,. porcr lod anv
no svsa n.s ' ~ ~ ttn s ratn him sncc isss
nor IN that ycar, when lie wns tn good rcputrs
tf,i hnYr any either relations to hin than wcrc
icc,ttmat~ md nruncr.W
fnhsr rors"nt stt,osc n,,ncs werr tnet,finnrI1
by Tweed Ia lis disclosures Saturday cfnpflat-
f:n,iy ,1ruy ihat thcy Ind nny corrupt arrange
written al the time nc was Cuod ciltkcu and
PRINTABLE nlhitr oiIIccr.
:!,o FORK Es<ntna mi. OF. o,
sn,o !. 1ra,,e +, o,,r rcnorts nj Tweed,s erana.
euee .s taa.e W ou' 'ep''t' ~ "~~o 9A1""""'
''.',. ~, e'sc"ae,s' :, ,s,, v~ nx,ar.,
WASHINGTON. Jan. Y. 1su.-Mr pEAh u.
hare. no doubt, sccn flroofs' speech. The po0s
devil, before commencing bis attack on me, went
about the tonsc ins,nunttnE among Republicans
s wa n tne 81 4a @ I'll.
70 ert up prejudice agninst me. in his speech hc
heid up ths Commercial A1v<rtittr In a n,elodn-
matte way, ,e1ciatminf:, .'titre !" tho e.,dence
cratic party" In hls private speech Il Is Tam
fnany tinsl tn hss pnbltc fddrtsa was tho Dea19-
cratic purity. wish yon eould reach krtf. who 10
on The Committee: can onl5 DO caee'nsi ,,a1. 10,
before the Ilouse. for contempt. fon Wll naso
seen the nature Of my objection before the COM.
mtttcc. did not open my casc 10 show my band,
e tou siu o W.T.
You can Tor cur friend. John Schumacher and
, 1877-10-09

The other African was captured without t'tdlcn-
ty, and marched down the raIIToa'l tEark At tho
tnt1zz!c OF the l,oy'e empty revolver. This A.
t"rnoon, the cuIprit was examined hcfDre Jus.
lice of the Peace nni toulrl over in the sum Of
500 to answer to the charge ot burglary. Up
tO the present writing In Intelligence af tho
missing darkcy has been received. 1t Is thought
that he has found Ills death In some Of the mary
rorn-flc1ls adjoining tue farm whcre ho was
shot.
, 1877-10-09
RlnT i0sSFS.

Pu1LAns1rnIA, Oct. A-As \ meeting Of the
merchants who suffered iosaes by the late nots
Ut ptttsbuFE, committee Of three was sp-
pointed With power to cfuploy cnuusel 10 repre-
sent lll parties having losscs, the e1peuaGs iu-
Cured 10 be divided among the claimants in
proportion 10 tue amounts iurolyel
, 1877-10-09
TIE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.

Every drop Of the FArsapAran Ntsotvtnt rtrnmnnt
tntos tTuuEh The t.tni. Swra. Urine. and nrf tu,as
ad Juices Of tue eyatn tu tKor OF fr, lur Il rserttra
sstutula. s!ph1t. ton.n.npton, Niand1lar it',east
isti4 and oh er parts Of The aysie sore Eyes stfun
o!oas Nl1chA+Ket fru tho ks. aud tic vost fornlsot
sktn ll!seasea EruploHA Fever Sorra krkl1 Head.
ling Werm. sslt hheua. E5y.!peaA Acme. pssk
WUnb Ind iii wsstrs Of the tife principle. ate xlttn
the curative ranxu VI hs wonder of modern c4cml.t
aud lew AsYa will pfnYe any pef.on usink Il fof
either OF these iorms ot dseaso it, poasnt power u cao
them. ..
and desonlposttiou that a!c eonltnlsy IroEFes.!nE
with arw material Ads from healthy bfuod-s9d tpls
t.lu SarsapaFsh Will aui t"ea scclrs-A cure ctt.
q eat6s.slo; snI sasees4s 4 An!ni,t!nx s ,o. n
pairHt viii feel himself stronger. tho foof dtpcttns
better. appctta Improving. sud tesn and weight ln.
creas1nR. :, ,.,, =,
Not 9ny does ths sar.anar!l!!sa Kesol.ent e1srl al
CONSTITUTIONAL and Skin dtseaaeA Ii tic only
itlfr cure Tor
, 1877-10-09
FIRES.
At ClIAltLOE, q.

Spfcsa! DlspalcA 10 In Chicago Tribune.
FoRr WArNg, In.i, Oct. S,-Last night Codcr
4 Co.'s steam louring-mil!s at Chartoc, O..
wcrc totally destroyed by Tire. Loss, $la.0o1;
insure.l IDr 81, ,nS}, Il 800 each in l.yvomn9 af
MIIyilic, New Jersey. atui 81: :UD cach ~ kcnt"n
OF covngtou, Fidelity Of bclphos, and Meridcu,
Eonnuckicut.
, 1877-10-09

BOSTON, Oct. 8.-Warrcn @. Wheeler, for
thirty ycars well kInwn resident of tho We1t
Roxlnry District, has aei, i,tnking with him slU,0N
or $l5,UU raised On bn.GA mortgages. notes,
ETC., which ho negotiated with The bank and lu.
diyfduals.
, 1877-10-09
Tho Hon. William II. Tweed.


SptctnI MHUtfA 10 Tax GAtctl1o Tribune.
ST. Lotus, No., Oct. SAN important arrcat
WIS made to-day In tho person Of ono Charles
Stein, who i,as been playing shrcWd conlldcnco
game in various cities throughout the country,
notably in Philadelphia, New York, Cincinnati
Dayton, CLEVELAND, ana Indianapolis. It seGms
that tho fAyorite trick Of Stein has been to get
in With commercial lru,nmcrs, follow their
movements, and, when tllCy had Left tho place,
send q telegram, IN the drummcrs' names, to
their employers, statlng TINT they had bern
robbed, md requesting. rcsntttanccs Of gu
Or sl1 by te!egTnph: RessvinS tho money
Identify him, anil thus havo hfs order caslietl
Last week hu piaYcd this game In Indianapolis,
and, coming to ttils city day or two ago, called
At this Western Untou Telegraph oitire, sent n
Mans of Tony alarks, and asking for i remittance
OF teD. The ns,lcs to pay cane immediately,
and +. T. Jones, nouey-orlcr clerk at tho teIp-
graph Office, gave q check for the amount.
6hortlv nltcrwar{ls the fraud was discovered
and efforts made To capture the forger: joncs,
iii, today, ind, after lops search,
found stein in tho Abortion House. ils
ac.s3stcd Stein and requested him to return to
this side Of tho river With lim: Stein conscnt-
eli to do 40, and started back With Joncs, but
bad come only . short distance when 10 brooks
securing Ills man. ch(cf-ot.Polfco Walsh,
OF East 81. Louis, was sent for, and arrested
Htein, an1, bringing him to tho ccntte OF the
briiye oyer tt!e Mississippi; delivered hin to
IN tho CITY jail. Charges viii 10 preferred
against him Tomorrow, and It is stated the
Telegraph Company will prosecute tho csst
vigorously, Stein q q jew, alll ia said to bt
Que of the most dangerous criminals III ths
, 1877-10-09

En1B, Pa. OCT. s.--lsy tho burning OF ster"
rett's livcty-s.abc to-day thlrtocu horses PEI
isbcd. The tire hau gained sucl, Roadway t,c(oru
liz discovery that 1t was Impossible TO rtAove
The nurses. anil all pJrisl,el. nat little OF tAe
cuntcuts ut tho buliiD. was saycl.
, 1877-10-09

I'm. NabwAy-Kind atr: take the liberty tn afafen
yoa sEatn health Y Eseat{ Improved " to " q
gene and the fourth Il ucsry Dtupay l. cunc hsaIn
sll Improving. and thy weight decreasing Ttry fsst
!s sontsEfu c4rs yoar sdlene haa done fo[ ms ont M
Guile aaaasF iroui ahis plses iaata win ts.px!,
=, Mis-. c. kHAtf..
eMmale lady, and teff benc Tornt. So haA bttH 80
lceuA OF ceiling many bottles Of tho Hes0yent ~ tho
dTulXlsts Ut ANA dTlor u peEsont .llcted will ter.
nal tutn0rs W. hAve heart af wonderful cufea
e1ss'sa W L. 4'4'' ''@'''''4E EBERBAcu 4 co,
Ann Arbox. Mich, Aug. IS. 1875,
, 1877-10-09

The alarm from bpx Sl7 at 6:40 sat ~ ming
waa caused by the explosion ol u kesoscua lamp
In r, Kuhlhaln.ncEs sals,u, No. rs North
Clark street. Damage, *T'
, 1877-10-09

s1)ttfA fHAbQttA 70 fh< EAicl9o lF79NVe.
BosTuN, Oct 8-Cut. slblcv, tho former
Department Commander OF the @. A. r., who
was arrested yesterday for forgery, is meet
Ing with Gseat sympathy. lIo Is ono Of
the bcat-known veterans In tho State,
tatl m exceedingly brilliant war record, and
was highly esteemed for pls focta1 ana business
qualities. His downfall was talnEtl by his
1atuc-hcArtcdncss, for lo could never refuse a8-
s!stancc to friends IN ucc1. lie lias been known
to borrow money for lcuuflng purposes whcn
tho chances for getting It back wcrs exceedingly
small. His fricttIa would have bccn willing TO
meet the hills had they known Ut tho trouble,
At,d 40 hisllctl tho ilattcr mp. No further
forccrtcs Of his havc been discovered. Tic nnw
stands committed for trial In tho Upper Court
SOUTH CAROLINA NnE1sERY CASES.
CoLuxnIA. g. c., Oct. 8.-Congrcssnian g.
smalls to-day had preliminary examination
on tho charges nf,aLnst lInl. Woodruff testified
that he paid smalls s:touo az q br1bc to vote for
q mcasuro bcfurc tho Legislature In 1871
SnallA WAS held to hail to ansncr In tho Circuit
Cn,irt Oct. % Maxwell, Senator from MARI
loro County, in default af hall, Was imprisoned
on similar chargu. Thcsc chnrgea Of bribery
nrc connected with tho printing swInlIes Dt tho
I.t7r.HicdH Printing Company pf which Wool
ruff was tho heal centre. liis testimony Was
lascd upon memorandum book 10 kept III
ehort.hail1.
, 1877-10-09
ISCENDtAltIAst ]

INCENDtARIAM FEARED.
PtrTsToS, Ta., Oct. S.-'rho Pennsylvania
Coal Company has p!aced armed guards to-
night oyer nll their property exposed to in.
ecnllluEisul,
, 1877-10-09
PRICE.
81 Por Bottle.
AN IMPORTANT LETTER.

,-AxxAHsos. atich.. Apsil r. 1s7s.-.Da. nAnEAI-
snx t ~ ~ S.ps ss Il, esay lsssf aas H. H.
i.,,ss eusnt phy scIsu OF our Medicsl College pso
bounced inrutAnle.
utp4ds when | eunsncuccd with y0ur Remedies, Aad
,x ~. hote AVN ~ ~ aH ~ ~ e
htns e ttel!s sna four Go!!!s. os lia
J1uf book "FsIs4 tnl True
, 1877-10-09
NOTES AND NEWS.
DEMAND FQA SILVER.

fpectdt ptpu+cA 10 TAs EAfeIso Hstx~s
WAsuIso1os, d. C., Oet. 5.-Th1 demand for
thc slts.lia1Y suTer COINS kssma 70 b inctsas-
, 1877-10-09
Tumor Of Twelve Yoars' Growth
Cured by RadWay's Resolvont

pR, Anv4r-t hsys tlsd Ovarian Tumor IN IN
% oneip toT r. tri:i e.sryihlpE t!at ~: !eson;;
lid snoasht woall tsy i BIZ hai np fsth a IT, f.
caa.e had snaered fuf iTelse 9eaIa tk ~ eotlss
tles Ut your lteadY elirt; and tcta Il not axn u
nntS. !o b sftn q IT, .nd fss, sssF to aa
Ma u Lie lett s1te Of tha howsls. aset ths x!aln
Wriio ts o yon for The tcutht Of ottIsrs: 1uu ca
Publish y 4 You choose. HANNAH i. hHAIF.
, 1877-10-09
Kidney and Bladder COMPLAINTS,

Urinary and Womb pteaaea. Gravel Diabetes, nrnpsJ
Htop,Axc Ut WAier. lasoltnonCu Ut Ufnr. flFgbts
lJ-ra.r Athunnurta, ami a WHERE there ate
k1isk dust 4eioa oE The yalct thtek. cloudy tu3s!
willie siiE. u Tiers i y morbid Ja1E 6lio;s avpca
.ad white bote dust teposa. nod vAcn there
rtlC kF, burning hnhsAti1n When IAAklnE Wnt0r, ALL
usln LII 4a IN al 1T kha lxGk aAl AlQnx th4 l4lng
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-09-14
VOLUME 41---NUMBER 2O94.

New Hampshire, the bear has become
exceedingly rare, the bear industry of
Maine is in most flourishing condition
Last year, as has already been said, the
bear crop reached $40 scalps. This
year it is quite confidently predicted
that fully 800 bears will be brought to
market, and if the bounty law is con-
tinued in force for ten years longer,
Maine will become as celebrated for her
bears as Pennsylvania is for coal or
Ohio for pork.
Sportsmen who are interested in the
preservation of game should take les
son from the example of Maine, and in-
stead of clamoring fol- laws to prevent
the shooting of deer or ducks out of
season, should ask for the passage of
bounty law which would stimulate the
production of those animals. Especial
ly should the friends of the noble red
man, who desire to preserve him from
extinction, lay to heart the lesson of the
Maine bears. If the federal govern
ment were to offer five dollars reward
for every Indian scalp, is it not in the
highest degree probable that the people
of the West would abandon the culti-
NdIlOH Ol tne uellcdUe ana uncertain
pig, and give their whole minds to the
preservation and cultivation of Indians
The bounty law, whether applied to
bears or Indians, is form of protection,
and its success in stimulating the pro-
duction of American bears in Maine,
and in protecting them from the COM
petition of the pauper bears of Europe,
ought to convince every one who is not
bought with British gold that it is a
wise, beneticent and altogether. admir-
able measure.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-09-14

sending the same articles back again
into Switzerland, regularly, through the
French custom house, showing the
otficlal stamp on the jewelry, and re
ceiving the second time the draw back
duty on goods which had paid the duty
but once.
But why stop here ? These conspir-
ators (Franco-Swiss) acquired hearty
taste for their work their jewelry was
then introduced .traudulently twice,
thrice, four times, even up to twenty
eight times, from Switzerland into
France, and then returned regularly
from France to Switzerland, receiving
each time the drawback duty. They
therefore received from France on a
single kilogramme 1.-TWO pounds weight)
OF jewelry,--the first duty on which
was 375 francs-27 times 375 francs-or
lO,l25 francs, by way of draw back.
This was too gross fraud to remain
undetected for an indefinite time. The
officers of the custom houses were for a
long time unable to account for the ex-
cesslve increase of reimbursements of
duty on merchandise sent back unsold
from France to Geneva, but as all of it
bore the unmistakable impress of their
own stamp, they had no option but to
let 1t pass, and refund the duty in ac-
cOrdance with the terms of the treaty.
The honest dealers, however, seeing
themselves undersold by these culprits,
and not knowing how any manufacturer
could afford to sell at such low prices,
became convinced that fraud was prac-
ticed somewhere they therefore were
only too willing to aid the French au-
thorities in their investigations, and
after much effort and patient watching,
the above described operations were at
last laid bare.
The French courts at Annecy, near
the Swiss frontier, have issued writs
against AZ citizens of Geneva, calling
on them to appear and answer to sew
that only a part of this number are
guilty of fraud, and that many of them
will he used only as witnesses. Most
of the branch houses in France have
been provisi, ,nally closed, their books
and accounts placed under seal, and
their stocks of merchandise seized.
Some of the accused have offered large
sums to the French government by way
of compromise, but to no purpose. The
question now comes up, however
whether the Swiss confederation will be
obliged to surrender these accused par
ties for trial in France. The French
government have made a demand for
their extradition, but the Swiss author
tiles have not yet given their answer.
The affair has caused IL great sensation
in the Genevese community, and the
result of the trial will be watched with
intense interest. C.. +.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-09-14

vermont printers were exhibiting a
very strong light to the people-feeding
them with strong meat, rather than milk
for babes. They permitted the ablest
writers to speak for themselves, and |
have really doubted whether the old
and comparatively small newspapers of
Vermont were not, for the two peculi-
arities l have suggested, better teachers
in public matters than the far more pre-
tentious papers of our own day. l sug-
gest, therefore, to the editors before me
whether an occasional exchange of ed
itOrials for reprints of solid sort will
not give better bread to their hungry
patrons and real relief to their over
worked brains.
"To Connecticut, Vermont is indebt-
ed for the first governor, the first print
ers and the first newspaper, and to
Massachusetts for the second governor
and newspaper. Timothy Green, the
third, of New London, Conn, was a
descendant of Samuel Green, of Cam
bridge, Mass, who was the successor to
the first printer in New England, and
the ancestor of long line of printers
and publishers. To Timothy Green is
due the honor of originating the first
printing Office and newspaper in Ver-
mont, although he never resided in the
state, but sent his brOthers-in-law, Ju-
dah p. and Alden Spooner to run the
office. The SpoOners were descendants
of William SpOOner, who was indent-
ured as an apprentice at Plymouth in
March, 1857 ; so that if Connecticut is
our mother, the good old Bay state is
our prolific grandmother. Prolific,
say, for among her children in Vermont
were Judah Paddock Spooner of West
minister, Windsor and Windham AL
den SpoOner of Windsor; Jeduthan
SpoOner of Burlington and st. Albans !;
Wyman Spooner of Royalton and Chel-
sea, who was recently hOnOred as lieu
tenant governor of Wisconsin Anthony
Haswell of Bennington, and a pretty
long list of graduates from the office of
Isaiah Thomas of Worcester, Mass.
These and others of the early printers
of Vermont were all useful men in their
day-lights in the little circle in which
they dwelt-several of them hOnOred
by the people, notably Matthew Lyon
and two of the SpOOners and doubtless
all of them were worthy of higher hon
Ors and richer rewards than usually fall
to the craft, even in this day of greater
lights, deeper culture, and higher civil
izatiOn. But let us not complain. 1t Is
honor enough for any man to be a good
editor or good printer, since the pro
fession has the widest of all fields of
honorable labor, and the nOblest of all
ends-that of doing good"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-09-14
Our Radix Letter.

RADIX IN HARTFORD-wEALTH OF THE
CHARTER OAK CITY-SOURCES OF
PROsPERITY-S 81 800, 100000 OF IN
sURANCE-REPREsENT CoMPA-
NIEs-"ARMsMEARn- LITERARY CO.
TERIE-A MAGICAL TREE.
HARTFORD, August 81, 1877.
To the Editor Of the CGtedOnian
Well, in spite of my recent promise
to play truant no more | find myself
this morning again away from that
busiest of islands and surrounded by
the Ito me) novel attractions of this
venerable but cOmely and vigorous lit
tie city. And a very interesting spot
it is, from whatever standpoint it be re-
garded. Nowhere else in the Nutmeg
State or out of it is the greensward
greener or the shade of the grand old
trees more grateful. In few other Amer
lean cities are pleasing evidences of
wealth and culture more plentiful. With
hardly another is there more of historic
interest associated, while as a moneyed
center l doubt if there is another town
of equal size on the globe that can COM
pare with her--a fact of which her citi-
zens seem justly proud. Iu fact if the
average Hartfordite has one prominent
amiable weakness it is for impressing
outsiders with the solidity and magni-
tude of his city's financial operations.
To this end statistics are kept lying
around loose in order that even the
most transient visitor need not depart
in ignorance of the wealth of the Con-
necticut capital. Nor can it be denied
that these statistics justify the promi-
nence given them. For example had
not been an hour in town before / stag
gered under the knowledge that this
little city of $4,000 inhabitants is worth
in real and personal property consider
ably upwards of two hundred millions
of dollars. 1t is not an everyday affair
for a New Yorker to feel like taking a
back seat on questions of material pros
perity, but here there is no escape for
him; for, torture the figures as we will,
they still leave Manhattan way behind.
New York with twenty times the popu-
lation has only five and one half times
the valuation of Hartford.
These figures must seem of doubtful
credibility to any one who forgets Hart
ford's position as the insurance center
of America. Over one half the enor-
nous property represented by the num-
bers above quoted belongs to the fifteen
or twenty companies having their home
in this favored spot. Everybody knows
more or less about the Hartford COM
panies, but everybody does not know
perhaps that the amount which they
now have at risk on buildings and lives
is billion and half of dollars, or more
than the total estimated value of New
York city. American Fire Insurance
may almost be said to have been born
here, the history of at least two of its
still fOurishing companies dating back
to the first years of this century, and
here it has seemed to thrive more than
elsewhere. Life insurance too has at
tanned wonderful growth, and, with
the exception of the late unfortunate
trouble with the Charter Oak, Hartford
Companies have stood the shrinkage of
values and general depression of bust