New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
CONNECTICUT INTERESTS.
AMUSING AFTERMATH OF THE DEMO-
CRATIC CONTEMPORARIES ABOUT
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DIE OF
BLOOD POISONING.

affordlng much amusement to all those who are
not personally interested. The delegates TO
Kansas City. who were instructed to depose
Alexander Troup and to elect Homes s. Cum
mings. of Stamford, on the Democratic National
Committee, have met and, throwing their In
structions to the winds and on motion of Mr..
Cummings himself. have signifed their inten-
ton to present Mr.. Troup's name. This has
stirred up the anti-Troup element in New
Haven, which has always been a fighting
tingent, and one delegate Mr.. Pggott has
tually threatened not to go to the Convention
at all The queerest thing about the whole affair
Is that TrOup and Cummings are at tremendous
odds over what happened in the convention in
spite of Cummings self-abnegation In favor
Of the big silver and Bryan man of the State.
Cummings is accused of treachery in not caring
for Troups interest in the convention. and there
appears to be not a little evidence to support
the charge, and he has lost the popularity he
had Immediately prior to and during the
convention. 1t is hardly probable now that he
VIII be mentioned in connection with the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor. He is of Re-
publican antecedents, swinging into the Bryan
line on the silver question in 1896. and Old
Guard Democrats have no use for him.
REPUBLICAN DELEGATES PLANS.
The delegates to the Republican National
Convention started for New-York this evening
and will go over to Philadelphia special
train from Jersey City Monday morning A
good number Of prominent Republicans will go
with them. including most of the leading Repub-
lican newspaper of the State. The head
quarters of the delegation will be at the Walton.
There is indication that there Will be unison
in the vote Of the delegation for any
didate for Vice-Presdent. Not quite half Of
the delegates are for Long and the vote prom
Uses to be scattering at the start.
CONNECTICUT TOBACCO OUTLOOK
From politics to tobacco is but step in this
section of the country, where the tariff on to-
bacco has had more to do with crop raising
than any other section Of the Tariff act. The
prospects for the coming season are good for
the tobacco growers, and the acreage will be at
least twenty per cent greater than it was last
year. The crop has been put into the ground
most favorably, the wet weather of the planting
season being just what was needed for the
plants. and already they begin to look thrifty
and strong. The prices for the crop of 1899
were greater than for forty years and this has
been the encouraging feature that has set the
growers at work in a larger degree. The crop
of 1897 was poor because the heavy rains
washed the gum from the plants and left the
tobacco dry and useless. Consequently prices
were low and the crop was a failure. That was
one of the reasons for the big crop of last year
and for the good prices which were expected
in view of the scarcity. II is expected that
Cuba will have an unusually large crop this
year but 1t cannot in a rival to the
Havana and Connecticut seed leaf grown in
the Connecticut valley, Havana being largely
grown here and grown better than in Cuba
The growers seem to have gotten over their
fright at the advent of Sumatra leaf for wrap
pers and have taken new courage, but it is
a remarkable fact that Connecticut growers pre-
fer Cip with tra
TWO SURGEONS KILLED BY BLOOD POISON
ING.
The recent death in this city and in Rockville
of DR.. Melancthon Storrs and DR.. E X. Leon
ard from blood poisoning by contact while both
were operating on the same case in Rockville
is a remarkable circumstance. The case was of
abscess Of the liver in young lad, and 1t had
been long neglected. DR.. StOrrs was infected
first and died last Saturday. after every effort
for his relief had been made by the physicians
of this city and we'll known specialists from Bos-
ton. DR. Leonard died on "Wednesday or TINS
week. Both surgeons of the old type, and
had praCtised fifty years or more. Dr. Storrs,
of this city was the best known operator in
this section of the State, COOL daring and or eX-
ceeding skill with the knife. He often had as
many seven operations Of the larger sort In
a day, and was called throughout the state. he
is said TO have been the first to operate for neu-
ralgia by the removal of the facial nerve, and 1t
was this operation that stamped him as a
of original ideas and close study. He was
native of Westford, in this State and worked his
way through college and the medical school by
teaching. He was easily the leading surgeon or
Hartford, and was highly esteemed by the pro
ftssion. He seVenty-SeVen years old at his
death, but notwithstanding his age many of mis-
most successful and daring operations were per
formed within the last two years. his hand being
remarkably steady and his judgment excellent.
He was interested in many financial institutions
and in real estate. and left large fortune.
TWO LARGE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS. |
There have been two important financial
transactions in this city during the present week.
The first is the decision of the Hartford Street
Railway Company TO refund its present indebt-
edness 81. 800 900, in debentures bearing
per cent interest. with mortgage bonds at per
cent, with the entire property Of the company
back of the new bonds. The saving in interest
is to be SIS 900 yearly, and the premium TO be
charged in exchange for the new bonds Will
give the company some $63,OOO quick money.
There have been constant demands for the new
bonds since the vote of the company an
nounced. and few of the bOndhOlders have
availed themselves Of the cash option that is
given them If they prefer cash to bonds. The
other change limited at last week, and is
the absorption of the Orient Fire Insurance
Company by the London and Lancashire Insur-
COMPANY Of England. The stock the
basis Of S1I3, its book value. was taken by the
English company, and the election of officers I'M
der the deal placed Archibald G.. McIlwaine
as president, Charles f. Dox as secretary and
Howard w, Cook assistant secretary, the
latter being the only one of the old Board of
officers retained. The directors are London,
NewYOrk and Chicago men. and the new secre
tdry Is general agent at Atlanta of the
Norwich Union Insurance Company of England.
The transactions show to what a large degree
English underwriters have entered the field in
this country, relying upon an all world business
TO keep their per cent of earnings up TO good
figure whereas the United States companies,
combining their area to this country, have had