Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-10
CONNECTICUT AT WASHINGTON
Interest in Tobacco Growers Conyen- tion-Pensions Increased Yesterday.

tion-Pensions Increased Yesterday.
 Washington, Jan 10.-Prof Milton Whitney, of the department ot agrl- culture, who leaves on Monday Iof Connecticut to attend the cony.ntlqon of the New England Tobacco Growers association at Hartford, has requested the two tobacco experts, Messrs Floyd and Van Ness, to be present at that meeting.. This will give ample oppor- tunity for asking and answering ques- tions, and it Is hoped by the depart ment that every respectable grower of tobacco will attend the meeting, espe- clally those who expect to grow tobac-' co under cover, and get such prellm- mary information as they may be un- able to obtain in any other way.
 The secretary of agriculture has gone to considerable trouble in as signing Mir Van Ness to take Mr Floyd's place, and he will also send to Connecticut as many assistants as may be necessary to instruct the growers, after the planting season has com menced These men will be stationed at convenient localities.
 MT Henry thinks that from appli- cations that he has received there will be upwards of 800 acres planted ill the river towns of his district. The other ! members will, of course, not have so many applications for tobacco, there being only 8 few in MT Sperry's dis | trict and some in MT Russelrs. The department cannot furnish enough seeds to plant all that is desired. Eacl one of the members will have only about enough to plant fifty acres. H. s. Frye, the president of the New England Tobacco Growers associa- tion, left last night for his home il Poquonnock to prepare his annual ad- dress to the convention.
 | Connecticut pensions were grar ted to- day as follows: Original to George Dennis of Bridgeport, $S per month; increase to Charles Newton, at Sol- diers' home, Noroton Heights, SIP per month; pension restored to George H. l Sutton of Georgetown, SIP, and to James s. McCollum of Danbury, SIP per month; widows, original, to Cath crime Leary of Jewett City, $6 per month, and to Wilhelmina Keller cf | New Haven, $S per month.
 Congressman Hill was a guest at the opening of the Iroquois club, organ ized Wednesday night.
 The report from the senate commit tee on pensions in behalf of Captain Joseph H. Barnum, which was made on Wednesday, was followed yesterday 1 by the passage of the bill. This Is about the quickest on record and shows the amount of work that can be done in congress in a short time. The bill increases Captain Barnums pension from $2O to $50 month, and was in- troduced by Senator Hawley. Anoth CT bill introduced by Senator Hawley also passed the same day. This was the bill to increase the pension of Mrs Louise A. Crosby from S20 to $50. Mrs Crosby is the widow of Rear Admiral Crosby, who was one of the last of the active officers in the stirring sea fights of the War of the Rebellion.
 l The house committee on ways and means to-day reported in favor of two measures in relation to the war rev enue tax One was for the return of
 all engraved checks after the stamps had been cancelled. It has been foun1 that a large number of banks and in- l dividuals had procured. at great ex-
 pense to themselves, a vast quan- tity of these engraved checks wi,A i'm . pL1AlOu Sldl1lpS OA 4AGIC W dS
 no provision for the return of sucn checks after the cancellation of the i. stamps. It will cost the government
 something like $13,O00 to do the work.
 The checks are now deposited in the
 treasury building.
 I The other bill reported extends the
 time limit within which documentary
 and proprietary stamps may he re
 deered. At present the law requires
 the presentation of these revenue
 stamps within two years, but the pro-
 posed law extends this indefinitely.
 Mir Sperry to-day introduced in the house petitions from the Journeyme.l
 Barbers' union of Meriden in favor of building warships in our navy yards Mrs o. H. Platt assisted Mrs Charles
 Emory Smith, the wife of Postmaster. General Smith, at her reception yester , day. Mrs Hawley also received at hei residence on N street.