Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-15
AT THE CAPITOL.
Matters of Importance to Connecticut--Lilley's Trip
 to Indianapolis.
Special to the Democrat )

now cOuSul dL SHeulelu. He reclreS that in view of the depressed condi- tion the mayor of the city deemed it necessary to call a public meeting to relieves the distress and take action to furnish work for the destitute. Offices were opened for that purpose and in less than week one thousand persons had registered for relief, the number becoming so excessive that no immediate employment could be found. The local work house is full to overdowing there being at presest nineteen hundred and three seeking shelter there, exceeding the pervious record for twenty-five years. Whole families are even taken in and large percentage of the inmates are people without trades. Applicants are mostly men from the big works in- cluding file cutters, and hafterS, but very few skilled mechanics and artt sans have yet sought admission.
 Heretofore work has been found for the able bodied males at the stone yard or in wood cutting, but this did not prove remunera tive. The men are now employed in grinding corn into flour by hand. A man works up about one hundred and twenty pounds of corn daily, from which the bread they consume is made and only Eng fish grain is used. The present con- tlition of this class is due to the fact that the larger firms in the city have been under the necessity of discharg- ing patches of men from one depart ment after another since the begin ming of the new year.
 The workers i'll metal are hopeful of improvement In business on ac-l count of the probability of war i'll the east, and many of these people are moving to Birmingham and other dis tricts in Great Britain, which are now very busy in anticipation of hostilities between Russia and Japan. In the file trade work is slack and the edge tool trade is quiet. Employment in the cutlery trade is beginning to de cline except the pen and packet blade branches. In the gold, silver, and britannia metal trades employ ment is waning, silver platers and guilders being the only exceptions they report ing work is good Employment in wire drawing is somewhat demoraltzed. Nearly all branches of the engineering trade are in similar condition and a good deal of short time is the result. Pattern makers are fairly busy and workers moderately so. At Ysotherdan and Lincoln engineers Ter nort employment fairly steady. At Domcaster some short time is being made. At Barnsley iron founders and engineers are fairly well employed.
 Enplish manufacturers and em- nyovers generally look with some ap- HnAnc11l schemes now proposed by certain gov ernment officials, and not unli tnere there is a thorough understandlng among men of finance can pusihess hone to resume normal conditions. The present condition may DC Watcn- ed with advantage by the manuIaclut- turers of the New England states.
 Farm Animals
 The department of agriculture mas inst issued table, showing the mum her of farm animals in the unlteo States on January 1, 1904, together with their price and value. The re- mort. shows that there are in Connec- ticut 57.42S horses, valued at S4,ol9,- 900. 129.567 fmilch cows, valued at s5 117 BOG: se.6oo other cattle, valued at S1, ,764, ,403; 34,254 sheep, valued at S155.532: 46,5O1 swine, valued at $554, ,292.
 Texas has the largest number Of cattle. but Illinois has the most val Horses are cheapest in New Mexico. STEP being the price paid ana in New Jersey they cost the most, coo e4 The average value of horses in Connecticut is given as $So.9l.
 Chance for Connecticut Novelties
 United States Consul U. J. Ledoux, of Prague. Austria, reports that there is an excellent market in Austria for American silver novelties, especially such as are manufactured in Connec- ticllt. The duty on them is $l.46 per 2.2 pounds. He writes that the firm of Alfred Pollak, having branches 1n Vienna and Budapest, desire cata- locues. and prices, their address be- ing Il Brendanergasse, Prague. They should he addressed in German. The urges the state department to call this opportunity for selling these goods to the attention of the n1anufac- turers of this country.
 Connecticut Visitors
 Connecticut visitors in Washington at present are: Ralph Q. Sher- wood, of Bridgeport, at the Raleigh; Mrs A. c. Strickland, of New Britain; Miss Mary A. Alexander, Mrs H. A. Edward N. Allen, of Hart ford, and MT and Mrs Joseph F. Lee. of Southport, all at the Buckingham.
 MT John E. Mcqueen, of New Hav- en, is in the city with his nephew, H. Baldwin, who has just been named by Congressman Sperry as candidate for Annapolis. MT Me Queen has made arrangements to have young Baldwin enter prepara- tory school at Annapolis, to study from now until the time for the en- trance examination to Annapolis in April. Congressman~ ~Lilley returned last night with the party of members who went to the Lincoln banquet in 1n- They all report having aad fine time and a pleasant jour ley. Ft
 RECEIVER APPOINTED.