The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-11
NOTES FROM HARTFORD.
CAREER OF FAMOUS CoNNEoTI-
 CUT GENERAL RECALLED.

Memorial to General Lyon Proposed
 Bill for Establishment of Model
 Farlr - Trust Companies Fighting
 Proposed Regulations.
 Hartford, April 1O.-The commission that was appointel by the legislature with instructions to report at the pres ent session concerning the preservation of General Nathaniel Lyons grave in Eastford has gone over the ground fully in report that is now in the hands of Representative Griswold of Guilford, chairman of the house com mittee on military affairs. The com mission, which consisted of Colonel Frank w. Cheney, Davis A. Baker of Eastford and John F. Carpenter of Norwich, expresses the view that con- ditions in the Eastford cemetery, where General Lyon is buried, make it im- practicable for much to be done by the state, and suggests that suitable me- morial be erected on the capitol grounds in honor of the great Connect icut general, who was one of the first commanding officers in the field to be killed in the Civil war, General Lyon graduated from West Point in 1841, be- ing a classmate of General Horatio Gales Wright, who went to the national academy from Orange. Both served in the Mexican war, and both held high commissions from the United States in the war of the rebellion. It was large ly through the instrumentalfty of Gen eral Lyon that the state of Missouri was kept from casting it's fortunes with the confederacy. He was killed in the battle of Wilson's Creek in Missouri August 10, 1861, while charging at the head of his troops The body of the general was brought to Connecticut and buried in the old family lot in Eastford. The Hartford City guard acted as escort at the funeral, which was attended by general officers from the army and representatives from the state militia. The grave is in seclud- ed locality, and can be reached only with much difficulty. Removal of the remains will not be allowed by the Lyon family, and steps towards the erection of a monument in the ceme- tery can not be advised by the commits. slon At a meeting of the Veteran association of the legislature, which will take place Thursday afternoon some action will be taken concerning the report, The headquarters flag which General Lyon had in the field, is kept in Eastford, and IS used every Memorial day by the citizens of thu town. The generals sword is kept il the Connecticut Historical society! rooms in Hartford.
 William H. Taylor, one of the assist ant superintedents at the capitol i sick at his home in Putnam, being un able to attend to duties of any kint | through the week. He is knowi throughout the state las Souvenir Taylor, and is the founder of Taylor
 Legislative History, which is a work O decided value, becoming more ant more so at each session. MT Taylo has been a member of the republican state central committee, and is thor oughly familiar with state politics.
 Representative LOW of NorwalA clerk of the committeeson agriculture is greatly interested ifi his bill for tn establishment of model farm by tn state in Fairfield county. This farr would be used under the auspices o the state board of agriculture,Sbel means for instructing thefarmers i agricultural pursuits. MT. Low is als author of the bill for the. .dlsseminatio of agricultural information by the us of a railroad train supplied with eX hibits of farming instruments, grail hay and farm products in general. Thi bill will soon come before the Farmers association of the legislature. The ses sion Is far along that its adoption WI hardly be possible this year. The meas ure has merits recommending 1t to tn farmers of the state.
 Representatives of trust companie at the capitol have not abandoned tn
 idea of defeating the bill requirin
 them to be governed by the same reg | uldLlOnS lHdJ COHlIDl sdNlHBS UdukS making Investments, They make strong point of the fact that no dC positor in Connecticut trust companiC has ever lost dollar by their mar agement This is a taking point wit l large numbers in the general assen ; ply, The general banking bill on whic : the committee on banks has been ; ] work for two weeks has not been pl } into shape yet for report to the tv | houses. This bill materially chang,
 the present law and abolshes the du
 bank bank commission, putting Il
 work into the hands of one commi
 sioner instead of two. It carries o y the recommendations of Govern Woodruff on the subject made in h Z message at the beginning of the SC sion. Representative E. W. Hooker Hartford Is in charge of the bill al n has made an elaborate study fsa f ings bank laws in different states reaching conclusions concerning n adoption and enforcement.