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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-26
STATE TAX.
For the first time in ny

For the first time in over twen- ty years the State of Connecticut has found it necessary to levy @ State Tax of one half q mill each year, on each dollar of the grand lists Of the cities and towns of the State, for the years 1909 and 19lG.
 This tax comes particularly hard on Bridgeport at the present time, owing to the following facts: The tax was levied by the General As sembly of 1909 during the closing days of the Session, ard the tax for 1909 was made paya ble on months before made up our an- nual budget for the fiscal year 1909-1910. we found ourselves of course unprepared to meet such State tax
 It therefore becomes necessary now, in preparing our annual bud get for l910-1911, to make pro- vision, for the State tax of both years.
 And as the State Board of Equalization has deemed proper to add $6,OOO,OOO to the last grnad list for State and County purposes, we are obliged to pay to the State on grand list that is tIC llSG we are collecting taxes on. We will also, I presume, be obliged to pay interest on the sums due No- vemher 1G 1909, from. the date when due until time of payment about six months.
 The amounts required for this tax will be as follows:
 Principal of State Tax
 due in 1909, $42,694.54 Interest on same for
 siV mos. to date of
 payment, 1,2SO.S3
 $43,9795.37 Amount of State Tax
 to become due in
 Nov, 1910, esti-
 mated, 43,0Oo.O0 Total, $86,975.37
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Paris, Jan. 26.-Paris' hopes for 8 change in the weather that would re- lieve the terrible flood situation were met today by heavy snow and 8 rising temperature that melted the snow as fast as 1t fell
 The Hydrometric Surveys promises that the crest of the flood will be reached tomorrow morning when the danger will be the most critical. The stage of the Seine at noon at the Pont Royal was 2S feet, 19 feet and s inches above the formal The worst danger is in the probability of fur ther breaks in the retaining wall of the Seine. It is not believed that the subsequent rains will cause the river to overflow. The swollen. rush. Ing torrent, however, is breaking through the wall in many places.
 Soup and bread lines. the inevitab ble result of Restitution wrought by the food, formed in Paris today.
 The situation in Paris is so appall- ing that no accurate estimate of the extent of the damage has been at tempted. It is roughly estimated that fifty thousand men are unem- ployed in the city and suburbs and that at least 200, ,000 homes have been flooded.
 A new danger arose today in the encroachment of the water on the city gas plant in the Grenelle Quart sr in West Paris. Nearly the entire city uses gas from this plant for lighting and cooking. A company of si tiliery saved the village of LuA near Dion, today, by cannonading the dyke above the village, permitting the river, which threatened to en- gulf the village, to spread over the surrounding country.
 The Foreign Office on the Quai Dorsey. Is deserted today as it is en- tireiy surrounded by water. The Ma tional ro"d was turned into a canal ty the breaking of the trunk sewer at ClIchy. The entire trunk sewer system is in danger of collapse.
 Water Is now eight feet deep in the basement of the city hall A further rise of two feet and the ground floor of the famous Panthion will be reached.
 Soldiers rescued two thousand of Inc inhabitants of Alfortville, near the junction of the Seine and the Msrne, today, in beats. AlfortvfIIe is under 12 feet of water and practicaI- ly all of the population Of 16,00O are
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1,280.S3 5 43, 795.37 43,0O0.O0 $86,975.37

Auditor Bernard Heating recom- mends in his annual report today, a tax rate of 16 mills The rate on prop erty in the first district to be seven and twO-tenthS mills and the rate on property in the Second district to be eight and eight-tenths mills. This rate is two-tenths of a mill higher than the rate of last year. But it is eight-tenths of a mill low er when municipal expenses alone are considered.
 One mill of the new rate is to meet state tax, which has not been in- posed upon the cities and towns of the state in 20 years before.
 The estimated receipts of the First District are $233, ,644.
 The amount to be raised by taxation is S60S 784.
 The estimated receipts of the Second
 The amount to be raised by taxation is S714, 56O.
 The auditor favors a bond issue for widening Congress street, for widen ing the eastern approach to the Con gress street bridge and to build new police garage. He estimates $35,0 900 as the cost of widening, $15,0O0 for the ap- proach and s3,OOO for the garage to- tai of S53, 900.
 Bonding for other necessary bridges is recommended whenever any shall be built but the building of another bridge is not recommended.
 /Impliedly the auditor favors bonds to run 70 years and recommends 50 years for the proposed issue.
 The auditor refuses to recommend the appropriat of $60,000 for the pur- chase and maintenance of the garbage plant operated by the Bridgeport By Products Company.
 Permanent pavement is recommend ed on Main street to Gilbert street, on Stratford avenue from the river to Yellow Mill bridge, on Elm from Main to Broad, on Broad from Fairfield ave- nue to Elm street and the repaving of Yellow Mill bridge with wood block.
 The auditor is opposed to laying new nnacadam and favors expenditure to put existing macadam in condition.
 The auditor refuses to recommend an appropriation for a new store house for the fire department on the ground that the proposed location is unsuit- able He suggests the use of the city yard where a store keeper is already provided. He refuses to recommend an appropriation for new motor for Fire Chief Mooney
 The usual one mill tax for new schools is recommended. It is esti- mated to yield $S4,S50.
 reduction in the amount necessary for this purpose is predicted for next year.
 The auditor recommends the pur- chase of portable bothsA for election use.
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DOCTOR BUNNELL ARRESTED, CHARGE
 IS SERIOUS ONE
Warrant Issued Following Statement Made By Col ored Girl at Hospital In
 Serious Condition
Physician Taken to Head quarters By Sergeant Cronan and Sends for His Attorney-No Bail Fixed at Press Hour.

William H. Bunnell. M. D., a we'll known practitioner of years standing with his office and residence at 1115 Stratford avenue, was arrested today on warrant charging him with com mitting an illegal operation. The penalty for conviction of the crime charged is a fine of not more than '$1,O0O or Imprisonment of not more than i've years, or both.
 In connection with the arrest of Dr. Bunnell the arrest is expected of g. negro youth, Edwin Luckett, of 228
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CARD OF THANKS.

We the undersigned desire to ex- press our sincere thanks to our many friends who assisted us during our recent bereavement in the death of our brother, Michael J. Goggin, and especially to those that attended the funeral and sent floral offerings, and also to the members of Park City Council, K. of C., Red Anchor Yacht Club and the Bridgeport Minstre1s.
 MRS. KATE EARTNETT a*, MRS. ANNIE ANDERSON.
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TWO TOWNS IN FRANCE DROWNED OUT
 LOSS LIKELY TO REACH S25O,00OOOO
WHOLE OF EASTERN EUROPE
 IN GRIP OF. TERRIBLE STORM
BLIZZARDS, FLOODS AND HURRICANES RAGING WITH UNPRECEDENTED VIOLENCE-WRECKS: ::
 AT sEATELL OF STORMS FURY

Parsian River Seine Is Almost 20 Feet Above Normal and Still Rising 100000 Houses Flooded Out Great Army of Workers Idle Because of Closing of Shops Soup Lines for the Destitute Destruction of Tele graph and Telephone Communications Train Ser vice Demoralized.
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In the First District Rate of Seven and Two-tenths
 Mills In the Second District Rate of Eight and Eight
 tenths Mills

An Extraordinary Expense. Equal to a Rate of One Mill, Is Demanded by State Tax-Rate for Mu- nicipal Purposes Equals 15 Mills, a Reduction of Eight Mills Over Rate Of 1909.
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AUDITOR RECOMMENDS
 10 MILL TAX RATE
ClTY'S GRAND LIST FOR
 1909 IS $S5,lS7,935

Greatest Increase Since Bridgeport Add ped Nominal Hundred Per Cent Basis, and Is Largely Obtained By increase on Property Hitherto Favored-Public Ser vice Corporations Boosted $7OO,O O,OOO-Increase Over 1909 Is $5,553S23
 The grand list for 1909 is 1885, 187 7935
 This is within few dollars of the estimate .ven to it's readers by The Farmer.
 The Board of Assessors announced the figures shortly after noon today.
 The list is subject to ght changes either LID or down which may be made by the Board of Relief
 The figures are as follows:
 1909 GRAND LIST second District ..................... $S1 462 292 flrst Dlstr1ct, .........:........... 3725,643 Iotal Grand Llst ..................... $851S7935 A9oo 1rano Idst, ..................... 79634112 Increase over 1908, . ....... 5553 822
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MAROCk'S WIVES
 COMPARE NOTES
 IN ST. VINCENT'S Wife No. 2 Convinced of Husbands Perfidy Yes
 terday for First Time

Wife No, 1 Said to Have Been Reimbursed By Wealthy Father of Pris- oner on Her Return to Pc land Husband stoultl.y Protests Innocence When Indian Orchard Woman Visits Him at Jail.
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new Paper Box building is now ready, and we have work for at least 100 more women and girls in that department
 Learners are paid extra rates Ap- ply to The Warner Brothers Com pany, Box Dept, Warren and At lantic streets. A22d>o
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terrier puppy, female, white head, brindle body. Reward for information or return. Daniel H. Boyle, 98 Pequonnock St.
 A 26 *p
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PREVENTING MiIneogra phtnp Notary Public. Sears. 10S Meigs Bldg.
 F IT tro
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TO RENT.-Flat, 214 Congress St.
 No children. A 26 s~po ed soles and heels go cents. Ladies 7OG 275 State St. a*p FOR SALE.-One h. p. cyl and one 14 h. D. 2 cyl. Bridgeport mo- tors. Prices right. Inquire only if you mean business. 114 Meigs Bldg. A 26 D
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WANTED.-Women to do hand sew > ing, mostly basting lace on corsets. This is desirable work for those who do not wish to run sewing machines
 Apply at General Offices, The War 'ner Brothers Company, Lafayette and Atlantic Sts. A r to
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A RESPECTABLE WOMAN wishes a situation as first class cook and
 will do plain washing. 437 Union
 Ave, East End. A 26 b*p
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BRIDGEPORT Housecleaning Bureau Ashes, rubbish removed. 4s3 New field avenue. Telephone 1316-5. Ra;pb l.. Miller, Prop. c 9 +fo
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FOR SALE-New ten room house in Boston avenue, three minutes iron, Whiting Silver Co.'S new factory all improvements, including vacuum. cleaner. $4,000. Terms reasonable. M
 McNamara, 306 East Main street
 Phone 2934. A 13 flo
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FOR SALE.-Here is a chance to make money. family house, 20 roOnns
 rents $500 per year. Leave your ad- dress at Farmer Publishing CO. of
 Nfice. H 97st
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WANTED.-We still have a large num- Der of sewing machines ready for women to operate. Only high-grade work, and wages accordingly Ex- perience is not necessary as opera tors do only one part which is easily learned. Apply at General Offices, The Warner Brothers Company, La fayette and Atlantic Sts.
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NOTICE.

There will be a meeting of the Re- tail Wine, Liquor and Beer Dealers Association at Concordia Hall corner State and Court Sts, Thursday, 2:3O D. m., Jan. 27th
 F. FLYNN, A 25 b*po Pres.
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OPPORTUNITY.-A chance to invest in a local enterprise that will pay good returns. Investigate. P. O Box eos. A1Q s+f
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FOR LEASE.-Eight rooms, all im- provemehts, 1347 Fairfield avenue, to a desirable party. G. c. Stewart,
 617 State street. A 26 s* o
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UNCLASSIFIED

FOR SALE.-A furnished room house
 IuIl or roomers, central. RoOmeEs care of Farmer A 26 h
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A PIANO NEW. s160. A fine aood second hand at bargain prices. Dial & Lee Music Co.,, S4 Cannon St.
 A 20 If O
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THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL pro- yides special opportunities for boys over twelve years of age who are one, two. or three years below high school grade. &
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-26

WHEN YOU WANT a good Derby or soft hat, see Jim at 974 East Main street. You know who. James J Sheehan. ID IA *tfo l 5
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WANTED.-Man for porter work. Some Knowledge of handling steam boilers and electric motors neces- sary Good wages, steady job to right party. Best of references re- quired. Apply between hours of s and g, Room 104, Meigs Building
 A 25 b O
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PRICES have gone up and will go higher, cover your boiler and pipes now. J. F. Welsh, 114 Kossuth street. ii IS If
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GUINEA HENS, ducks. roasting chickens, broilers, fowl. liver pud- ding, sausage meat bologna. B ,-n- mos & BiltZ. G 15 # 1 O
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CENT A WORD

For Wants, To Rent, Fer Sale, Etc, you get .te BEST AND MOST RE- TURNS from THE "FARNIER."
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NEW YORK BOLOGNA and frank furters, home IT ade meat loaf fresh daily. Peter Hron, 1216 Stratford Ave U 2S If 5 O
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oITR SPECIALTY--Country Pork, Pigs Hooks. and Brautwurst. at Nagers. F. Main St. G 15 If o B
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WANTED.-An experienced stock clerk in an out of town factory. Good wages and opportunity for advance ment. None other than experienced stock clerk need apply. Address Clerk this office.
 A 26 b 8 5
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PRATTS CAFE. 137 Fairfield Ave. is sure to have what you want in ales, wines and liqrors Do not forget the fine free lunch served daily.
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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-23

latest color scheme. and il must be nd
mitted they look smart and novel in linen
or pongee.
Gathered and side pleated skirts are
now to be seen in the foulsrd and pongee
gowns. with wide and narrow side pleat
ings. aud black and white striped silk
skirts, accordion pleated. are most cleverly
made 50 as TO show either the oil black
or all white. The gathered skirt has
not az yet been enthusiastically greeted,
and when it proves successful, which
means becoming. it has been most care
fully and wonderfully dealt with, for
when fashion positively demands long,
slender lines and then commands gath
cred or pleated skirts. the dressma ker' s.
life is weary one indeed. os only by
most careful Citing and cutting can plcats
and gathers be disposed of so that there
VIII not be too much fulncSS TO make
the wenrer look large around the hips.
The pieatcd or gathered skirt, with it's
fulness held in around or just above the
ankles with straight band or fold is
supposed to help In solving the problem.
but IL requires u master workman or
Workwoman 10 obtain tho desired results.
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PRACTICAL HINTS FOR HONE DPESSNAKNG

must be seriously considered The small
dressmakcr, the clever seamstrcSs. who
years ago was part of every family life.
has been absorbed by the large dressmak.
ing establishments or has started an es-
toblishment of her own Dress Is far
more Intricate and involved than II ever
was and its very simplicity Is often a
delusion and snare. Every womun who
has to make her own clothes or has TO
Superntcnd their making has to study
dress most carefully before she decides
what she will have in her summer ward
robe.
10 begin WITH she must have GOOD
hitting pattern for the lining, and sbo Viii
fnd 1t pays to spend days II necessary In
getting the lines just right: then the same
thing must be gone into for the skirt.
But with the waist lining perfectly fitted
and the skirt lining perfectly fitted and
hung the rest OF the gown is compare
lively easy. \ common fault 10 poor
dresSmaking Is cutting away the material
at the armholes toward the front of the
waist and then leaving the mistake to be
remedled by letting the waist out in front
and covering up the mistake with the
outer material Better lose the entire
lining. even if il be silk than attempt 10
remedy il in such fashion. Sometimes tue
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as well as cleaned There are few who
Try the experiment of washing the sils
i'nen costumes, for. as rule, they are
made up in such more or less elaborate
lashlon that cleaning seems the more nat
ural process. There are many new models
lor the coat and skirt costumes, but the
SIMPLER designs are the smartest, and
"hen there is braiding. just the band
around the skirt and on the collar, reyers
ana cnds of the jacket arc sufficient to
give The smart effect. Pongee costumes
arc on the same order. and in fact there is
little difference in the models for any ol
the coat and skirt costumes OF the sum
mer fabrics, there are long coats and short
jackets, but the skirts are all short. NJ
these costumes are intended for street
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combined materials on the colorS, aud il Is
by no means an easy task to match the
shades, so that often it is better TO choose
some one color that is not SO extremely
fashionable that il can only be found In
one material and to match it involves hours
of weary search.
Shepherd Plaid Effects.
| Shepherd plaid effects, as are known
the black and white check effects and.
indeed. all the checks of color and white,
are as popular as ever despite The fact
that they are turned ont by the thou
sands. The shepherd plaid street cos
tunes 10 wool, serge. silk linen and silk
are still being made at the more expensive
establishments But there is most won
derful difference between the ordinary
cheap ones and the expensive. or late
there have been seen many trimmed with
bands of plain material. This style Is
new and is often attractive, but cannot
be generally recommended for the pluin
band cuts the figure so unbecomingly.
and there again comes the trouble of the
exact matching. Bands of white are the
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with short skirts and nrc thought much
smarter for midsummer than the fouland
gowns intended for moro formal occa-
sions. White ground with light dgurcs
will be made up much more clnborately
and trimmed with lace and embroidery.
but this latter style is not at all on the
same order, and while II may be the
same fabric il is so differently dealt with
AS to make it seem entirely different
Foneee. raJah aud tussor are heavier in
weight and are almost invariably made
with coat to match. silk linen is another
material on the same order and is i'm
mensely popular this season. 1t is 10
be found in all colors and all shades
't color, and. while not classed with
wash goods. can. 1t l. claimed. he washed
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designs, rings of white. lnce designs,
stripes aud checks, until To choose among
so many requires cool judgment. The
bordered foulardS arc exceptionally at
traetiye this year, and the border can be
80 satisfactorily dealt with thot trim
mlngs are unnecessary. Black and white,
color and white. all with borders. arc
displayed With an edge OF darker or
plain black as finish. There are most
artistic and becoming Shadings Of grav
-n the bordered foulnrds, a. well NJ tho
blue end white and black and white. that
always appear when foulards are in
ieVor, and this year all the many shades
OF red are much in evidence.
For practical wear nothing is better
than the black ground with white polka
dots and IT is extraordinary how this dc.
sign stays 10 fashion year after vcor
MS summer 1t is combined with nloin
black liberty satin most eaoc,iyoI,
but there are Just as many satisfactorv
gowns turned out that arc entirely -,
the foulard. For the street and genera
0-s"t'"ai vaar fonlarl GOWNS .-o -.
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wear. Foulard, the figured foulard. COM
bined with plain pougce or rajah, is an at
tractive fashion, the foulord used in the
same way as when combined with serge
in faciucS aud Innings and sometimes in the
$ Daratc waist. Much depends in these
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results of the fault can be obviated by
putting in a piece to give the width re
Quired, but far better it is to try ono
again-nnd several times II necessary.
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" il is not every woman who is for
n nate enough to be able to order
aer wardrobe without regard 10 ex-
pensc, the problem of home dressmaking
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-08
Stamp Captured Fugitive President

Kermit has been shot by the boy god,
When Kermit arrived in Paris he was
introduced TO Miss Rutherford, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. W. K, Ruther-
ford He was seen often with Miss
Rutherford, and danced with her, rode
with her and looked at the sights Of
Paris in her company, Who knows
but that kermit;s engagement may be
announced soonf
Miss Bertron to Wed.
Miss Elizabeth Bertron. who went
TO Paris with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs 8. Reading Bertron q month ago,
viii be married TO Mr.. Snowdeu A.
Fahnestock, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Glib
son Fabnestock, on June !. al the home
Of her parents. The date OF the we'd
Mrs. Bertron had been in Paris some
weeks. A small reception will follow
The marriage ceremony,
Personal Mention
Mr.. and Mrs, August Belmont will
not spend the summer at Newport
The Belmonis have taken a cottage
leave Long Island. however. until the
racing season opens at Belmont Park,
/ wonder why the Belmonts are not
going to Europe7 You know, Mr.. Bel
mont's bride was Eleanor Robson, an
actress.
Mr.. aud Mrs Harry Payne Whitney
will occupy cottage at Newport this
summer, Mr.. Whitney spent last sum
mer IN England watching his horses
run but he is more interested IN Amer
lean turf affairs than foreign this year.
His large stable is being raced upon
all the tracks about here. OF upon the
tracks opened 80 far.
Members Of the nobility at the Plaza.
now or recently there. are Sir Eric
Darlington. Lady Darlington. Lady
Wilson, aunt of the Duke OF Marlbor"
ough: the Duke Of Manchester. the
Duchess OF Manchester, Lord William
Cecil, Lady Cecil. Sir Henry Kitson
and Colonel Kitson.
Mrs, Charles M. Oelrichs will pass
ne summer in Europe with her sister
Mrs, Theodore A. Havemeyer.