UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (CONNECTICUT., 



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Political. More than a score of women were 

 elected as county superintendents of public in- 

 struction in November, and in several instances 

 women were elected to other oflices. 



The congressional reapportionment under the 

 census of 1900 gives Colorado a gain of 1 repre- 

 sentative. 



CONNECTICUT, a New England State, one 

 of the original thirteen, ratified the Constitution 

 Jan. 9, 1788; area, 4,900 square miles. The popu- 

 lation, according to each decennial census, was 

 237,946 in 1790; 251,002 in 1800; 261,942 in 1810; 

 275,148 in 1820; 297,675 in 1830; 309,978 in 1840; 

 370,792 in 1850; 460,147 in 1860; 537,454 in 1870; 

 622,700 in 1880; 746,258 in 1890; and 908,355 in 

 1900. Capital, Hartford. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers in 1901: Governor, George P. McLean; 

 Lieutenant-Governor, Edwin O. Keeler; Secretary 

 of State, Charles G. R. Vinal; Treasurer, Henry 

 H. Gallup; Comptroller, Abiram Chamberlin; At- 

 torney-General, Charles Phelps; Adjutant-Gen- 

 eral, George M. Cole; Insurance Commissioner, 

 Edwin L. Scofield ; Railroad Commissioners, W. 

 E. Wilcox, W. O. Seymour, O. R. Fyler; Au- 

 ditors, W. A. Riley, J. P. Bree; Highway Com- 

 missioner, James H. MacDonald; Labor Commis- 

 sioner, Harry E. Back; Fish and Game Commis- 

 sioners, G. T. Matthewson, E. H. Geer, R. G. Pike ; 

 Shell-Fish Commissioners, G. C. Waldo, Christian 

 Schwarz, Seth Sanford; Tax Commissioner, An- 

 drew F. Gates; Forester, Walter Mulford; Fire 

 Marshal, John A. Rusling; Commissioner of the 

 School Fund, Carnot O. Spencer; President State 

 Board of Charities, E. A. Doun, succeeded in 

 September by Henry H. Bridgman; Bank Com- 

 missioners, C. H. Noble, G. F. Kendall; Dairy 

 Commissioner, John B. Noble; Cattle Commis- 

 sioner, Heman O. Averill; Factory Inspector, G. 

 L. McLean ; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of 

 Errors, Charles B. Andrews, who resigned and 

 was succeeded in October by David Torrance, As- 

 sociate Justice, whose place was filled by the ap- 

 pointment of Samuel O. Prentice, of the Superior 

 Court; the other Associate Justices are Frederic 

 B. Hall, Simeon E. Baldwin, and William Ham- 

 ersley; Judges Baldwin and Hamersley are Demo- 

 crats, the other justices and the elected State 

 officers are Republicans; Clerk of the Court, 

 George A. Conant. 



The term of the State officers is two years, ex- 

 cept that of the Attorney-General, which is four 

 years. Elections are in the even-numbered years. 

 The Legislature meets biennially in the following 

 January; the session is not limited as to length. 



Census Figures. The final census report on 

 population shows the number of persons of school 

 age, five to twenty years inclusive, and the males 

 of school age in Connecticut, respectively, 257,101 

 and 127,962. The males of militia age are 207,- 

 696. The males of voting age are 280,340; native 

 born, 173,248. 



Last year, it appears, there were 168 more men 

 than women in Connecticut, whereas ten years be- 

 fore the excess of women was over 7,000. In 1890 

 there were 12,820 colored persons in Connecticut, 

 and the return for 1900 was 15,996, of whom 

 15,220 were negroes, 599 Chinamen, and 153 In- 

 dians taxed. There were also 18 Japanese last 

 year. 



Almost three-fifths of the persons in Connecti- 

 cut are now either foreign born or the children of 

 foreign-born parents. 



The death-rate decreased from 18.6 in 1890 to 

 17.0 in 1900, to the 1,000. 



Finances. The receipts for the year ending 

 Sept. 30 were $3,156,156.34, and the expenditures 



were $3,777,109.81. The funded deht was $1,720,- 

 876.76. 



During the last live year* there has been a 

 decided decrease in the indebted ne.s.-s of the State. 



The receipts for the year preer-din^ \ vm , *2,H70 - 

 856.83 and the expenditures ^.:>^:.:>\ }.!:',.' 



The grand list, giving the return- of taxable 

 property in the State, shows thai the ji.-cssors' 

 lists amounted to $562,690,102, and thr; iXard or 

 Equalization added $131,510,000, rnai.n; a total 

 valuation of $694,200,162. The total in 1900 was 

 $570,163,749. 



The Comptroller is required by statute to pub- 

 lish once in four years the returns made to his 

 office of the indebtedness, amount received from 

 taxation during the past year, and other informa 

 tion pertaining to the towns and other local 

 governments. The total indebtedness of all the 

 towns, cities, boroughs, and counties is $27,624,- 

 827.42. This is an increase of $3,043,760.87 over 

 the amount reported in 1896. 



The amount raised by taxation during the year 

 was $8,106,904.29. 



The State Prison. There were 504 convicts 

 at the prison in June, the largest number since 

 December, 1899. Additions and repairs were in 

 progress. The new law provides that when a 

 person is sentenced to State prison, except for 

 life or in connection with a sentence of execution, 

 the court shall not fix a definite term, but shall 

 establish a maximum and a minimum term. The 

 maximum shall not exceed the maximum sentence 

 prescribed by the law, nor the minimum be less 

 than one year. When the person shall have been 

 twice before convicted, sentenced, and imprisoned 

 in a State prison or penitentiary, the court shall 

 sentence said person to a maximum of thirty 

 years. Any person, after the expiration of the 

 minimum term, may be released on parole by the 

 warden and a majority of the directors, if the 

 prisoner, in their judgment, will lead an orderly 

 life. 



School for Boys. The report of the State 

 School for Boys, at Meriden, shows that improve- 

 ments have been made at a cost of nearly $6,000, 

 paid from the ordinary income of the school, as 

 all improvements during the past few years have 

 been. The introduction of a manual-training de- 

 partment, where 60 boys are instructed, and the 

 lengthening of the school hours for the boys in 

 cottages, have reduced the income from the chair 

 shops a little over $1,200; but the whole amount 

 of receipts exceeds that of the preceding year by 

 $936. The State agent has made over 600 visits 

 to paroled boys, and investigated before parole 

 nearly 250 homes. Seventy per cent, of the entire 

 number of boys remaining on the visiting-list are 

 reported without any qualification as doing well. 

 Militia. The membership of the National 

 Guard, Sept. 30, 1900, was: Brigadier-General and 

 staff, 16; Battery A, 82; First Regiment, 684; 

 Second Regiment, 712; Third Regiment, 443; 

 Fourth Regiment, 517; First Separate Company, 

 68 ; Brigade Signal Corps, 41 ; Machine Gun Bat- 

 tery, 42 ; Naval Battalion, 229 ; grand total, 2,834. 

 Gain during the year, 168. 



The congressional apportionment of funds for 

 the militia gives Connecticut $12,745. 



Labor. The report of the Labor Commissioner 

 says that statistics for 108,782 wage-earners show 

 the average daily wage to have been $1.52 in 

 1900, against $1.40 the year before. The report 

 says further: 



" It appears that during the past year 245 

 manufacturing buildings have been erected. One 

 hundred and seventy-three manufacturing con- 

 cerns have constructed these factories. They have 



