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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-02
ABOVE TrN-YEAR AvHnAaA
Report Of the Condition Of Cotton
September IS.

The crop reporting board of the bureau OF
statistics Of the Agricultural Department
finds from the reports OF the correspondents
and agents OF the bureau that the average
condition OF cotton September % Was TIC.
a. compared with 77.3 August q. 1905, 71.2
September %. 1906. 1873 September .. 1904.
and q teu-year average Of est.
The following table shows the condition
Of the cotton crop by states September Is
Of last year, and with the ten-year aver
aeea.
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Philadelphia Stock Exchange.
Furnished By Dick Bros. Co. lll1 Il ct. nv.
hones Main R44O-A44l
Government Securities.
Charge Nolle Prosssd.

The charge against William G. Affiec-.
druggist, charged with selling liquor with
out proper prescription. was nolle prossei
by Prosecuting Attorney James Pugh at
the Police Court this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-02
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS

An advance Of q point and q half IN the
bid price Of q stock a. compared with the
closing bid Of the day before does not often
happen on the local exchange unless 1t Is
accompanied with good deal Of trading
and other symptoms Of an active market
In the case Of Greene copper. the first bid
made today when the stock was called was
q point and half higher than the closing
bid Of yesterday. The asking price was
also some three-eights Of q point ahead OF
that. or q corresponding advance over the
asking price of yesterday.
This marked fuctuation In the figures,
however. did not result in trading. az y
merely served to bring the local record OF
current prices within the range OF the
prices that the stock Is selling for IN New
York Better prices for copper and en!arg-
ed business Of the company, with posstbili-
ties for better dividends are the explanation
which 10 given generally Of the improved
market conditions Of the stock.
The only transaction In the stock durln4
the day was the sale after call OF nfty
shares at 28x. which IL more than 2 points
higher than the SELLING price Of YESTERDAY
OF a number Of hundred-share blocks: the
other copper stock listed on the board
namely, the Mitchell Mining. did not share
in this advance and there was practically no
change made In the figures as compared
with those recorded at tho close OF the
market yesterday.
Washington Gas stock got back to the
level Of SO today. Sales were made AGgre.
eating over one hundred shares, which were
bought on that level. with the exception OF
one block Of twenty-five shares, which went
for an eighth less. However. the demand
at that figure was exhausted, and while
there were further offerings at %, there
were no sales. The bid remained only n
below.
After some slight trading that was the
difference that separated the bid and the
asking price in the case Of Mergenthalef.t
A few lots Of National City Bank were
for sale and 140A was paid for them. The
bid at the close was 14O. -.
Some quotation lots Of the preferred
stock Of the Washington Railway and Etec-
trio Company were sold for 1874, and there
was more to be had at the same figure, but
the bid did not rise above 50. The bonds
Of the company sold on a somewhat higher
level than has prevailed recently. as the
figures were 81 and an eighth OF q point
higher. -
The committee Of federal legislation Of
the American Bankers Association, Of which
Mr.. w. v. Cox is member, Is sending out
circular to the members giving some de-
tails Of the recommendations which are to
be submitted to the next convention, which
meets soon in st. Louis.
One recommendation takes the form OF q
bill to authorize national banks to make
loans on real estate, and the other Is a
plan for credit or clearance currency.
Today's Government Receipts.
National bank notes received today for
REDEMPTION S326335: government recaiptS
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New York Stock Market

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Bar silver, steady S1Nd. per ounce.
Money Sa3h per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market for short
bills IL 4asA4ls per cent:
months bills 10 ~ per cent.
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Brighton Beach Entries.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BRIGHTON BEACH RACE TRACK, N.
z, October 2-Followtng is the list of en-
tries for tomorrow's events: First race.
for four-year-olds and upwards. six fur
longs: COO. Novena, 1Oo: Belle Of Port
land, 100: Pioneer, 100; Irish Jewell. 100:
John F. Ahern, 1O7: Tide, los; Knight Of
Rhodes. 1O6; Sufice, 1O5; Idle Dream. los;
Adbell: 10s: Sovereign. 1Os; Maxey More.
1915; Ntblick, 107: Teacress, 1O5; Bowling
Bridge. 1O5; All Right, 100; Consideration.
1O7: Diamond Flush, 10Y; Pink Garter. los:
Spring. 115.
Second race. for two-year-olds. five and a
half furlongs-Altuda, 112: Prisoner, 90;
Ben, 1O2; Edward Everett, 90; Temmeraire,
1O2; Grace George. 104: Lord Boanerges.
115; Mamie Brady. 90; Waterbury, ITO;
Sally Preston. 107; Don Enrique. 107; Rus
sell T.. 90: Ellicott, lis.
Third race. for three-year-olds. one mile
Shot, 107; Water Tank, 1O2; Rye. 1O7; Music
Box. 81: Astronomer, 116; Aviston, LOT.
Fourth race, the Mercury handicap. for
two-year-olds and upward. six furiongs-
Pantoufie; us; Victoria NJ. no; Lady
five and half furlongs-Bluedale. 1O4
Joe Fal1ert. 81; Nadine, 90; Umbrella, 102
Alto Farola, 90: Do1lie Dollars. 1O4
Mintberia. 90; Gallant Dan, 1872; F1owa-
way; 81; Pungent. 100; cobbleskill. 1o4;
Taunt. 90: Col jack 100: Bertmont 90.
Sixth race, for three-year-olds and up
ward, one and one-sixteenth miles-Woods-
man. man 1917; Adeline B., 1917; Blue Pigeon.
1O7; Tarlac. no; Stole. 1O7; Adonis 1O7:
Fly Leaf. 107; Gypsy King, 1O7; On The
Eve. 107: Renolt, 100.
Weather clear and the track last.
Second Race at Brighton,
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Today,s Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today for
redemption, $326,335; government receipts
from internal revenue. $312.546: customs,
1893. $3.50; miscellaneous, Sos, 233. Expendi-
lures. 100000.
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CURB QUOTATIONS..

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Closing Quotations.

At the close Of the stock market the fol-
lowing stocks had changed In price since
above quotations. there being no change In
balance Of the closing prices:
American Car and Foundry. 45s.
American Ice Securities. 91%.
American Smelling. 1b4x.
American Tobacco. pfd.. 90.
Atlantic Coast Line. 141.
Baltimore and Ohio, 123.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit. TIN.
Canadian Pacific. 1904.
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Second Race at Brighton.

BRIGHTON BEACH, N. Y, October q
Second race. steeplechase, short course
Boundbrook, IS to 5 and to g. won; Rus
sell Sage, to 1. place, second; Allegiance,
third. Time Alb.
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Today's Cotton Summary.

Furnished by Dick Bros. & Co.. 1412 H Ut. n.
Phones Main 6440644f.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-05
GOLFER AFTER LAWYERS.
.Says He VII Bring Many Before
Grand Jury for Se1cer Frauds.

r,0,,sb President Coler promised last night
thar nearly one hundred lawyers of Brooklyn and
Manhattan will be called before the grand turles
OF Kings and New-York counties this week in
connection with fraudulent sewer claims Thou
sands OF claims have been presented in the last
two or three years and Mr.. Golfer believes the city
has been robbed OF hundreds of thousands or dol
lars annually Mr.. Coler says that sufficient evil
dence has been gathered against some ia"!eis 10
warrest their arrest.
Mr. Coler District Attorney John r Clarke' Oh
Kings County; District Attorney Jerome ana Con
troIler Metz have been working together ior "eehs
with the intention Of rounding up the lawyers ""0
have been buying sewer claims against the city,
and some startling evidence has been obtained.
Some of the men concerned are well known attor-
neys. A large part of the evidence in the HANDS
of the officials has been drawn from several or the
so-caled runners" who have been employed In
manufacturing bogus cases of damages against the
city.
Assistant Corporation Counsel O'NeI of Kings
County, said yesterday that OF the 1900 sewer
claims pending and which involve millions Of
dollars probably 90 per cent groundless It is
estimated that lawyer alone obtained s1SOO0
in judgments from the city last year. Another is
believed to have made profit of $4,000 through
the claims which he bought up and prosecuted
Speaking of the sewer frauds Mr.. Golfer said last
night
These sewer swindles have been going on for the
last two or three years. and the city has been de-
frauded of hundreds OF thousands OF dollars ne
scrpfions and put them in so fast that the city
officials could investigate them. and the courts
decided hundreds of cases against tSe city on the
fiimsiest grounds because of the lack of defence;
The lawyers made q practice Of buying up bad
cases. However. the people who turned over the
fraudulent cases to them will not escape punish
ment and they. with the lawyers. Will be brought
before the grand jures within the next few days
and indicted. This method of defrauding the city
became prevalent when ! Controller, and I put
Il stop to It. but il has come back, and
going do best stop il again. Nearly a
hundred lawyers viii be involved in tho cases
Frank Harvey Field first vice-president of the
Brooklyn Bar Association, said last night that
while the association has taken special action to
stop sewer claim frauds, the grievance committee
was ready TO investigate any charges of swindling
presented against any Brooklyn lawyer, and. haV-
Ing found proof OF his guilt would ask the Appel
late Division OF the Supreme Court dsbar him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-05
VALENTINE TRIAL ON.
Delays Occupied T1co Years Coz
ernOr Orders Special Session.

After having obtained delays covering nearly two
years since the date OF his indictment for forgery
Benjamin z. Valentine, a lawyer well known in
Brooklyn and Nassau, will to-day be brought 10
trial. Acting under an order from Governor Hig-
gins Justice Watson NJ Rogers will sit in ex-
traordinary session of the Supreme Court and try
Valentine. Fifty talesmen have been called from
which to select the jury. The trial will probably
consume a week or more. The prosecution, we'll
the defence will place handwriting experts upon
the stand. and the jury will endeavor to untangle
the truth from the resulting maze OF lines and
curves
The peoples side will be conducted by District
Attorney Coles, of Nassau County Mr.. Coles real
izing that the will be full of intrcacies has
employed counsel to aid him IN the prosecution.
Mr.. Valentine lives in Woodmere, Long Island,
and has offices at No. &c Court-st., Brooklyn. He
is about fifty years old. Valentines wife died in
1898. On June q. 1900 he caused TO be recorded
in the County Clerks office in MineOla what pur-
ported TO be a deed made by his wife, transferring
certain properties in Ccdarhurst and in California
to Valentines mother, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Valentine
OF Woodsburg. The alleged fraudulent deed was
dated May %, 1888. The signature was witnessed
by Valentine, who also took his wfe's acknowl-
edgement. according TO the instrument
A will by Mrs. Valentine gave her mother-in-law
a life interest in the property held by her and be-
queathed the property TO her children after a Ger
tain time had expired. provided in the terms Of
the will The deed transferring the property to the
elder Mrs. Valentine offered for record about
two years after the provisions Of the will had been
passed upon by Surrogate Seabury. Valentine will
receive a chance when the defence opens, to ex
An action to have the deed aside was success
full, and District Attorney Jesse NJ. Niemann car
ried the matter TO the grand jury. and Valentine
was indicted for "disposing of and putting off as
true and genuine forged, altered and fraudulent
instrument"
II DO not wish to try the case out of court" said
District Attorney Coles yesterday, but it will not
be improper to refer TO the fact that forged
deed. which record could easily have been
produced by Valentine complete defence in the
two three civil actions against him which arose
after IL had been filed. But he never used it,
David y. Carvalho and William J. Kinsev are
among the handwriting experts for the prosecution
ln-cl cor, LON n.l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-05
HEARST NIGHT RUN.
Not Considering GoUernorshp, but
Would Respond to Demand.

William Randolph Hearst returned to Washing
ton Saturday from California He told a CORE
spondent of The Brooklyn Eagle that he was
not In any sense seeking nomination for Gov
ernor Of this State, but he made it clear that il
there a demand from the radicals. such as
brought him into the mayoralty fight last fall he
would accept nomination. When asked If Mr..
Murphy or his associates had preached the subject
Of nominating him for Governor. Mr. Hearst said:
Most assuredly not. You can hardly expect oil
and water TO mix"
Would you become candidate for Governor
under certain conditions he was asked.
4 am not a candidate for the Governorship and
probably will not be-" he replied. but If a situation
should arise such existed in the late mayoralty
campaign which should compel my taking an
active part IN politics, l viii have TO take it,
have desire TO hold office: in fact the offcehold-
ing proposition is distasteful TO me and irksome.
Moreover. IN a certain way II is Ineffective for
when a man is running for office he may appear
to have a personal object to advance in seeking
election. When he is not candidate there can be
no such considerations. However. intend TO main
tain my interest in politics every citizen should
90. especially if he is trying to conduct several
newspapers along the line of public thought"
But you are not seeking a nomination.
Not at all. l stand just where stood in the
mayoralty fight last year I told my friends then
ii would be better TO nominate another man
had been fighting the corrupt corporations so long
that they were very bitter toward me- and nv
nomination was certain to arouse them to great
tI-'Ity- mink the eIeCuOn showed that
money was raised defeat the will OF the peonle
IN that election than had been raised in any pre-
NOUS campaign in New York City" -
suppose there should be a general demand for
you to run for Governor -'
If II there were to be a general demand for my
nomination. and any special advantage in nv run
llig, ihen L would become a candidate That is ali
an now merely stating a preferences 10 be ont Of
acuNe politics. and not unwillngness TO go into
a nIalgn If there should be necessity for II 7
MINK, however, there will be plenty OF available
candidates seeking the nomination.
For what party would YOU become a cardida+eo,,
., 4hasmuch as have said l have not considered
me possibility of nomination. l can hardly discuss
qetalIs OF tins kind / believe in what | consider
11yeHlocrauc principles But to my mind there is
niue or no difference between the Democracy of
J Jed ana the Repnblicanism of Lincoln The
names democrat and Republican mean little these
DAYS. There liberal, progressive Democrats
ana mere are corpora ton Democrats Just as there
are ADeral and corporation Republicans Person
any, ! believe that when the Democracy Of the
country has an opportunity properly express ts
doctrines II will be found that they are the princi
pies or Jefferson the principles in which / believe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-05
PRINTERS INCREASE STRIKE BENEFITS
Single Men to Receive $40 and Married
Members SIS Weekly While Out

Maennerchor Hall. 56th-st., near l9d-ave yes
terday TO hear reports from the chapels regarding
the strike against the Typothet@ About eighteen
hundred members were present II was reported
that seven hundred still out on strike
and that the members at work were paying their
assessments regularly. in aid of the strikers.
resolution was carried TO increase the strike
benefits to those who still out The single men
Will receive SO week. instead Of s. heretofore
and the married men will be increased from s2 TO
SIS a week.
Delegate Abrams, Of the Franklin Association
Of Pressmen's Helpers, said that the injunction OBJ
tanned by the Butterck Publishing Company
against the officers Of Typographical Union No 8
had been extended TO the members Of his organiza-
ton and the International Pressmens Union.
On motion OF Philip Kelly, delegate Of the The
atrical Protective Union. the central body SIS
TO the striking printers. Kelly said that he made
the motion IN order that the central body might
show the side Il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-05
GEORGE III. MUNROE SAYS.


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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-05
CAR VICTIM IDENTIFIED.
W. B. Greenbaum Read of Wife's Accidental
Death in a Newspaper.

W. b Greenbaum. a liquor dealer at No .
fed yesterday the body OF the woman who was
struck by a trolley car, az Broadway and Gs,-'t
on Saturday evening, and badly hurt that shs
died few hours later AZ Bellevue Hospital! as tha
Of his wife, Mary E. Greenbaum. forty-segen years
old
Mr. Greenoaum said yesterday that Mrs GIse-
baum went out late on Saturday afternoon 70 %
some shopping. intending 70 return home IN ''1'
20 dine with him at o'clock While waiting o
her he fell asleep. and did not awaken until neaiE
O'Clock yesterday morning. Net finding his NH'
he became alarmed
He went down to the hotel Office and bought
morning paper. In II he read the account OF Is
fatal accident at Broadway and 21st-st IAs "
sCriptiOn OF the woman killed 80 nearly ansNeis4
that OF Mrs Greenbaum that he immediately ven
10 the Morgue where he found that the dead S0-
an was his wife.
Mrs Greenbaum. according 70 Patrolnah n-
ley, Of the West SCJh-st police station stalle1
cross Broadway at 21st-st. Just then oiS -
mobile came along and in enieavorins 70 s7'
CT the way OF the machine the woman 500
directly in front OF a Broadway car, which - -
her. knocked her down and dragged he' -.
feet before the n1otorrnan succeeded in stoppias
Michael O'Conncr the uo1orman, vas - -,
under arrest on a technical charge Of Hlansa-s So,
and arraigned IN jefferson Market pom, S,-,
yesterday morning Magistrate Pool rsrlasH3'
20 the custody OF the coroner
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-05

his ministry; the deaconesses' house and N.
summer home at Far Rockaway are all dus =,
his work
The St Georges Battalion. which furnished
fifty recruits for the Spanish-American War Ia,
been highly praised by State officers for ira AS,
cipIine
Dr. Rainsford has published a volume AZ N,
sermons, and is the author of "Peacemakerz a,
Faith, The Church's Opportunity in the C4ry
Of To-day" and Good Friday Meditation"
In 1888 Mrs. Rainsford was elected a scbool
trustee in this city, being the first woman =,
hold such an office in many years It was in ina
fall OF 1904 that DR.. Rainsford's health brok.
down and he FASTENED TO Europe.
In the pulpit DIR. Rainsford was energetic 4,
movements and graceful in gesture
The Rev DR.. Hugh McC. Birckhead vas o..
dained priest by Bishop Potter In lime 1ea
The present Corporation Of ST. Georges IL.
Wardens, John Pierpont Morgan 1858. John
Noble Stearns. 1871 Vestrymen, R Fulton Cut
ting. 1888; Charles Brown. 1885, William. Foulks.
1892; Seth Low, 1898: Henry W Munroe 1895;
William jay SchieffeIin, 1895: H H Pike. 1896;
John Seely Ward. jr.. 1896; James w Markoe.
NJ d., 1899. Clerk of the vestry John Reichert:
treasurer, William Foulke; property committee
j. Pierpont Morgan. r. Fulton Cutting William
Foulke; lay delegates 10 the diocesan convsn-
ton. ]. Pierpont Morgan R. Fulton Cutting,
Frederick H Belts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-05
FEAR SENATE HOLD-UP.
GaS Bill IN Committee Which Has
Killed Many Measures.
rn~ telegraph to The Tribune. !

Albany. Feb. 4.-The Agnew S0-cent gas bill
probably VIII be reported favorably by the
tese1nIly Committee on Electricity, Gas and
Water Supply this week, but the Page bill, its
senate equivalent, is confronted with apparent
defeat. The opponents Of cheap gas for New
York City are concentrating all their efforts on
r-.a Senate. which has helped them many times
lrsora now when difficulties were pressing. They
irre decided apparently, that the Assembly.
full of the new blood" and the "reformers''
vhom Speaker Wadsworth put in important
committee places. may be depended TO pass
the bin. bat the tried and true" Senators are
their refuge in this storm.
Senator Pages measure which bears out the
ideas Governor Higgins expressed in his mes
sage concerning cheap gas for New-Yori, is now
in The Committee on Miscellaneous Corpora
tons. Many measures offensive to corporation
interests have been stifed in this committee
whose head, Senator Goodsen, has introduced
a number Of distinctiyey corporation bills. and
whose members include among others Cassidy
the friend Of all corporatic1s.
Some action by the committee on the Page
bill is scheduled for next Thursday, but before
that time Senator Page is likely 10 move 10
have the committee discharged from further
consideration Of his la He wants TO put the
Senators ou record I'm connection with this meas
ure, which is going 10 be one Of the stubbornly
contested bills of the session from all indica-
lions. The gas companies have been working
quietly among their friends here for some time.
hoping 10 obtain delay in the progress Of this
bin. II they can delay this measure until the
report Of the gas commission they will be able,
they think, To argue that the necessity Of the
legislation has been set aside by the commits
sion's decision Then, with action by the legis-
lature shut off, they can with ease attack the
standing Of the gas commission.
There has been considerable talk here in the
last few days Of the likelihood OF a radical re-
port from the commission. with amendment
10 the Page BILL possibly making sliding scale
Of from - 10 - cents II that amendment were
reported il would give the gas companies an
excellent opportunity 70 Kill all chance Of lower
ing the price Of gas by legislation, because they
would argue that the rates established were
unfair 10 the companies. which could not posi-
bly, manufacture the gas to sell at such low
prices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-05
HTNA LIFE's STATEMENT.

The fifty-sixth annual statement of the .Ftna
Life Insurance Company. of Hartford. shows assets
OF s79.2475O4 81 The total receipts in 1905 were
SIS 40 81 and assets increased $ SOL during
the year Life insurance increased sl3553.576. The
company has than S25OOO0OOO life insurance in
force. 1t also does accident. health and La
bty business, and the accident insurance in force
increased by more than 100000 in 1906
The company has paid TO policyholders since its
organization S153 100 4G7 80. There is guaranteed
fund IN OF legal requirements of So 80 30 ST.
The company paid 81. 765 1856 II policyholders in
1906. and the life insurance issued revived paid
for in the year just ended amounted $50 27f SOS
The total income increased 81 ,02S9l3 To- The com
pany reports a prosperous year I'm all departments
OF its business