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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-01-03
CHARGES OF FRAUD
FILED With CORTELYOU
OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF
NJ Z. COTTON LXCHANGE
ACCUSED.

object of Action to Bar 'Change Menu
bers From Use of United States Mails
in Conducting What the Charges
Term Fraudulent Practices--Letter 70
the Postmaster General.
Washington, Jan. 2.-Charges of
fraud were fled to-day with Postmas-
ter General Cortelyou against the Of
ficials and the members of the New
York cotton exchange by Representa-
tive Livingstone of Georgia and Har-
vie Jordan, president Of the Southern
Cotton association of Atlanta. On the
charges filed they base a request that
the postoft1ce department issue fraud
order against the officials and members
of the New York cotton exchange, IN
order to bar them from the use OF the
United States malls in conducting what
the charges term fraudulent practices.
The postmaster general, after going
over the papers submitted to him, re-
ferred his callers to Judge Goodwin, as
sistant attorney general for the post
Office department. 1t is likely a hear
ing on the charges will be held by Judge
Goodwin before a determination Of the
question is reached.
This letter was sent by Messrs Jor-
dan and Linvingstope:
Hon. George B. Correlyou, Postmaster
General, washington, D. g.
T. iW-
ingstone, M. c., of Georgia, and Har-.
vie Jordan, president of the Southern
C0tton association, Atlanta, Ga, here
by respectfully request the issuance of
fraud order by your department
against the use of the United States
mails by the officials and members Of
the New York cotton exchange. and
present our reason for the same In the
following charges, as below outlined,
and to which we most respectfully in
vite your careful attention.
Yours truly"
Following are the charges presented
to Mr. Cortelyou:
i've charge that New York city has
ceased to be a commercial spot cotton
market, and that the New York cotton
exchange operating under its present
debased and fraudulent contracts has
developed into a purely speculative or
gambling exchange, and that the grades
Of cotton shipped to New York and
ftenderable on the contracts under the
rules Of the New York dssttttes;;s esclas age
cannot he used for commercial enit1-
ming purposes. and that such grades of
cotton are used solely to depress the
price of spinable grades in the south;
to further the speculative features OF
the New York cotton exchange to the
heavy detriment of the entire legitimate
I cotton trade of the United States.
I've further charge that the said
New York cotton exchange through its
officers and members is daily using the
United States hiails for the purpose pf
transmitting and advertising their bus
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THIRTY-FogR KILLED.
Result of Wreck on the Rock Island
Road.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 2.-Thirty-four
persons. all Mexicans, but two, were
killed and bodies of thirty Mexicans
were incinerated early to-day in a
head-on collision of two passenger
trains of the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific railroad near Yolland. Tie
wreck occurred while bath trains were
runninS slowly on curve in cut
where the grade was steeN.
All the killed were in the southbound
train except tramp, who was on the
baggage car of the northbound train.
This tramp and a workman accom-
panying a grang of thirty-two Mexi-
cans were the only Americans killed
so far as known, although a passenger
avs that a woman and child were
burned in tourist car
There were tbirty-two Mexicans and
five Americans, composing a gang of
railroad workers in the smoking car of
the soEthbound car.
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Responsibility FOR
The WRECK ON B. & 0.
INVESTIGATION TO ASCERTAIN
CAUSE IS NOW ON IN
WASHINGTON.

Principal Witnesses Three officials OF
Road, None of Whom Can Give Any
Reason for the Disaster--NearIy Fifty
Summoned to Testify-Movements OF
Trains to be Followed Until They
CoIIided.
Washington, Jan. 2--An investiga-
tion to ascertain the cause and fix the
responsibility for the disastrous train
wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road at Terra Gotta. D. C.. last Sum
day night, was begun here before d
coroners jury to-day. The principal
witnesse were three official of the road
none of whom could give an reason
for the wreck. Nearly fifty witnesses
have been summoned, and the inquiry
promises to occupy the entire week.
Engineer Hildebrand and the other
members of the crew of the "dead,
train which telescoped the passenger
train. and who are under arret, were
seated in the inquiry room when the
inquest began, but were later excludeI
with other witnesses.
The testimony developed the nnove-
ments Of the trains involved from tie
time they were both at washington
junction between and o'clock Sum
day afternoon until the accident took
place
Mo. 68. the passenger train, left
washington Junction for washington
on time. The dead train No. 2.12O,
left a few minutes afterwards. The
passenger train stopped at every sta
tion and the special made no stops. NO.
66 had passed Takoma Park when No.
2.120 was allowed into the block at
Silver Springs. The train record kept
by Dispatcher Dent, who had entire
central of the trains, shows that he
received a message from the operator
at Takoma Park that No. 2,120 had run
b. his red signal This message came
seven or eight minutes after the train
had run past the danger signal. Dent
Immediately called up University sta
tion, the next towards Washington,
and was told that No. 66 was not
ccming' From this, he said, he fear
ed trouble, and in six or seven minutes
he got word from the conductor of
No. 6s, from University station. that
the wreck had occurred, Dent said
there was no cause to apprehend dam
ger. from the proximity of fsy-
trains until the rear train ran BY tho
STOP signal at. Takoma.
Division Superintendent y. II. Hobbs
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BLACKBURN,S TRIAL.
Governor Glenn Of North Carolina VIII
Appear.

Governor Glenn Of North Carolina VIII
Appear.
Raleigh, N c., Jan. 2Governor
Glenn announced to-day that he would
leave for Greensboro Tonight to ap-
pear before the grand jury which will
be asked to indict Congressman 3.
Spencer Blackburn of the Eighth dis
trict on a charge Of criminal libel.
The action follows charges made in
a letter from Blackburn sent out
from washington on Saturday last in
which he stated to Congressman elect
R. N Hackett the democrat elected in
the Eighth district, his grounds for
contesting the election, alleging among
other things that there had been a
conspiracy in which Governor Glenn
used his influence to secure Hackett's
election and as a member of the state
text book committee voted to put
books of the American Book company
ON the state list of public school
books in return for which the Ameri-
can Book company contributed large
sums of money to corrupt the voters Of
the Eighth congressional district while
in return Hackett was to use his in
fiuence to have Governor Glenn elect
ed United States senator TO succeed
the present senator from North Caro-
lima, Lee S. Overman.
In card published to-day Hackett
denied Blackburn's charges.
II shall prosecute Blackburn to the
full extent of the law Governor
Glenn said to-day. zone Of two things
must be done. / must be impeached or
Blackburn must be sent to Jail
No warrants for Mr.. Blackburn's ar
rest has been issued and Solicitor
Brooks did not expect to issue one un-
til tomorrow.
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Directors PAY fine
tribute TO CASoATT
ADOPT RESOLUTION ON HIS
CONDUCT OF The PENN
SRLVANIA.

Announced the Policy of His Road to
be the Abolition of the Rebate sys-
tenn and Extension of Equal Rates to
AII-Invested Nearly S9O,OOO,OOO in
Purchase Of Securities of Certain
Roads.
Philadelphia Jan. 2.-The board OIL
directors of the Pennsylvania Rallroau
company at a special meeting heid 70
day adopted resolution on the deatn
of A. j. Cassatt the late president anu
also elected James McCrea to the presl-
dency. The resolution follows;
There never has been a period In the
history of American railroads so preg-
nant with possibilities of evil as that
In which Mr.. Cassatt administered the
affairs of the Pennsylvania railroad
but thanks to his genius and almost
prophetic insight into the future, SO
fruitful of good not only to the ra1i-
road he headed but to all transporta-
ton interests in the country
"Mr. Cassatt announced the policy OIL
the Pennsylvania railroad to be the
abolition Of the rebate system and the
extension of equal rates to all, ne IN
vested nearly $9O,0OOOOQ in the purchase
Of securities Of the Baltimore q ONO
Norfolk & Western and the Chesapeake
& Ohio railways, and utilized the lnflu-
ence obtained through these holdings
for the betterment and building up of
those lines, believing that in adyanc-
ing their prosperity he was advancing
the prosperity of the Pennsylvania
railroad. Nowhere else in railroad his
tory can there be found another exam
pie of the pursuance Of such broad
policy by a powerful company towards
its weaker rivals.
''While thus broadening and strength
enlng the foundations of the entire rail
way system, his work upon the Penn
sylvania has been monumental. He
saw the tremendous impulse given to
our national development would require
an expenditure beyond anything before
dreamed Of Immense terminal yards,
gigantic relief lines, enormous increase
in motive power and equipment marx
the expenditures during Mr.. Cassatt
administration, and now when new
line from the summit of the Alleghenies
has almost reached tidewater, the wa
ters of the Hudson have been tunneled,
and when in the near future q great
passenger station in New York will be
the sign that the south, the southwest
and the middle west have been united
by continuous bands of steel to the
great commercial metropolis when the
work Of the last seven years has almost
reached tuitior--the end has come.
"In our pride of his achievements, In
our affectionate remembrance of the
close friendship so long vouchsafed tc
us, we can at least endeavor to forget
our sorrow in recalling the record that
he made in the history Of the company
in whose service he lived and died" +
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SHOT Professors WIFE.
Man shows Unbalanced SIind-Intended
Victim Escapes.

La Porte. Ind, Jan Mrs. Harry
c. Garman, wife of an instructor at
Purdue university, and daughter of
Governor j. Frank Hanly, was shot at
to-day by William Gee, whose actions
recently, it is declared. have indicated
an unbalanced mind. Coe used a shot
gun. Several Of tho shot penetrated
Mrs. Garman's sealskin coat but she
escaped injury. Several shots also
struck Prof. Garman but did no harm.
AS Prof. and Mrs, Garman drove past
the residence of Coe he came out
into the road and after the buggy had
passed, levelled a shotgun at them and
fired. Prof and Mrs. Garnan contin-
ued their journey to town and reported
the affair to the authorities
1t is said Goes team was frightened
yesterday by Prof. Garman and his
father who were shooting rabbits and
Coe threatened to get even.
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NEW YCRK LEGISLATURE.
Questions in Governor Hughes Message
Most Discussed.

Albany, N. Y, Jan. 2,-The newly
elected senate and assembly convened
few minutes after noon to-day TO be-
gin the both session Of the state leg
islature; affected organization in both
houses by the selection of the nominees
of last nights republican caucuses; re-
ceived the first annual message of the
new governor, Charles B. Hughes, and
adjourned as usual for one week, until
next Wednesday evening. During the
interval, the republican leader, Senat-
or Raines, as president pro tempore of
the senate, and Speaker James W.
Wadsworth, jr, of the assembly, both
of whom were reelected to-day, will
arrange the assignments Of committee
memberships
The day was comparatively unevent-
full, and aside from the message of the
new governor, which had been awaited
with much interest, the proceedings
were of a decidedly routine character.
A good many bills were introduced in
both houses, but few Of them were of
general interest or Importance.
The part Of Governor Hughes mes
sage most discussed tonight is that
recommending the abolition of the state
railroad commission, state commission
of gas and electricity, and the New
York city rapid transit commission
and the creation instead of a state
commission for the regulation of public
service corporations generally, and a
city commission to control transit cor
porations and conditions in New York
city.
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Continued on Eighth Page.)
RUSSIAN BUDGAg
Estimates Prepared by the Ministry Of
Finance.

"
St. Petersburg, Jan. 2.-The preiimi-
nary budget estimates prepared by the
ministry of finance for the first six
months of 1907, commencing January "A.
provide $523, Ale, 900 for regular expendi-
lures, an increase of 1S,896,0OO or SV
per cent, compared with the seni-an-
nual expenditures for the same period
of 1906. The greater part Of the in
crease will be absorbed in the payment
of the interest on the big loan Of 1905,
which increased the total of interest
charged from $11,O9S, 900 to $94 ,730, 900,
The second largert item is an i1-s
crease of $6,7S2,O0O in the budget Of the
ministry of finance, raising the total
to $92,435 900 for that department, chief
ly to provide for the increased manu-
faeture of spirits to meet the steadily
increased consumption.
, Other important items in the budget
are sos, ,O95,000 for the war ministry.
$76 ,01S, 900 for the navy, $11S,670,00O for
railroads, $33, 900 for the ministry Of
the interior, $1,000 900 for the ministry
Of justice, and $11, 100000 for education.
The estimates for the extraordinary
expenditures, including large sums.
which are to be devoted to army res
form, education and possibly to naval
construction, have not yet been pub.
lished.
The new estimates do not contenlu
plate deficit in the budget Of 1905,
which foresaw a deficit Of $7o,OO0,0Oo.
but this and the increased expenditures.
for famine relief and other purposes
during the year are covered by a graft
flying increase in the revenues over the
estimates, which up to November "a
reached $102,5OO,OOO and was steadily
growing.
The government, as announced, ex-'
poets to retire all its outstanding short-
term obligations this month, but will
issue about $25,OOO,OOo anew in Ger
many.
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Causes BIT NOT The
CURE FOR CAR Shortage
nEgGRMINED BIZ THE MEMBERA
OF THE INTLRSTATE COM
MERGE COMMISSION

Chairman Finds 1t lis Fair Inference
That the Real Cause of the Coal
Scarcity In North Dakota is Abund-
ance of Westbound TraIIic-Reference
to the Presence of Trust or Combi-
aation.
Washington, Jan. 2.-The causes, but
not the cure, for the car shortage in
the northwest and the consequent coal
famine in North Dakota have been de-
termined by the members of the inter
state commerce commission participat
ing in the recent hearings at Chicago
who served as chairman of the inyes-
tigating commission, to-day filed his
report with the full commission and
sent it to President Roosevelt, who or
dered the inquiry
He finds that it is a fair inference
from the testimony that the real cause
of the coal scarcity in North Dakota
was such an abundance of west-bound
traffic at the head of the lakes that
cars were not available, in the congest-
ed state of that terminal for the car
rying Of coal to North Dakota-'a com
paratively short haul for low-class
commodity"
In his letter Of transmission to the
president Mr. Lane says that the re-
port will be followed in due course by
the special recommendations of the
commission as whole as to whatever
legislation, if any, may be deemed ad-
visable.
Referring to the report that the coal
shortage was due to the presence Of a
trust or combination between dealers
in coal who fixed prices in the north
west and refused to sell outsiders and
"irregulars,' the report says:
The commission has gained indis-
putable proof of an agreement between
coal dealers to maintain prices and to
boycott all who do not agree, but there
is no evidence at all justlfying the con-
tention that this combination is
chargeable with the coal shortage, nor
that the railroads were rarty in any
way to such a conspiracy
The report Of the commissioner first
deals with the coal famine IN North
Dakota, and presents the conditions Of
distress found to have existed In that
state. The remedies which the com-
mission purposes to work out deal with
rules and legislation touching the mat
tiers complained Of as well as a pro-
posed plan for ,car-cieai'ing house, or
car pool. and reciprocal car demurrage.
Financial loss to a large percentage
of the people Of the northwest is shown
to have been caused by the failure OF
railroads to prepare for large move
ment Of freight. or this situation the
report says. Fifty million bushels OF
grain, as nearly as can be estimated,
remain on the farms or in the country
elevators of North Dakota. But thirty
eight per cent. of the crop has been
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SEVENTEEN new POLICEMAN
APPOINTED BY POLICE COMMIS-
SI0NERS LAST NIGHT.

Long Looked For Increase of Force
Made--Detective jeremiah McGrath
to he Examined by Police Surgeons
May be Retired--Charges Against
officer Taylor Dimlissed--Two ON
GERS Commended by Chief Wrinn-
Several Grade increases Made.
At the meeting OF the board Of police
commissioners held last night it was
voted that Detective Jeremiah Nc
Grath be examined by the board Of po-
lice surgeons to determine his fitness
for further police duty. Detective Nc
Grath has been sick for a number of
weeks. and 1t is feared that he VIII
be permanently incapacitated for duty.
A motion to retire him was at frst
entertained. but 1t was finally voted
to defer such action.
Mr.. McGrath was first appointed a
policeman in iSs1 ffe has beer; Il very
efficient officer and has figured In a
number of sensational captures. Com
missioner S. s. Thompson spoke very
highly Of his work before the board
last night. He viii probably be retired
at the next meeting of the board.
The committee on efficiency reported
to the board that 1t had looked into
the charges brought against officer
George Tayler Of 92 Newhall street by
a next door neighbor, Mrs. Jennie c.
Simpson, and they recommended that
the charges be dismissed.
In the monthly report of Chief
Wrlnn. merltorious meation was made
of Officer Pendergast, a comparative
" recent appointee, who arrested Eli
man w. Turner for burglarizing the
store ait TAI State street early in the
month of December. officer Carey was
honorably mentioned for saving a
woman from a burning building.
william Lindsey was appointed
special constable on request of the
Grand avenue Congregational church,
The long looked for appointments OF
new policemen were announced as fol-
lows Seventeen were named from the
supernumerary list for permanent po-
sit.ons.
These go in Grade II and are:
Michael Hanraha, S9t Blatchley
| avenue.
George Sullivan, q Greene street.
John ]. Lyons, SO Coils street.
James ]. McAvoy, 1871 Franklin ST.
Thomas F. Holloran, i56 Poplar st.
William H. McKiernan, 25 st. john.
Dennis Hines. 1872 James street.
John D. Lynch, 80 Arch street
James J. Deegan, 2 Hillhouse ave.
Michael Schmidt. 80 orchard street.
Fred A. Hunt, 1913 Blatchlev avenue
Edward Rose, S96 Grand avenue.
John f. Lawlor, IS Castle street.
James Maher 70 Nash street.
Timothy M. Flannery, 2S7 James st
Frank D. callahan, 1856 Wolcott st.
owen T. Walsh, 146 Fillmore street
Patrolman Michael Lee received q
Grade increase from grade f to grade
D. This brings an increase in pay
from 1925 to $3.50 per day. Patrol Driv-
ers Kendall, Grady and Blake were
promoted to grade A from grade B
which increases their pay from $275 tc
SO per day.
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DUNLoP,S BoDY FOUND.
Discovered in Van CourtInnd Lnke--In
water Week.

New York, Jan. 2.-The body of Rob
ert Dunlop, the Scotch professional
golfer, was found in Van Courtland
lake, Kingsbridge, lo-day Dunlop
had been missing for several weeks,
and his body had been in the water for
at least a week. He was thirty
years old and came to this country
from Scotland last July, when he en-
tered a championship match conducted
under the auspices of the New York
Calf club. He stood fourth at the end
bf the match. Before the end of the
golf season he was engaged as an in
structor by the New York Golf club,
and was employed in that capacity
when he disappeared. 1t is believed
that he fell into the lake while walk
ing across the park at night.
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AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES
Address Delivered by Professor Edgar
l.. Hewitt.

Washington, Jan. 2.-Professor Edgar
I, Hewitt, fellow of the Archaeological
Institute of America, delivered All ad-
dress on the preservation of the Amer
lean antiquities to-day before the sci
entists of the American Pathological
association, the Archaeological Insti-
tute of America and the American
school of classical studies, which are
meeting in joint convention at George
Washington university of this city
Professor Hewitt's address dealt care
fully with the Lacey law for the pro-
lection of prehistoric ruins situated
upon government lands from vandals
He said that under this act the pres
ident of the United States has created
national monuments at Montezuma
castle, in Arizona, at the petritied for
est in the same territory, and numer-
GUS ruins in New Mexico. President
Merrill of Trinity college delivered the
annual address to the joint societies,
at a joint meeting tonight in Uniyer-
sity hall.
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DASHED THROUGH FLAMES.
Fifteen Girls Have Narrow Escape from
Burning Building.

New York, Jan. Fifteen girls,
whose escape from a burning building
had been cut off, threw thet' aprons
over their heads and dashed through
the flames from certain death to safety
tonight. None of them sustained seri-
GUS injury, though the clothing Of sew
eral caught fire.
The fire started in the show window
of millinery store on West One Hun
dred and Twenty-tifth street from de-
fective insulation, and in few mo-
ments the entire establishment was
ablaze. All the girls were working in
the cellar and the fire had gained good
headway before they We're aware Of il.
They rushed up into the store and
found every avenue of escape blocked
by the blaze. One of the young wom-
en-, cooler-headed than the others,
wrapped her apron about her head and
ran through the front entrance, which
was enveloped in flames. The other
fourteen quickly followed.
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shipping News.

New York, Jan. 2-Sailed: Steamers
Potsdam, Rotterdam via .Boulogne.
Kroonland, Antwerp; Oceanic, LIVER
pool via Queenstown
Halifax, N. S.. Jan. as a. m. Arriv-
ed: Steamers sicilian, Glasgow; $3.50 q.
M, Pomeranian, London via Havre Tor
ST. John, N. B.
Brow Head Jan. 2.-r6teamer La Pro-
vence, New York for Havre, reported
by wireless telegraph at 2:45 a. m. to-
day Distance not given.
Copenhagen, Jan. 1.--6 D. m:---Arriv~
ed: Steamer Hellig Olay, New York via
Movilie, Jan. 2.-Arrived; steamer
Furnessia, New York for Glasgow and
liverpool. Jan. ARRIVED: Steamer
Iberian. Boston fer Manchester,
Odessa, Dec. 26.--Arrived; Steamer
Gregory Morch, New York via SG
Mchaels and Naples.
Glasgow, Jan arrived: Steamer
Furnessia, New York via -S4oyiHe
London. Jan. 2.--Arrived; Steamer
Minneapolis Nfw York.
Louisiana, New York.