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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
NY. HOTEL MYSTERY
Brutally Murdered Man Found in His Room in Waldorf
 Astoria.

New York, Oct 2s.-A man who on Thursday registered at the Waldorf Astoria as H. B. Potter, jr., of Phila- delphia, was found dead in his room tonight On the body were several wounds.
 Coroner Hamburger emphatically stat ed his belief that the man had been murdered. A letter addressed to his wife, Mrs. H. Bradley Potter, Doyles- town, Philadelphia, showed that the man was an agent of the Michigan Commercial Insurance company of Lansing, Mich.
 Bloodstains were found on the vest and shirt that he wore. Coroner Har- burger believes that Potter died as the result of a fight in which he was rob bed. He thinks that kick or blow from some blunt instrument fractured the mans skull.
 The marks on the body showed that he had been beaten and kicked. That the murder did not occur in the man S room Coroner Hamburger is certain. Potter was about thirty years old
 Coroner Hamburger opened the let ter addressed to his wife, which read in part:
 Goodbye to you and the children. Last Saturday night was put out of business while on my way to the ho- tel was tackled by three toughs, and I had quite an experience. I fought two of them to a standstill, but the third hit me with sandbag on the left side of my head knocking me out. They took my watch, locket, cigarette case, ring and pocketbook.
 "A policeman came up and took me in. Fortunately I had my key to the Waldorf, and that means a great deal in New York. Goodbye"
 Coroner Hamburger advanced the theory that MT. Potter, after being att tackled addressed the letter to his wife so that in case he died it would be sent to her.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
RUSH TO THE WASP
Four Local Boys Lose No Time in Trying for
 Enlistment.
ONE OF THEM ACCEPTED
To Join the Navy Now Means a Fine Excursion" to
 the Pacific.

On a mission of enlistment of men for the United States navy which it has been on for six months, the U. S. gun harbor yesterday noon and is now an chored at Belle dock where 1t will re- main for one week. The first day of it's visit here saw four youths of tn s city eager for enlistment go down c1f board the ship for that purpose, but of the four only one was accepted. The Wasp is under the command of Lieut.. J. A. Campbell, jr., and with him as chief boatswain Is Joseph Clancy, who is acting as executive officer
 The examinations for enlistment are conducted right on board the ship. The general enlistment ages are from sew enteen to thirty-t1ve, but boys under eighteen must have the consent of their parents. After eighteen they are under the federal law considered of age The term of enlistment is four years. Boys under eighteen serve until they attain their twenty-first birthday.
 For pay the mechanics receive from 0tV IO 9fU d ulOLllu. 4uOSG WHO ASO III without trades as apprentice seamen get $19 at the end of four months No married men are allowed to enlist with out the consent of their wives. Mech anics are taken only between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-fve.
 Those enlisting now will undoubtedly be assigned to the battleship fleet going to the Pacific, as 1t is the object to have men whose terms will not expire during the excursion"
 The Wasp was formerly the yacht Columbia which was owned by MT. La- deau of New York city It was pur- chased from him for $94,00O by the gov ernment and rebuilt at the time of the Spanish war. 1t was sent to Nlpe Bay in Cuba and destroyed in action the Spanish Gunboat George Juan. The Wasp is equipped with wireless teleg- raphy and carries a crew of forty men.
 The enlistment hours are from in the morning until in the afternoon. The public is welcome on board to in- spect the ship during the visit here this week.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
ACCEPTS CALL TO
 UNITED CHURCH Rev. Herbert J. Wyckoff to Become Associate Pas
 tor to Rev. MT.
 Haynes.
GRADUATE OF YALE
 AND DIVINITY SCHOOL
Resigns from South Glaston- bury Church and superin- tendency of Town
 Schools.

Rev. Herbert J. Wyckoff, at present pastor of the Congregational church at South Glastonbury, and superintendent of schools in that town, has accepted "a call to the associate pastorship of the United church, this city, and will take up his duties here the last part of No- vember. He succeeds the Rev. Wilfrid Powell, who left for the West several months ago.
 Rev. Mir. Wyckoff graduated from the academic department of Yale in 1892 and later from the Divinity school. While in this city as student he made many friends. He has a wife and three children.
 Rev. MT. Wyckoff has been pastor of the South Glastonbury church since Oct. i, 1905, and has been very Success full there. His resignation was read in the church at Glastonbury last Sunday and a meeting of the ecclesiastical so- ciety will be held in the parish house Friday evening, to consider the resig- nation. In the resignation MT, Wyckoff does not set the time for the termina- ton of his pastoral relations, but ae- sires that they be in the near future
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
HOME PRODUCTS BUILD UP CREDIT Fxportation of Great Ameri- can Staples Now Going
 On Has Big h.
 fluence.
FOREIGN CASH WILL
 SOON BE ARRIVING
Bankers Realize That Pressure for Money Remains, But Feel That the Panic
 is at an End.

New York, Oct 2s.-The enormous influence which American products are exerting in building up credit bal- ance abroad has been the most signal development of the financial situation to-day. Reports from all quarters show that the great American staples wheat, cotton, copper, tobacco, oil. meats-are on their way to Europe, this being the season of the year when American products are marketed abroad. The immediate effect of these shipments is to give the United States a credit abroad which can be speedily converted into cash. These natural resources of the country promise to exert even greater influence than the sale of American securities abroad The latter have to some extent suffered discredit under recent pressure, but the intrinsic value of American staples used abroad, and their colossal aggre- gate at this period of the year, is bet yond the reach of financial distrust.
 The foreign sales of millions of American copper yesterday were sup plemented to-day by reports of similar heavy exports in wheat, to-day's ship ments alone giving foreign credit of $1,000,G00 The shipments of tobacco to Europe this year promise to break all records, Officials of the American To- baoco Go. estimate to-day from the orr ders on hand that the years exports will exceed 50,0OD,Oo0 pounds 'manufac- tured tobacco which is far in excess of the amount exported last year Flu rope will pay over S1O0,0O0,0OO for the tobacco, and much of this money will soon be available in this market, as the contracts with the European inn porters call for payment immediately 1n delivery. Shipments of tobacco to Europe will be very heavy in NoveT1- Der and December, according to off cials of the American Tobacco Go. Re- ports from the south show the cotton crop moving toward Europe, while the west is sending grain and meat prod- ucts in the same direction. The fall shipments of American products, chief ly agricultural, thus come at an oppor- tune time in giving the country large credits abroad, making 1t difficult for the foreign money markets to with hold gold, even by the most drastic raising of their discount rates
 Several favorable events marked the close of the financial day in New York The engagement of S2,000,000 in gold by the First National bank off Chicago and of $500,000 by Boston bank brought the total gold engage- ments up close to $20 100000 in spite of the cancellation of an order for $900,000 by the Russo-Chinese bank upon the ground that the amount en- gagged exceeds necessities here.
 The raise of the German bank rate, in order to prevent America from drawing German gold, produces little effect on the situation here, as none of the gold engagements thus far have been made in Germany, and most of those anticipated were from the other European money markets. While money at the stock exchange was | loaned during most Fof the day at
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
OBSERVE NEW RULES
Easy to Play Football With out Whole Eleven in
 Hamden.
NIGHT COURT IS HELD
violators of the Sunday Law Get Fines and
 Costs.

The football team of four, which threatened the peace of the citizens of Haniden last Sunday by kicking tho pigskin all over the lot at the New Haven golf grounds, was dragged be- fore the Judiciary of that town last night under the nurky glow of the lamps in the town hall.
 Testimony taken before the trial brought out the fact that there was not whole eleven. and the boys who were arrested claimed, therefore, that they were not violating the laws of Hamden which forbid the playing of football
 Prosecuting Attorney Charles F. Clarke, who is Yale graduate, decided however that under the new rules the forward pass and the, onside kick are such powerful factors that a game with line bucking whole eleven was need ed. Therefore, he decided not to hold but one case, that of Henry Pitts.
 Grant Brent, George Bitzer and Her. bert Frey alF pleaded guilty to viola tion of the Sunday law and were each fined S1 and costs, which they paid Deputy Judge Edward Munson was on the bench.
 The nsult of the trial, the Hamden people believe, will make New Haven boys and young men quit having base ball and football games in their boun- daries Led partly by complaints from the New Haven Golf club some time ago, First Selectmaa Arthur B, Wood- ruff of Hamden notified Constable Fred erick Sturtze to arrest all violators or the law, and to keep his eyes on the golf club grounds. The arrests last Sunday followed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
.PROBERS TO REPORT
Citizens of Orange to Meet To- night to Hear Result of
 Investigation.

The committee appointed at the last meeting of the voters of the town of Orange, to investigate the financial affairs of the town and to cooperate with the selectmen in making recom- mendations for expenditures during the coming year, will report at a meeting called for tonight. The committee consists of Charles K. Bush, George F. Bailey, Edwin L. Clark, jr, John H. Peck and David Platt
 What the report will be the mem bers of the committee refuse to give out before the meeting. Tonight a vote empowering the selectmen to bor- row money to meet the necessary ex- penditures before there are enough taxes paid in, will probably be passed tonight At the last meeting a mo- tion empowering them to borrow money previous to the report of the committee was lost
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
GARY EXPLAINS STEEL DULLNESS Purchasers of Metal Have Found Difficulty in Rais-
 ing Adequate
 Funds.
PRESENT NEEDS
 ARE VERY GREAT
Speedy Improvement Expected, Especially if Unwarranted Excitement Dis
 appears.

New York, Oct. 29.-The directors of the United States Steel corporation to- day declared the regular quarterly div idends of 1 3-4 per. cent. on the pre- ferred stock and one-half of i per cent. on the common.
 The earnings for the three months ended Sept. 30, were $43,8O4, ,285, an in crease Nof $5,689,661 as compared with the same quarter last year. Unified orders on hand Sept. 30 were 6,425 cos tons, a decrease of 1,511,S76 tons as compared with the thrilled orders of Sept 30 year ago
 Chairman E. H, Gary made a state- ment to the board of directors in which he said:
 Tn view of the fact that there has been some recession in business dur ing the last three months which has resulted in numerous inquiries from stockholders concerning the affairs of our corporation, feel justified in mak- ing to you a frank statement.
 "On June 30, 1907, our companies had on hand untitled orders aggregatlng 76O3,S7S tons. On Sept 30 this ton mage had been decreased to 6,425, ,O0S tons. This has since been decreased by about 100000 tons. The bookings in August were about 10000 tons per day. In September they were about 10000 tons per day. There were further in- creases during the first half of October but since that time the bookings have decreased and are now at the rate of 1S,0OO tons per day for the month We are exporting at the rate of about r. 000,O00 tons per year. and at prices substantially on parity with domes- tic prices.
 By way of comparison it will be re- membered the untitled orders on hand Sept, 30 of previous years were as fol- lows: 1903, S,72s,742; 1904, 3,021, ,Ss6; 1905, 5865,S77; 1906. 7,936,SS4.
 From information received it is be- lieved the demand for our products has
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
CHOICE OF U. s. SENATORS
New Jerseys Plan to Select by Popu-
 lar Expression.

Trenton, N. J., Oct. Ex-Governor Stokes signed to-day Senator Colby's bill providing for a popular expression in the selection of United States sen ators. Under the bill one thousand voters may file a petition with the sec retary of state endorsing a member of their political party for the office. Candidates for senator or assembly men in filing their acceptances of nominations may then sign one of two statements, the first pledging them to vote for the candidate for United States senator receiving the highest number of votes in his county at the party primaries and the second pledg- ing him to vote for the candidate re- ceiving the highest number of votes in the state at the party primaries.
 The governor also signed the direct primary bill, which provides for the nomination of all candidates for office except governor, congressman and presidential electors by direct prim- ary vote instead of through delegates.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
AVIS AS DIRECTOR
Meeting of Supporters Held to Back Him for the
 Position.
TO TALK WITH MARTIN
Mayor elect Says That He Will Not Make Appointments
 Within a Week.

A boom for Samuel R. tAvis for the office of director of public works under the Martin regime was started last evening by meeting of eleven or twelve Avis workers who would like to see him offered that berth. Mr. Avis is not out after the position and the meeting held last evening was without his knowledge, it is stated The object is to have the position of fered to him. One of those present stated that they had not approached Mir, Avis on the subjectoof his accept ance of the office and could not state whether he would take it or not
 A committee of five was appointed at the meeting which will wait on Mr Martin to-day and suggest to him the appointment of MT. Avis. Whether the action which has been taken will have any effect on the selection to fill this position which is still considered an uncertain one among politicians cannot be determined until the event
 The statement was made by MT. Martin yesterday that the appointment would absolutely not be made for about a week at the least and that while they had been talked over more or less since his return to this city none had yet been fully determined on.
 While everything is in the misty far away state the politicians of the inner circle have their convictions of who some of the appointees' will be. They have selected John Doughan as as- sessor William Cronln as superinten- dent of streets, Charles W. Futile as secretary and Jacob Frohlich as su- perintendent of charities and correc- ton. The favorite for the corporation counselship just now is ex-Mayor Dris- coll but there are many who think that the plum may fall some other way.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
CITY ASKED TO SETTLE
Damages Wanted for Auto Spill in
 Chapel Street.

Two claims for damages were re- ceived in the city clerks office yester- day afternoon which it is desired by the claimants that the city pay. Both are the outcome of an automobile spill at Temple and Chapel streets on Sept 21 It is claimed that the auto owned by Gustave Hemming was coming into Chapel from Temple street and that defect in the form of hole in the pavement in the middle of the street upset the car. William Curr, who was riding in the car, asks damages for a sprained left hand and left leg and Hemming for personal injuries and for the wreck of the car. The attorneys are Hamilton and Tyler.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
MIR. ROBERTS BETTER
Writer Recovering from
 Attack of Typhoid

George S. Roberts, the well known writer and author of Connecticut Shore Towns and "Old Schenectady" is re- covering from an illness with typhoid fever at his home on George street.
 MT. Roberts was at Grace hospital while he was i'll, He went to his home a few days ago.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
UNsTRUNe FOOT GUARD
Enters Forbidden Portals and is Much
 Disconnected.

There's good joke going the rounds about prominent member of the Foot Guard. Monday afternoon he had some business at the armory of the guard and going there with some diff1- culty obtained admission He did not know that Mns. Wade was giving her lecture on Style" and pushed boldly in. Stage fright is nothing compared with the feeling that swept over him. He was dumbfounded at the sight he met. There was the charming Mrs. Wade adorned in Venus fleshings and looking charming, too, explaining something about style or physical cul
 ture, He turned to beat nasty re- treat, only to meet a sea of feminine faces all wearing looks of extreme in dignation. This was too much. Com pletely unstrung, he rushed for the door and the street and didn't stop until he reached the ''pump."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
BANANAS SAFE
Proposition to Raise Tax Meets With
 Storm of Protest.

Mobile Ala, Oct. 29.-special ad- vices from Honduras to-day say that President Bonilla decreed an export tax of three cents per bunch on bananas, effective November 1, but was forced to rescind the order later. At pres ent the export tax is two cents per bunch on coast fruit only, that brought from the interior being taxed in the heavy freight rate. Represent tatives of the Hubbard zemurray Fruit company arriving this afternoon stated that the proposed tax caused a storm of protest that assumed omi- nous proportions.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
FooT GUARD D1L1s APPROVED.

Hartford Oct. 29.-The payroll of the Second company, Governors Foot guard, for the fall field day amounting to $24296, has been approved; also the requisition of the company for equip ment, valued at s4424o, and a bill of the New Haven Gas Light Go. for gas for Foot Guard armory in New Ha ven, amounting to S20.05.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
PLANS FOR 1908 ALREADY
Business Men to Secure Option on
 State Arrnory Year Ahead.

The executive committee of the New Haven Business Mems associa- tion held a special meeting last even ing at the exposition headquarters at the armory and after a little discus sion decided, owing to the already pronounced success of this years fair to secure an option on the state ar mory for week in November next year.
 The gentlemen on the executive committee are: R. s. Pagter, chair man; s. S. Adams, H. w. Kelley, E. I. Atwater, and o. E. Lapham.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
MoT5oNs TO DISMISS DENIED.

New York, Oct 29.-Justice Bowling in the criminal branch of the supreme court to-day denied motions made a week ago to dismiss the two indict- ments for false reports and forgery against Robert A. Granniss, formerly vice president of the Mutual Life In surance company Motions to dismiss on other grounds were immediately RsSSs. but no decision was rendered.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
FAREWELL GYPSY MOTH
State Adds s1,OOO, to Fund for
 Extirpation.

At a meeting of the board of control which was held yesterday at the state capitol in Hartford it was voted to ap- propriate the sum of $1,OOO for the state entomologist to be used for the extirpation of the gypsy moth. This is in addition to $1,5O0 which has already been appropriated for this purpose this year This seems to indicate that a very determined effort is to be made to get rid of this pest in the near fu- ture.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
BRICKS THROUGH sKYLIGHT.

The falling of bricks from an old chimney in the rear of the building oc- cupied by c. N. filling, the Broadway druggist, caused slight accident yos- terday afternoon. Some of the bricks fell through a skylight in the rear of the building, and it is said that Mrs. Alling, wife of the proprietor, was slightly hurt by one of the bricks.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
GAVE LIFE FOR OTHERS
Railroad Man Saves Three Persons,
 But is Killed Himself.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct 29.-Michael Mason, a middle aged man, employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad com pany at the Union station, this city, tonight sacrificed his own life in saving three other persons from what seemed inevitable death.
 man, woman and child reached the station on the Greensburg express and becoming confused in passing through the train shed, got upon the tracks in front of an Incoming train. Mason leaped to their side and with a vigorous push threw them from the track to the platform at the side. He was crushed to death.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
n,pIpsn TRAGEDY.

Tulsa, I. T, Oct 29.--B. H. stockwe'l of this city tonight shot and instant ly killed w R Campbell, prominent oil man and capitalist, formerly of Win Aelds Kan, and then murdered his own son. aged thirteen, and then committed suicide Insane jealousy is given as the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30

Cheap rates to California till October 30, via Washlngton-Sunse route. Per sonaily conducted without change from Washington. Berth $S.50. Offices ITO and 22S Washington St, Boston.
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WEATHER RECORD.

Washington, Oct. 2s.-Forscast for Wednesday and Thursday:--
 For New England: Fair WedneSday with diminishing northwest winds; Thursday fair.
 For Eastern New York: Wednesday fair, diminishing north winds; Thurs day. rain and warmer.
 Observations at United States wealth CT bureau stations. taken at p. m. yes- tArdav eeventv-fffh meridian time
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
ATTELL WINS

Weeks Knocked Down Five Times in
 One Round.
 Los Angeles, Oct 29.-Abe Attell tonight won from Fred Weeks of Cripple Creek, in the fourth round of scheduled 2O-round contest for the featherweight championship. The title holder was a 2 to favorite In the betting. He knocked Weeks down five times in the fourth round and the referee stopped the fight.
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Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1907-01-11

Messrs Geo, Graves, of Hi
nois, and X. +. Wilhoit, of Ken
lucky, two gentlemen who have
recently located land here, were
pleasant callers Tuesday. Both
gentlemen are enthusiastic over
the future greatness Of Deming
and Luna county.
Silver City has been suffering
from a scarcity Of coal, which
caused a shutting down of the
ice plant Sunday night. How
ever, q couple of carloads of
coal went through here Tuesday
billed for that point and we trust
The situation has been relieved
by now.
Morris Nordhaus was an arrival
on Saturdays train, having come
up for the purpose of being initi-
ated into the mysteries of the
Order of Elks that evening. He
was accompanied by Hon, j, A,
Mahoney, who came along to see
that nothing was omitted from
the ceremonies incident to the
occasion. Silver City Enterprise,
Last week the Methodist church
received q nice present, a hand
some pulpit chair, a gift from
Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Thomp'
son of Deming, and Mrs. Wolcot
of Chicago, presented in memory
of their mother, Mrs, Taylor, who
was for many years a well loved
and useful member Of the church
The pastor and congregation are
most appreciative of the kindness
of the ladies.