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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-11
Cans on Vacuum Cleaner
Wagon in Contact With
Electric Wire Result in
Short Circuit.
SEVERAL MACHINES
SUFFER BAD DAMAGE
Loss Will Probably Reach
Fully$1, 5OO-Lo LookedLike
Serious Blaze at the
Start.

Excitement of high tension reigned
for a few minutes about the junction
of Olive and St. John streets about
AIS O'Clock yesterday afternoon. It
centered about the University automo-
bile garage An explosion Of gasoline
was the primary cause Of the trouble.
One of the wagons Of the Vacuum
Cleaner company, which was stored in
the Olive street side Of the garage, was
starting out Of the building. On two Of
the wagons were two or three 1ve-gal-
Ion cans Of gasoline. AS the wagon
rolled along, according to the story
told, the cans struck against an cleo
trio light wire hanging under the cell
ing A short circuit occurred and the
gasoline got It. There was an explo-
sen, an exceedingly great rush Of
smoke that filled the building and
poured out into the street, and a blaze.
Firemen in truck No / house saw
the blaze and seeing the symptoms Of
big task on their hands sent in a
box call from the Olive street fire sta
tion, box 213. When they began work
1t looked like bad fire, but a few
minutes work reduced It to subsection.
After the fire started the driver threw
the cans of gasoline off the Vacuum
wagon and drove out of the garage.
The exploding cans did serious damage
to several automobiles stored in that
part Of the garage. One of these be-
longed to private party, the other to
the garage One Of the autos was
pretty completely damaged.
Mr.. Johnson, the manager Of the gar
age, was out Of town yesterday after
noon. The exact loss could not be
learned but his assistant stated that it
would be undoubtedly over $1,000 Prob
bly, $1,5OO would be modest estimate.
The exact amount Of injury to the au
tos had not been determined. The gar
age itself was damaged very little.
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NEW COLLEGE PLAN
No summer School Next
Year but Education De-
partment Talked Of.
IN GRADUATE SCHOOL
------~--
Attendance This Year 1872
Only One New Haven
Teacher.
IN GRADUATE school

The third session of the Yale sum-
mer school which opened Monday will
be its last for some years at least. The
decline in attendance has been such
that 1t has been definitely determined
that no summer school will be held at
Yale next year.
Plans are however being made look
ing to the organization Of new de-
partment Of the graduate school which
shall be known as q department of
education This will include the work
especially designed for those who
while not graduate students are TAX
ing teachers courses In the graduate
school. 1t had been originally intend
ed to have this department of educa-
tion include within itself the summer
school. The plans for the department
work will go on toward consummation
without reference to the suspension OF
the summer school. There will be no
summer work, however, after this
year.
The summer school was organized in
hVSPOll0O w elA 6Slil ISAMC6L AIOlIl
the superintendent and principals of
the state that the university offer
courses for teachers during the sum-
rner months, In 1905 there were forty
eight teachers and principals from the
public schools of Connecticut register
ed in the summer school, eighteen Of
these were from New Haven. In 1906
the registration of Connecticut public
school teachers dropped to thirty-sev-
en-, four Of these being from this city
This year there are only nineteen
teachers from the state at the school
and but one of these Is from New Ha-
ven. This shows very clearly that the
teachers of this state are not ready
to undertake university courses and the
university will not offer such courses
another year
The registration for this year had
reached 1872 last night and may go a
little above that figure by the end OF
of the week. Against the 201 recorded
last year 1t shows decided falling off,
The full courses for the year are now
in operation,
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FORMAL REQUEST
FOR INCREASE
Committee of Trolleymen
Coming Here To-day to
See Gen'1 Manager
Punderford.
LOCAL employees
ARE INTERESTED
Move Has Been a Quiet One
and a Strike Has Not
Been Men
toned.

Fourteen members of the general con-
ference board of the union employees Of
the Connecticut Railway company, rep
resenting the twelve divisions Of the
companys lines in Connecticut and
Massachusetts, will come here this
morning for a conference with General
Manager John X .Punderford, and a
formal request for a general advance
in wages of street car employees will
be made.
The extent Of the increase demanded,
the trolleymen say, has not yet been de-
termined but in all probability it win
be for a fiat rate of q IL cents per
hour for regular work and IS cents an
hour for extra time
The unrest leading up to the deter
miratlon to make this request OF the
company has been manifest among the
various local unions for some weeks,
and meeting after meeting has been
held, at which the subject of higher
wages has been the main topic of dis
cusslon This discussion has been car
ried on quietly, however, the unions
having care not to become demon
strative The meeting at which it was
decided to ask TO a conference with
President Mellen was held at Bridge
port Monday morning at 10 o'clock, and
was attended by all the members of
the conference board on which each d.
vision of the road has one representa-
tive, save Hartford whose representa-
tives number three namely, Presiden;
Andrew v, Potter, Secretary Frank ].
Martin and Thomas Bowling.
The divisions include the local unions
in Stamford, Bridgeport, New Haven
Norwich, Meriden, Hartford, Ansonia,
Derby, Springfield, and Worcester, and
1t is probable that this demand, coming
from the united employees Of the road
representing several thousand men, will
be met with a deal of consideration at
New Haven At least the men feel con
fident that 1t will What they will dc
in the event of refusal Of their de-
mand they hesitate to say, although
of late rumors of a disposition to strike
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TROLLEY Fare reduction
WATERBURY WILLLOSE
New Haven Merchants Will
Profit by 15-Cent Rate
to Derby.

Waterbury merchants are not at all
pleased over the announcement of the
officials of the Connecticut company
that the fare from Ansonia to New
Haven will shortly be reduced from
twenty cents to fifteen cents, making
the fare from Waterbury to New Ha-
ven, by way Of Ansonia, forty cents,
Business men In Waterbury expected
that when the new road was opened
they would get some trade from the
towns south of Naugatuck. But now
that the fare to New Haven from IAN
sonia and Derby is to be made fifteen
cents instead of twenty as al. present,
and the fare of these cities to Water
bury will be twenty-five cents, they
look for little trade from the resi-
dents of the towns below Seymour.
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SMOKE NUISANCE
MEASURE PASSES
Affects Places Of $4,000 In
stead of 25,OOO as in
the Original
Bill.
SENATOR MCNEIL
MAKES PROTEST
Declares the Producers of
Hard Coal Can Put the
Price at Any
Figure.

Hartford, July 1O,-In the senate to-
day the "smoke-nuisance bill was
passed, IA to 5, after It had been amend
ed SO that its provisions affect places
Of $1,000 inhabitants instead of those Of
$4,000, as in the original bill Senator
Mcneil protested against the bill,
which, he said, would III dead letter
law. He said that to stop the making
Of smoke would mean the shutting
down Of industries and Of curtailment
of trains AS a coal dealer, he said.
he was qualified to talk upon the sub
ject. He said that the only place an
thracite coal was found on the earth
was in a circumscribed spot in Penn
sylvania, and If the use Of bituminous
coal was stopped the producers Of hard
coal could put the price at any figure
they chose.
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POLICEMEN HOLD
FIFTH CONVENTION
Annual Gathering of State
Mutual Aid Association
at Savin Rock Yes
terday.
CAPTAIN CoWLES
IS REELECTED
Reports Show Association
to be In Prosperous Con-
dition - Member
ship Grows.

The fifth annual convention Of the
Connecticut Police Mutuaa AidEaHso,
citation was held at the Sea View
House, savin Rock, yesterday. T6Are
are twenty-five departments in the
state and nearly all were represented
by delegates. About forty were in at
tendance.
The conversion opened with busi--
ness session at 10 o'clock which lasted
until nearly o'clock. Al complete con
stitution and by-laws were adopted.
Reports showed the association to be
In a prosperous condition. The mem
bership is now SO but 1t Is expected
that this number VIII be grasflg IN
creased and may reach 7o0Adufahg this
year
The finances are In q .satia2actory
state. The general assernifiy this year
appropriated $4,000 for the ugA 81 the
association. This Is small when cona-
pared to the $4,000 which the firs3her's
association gets for its befeft work.
The officers who have served the as
ISOLATION during the past year were re-
elected. They are Capt. Henry ID.
Cowles, Of this city. president; Capt.
James J. Landrigan. Of Meriden, seq
retary Chief William n. Rawlings, OF
New Britain, treasurer. Executive.
committee, The president, secretary
and treasurer, Capt. A. w. Bradley,
! Danbury; Chief A. w. Ingalls,, OF Mid
dletown; Capt G. R. Banncn, Of wa
terbury; Chief s, c. Wheeler, OF VIM
sted; Lieut.. John r. Redgate, Of
Bridgeport.
The following were chosen depart
ment e-presidents.
G. ], Egan, New Haven; G.. ]. Far
rell, Hartford; g. Finnegan, Bridge
port;eJ. H. Burke. Meriden; T. T., Ellis,
Ansonia w. ]. Dapchy, Danbury; B.
q. Thompson, Middletown; Thomas
Foley, Stamford; Thomas Grace, New
Britain; Thomas Hunt, Norwalk w.
Fl. vollmer, South Norwalk; w. q.
Rich, Greenwich; D, o. Riley, Walling-
ford; J, Il. Dardis. Winsted; John Muir
ply, Norwich; J. sheriden, Manches-
ter Chief Bromage, ThompsonvilIe;
'AANAAAc0 oNANAo p 4NOW 1ZuAt0OlA.
The auditing committee was elected.
as follows: c. Finnegan, OF Bridge
port; J. B. Doran, Of Me1iden; Sergt.
Connolly, of New Haven. After the
business session the delegates enjoyed
an excellent dinner at the sea View
House They were then esported to the
White City by the White City band as
guests of Manager speck
The next convention win be held
next year in July at Bridgeport.
The New Haven delegates at the con-
vention were: Capt H. D. Cowles, DE
tective Henry ]. Donnelly, Sergt Mich
ael Connolly, Patrolrhen G. ]. Eagan,
James Grady, Frederick Kober, John
1 Doran and John T. McGrath.
The reelection Of Capt Cowles as
president shows how well his earnest
work for the association ,js appreciated.
Capt. Cowles was president Of the To-
cal association for ten years. declihing
a reelection recently because Of the
press of other duties.
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WEATHER RECORD.

Washington, July 10.-Weather cons
ditions ana general forecast
Local thunder storms have been quite
general east Of the Rock Mountains.
High temperatures continue in Atlantic
and Gulf states although the thunder
showers have afforded some modera-
tion.
There will be local thunder showers
Thursday in the Middle Atlantic states.
and probably extending Friday into
Southern New England and tempera~
ture changes will not be marked
The winds along the New England
coast will be- light to fresh variable
though mostly southwest; middle At
lantic coast light to fresh and mostly
south; east Gulf coast light to fresh
SOUTH West Gulf coast fresh south.
Forecast for Thursday and Friday
For Eastern New York: Partly
cloudy Thursday, thunder showers at
night; Friday fresh and mostly south
For New England; Partly cloudy
Thursday, showers at night or Friday
in south portion; fair in northi light
winds mostly southwest.
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$1S,OO7 PROFIT
ON YALE SPORTS
Annual Report of Yale FL
nancial Union Shows
Substantial Sur
plus.
CLEARED $3.50
ON FOOTBALL
Large Sum Paid Out for
Repairs, Purchase OF
Land and New
Buildings.

The annual financial report Of the
Yale Financial union, covering receipts
and expenses of the four major sports
at Yale-baseball, football, track ath-
letics and boating-shows for the fiscal
wear ending September 1, 1906, total re-
ceipts Of $106,219, and a profit over ex-
penses, counting payment of boat
club mortgage and other payments, of
s1S,007. Baseball brought In 2,4O6,
with expenses of $1S,691; boating
brought in $7,O26, with expenses Of $15,-
1893; track athletics brought in $2,S62,
with expenditures of $12,65S, and foot
ban brought in $78,42s, with expenses OF
s35,552.
The reserve fund has increased dur
ing the year, from $97,95S to $loS,419'
The reserve fund for this year includes
a special fund Of $3,OSS for the new
boathouse. The sum of $4,000 has been
paid out for real estate for the boat
house. Football, as usual, was the
great Garner for the year, clearing
about $4,000.
The finance committee, consisting of
Henry B. Sargent. of the Yale corpor-
alton; Professor Theodore S. Woolsey,
Walter Camp, George B. Glaezner and
William w. Stanley, in their report say
that considerable saving in the ex-
pense account will be noted over last
year, and that, as the managers,
coaches and captains become more fa-
aniliar with the reforms which have
been adopted, the tendency to econo-
anize will be still more apparent, and
that the efforts Of the managers have
received cordial response from both
players and coaches, A change in the
form of the accounts has been made,
Involving a somewhat different distrib-
ution OF salary and administration ex-
penses between the sports All struc-
tures have received their usual detail
ed inspection and have been maintain
ed in good repair and with proper In
surance. The accounts have been au-
dited by Professor Robert N. Corwin
of the Scientific school.
The Yale field account shows expen-
ditures Of $1,12O, which have been bal.
anced by the cash on hand last year
and an appropriation of $1,000 from the
Financial union,
The accounts show that Yale's re-
ceipts from the Columbia football game
last year were 1888, from the Prince.
ton game $2s,161 and from the Harvard
game $S5,954 In baseball the game last
year with Princeton brought $6213 and
with Harvard $9,042 There was col.
9ected for the Boat club, prior to the
abolition Of the so-called eight-dollal
level subscription rule $S163, which
will not hereafter figure in the receipts
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NEWS SUMMARY
STATE.

STATE
State Taxation Meets Resentment.
Chautauquans at PlainVille Camp.
Bristol Contractor Missing.
Nicolari Asks $500.
Senate Acts on Christmas Labor.
Smoke Nuisance Measure Passes.
Senate Passes Eighth Hour Bill.
"A. F. Abbott of Waterbury Dead.
GENERAL.
United States Pace Too Rapid.
French Mayors Return to Duties.
Mcclellan Makes $1,000 appointment.
A Radical Antitrust Policy.
Meyer to Be Cross Examined To-day.
Land Fraud Cases Increase.
CITY.
Yale Makes $4,000 on Athletics. -.
Young Woman Takes Poison.
Four Sentenced to State Prison.
Man Dies from Wood Alcohol
Gasoline Starts Garage Fire.
Thieves Steal Two Canaries.
Italian at Gas Meters Again.
Thousands Listen to Bank Concert
Man Drowned Near Lumber Wharf
No Summer School Next Year
Plans for Engineers Summer Outing
X. of G. Open Club Rooms.
A. o. III. Preparing for Field Day.
SPORTS.
Fastest Time of Year at Brighton.
Hartford Golf Club Wins Tourney.
Serlbes Win in Baseball Comedy.
Police Win from Hustlers by Hard Hits
Billy Lush Back in This City.
Paperweights Smash Locals Luck.
New York Makes II -Four from Brown!
Brooklyn Shuts Out Chicago.
Yankees Fall to Cleveland
Travers Ties Record at Cleveland.
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DEATH OF TWINS

Little Daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. skinner Die ON Successive Days.
Mr.. and Mrs, George Skinner of Bag
gott street, West Haven, buried yes
terday afternoon, one of their eight
months old twin daughters, and about
three hours after the funeral the sec
ond twin died The second funeral will
be held this afternoon, and interment
will be in st. Lawrence cemetery, where
the first child was buried yesterday.
The parents have the sympathy of a
large number of friends in their be-
reayement.
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new MINISTER HAS DECREE
TUN YEN A YALE MAN
Chinese Diplomat Made a
B. A. at Corporation
Meeting.

1t is just announced that Liang
Tun Yen, the new Chinese minister to
the United States received his bache-
lor of arts degree and enrolment with
his Yale class of 1882 at the last meet
ing of the Yale corporation. He was a
member of the class for three years
and returned to China in 1881 at the
end of his junior year at Yale. Since
then he has performed distinguished
public service in a number of prom
inent positions in his native country.
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RESIGNS PRESIDENCY
Another OficiaI of Electric Vehicle Co.
I.eaHea,

Hartford, July 10-The resignation of
Milton ]. Budlong from the presidency
of the Electric Vehicle company was
made public tonight but no reason
for his action was given, and Mr.. Bud
long declined to talk on the subject.
His action comes as a surprise and fol-
lows closely the announced resigna-
tions of H. p Maxim, chief engineer of
the company and George H. Stout, an
other official. Mr., Budlong's resigna-
ton takes effect in September.
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TO ENDEAVORERS
President Roosevelt Sends Message-Dr.
Clark Reelected.

Clark Reelected.
Seattle, Wash, July 1O.-Dr Francis
q. Clark was unanimously reelected
president at the Christian Endeavor
convention tonight; Hiram N. Lath-
rope, of Boston, treasurer; George B.
Graft, Of Boston, clerk, Of the corpora
tion, and Frederick H. Kidder, Of Bos-
ton, auditor, position newly created
by the board.
The following letter was read from
President Roosevelt:
The White House,
Washington, June g. 1901
My Dear Mr.. Shawl thank you for
your letter. Through you I wish to
extend to the international Christian
Endeavor my heartiest good wishes for
the admirable work they are doing Let
me in particular express my earnest
hope that you will emphasize as one Of
the features of your convention the
need that the Endeavorers should take
q first rank in good citizenship. am
glad you are to endeavor to bring this
subject so prominently before this
meeting.
1t will be a pleasure to accept hon
orary membership in your Christian
Endeavor Patriots league for 1 am
sure that with the general purposes
and efforts of that league shall have
the heartiest sympathy, though of
course l could not commit myself in
advance to agree with all of their
views without knowing them.
l wish you God-speed in your work,
because the Christian Endeavorers are
working for the things that are vital
to the soul and 1 believe that they can
do much that is of the very greatest
value to the cause of good citizenship;
for in the last analysis the fundamen-
tai requisite of good citizenship from
the standpoint of the country is that a
man should have the very qualities
which make him of real value in the
home, in the church, in all the higher
relationships of life.
Faithfully yours,
Theodore Roosevelt.
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Three KILLED in building Collapse

Philadelphia, July 10.-Three men are
known to have been killed, one. was
fatally hurt, and eighteen others were
injured in the collapse of a new con-
crete four-story building to-day at the
plant of Bridgeman Brothers company
manufacturers of steam htters supplies
at Fifteenth street and Washington
avenue.
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DANBURIANS' OUTING
Business Mems Association of That City
at savin Rock Yesterday.

The Danbury Business Mems associ-
alton to the number Of one hundred,
and several Of their wives, enjoyed an
outing at savin Rock yesterday. The
party came down on an early train and
left for home about o'clock. A shore
dinner was partaken Of at the Colon
made at noontime, and the afternoon
was spent in sightseeing about the
Rock and in the White City.
The officers of the association are:
Andrew R. Jones, president; John F.
Woodruff, vice-president; e. Q. Hodge,
secretary.
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FORT ROYAL ATTACK

Narragansett Bay Settlements Now Con-
sidered Safe.
Newport, r. l., July 1O-Both forts,
Adams and Greble, repelled the attacks
of the enemy to-day in the mimic war
which is being conducted by the war
department in Narragansett bay, and
it was the opinion of good military
judges tonight that no hostile fleet
could get past the forts which protect
the communities bordering the bay, or
could steal unawares upon the forts
themselves and fleet a landing for an
attacking party. Early in the day the
big guns of Fort Adams, aided by pow
erful searchlights succeeded In putting
the advancing fleet Of the enemy out of
action. Tonight Fort Greble repulsed
an attack of gunboats easily
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. Aged Swedish Resident Dead.

New Britain, July 10.-Nrs. Anna c.
Brink, eighty-four years Old and the
oldest Swedish resident of the city, died
of heart disease in the bathroom at
her daughters, home tonight. She is
survived by two sons and two daugn-
ters, and several grandchildren
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McClcllnn Gives $4,000 Appointment

New York, July 10.-Mayor Mcclellan
announced this afternoon the appoint
ment of Hugh Hastings, who resigned
his position as state historian in Al
bany to-day, to be tax commissioner at
a salary Of $1,000 a year
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Bill Posters Elect.

Niagara Falls, N. Y, July 1O,-The
Associated Bill Posters and Distributors
of the United States and Canada to-
day elected the following officers:
Thomas H. B. yarney San Francisco.
president. Next years convention will
be held at Denver
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NICOLARI ASKS $500

Bill Presented in Behalf of New Ha-
ven Man.
Hartford, July 1O.-Another resolution
to give $500 as a gratuity for reporting
the legislative sessions" was presented
in the senate to-day, this one being in
favor of P. George Nicolari, of New
Haven. Senator Gates, who presented
the. resolution by request, said he did
not know the applicant.
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SPECIAL CAR AFIRE
Had Been Used to Convey the Newspa-
permen and Aldermen to Rock.

permen and Aldermen to Rock.
Car S4S caught fire last evening about
8 o'clock on State street, near Grove.
The cause of the fire was short cir
cult caused by the connection of live
wire with some metal arrangement
under the car. Both motofman and
conductor spent considerable time ex-
tinguishing the blaze with buckets Of
water from a nearby house.
The car was special one and was
the one used in carrying the newspa-
per men and the aldermen to the Rock
for their baseball game The car was
not badly damaged, and the crew con-
tinued on the way to the car barns
after about twenty minutes delay.
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ronuIntIon Of cnnadn e.sO4,aO

Ottawa. Ont. July 1O-The census
and statistics department has figured
put Canadas population at noon April
1 last as 6,5O4.soO, an increase of l.
1SS, 5S6 in the last six years.