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DIED.

BLAKR-M her residence Nm Rock New
Haven, Conn. April !, 1905, Charlotte Haven
Lord beloved wife OF william Phipps Blake,
in the seventy seventh year OF her Gge
Funeral A. NH Rock" New Haven Conn,
Wednesday, April S, 23O p. N. Carriages will
be al New Haven depot 10 meet train leaving
New York a. y noon.
BROWN On April g. 1905. Helen CnVhton wife Of
Morel o. Brown.
Funeral services In Chicago, Al residence OF
John c. Fleming. ASS DrsIel Boulevard.
cAvAGNARo. After I'VE days Illness, Arthur
j.. age years months youngest con Of Fran
els and MAddAlena Cavaenaro, al the residence
OF his parents "a King 81.
Funeral Thursday. April Q. at7 P. n
CoFFIN-on Monday April 5. A. his home, s
West 12Fh ST, Francis Sherwood. son OF JuhA
and the late Francis Aymar conn.
Funeral ssr1ce. wednesday evening April T.
At 80 O'Clock. kindly omit Movers
YrsK. on Monday April g. 1915 louisa. widow Of
Harvey FISK in the 7tsi year Of her sge.
Funeral services a. her late residence, WnburthA.
NJ. on Thursday. April a. At i2.45 noon. Car.
nsres will be In waiting a. Trenton JunetioH
on arrival Of train leaving New York 10 A. n,
Central Railroad 81 New Jersey. foot Of Liberty
49, Interment A. convenience OF the family.
NoLLESON.-At thr residenos Of her son .in-laW,
Dr. Frank p. Foster. Mount vernon, y. Y.
April ;, 1906 Phebe GeorElAna Aoieson, widow
Of Elias Molleson. In her S7th year
Funeral services will BE- held 81 the Church OF
the Ascension. Mount Vernon, wednesday
morning April S, on the arrival Of the eot
Ncr HAy7n a Hartford train from Grand Cen
tral depot Chicago papers please copy.
TAICOTT.-M stamford, Conn. April 2, Hsrriet
newell BumhAm, widow OF Frederick Lyman
TAlcott, 10 her slst year.
Funeral private.
TEACHER. On Tuesday. April Z. 1900, George
Thatcher 81 Past s0th a., In his eist year son
OF the late Isaac Thscher.
Services will b. held IN the Mount Auburn Gene.
tsry Chapsl. CAntrtdEs, Mars, on Thurdby,
Arm A. ASP,M -
UAlSH.-At her residence. 30 York ST. Jersey
city Margaret widow OF Patrick Walsh and
mother OF Rev. s. b. Walsh OF the Diocese Of
Trenton.
solemn requiem mass for the rctsose Of her soul.
Al ST. peters Church. jersey CITY, Grand and
Van Worst ss.. Friday morning ~ 10 o'clock.
Reysriy. y. j.. and Riyerton, y. J.. papers
pIesse COPY.
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LEGIsLATURE NOT TO ACT,
And Attorney & euersi 10 Whii for six
Months or so.


Months or 80,
ALBANY, April Senator Bracket ex.
pects to he able to get befor' the Snate
tomorrow his resolution for a legislative
inquiry into the Equitabh's ahairs' but
orders have gone out from the Executive
Chamber that II il not to pass. Gov Hig-
gina said 10 -day that legislative hvesti-
CATION could not accomplish nearly as much
as one conducted by Supt Hendricks. who,
the Go vernon added, has corps OF com
petent examiners and actnries at his
command. Supt Hendricks and Attorney
General Mayer had a little talk to-day.
The Attorney General IL not 20 act upon
Senator Brackets application 70 him TO
bring an action against the Equitable
until after Supt. Hendricks completes
his examination of tbe AFFAIRS OF the com,
pany, which he says will take several
months. By that time II IL expected the
public outoTy against the Hyde Hartman
management VIII have subsidized and that
they will be permitted 10 continue their
mana &c ment OF tho financial AFFAIRS OF the
corporation In their own interests.
Supt. Hendricks announces that his IN =
vestigatlon will be directed by his First
De putty, Robert H. Hunter.
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QUIT WORK, BUT NOT on STRIKE
Union Men in scranton and WiikeSbarre
Try a New Dodge.

wuKEsBARRE, Pa, April 4.-Union men
in this part Of the State instead Of declaring
strikes now, are merely refusing 10 work,
as their leaders are expressing il In the
last few days the stonecutters and brick
layers on the new 81 900, 900 court house
here and the ston scutters Of Scranton
have refused TO work.
Their leaders deny they are on strike
but say they will not work until the con-
tractors grant their demands-in this city
for a closed shop, and in Scranton for an
eight-hour day and minimum wage OF
So day
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Interested be transferred 10 trustee o 9
voted for Ave years In Acceptance with the
Dr. ct Ions ofTho hoard 81 directors.
tho n,iostjon of t5nn-fer Of voting Conti Of
10 the policyholder- and lac methods Of
conserving the stability and safety d the
company In case 81 such change
II the board. upon such. confederation,
deterInine. to 70 g tho stock shall cheer
With mas due reaa, ID 10 the rights and
eouitic, of both stockholders and policy
b1lde-r JAMES X. HYDE
The proposal 10 trustee tho stock for
Ave years was voted down.
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VOTE IN PATCHOGUE CLOSE.
Il DIDN'T Know Last Night whether II IL
90 he wet or Dry.

PArcHooUE, l. J., April A-The election
here to-day centred on the license question.
DR.. W. S. Bennett, the present Supervisor,
was reelected. He Is a Republican. This
town, Brookhaven, was dry one at first
after the Ratnes law left the question to the
voters. Then the vets outvoted the drys
and for the last two years the town has been
vet and hotels and saloons have fourished.
This wear, after months Of organization,
the no-license people set to work TO obtain
another two wears Of dryness. They were
bitterly fought and late tonight the result
Is in doubt
The vote in the districts counted is very
olose and the full result will not be known
until morning. William +. Gardner, who
ran for Justice OF the Peace, has been
beaten by John r. Bunk.
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EXPLOSION PLOT NIPPED.
Attempt TO Blow Up NitrOElyCerine Maya
Tlne Prevented In Time.

NTVcWpI 70 UIOW ID WIITUUIyUVIIHV WNIN-
zinc Prevented In Tine.
IED1ANAPoLIs, April I.--An attempt 10
blow UP a nltroglyoerine magazine con-
tanning 600 quarts Of the explosive was
discovered this morning and but for the
fortunate extingIishing Of the fuse thou
sands Of dollars worth Of property would
have been destroyed.
The magazine Il the property Of the
Hercules Oil Company and Is located on
the Faulkner farm IN Grant county. The
fuse had been lighted, but had been ex-
tiaguished about one hundred feet from
the point at which Il entered the magazine.
There il no question that II was intended
20 explode the nltroglycerine and destroy
surrounding property. The magazine was
blown up In some mysterious way three
years ago and much valuable property
waa DESTROYED
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Woman KnIed on Tenth Avenue.

The body Of poorly dressed woman,
about 20 years old was found last night
,eside the railroa tracks in Tenth avenue
mar Thirtieth street. Her skull was tract
ured and il was evident that she had been
killed bv a train The clothing gave no
clue TO Identification and the body was
sent 10 the MoTgie
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ANDALU SIA SCORCBED.
Heat Continues, Cattle Dying and Price
OF wheat RISING.

NpfCIdI NU0TF II'0T77TT'T 70 7 NJ 'N'F'
MADRID, April THE heat and drought
in Andalusia continue and the conditions
have become terrible. In the Captain
Generally Of Estremadura. which is noted
for its vast number Of live stock, the cattle
are dying Of hunger in the scorched fields.
At Badajoz the thermometer registers
% degrees in the shade and in Seville 90,
The price OF wheat has risen everywhere
and in consequences bread il also dearer.
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Horse Drops through COnsy Island BridE,

George Gregory Of 1872 Second avenue
Brooklyn, while driving horse attached
70 lumber wagon over the bridge crossing
Coney Island Creek on Ocean Parkway
Yesterday afternoon jumped of the truck
lust as his horse disappea red through the
planking OF the bridge and sPlashed into
Engine Company ia rescued the horse.
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JAMES r. SANGSTER DEAD.
Gnsey House Night Clerk Victim OF Heart
DiEease-LonE Hotel Career.

Disease-LonE Hotel Career.
James R. sangstsr, es years old, Of 90
West Ninety-sixth street. night clerk at the
Gilsey House, was stricken with heart
disease In front Of $50 Canal street late
Yesterday afternoon. and died in a drug
store al ~ Canal street before the arrival
Of an ambulance, He had been calling on
his brother-n-law, r. L. Strong, a com
mission merchant at ioS Canal street, and
was on his way up town TO go on duty.
BE was the first clerk to go on duty at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel when II opened in
1888 He opened Taylor's Hotel in jersey
City and ran IL for some years, but lost,
il Il said, about 500 900 on the venture.
He had been a clerk at the Gilsey HouBe
for several years. The body was Identified
at the Elizabeth street police station by
House Detective Thomas A. Burke Of the
Qilsey House.
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Special ca6ls DsSpdieh 10 Tue sun.
CBKNoBBIo, Italy, April "A forest FIRE
that started In three places upon the heavily
wooded mountain Of SAINT Agata has
transformed the mountain into an i'm
mense furnace. 1t Ia believed that the
fires were OF incendiary origin. The
damage already done IL immense.
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Open shop spreAds in Clothing Trade.

The labor bureau Of the National As
sociation Of ClothieTs held its annual meet
ing yesterday at the lafayette Brevoort
Hotel. Delegates we're present from thir-
teen cities where the open shop prevails In
the clothing trade. IL was announced after
ward that the open shop movement IL
spreading In the clothing trade. The
manufacturers Of Louisville are now or
ganizing 10 declare for IL.
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IRYINGs son PLAYs "HAMLET."
Much Praised by the London Critics for
Ills Performance.

spseiel Gable Dsipaieh 10 THE sun.
LONDON, April III. B. Irving, eldest
son OF Sir Henry Irving, made his debut
tonight In Hamlet at the Adelphi Thea
tire. Miss Lily Brayton played the part
Of OphsRd.
A majority Of the critics say that Mr..
Irving won a brilliant triumph. making
him worthy TO be placed among the best
half dozen Of modern Hdmlets. He gave a
refined and highly finished performance.
Miss Brayton Is hardly less spplauded,
especially for her acting In the earlier
scenes.
The house was crowded and the audience
enthusiastically Hpphuded the perform
ance. Both the leading actors were re-
peatedly recalled. Oscar Asohe as Cldudtus,
and the remainder Of the company are
much praised.
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CopEer Leaves Pekin.

Spfctdi Cable Despdtch 70 IHH SUN
PEKIN, April Edwin h. Conger, who
has been United States Minister 20 China
for the past seven years. left here to-day
for America. The legation stan took leave
of him at the railway station, the approaches
TO which Were lined with Chinese troops.
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PATRICK LAWYER LOSES.
TOmlinsOn Can't Collect $4,000 Fees
From HrOther-in-LaW Miiliken.

ST LOUIS, April 4.-The suit Of Attorney
j. c. Tomlinson Of New York against joint.
Miniken Of this city for $40. 900 alleged to he
due for services in defending A. T. Patrick.
a brother-in-law OF Mr.. Milliken, accused
Of the murder OF millionaire Rice, which has
been on trial several days in the United
States Circuit Court, was ended to-day
10 favor Of Mr.. Milliken.
Mr.. Tomlinson argued his own case before
the Jury, although he had three lawyers
assisting him. The jury was out but a short
time before reaching a verdict.
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MINERS TO DEMAND s HOUR DAY.
Anthracite worker Getting Things In
shape for q New Agreement

oHHDU Tut . NO" HbIVVHVH''
WILKEsBARBE, Pa, April 4-The anthra-
cite miners desire that the eight hour day
shall be the chief demand when the present
agreement with the operators expires
next April. This wish is conveyed in the
many sets Of resolutions passed at various
meetings last Saturday and now being
received by the district officers. The mem
hers OF the Seventh district, some 1000
in making their desire known, say:
The amount of good done for society
as a whole by the diggers Ia Of such nature
that in return we believe we are justly en-
titled to more hours of rest
President Mitchell sent word here to-day
that he will come TO this region on May
and address a number Of mass meetings
Union officials will then make an efort
70 increase the paid up membership OF the
union in the anthracite field, which In the
last wear decreased 70 less than 5000.
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In.n R.hliste Mcunier Dead.


Special Cdbt Dttpdtch 70 IHh Sun
BRUssELs. April Jean Babtiste
Meunier, the sculptor, died to-day at the
age OF 81. He was the recipient OF many
bonors. among them the Salon medals OF
1893 and 1865 and the gold medal at the
Paris exposition Of 1889.
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HTDE's ATTACK on ALEXANDER.
CabAIlinE 60 Destroy My Trust Estate and
My Future. Il the GiSt OF IL.

CabAning 60 Destroy My Trust Estate and
My Future, Is the Gist OF IL.
This statement by vice-President Hyde,
read at the stormy Equitable meeting at
which the directors appointed a committee
to report plan Of naturalization, was given
out yesterday:
NEW YORK. Feb. IS, 1905
To the Board OF Directors OF TIE Equitable
Life Assurance Society
On Friday. Feb. 3, at time when but
two business days interviewed before the
stated meeting OF the board Of directors
OF the Equitable society at which the officers
OF the company for the current year were
20 be elected, I was called TO a conference
with j. W. Alexander, the president Of the
company. OF the subject matter of the
conference ] had no previous inttmation.
Al this conference was informed by Mr..
Alexander that a large number Of the Of
foers OF the Equitable society under his
Leadership and at his initiative, had signed
a memorial address TO the board Of direc-
tors demanding that steps be taken which
would result In placing the policyholders
OF the company in control Of the corpora
ton 20 the exclusion Of the stock control.
He also presented 70 me an opinion Of coun-
eel. TO the effect that il was, under the facts
presented TO counsel, the duty Of the Of
fcers Of the company 20 bring this me-
mortal 70 the confederation Of the board:
also a further paper, signed by a majority
but not by all Of the officers whose signatures
had been obtained 10 the memorial which
latter paper charged me with personal
unfitness FOR the Office Of vice-president Of
the society.
CALLED on TO RRsIoN.
Mr. Alexander demanded my immediate
consent that my control OF the company
through the ownership Of a majority Of
it's capital stock be at once relinouished,
that | should consent that the functions
Of the stock should be superseded under a
reorganization through which the vote
Of policyholders by proxy should select
n management 10 control the Affairs Of the
company and that should personally re-
sign and withdraw absolutely from any
connection with the control or manage
ment Of the company, accompanying these
demands by threats Of exposure Of i'm
pruTrieties on my part, In both personal and
official conduct and impressing upon me
that the movement against me personally
had been ~ effectively organized a. 10 he
rcsistless The movement had been con-
Quoted In secret. So far as ! am able 20
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KAISERS TRIP TO ITALY.
Political Feature Of II Arouses Adverse
Comment.
special Code Dsspateh to TIE Sun.


Special Code DsSpdfeh 10 TIE Sun
ROM, April t.-Tbs German Emperor
will arrive at Naples tomorrow. King
Victor Emmanuel will spend Thursday
with him, and in the evening gala per-
formance viii be given In the EmPeror's
honor at the San Carlo Theatre. On Friday
the Emperor will start for Sicily to join
the Empress and the Princes Eitel. Fried
rich and Oscar at Taormina- King Victor
Emmanuel viii return TO Rome.
The Emperor's visit is apparently taking
on more nearly official character than
Il Was expected to have. 1t Is believed
that tho Emperor will make occasion to
af1rm tho Triple Alliance and German
rights In the Mediterranean.
Some Of the Italian newspapers criticize
the Kslser's visit adversely.
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MRS. BUSHNELL DEAD At 100.
She Was the widow OF the Rev. DR.. Horace
Bushnell OF Hartford.

Bushnell OF Hartford.
Hartford. Conn, April Mrs. Mary
Althorp Bushnell. widow Of the Rev. DR..
Horace Bushnell, for many years pastor
Of the Old North Congregational Church
OF Hartford, died this afternoon at the age
of 100. BuShnell Park in the centre OF
the city, was named for DR.. Bushnell, whose
dream il was for a number Of years before
his death.
Mrs. Bushnell lived with her daughter,
Mrs. Appleton X. Hillyer Of this city. She
leaves another daughter, Mrs. Frank W.
Cheney Of South Manchester, and many
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was born In Boston, Jan. 1, 1905. Her
death was due to old age and the result
of a fall about year ago.
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MANY KILLED by EARTHQUAKE.
Great Damage Done by shock In the City
OF Lahore.

LAHORE, British India, April "A vio-
lent earthquake occurred here o-day. The
Cathedral. the railway station and other
buildings we're seriously DANA ged There
was large loss OF life.
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Pop. Receives Duke OF Connausht

Special Cable Dsspafoh 10 THE SUN.
ROM, April THE Duke Of Connaught
was received in special audience by the
Pope to-day. II was said yesterday that the
Pope had approved the betrothal Of King
Alfonso 20 the Dukes daughter, Princess
pafriria
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WY EXAMINE LAWSON.
Application on Behalf OF Fuller and COudsrt
Granted.

NEW ROCHELLE, N, Y. April 4.-Justice
Martin j. Keogh Of the Supreme Court
granted the applica ton tonight Of John
p, Murray, representing Paul Fuller and
Frederic Coudert, for an open commission
70 examine Thomas W. lawson Of Boston
in a suit brought by Samuel NJ. Hitchcock
The commissioner named az referee by
Justice Keogh IL Robert Raymond Of Boston.
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Prince OF wales's Condition.

Special Gable Dttpafeh 20 The SUN
LoNpoS, April A.-The Prince OF Wales,
who was operated upon yesterday by Sir
Frederick Treves and Sir Francis Laking
for an ahscess, IL understood 10 be in a salts
factory condition to-day
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Lahore Is the capital OF the Punjab. 1t Is
a densely crowded city OF about 900 in
Ia bitants, with narrow streets, lined with
houses OF brick. II Is an important rail-
road and manufacturing centre.
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Rishop FaNier Dead.

.sp,ciai CaU' DssFcioh 10 THE SIN.
PFKN. April bishop Favier, the head
Of the Roman Catholic mission here, died
to-day. .-
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The Gregory was built by Lewis Nixon.
She sailed from this port on Jan, S, heading
south, ostensibly for Savannah. She was
next heard Of at Bermuda, on Feb. 10.
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GASOLINE BOAT SAFE.
The Gregory. Built BY Lewis nixon, Reaches
the Azores.
spsctol Cable Dsspaieh to THE Sun.

8pfridI Cable Defp1lch % he sun
LONDON, April 4.-The American gasolene
boat Gregory, on her way across the At
lantic, arrived to-day at Punta Delgada,
Azores Islands, having made the trip across
the ocean in seventeen days. She will
leave tomorrow for Gibraltar, on her way
to France.
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NO HOME a COMPLETE without PnEURt
CiNOTn T0NfC. NEEDED for even weakness.
PIeEEE's HAm BAIAiN Is NE 70 the hair.
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OBJECTS TO THE QUEBEC.
Italian immigration Society Investigating
Extra French Liner.

.Speoal Cabls DsFpdfch 70 IHH Sun,
ROME, April THE Italian immigration
Committee has written to the Italian Consul
at Havre inquiring into the case Of the
steamship Quebec. and stating that the
committee will insist on first class steam
ships and also pointing out the inspectors
are authorized 10 board steamships and
satisfy themselves as 10 the treatment Of
and accommodations provided for immi-
grants.
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TIE WOOOLAWN CEMETERY

4, TcadIv AcccasbIe by HaTItm NAM from uTAnd
C-ntrsl station. Webster and jerome Avenue
trolleys and by carriage Lots SIS Up. Tee
phone t1ssS GTamercyl for BOOK Of view OF repre-
'' ofFioE 70 EAST saD sT- \. 7. CITE
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. The Quebec Is an extra steamship Of the
French line. She left Havre March and
arrived In New York March 81
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rectors OF the Equitable society or TO impair
the proved efficiency Of its management.
II cannot be pretended that TO deprive the
stock OF the Equitable society Of its legal
control would result In the selection Of a
better board OF directors or in the creation
of a more efficient management. There
las been no general claim or demand upon
the mart Of pohcyholders in the line Of the
present movement. There can be no long
continued disguise OF the true purpose
of the present movement. It's purpose 10
10 transfer the selection Of the directors Of
the Equitable society, and It's management,
10 a ooterie OF men whose more immediate
contact with the policyholders would place
them In a favored position 70 obtain the
proxies OF the latter and Mr.. Alexander =
groes breach Of trust 20 my father and 20
me. With which here solemnly charge him,
has none but the most bpeclous preteAt OF
shall not discuss any personal short
oominRa OF my own. That such have bean
charged IL a sufficient reason 10 me for
desiring to make the most absolute com
mitment. for an extended period, Of the
Affairs Of the Equitable society to its present
high management.
I had communicated my purpose TO do
this AT Tuesdays meeting Of the sub-com-
mlttee Of the board appointed TO consider
the memorial above referred to, and IL was
after this expression Of purpose upon my
naTt and while my formal communication
70 the board TO eject this purpose was in
preparation that those whose efforts II
appears 70 he to forestall a dignifed settle
ment OF this unfortunate situation have
Allied the public press with scandal, i
prefer to believe that this scandal has
emanated largely from the enemies Of the
EQUITABLE society outside Of its organiza-
ton. but It's publication has constrained me
10 make this statement. 90 which / append
the text Of my communication 10 the board
above referred to.
OVEN TO TRUSTEE THE STOCK FURTHER.
/ propose that the stock In which ] am
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-10
OLD SCHOOL DOCTORS SCORED
pr. Mum Says They Brighten People
 Into Dfsases.

Hartford, May 9.-The annual meet ing of the Connecticut Eclectic Medical association was held in the Allyn house here to-day. Dr. S. B. Mum of Wa
 terbury in a report on contagious and infectious diseases severely criticized
 the old school of physicians. He said that smallpox and spotted fever were not contagious. "The greatest disease to-day he said. 'is fear which physi- clans inoculate into the community.
 There is an epidemic of everything with old school physicians except that of
 common sense" He said that he has noticed since the state board of health had been organized, the death rate had increased rather than decreased Doctors he said. do more to
 frighten the people into diseases than
 any other one cause.'' He gave it as
 his opinion that vaccination was advo-
 cated because it meant money in the doctors pockets. Officers were elected as follows.
 President, pr. George D. Bristol of Mid dlebury; vice president, Joyn A. Con- neren of Holyoke; secretary, George F..
 Faber of Waterbury: treasurer, Leroy
 B. Smith of Higganum.
 Action was deferred until fall on the question of joining the American Med ical union.