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The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-07
8 KILLED IN BITTER FEUD
Twenty Bullets Extracted from Body of Victim of Virginia
 Fight

Danville Na May 6-As the result of a bitter family feud which has caused several previous difficulties of a more or less serious nature, three men were shot to death, supposedly from ambush, near Philpott, Henry County today. The victims, who all be- longed to ono faction were; Samuel shelton, aged 2j Charles Dodson, aged S5, James Holly, aged 19.
 The following were arrested on the charge of having committed the mur- ders and released on bail for a prelim- mary hearing tomorrow William and Grover Massey, brothers, and Heres ford and Thomas Spencer, brothers,
 The feud existing between the Shell and the Massey and Spencer families on the other, was brought to a focus several days ago when some unknown parties cut up and destroyed a block ade whiskey dlstlllery operated by | Samuel Shelton Half dozen men set out for vengeance. It Is supposed that before they arrived at the destination and while on the plantation of Heres ford Spencer, the Spencers and Mas seys being warned, concealed them eeves behind cluster of bushes on the road and opened fire with repeating i rifles.
 over 75 shots were fired In rapid succession. over 20 bullets were ex- tracted from the body of one of the | victims.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-07
FARMERS CURIOUS
Coin to Find Out if Woodruff Il Take Job Over Again,
 B'gosh.
TO CALL ON HIM SATURDAY
Union League Rubes Plan a Trip to Guilford to Find How Things
 Stand.

Will Governor Woodruff accept a re- nomination for the exalted position he now holds, Is the question that is now disturbing the Farmers club of the Union League. And according to re- ports that were given out in this city and Hartford last night, to settle 1t the club Is to go down to the governor's summer home at Guilford on Saturday and put it up to him direct.
 The determination of the club is by no means q nasty one. For some time it has been conceded that the governor was Ut" in the line for the next nom nation but before the Farmers" as they style themselves. declared they want to know where tho crop was coming from or In other words, If they stood for Woodruff, would the ground be fertile enough for another blowing The governor has just gotten down to his summer home at Guilford and Sat .urday's affair will be the first of his Although. the Farm CTS come with their hats in hand and to ask the governor a question they still will be his guests.
 The leaders last night declared tha
 the visit of Saturday was but one O allegiance and was not to have any
 thing to do with politics, The ranl and Ale however stated that 1t was {, got the eyast position of the governo
 for the next campaign so that the, could go out and support him with the rake and hoe If he would he willing tc stand for a renomlnation. With the result of yesterdays convention stil before him and the sentiment of tho delegates at the Hartford meeting fresf in his mind Governor Woodruff's an. swer, if the question Is put up to him twill without doubt hs Ego ahead" sc the Farmers better be imbering LID tho
 harroWS to smooth over the ground be
 fore the state convention
 About 40 members of the club vii go on the trip with others scheduled tt drop in
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-07
RELIGION DESERTS BOSTON
Unitarian Headquarters May Leave
 New England.

New York, May 6.-At meeting of the Unitarian club of New York city at the Hotel Manhattan tonight following the annual dinner of the club. resolution was unanimously adopted for the appointment of a committee 70 confer with a committee, of the Unitarian ministers of Greater New York as to the feasibility of hold ine the 1910 meeting of the Unitarian church in New York instead of in Boston as heretofore.
 q think, said Rev. John Ilayne Holmes, the introduced of the rcsolu- ton, that 1t would be a good thing for Untaranlsm If 1t were detached from Boston, to show others that Uni- tarlanism was not simply an Adora- ton of the New England conscience. II would be a good thing for unitar- ianism to take it away from lts local color and put it in New York. It would be inspired, thrilled and made attractiye'
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-07
CAUCUS ACCEPTS VREELAND PLAN Republicans Agree on Elmer gency Currency Based
 on Commercial
 Paper.
WILL DRAFT NEW BILL
Action Assures Legislation During tho Present Scssion---Currcncy Com mission Also Ap-
 proved.

Washington. May 6,-At t1:20 o'clock
 tonight the republican caucus of the house of representatives committed it.
 self by a vote of llS to 2l to the prinei-
 pie of commercial paper as an asset on
 which to issue extra circulation in time
 of emergency This Is in accordance X Ewith the Vreeland bill. but by sep
 arate action the resolution was go
 amended as to eliminate MT Vreeland's
 name from the measure Ky still an
 othcr vote the caucus decided to rec ommend the appointment of a commis-
 sion to consider the currency question
 and report a bill at the next session
 pf congress Coupled with this provis-
 ion was another providing for the i'm smedate appointment of q committee
 of five members to draft q new bill in
 accordance with the action of the eau teus and along the general lines cf the
 second Vreeland bill. In accordance ,Ayith this action the chair appointed
 hs such committee Mcssrs. Nreolaud of
 New York, Burton of Ohio, Weeks of
 Massachusetts, Mckinney of Illinois, A md Knowland, of California Under tho erms of the resolution the committee | vlll be expected to report a perfected tpill to an adjourned conference 10 be \ held next Monday evening
 8 The following Is the ,sxt of the res adopted tonight.
 Resolved, That the conference ap- ], roves recognition of commercial pa '# CT through clearing house assoca- .iflions as 2 safe and logical asset for Emergency currency and also approves ;ifhe proposition for currency com slhission; and be 1t further
 W. Resolved, That the chair appoint a fommittee of five to perfect a bill, such 4fsommit.ee 10 report the perfected hil ID the conference at an adjourned meet ,,i'ig to be held within five days"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-07
YALE SCHOLARS ELECT
William N. Borden President of Phi
 Beta Kappa for Next Year.

William Whiting Borden of Chicago H., was last night elected president of the Phi Beta Kappa society in Ynlc for tho coming year The Phi Beta Kappa society Is mads dp of the 30 men In each of the two upper classes who have the highest etand in their studies dur ing the first two years, Borden was in the highest group. Beside being president of Phi Beta Kappa, he Is class deacon in i9O0
 John Bates Perrin of Indianapolis was looked upon as tho most probable choice for the position but Perrin de- clined to run He was chairman of the junior promenade committee and next year will be president of the Yale navy. In the voting the closest oppon- lent to Borden was Harvey Bundy of Grand Rapids, captain of the Yale ten- Inls team.
 The other elections were. Nice-pres- dent, Harvey Hollister Bundy of Grand Rapids secretary and treasurer, Sid ney Marcelus Phelan. Jr., of St. Louis, Me, keeper of the archives, Dickson Hammond Leavens of Norwich, Conn; executive committee, Jesse McMillan Harding of omaha, Frank Thompson Case of Hartford, and John Bates Per- rin of Indianapolis.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-07
GOT EAGLE FOR FEE
sorpey Jacobs Makes Two One and
 Counts Twenty.

Probably the biggest marriage fee ft a justice of the peace in this city B had passed over to him in some te Is that which Attorney l., Erwin I obs received from New York man sAprIl go, for uniting him to the third itnan of his choice. It took the form @l gold eagle, that rare twenty dol- 2 coin of the United States govern
 nt R. Milton Hoyt was the man
 b considered the service SO valuable.
 came up from New York city ac-
 panied by Vivas Peterson, a hand q Swedish woman, and sought Reg Ear Carr's office, where license was |ared. The license was returned 10 registrars office yesterday, reveal the romance,
 |oth Hoyt and his bride gave their ], as forty years. The woman stated she had never been married before, lle the man admitted that this was )hhIrd matrimonial venture. He said he had been divorced from his pre- wife. When the license had been led the couple proceeded to Attor, Jacobs office, and caught him Just he noon hour He performed the mony and tho couple went away re- ng.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-07
MERGER PROVISIONS
Bill Filed in Boston for Super vision of Railroad Com
 bination.
LIMITATIONS ARE IMPOSED
Rates of Transportation Cannot Re In- creased or Property Sold Without
 States Approval.

Boston May s-A bill providing for the merger of tho Boston & Maine railroad with inc New York, New Ha- ven & Hartford railroad, was filed with the legislative committee on rail- roads today by James r. Jackson. for mer chairman of the Massachusetts state board of railroad commissioners. and at present the counsel of the Bust ness Meme Merger league of Massa- chusetts
 The bill provides that the New Ha- ven road may hold, acquire and ex- Ichange. share for share. for New Ha- Ven stock. the stock of the Boston & Maine that may be of record prior 10 July 1. 1909.
 Tho principal offices of the Boston & Maine shall be in Boston and a major fly of the directors shall he residents of Massachusetts. The New Haven . road shall maintain a headquarters in Boston and four residents of Massachu- setts must he included in the New Ha- vcns directorate. The governor and 1 council are also given the power to name two directors for the roads joint ! ly The New Haven road shall be sub | iect to Massachusetts laws and he un- | der tho supervision of the Massachu- | setts railroad commission No rate for ! transportation shall he increased and mo facilities shall be decreased The New Haven road shall not part with l the control of or cease to operate any railroad now controlled or operated by ! r. without the consent of tho railroad commission
 Provision Is made that lf at any time tho control of the New Haven road shall pass to another corporation the governor may notify the New Haven lcorporatlon that the shares of the Boeton & Maine road standing in the name of the New Haven company shall not he voted such prohibition to con time until the Massachusetts legisla- ture shall remove lt The state Is piv- on tho right to purchase tho stock of tho Boston & Maine held by the New Haven road subsequent to July 1. 1913 For every violation of the provisions o the bill the New Haven corporation shall be liable to a penalty of sl0,000. and any of its officers aiding or ahet. ting a violation shall be liable to nnc of sl.ono, imprisonment not cxccedIns ono year. or both fine and mprison ment
 Tho supreme judicial court of Mas sachusctts Is given Jurisdiction to com
 pei observance of the provisions of tht
 bill. Tho act Ia to take effect upor
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The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-07
NURSES GET TOGETHER
State Association Elects Officers and
 CnlkS ShOn.

Bridgeport, May 6--The fifth annual convention of the Graduate Nurses State association here today attracted an attendance of about 1O0 Addresses on subjects pertaining to nursing of the sick were made by Mrs Isabelle Wilcox, Pine Meadow, Miss Martha Wilkinson, Hartford; and Miss Butler, Hartford, Officers were elected as fol- lows:
 President, Miss Martha J. Wilkinson, Hartford first president, Mrs. Isabelle Wilcox Pine Meadow; second yice-p president, Miss Elizabeth Somers, Waterbury corresponding secretary. Mrs E. Lockwood, Granby, recording secretary, Miss Margaret Gallagher, Danbury; treasurer, Miss Rose, Heay- ren, New Haven
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-07
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AFTER NEGLlGENTS
Health Board Causes Arrests on Gar ~ bagc Can Failures.

The board of health has started a crusade against landlords who fail 10 provide garbage cans for the tenants in their tenements. Yesterday about sixteen warrants, all for Italian prop erty owners, were drawn up for the board and most of these were served last night Felix Gasoline of Fair street, was arrested and taken to the central station where he was later re- leased on $50 bonds, He is accused of failing to supply a garbage oan for his tenement at 22 Hamilton street. He was very indignant over the ar rest and declares he will fight the case.
 Most of the arrests were made from the Grand avenue station where the following were apprehendcd Gio- vanni Nero, Francisco Carnuo Luigi Slnco. Michael Anastasio, Niggio D Androsio, Taiello Tercsino, Fasquale Annuziata, Luiga Bones, Andrew Panze and Giuseppe Pasalli. Warn ings had previously been sent about to those found failing to comply with the ordinance,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-07
0UMTAIN FOR NASHVILLE
AiIl of Mary C. Ford Offered for
 Probate.

The will of the late Mary q. Ford { Woodbridge was filed yesterday
 fternoon in the probate court dis psing of an estate which is figured to lave a value of s15,000. The only 'lblic bequests made in the will are .vo bequests of S400 each to the Fethodlst Episcopal church of Sey- our, one of which Is to be made a End for the support of the church Ind the other for the payment of e current expenses The remainder a the estate Is left to q number of alatives of the deceased with the eX- Rption that one of the codicils of the 4ill provides for the erection of a Blinking fountain at the junction of haley avenue and Fountain street \ Westville to be under the charge ,l the Woman's Christian Temper
 q ce union.
 Zone of the heirs of the estate is
 5lnotte F. Chatfeld of this city, but
 der the provisions of the will he Is
 5't nothing. The old homestead,
 lFilC0 pdSSeS uliutl tlt Nlll " '''i''
 iirs out of this city, has quite q ique story attached to it. It seems ht the father of the deceased was .merly voter in the town of Sey- Bur, but he wanted to vote in Wood- Adge instead so he was given per- lllssion to do so by removing his bod bm into the latter town A survey Id shown that instead of the proper being in the town of seymour the l ie between the two towns ran I+ough the homestead
 grhe executrices of the will are Mrs, ldah M. Snow and Mrs, Marie K. \ ,peland as provided for by the will, Il e hearing on the will IS set for UMv 15
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-07
RAILROAD BUSINESS BETTER
New Haven Road Returns for April Show Loss of Over Per Cent.
 Over Report of Year Ago.

The returns of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad company for April business continue to reflect @ slight improvement Tn railroad traf- flc Freight gross earnings as compar- ed with April last year having fallen off only about 20 per cent. as compared with five to 10 per cent, more during the first three months of 1908. Passen- ger business for April has shown only the trtfing loss of about three per cent. as compared with April of last year. April returns of the traction com panies of the system remain about the same showing, however, slight gains in Connecticut as compared with last year and losses in Rhode Island The returns of the Massachusetts trol- leys showing a good condition of bus mess Another good index of business recovery to some extent is the dIminu- ton of the laid-up freight cars of tho system from about 5,oOO at the begin ming of April to about half that mum Der at the end of that month.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-07
VOTE TO 60 BACK
Cigarmakors Admit Their De- feat and Will Work This
 Morning.
MAKE A FINAL PROTEST
Conference in Springfield To-day Toward Opposing Agents and
 Arhtrators.

The members Of Local go of the Cigarmakers union held meeting last evening and after a long discus sion passed vote to return 10 work in the shops here in accordance with the result of the referendum decision of the locals throughout the country manufacturers At tho meeting it k understood that the officials of the inc tornational union and all It's agents were subjects of heated conversa- ton.
 Tn men will back to work today according to the statement of one of them last night. The shops have been made ready for them anu plenty of stock has been prepared. In some of the shops the tobacco strippers were at work yesterday and in all of them they will be at work to-day.
 But the fact that the members of the union have decided 10 ga back dSes not end the matter, although 1t ends any action affecting the local manufacturers, To-day in Springfield a conference win be held of reprcscn- tatives of the radical element in the local unions in New England and a formal protest will be made against the employment of agents such as G. R. French by the international union in the future. If such protest
 l.. would mean that there would be no more arbitration of strikes and lock- outs and that the employers md em- ployes would try to tire each other out until one side gave in. In order to do away with the agents ahango would have to he made in the consti- tuition of the international uniln, and the majority of the locals would op. pose this,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-07
LILLEY'S PAPERS WANTED
Submarine Probers Insist ThDt He
 Produce Personal Letters.

Washington May 6.The committee of the house appointed to investigate the legislative methods of the Electric Boat company has decided to Insist that Representative George l.. Lilley, under whose resolution the investiga- tion was made, produce the letters, press letter books and stenographers note books. demanded of him before the lnvesllgatlon closed Lillov ia in Con necticut and Chairman Boutell has written him that inc committee win be ready to receive the documents next Monday ond examine them in executive session No decision has yet been roaoh- cd regarding the books of the Electric Boat company and the Lake Torpedo Boat company which also have been asked for by the committee
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-07
SUCCEEDS DIR. CARMALT
(. B. q. Nancrcde, of Ann Arbor,
 Heads American Surgeons.

Richmond, Va, May 6,-The Amer ican Surgical association held it's final session today and elected the follow ing officers for the ensuing year: Pres ident, Dr. C. B. c Nancrede, Ann Ar bor, Mich. Delegate to the American Congress of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Herbert L. Burwell, Boston, Mass Secretary, pr. Robert G. Leconte. Philadelphia. Treasurer Dr. Charles A. Powers. Denver, Col Record, pr. Rich ard H. Harte, Philadelphia. Philadel- phia was decided on as the next place of meeting. The new council includes Dr. w. H. Carmalt. New Haven, Conn.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-07
AFTER MATH OF
 CONVENTION  Major Blakeslee, of New Haven, Figures in Interesting Pc litical Confer
 ence.
HUGHES BOOMER BOILED
Nothing Doing With Buttons of New Yorls's Goycrnor---How the Delegation Stood for
 Taft.
(snecinI to the JomrnnI-Conricr.l

Hartford, May 6,-As far as en- thusiasm Is concerned to-day's con ventIon was the tamest in a great many years, the actual evidence of in, terest in any person being the ap- plause last night at the mention of Mckinley's and Rooseyelt's names and the solitary reference to Secre
 tary Taft to-day when National Com
 mitteeman Rrooker read the plat
 form. The tameness was not due to the delegates Individually, but to the lack of a leader to start cheer q going There was one funny lnci- dent along this line. AS the dele
 gates went into the auditorium last night they saw slight individual tacking up large pictures of Hughes. The pictures looked misfts against the background of flags and bunting, but actually few delegates made more than passing comment. Up in the gallery was the Hughes boomer, He was a Mir Gilbert, attorney, for merly of Derby. but now of New York. on the floor in front of him was q large picture of Hughes, to which he had tied A rope His scheme was to let the picture down from the gallery if a cheer for Taft was start cd But Taft's name was not men toned and the Hughes man folded up the picture, pocketed the rope and went back to the Allyn house to swap Hughes buttons for Taft buttons with Souvenir Taylor and John F.. Gaffey of New Haven The latter knew Gilbert quite well and took de- , light in bringing up the most loyal Taft supporters to swap Hughes but tons Several score of delegates went home with pocketful of Hughes buttons for which they had no use.
 The presentation of the name of 1 Major Blakeslee as a delegate took every body by surprise It occasion ! ed no little comment and a variety ! of reports The humor in it was | that Mir. Rlakeslee had been credited with Hughes leanings and some del | egates got rather worried over this in 1 view of the hours of excitement over l the Rulkeley Brandegee situation. A meeting of tho New Haven delegation was held this morning and at lt Sen ! ator Butterworth put the question di- rect to Major Blakesloe as to his pres ! ldential preference. He promptly an- swered that he was a Taft man, and confirmed it by popping up to move the adoption of the platform. The fact of the matter Is that Major Blakeslee some time ago expressed a
 wish to1 go as a delegate, but when
 he heard that Colonel Ullman was
 anxious 10 represent the county he re-
 tired When fl was decided to sub stltute others for the two senators
 names the majors name was men
 toned for delegate at-large Half ar
 hour later when the final selection
 was made it was deemed only courte- sy to Colonel Ullman to advance him
 to the at-large place and give the
 major the county It was only nat.
 ural that a colonel should precede (
 major This explanation disposes oi
 rumor that Major Blakeslee's