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Evening star., 1907-09-02
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.
Record at Weather Bureau of Serious
Disturbance,

A distant earthquake shock. which, it is
judged. must represent very severe seis-
mic disturbance. was recorded this morn
gan at 11:27:41 and lasted about an hour
and a half.
The recording of the shock was wit
messed by Prof. +. Omorl. disting uished
seismologist of Japan, who happened to be
present. DR.. Omor who Is president of
the japanese Society for the Investigation
of Earthquake Causes, is on his way to the
international congress of seismologists to
meet at The Hague later this month.
Evening star., 1907-09-02
KILLED WITH A PENKNIFE.
Fight Lasting Half an -Four Ends
Fatally.
Special Dispatch to The Star

bpecfaI IUspatch 70 ne SUE.
CHICAGO. H., September II killed
him. killed him with pocket knife after
he had fired two shots at me. 1t was my
life or his. We fought for half an hour.
He kept smashing me with the butt end of
his revolver and I kept jabbing him with
my pocket knifo. Finally ha fell. I stopped
over him and saw that he was dying. Then
/ hurried and saw my lawyer did right
in killing him. He was Q mean man.
This confession was made almost hys-
terically by William Kretschmar, a mil
lionaire fveryman at 13S East North ave-
nue. His victim was William Greber. the
watchman for the hush & Gerts Piano
Evening star., 1907-09-02
DID MURDER IN JERSEY
Lyndhurst Policeman Shot and
Killed by a Burglar.
CAUGHT R0BBING A STORE
Turned Pistol on Self Rather Than
Suffer Capture.
COMPANION OF SUICIDE ESCAPED
CAUGHT ROBBING A STORE
COMPANION OF SUICIDE ESCAPED
BotH Robbers Italians - Officer Was
Murdered Without Having Any
Chance to Defend His Life.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


LYNDHURST. N. j., September O.
Caught in the act Of robbing a store. two
men were arrested this morning about 6
o'clock by Policeman George Cassidy, and
he started with them to the station house
On the way the two men protested their
innocence. but Cassidy refused to release
them. whereupon one of them pulled a re-
volver. sand before the policeman was able
to check him or grab the weapon the
prisoner pressed 1t against the officers
breast and fired.
Cassidy dropped dead on the spot and the
two men then ran away. The noise of the
shooting aroused persons In the neighbor-
hood and they gave chase after the two
men, who are believed to have been Italian
junkmen.
The two men separated, one of them
making for the Passaic river. thinking he
would be able to cross it somewhere and
get away. When the pursuing crowd got
too close to him he would turn and fire a
shot at It, but his aim was poor and nc
one was hit by the bullets.
The fugitive ran along the swamps near
the river, trying to find a place to get
across to Passaic county. and after about
twenty minutes running through the mud
and slime he became exhausted. and, rather
than submit to capture, he used the last
cartridge in . the revolver to kill himself,
reached him he died.
Victim Popular officer.
Policeman Cassidy was about thirty years
old, and was married nearly two years ago.
His wife and child, about one year old, live
here. He was one of the best-known and
most popular officers on the force. He had
been on duty all night and was returning to
the station house after being relieved when
he saw two men come out of the grocery
store Of Mrs. Mary Holden, on Valley
Brook avenue. When the two men saw
Cassidy they became confused, and one of
them was about to run away when the
other grabbed him and muttered something
in Italian and waited for Cassidy to come
up to them:
Cassidy walked up and asked them what
business they had in the store, and they
replied that 1t was none of his business, and
when told they were under arrest they
submitted without much protest. and with
the officer between them they started for
the station house. Cassidy had each man
by the shoulder as they walked along. The
two Italians were talking and gesiculat-
Evening star., 1907-09-02
CHICAGO AND ALTON CASE.
Government Expected to Drop the
Prosecution
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
CHICAGO. ILL.,, September 2.-The govern
ment's determination to drop the Chicago
and Alton railroad prosecution will be made
public in Judge Lands court tomorrow.
Judge Lands Is expected to arrive in the
city this evening from his summer home in
Logansport, Ind, and District Attorney
Sims will also return to Chicago from north
ern Michigan tomorrow. He will inform the
court, in the presence of a special grand
jury that was summoned to investigate the
charges against the Alton road growing out
of the Standard Oil litigation, of the gov
ernments attitude toward former District
Attorney Morrison's promise of immunity
for the road and its officers.
That Attorney General Bonaparte has d.
rected Mr.. Sims to stand by the promises
made by Morrison and to suggest to the
court that the special grand jury be dis
missed and the proceedings dropped remains
uncontradicted today.
Evening star., 1907-09-02

Company. whose dead body was found at
o'clock Saturday night in the rear of the
piano factory.
Kretschmer says that the watchman had
drawn a revolver on his two sons, Charles
and Henry Kretschmer, in the afternoon,
and had made them ieave the alley, where
they had been pitching horseshoes.
Evening star., 1907-09-02

quantity than in 1906, which was the
bumper year.
THE farmer was never in so healthy
position as he is today-financally. socially.
politically. mentally and spiritually" says
the report. The increase IN the value OF
his real estate has been prodigious. He
owes less money than ever before. He has
greater assets than ever. Again, the farm
er's wants are greater. He is in the mar
ket for more and better breeding stock.
farm implements, household goods and
other merchandise"
Evening star., 1907-09-02
MILLIONS FOR THE FARMERS.
A Wonderful Showing Of Crops and
Gains in Prices,

NEW YORK. September 2.-The Ameri-
can farmers earnings are thousand mil
lion dollars greater this year than last. ac-
cordng to preliminary report on crops
which will be published in the next issue OF
the American Agriculturist. This big bar
gain will be entirely due to the increased
prices of farm products, as the production
in general will be fully 10 per cent less In
Evening star., 1907-09-02
Rain Postponed Charter Oak Races.

HARTFORD. Conn, September "a
drenching rain compelled the postponement
of the Grand Circuit races at Charter Oak
Park this afternoon. and the card was as
signed for tonorrov afternoon.
Evening star., 1907-09-02
Hotel Burglars Got Rich Loot.

Special CabIeRfam 70 ne Stdr.
BADEN-BADEN, September 2.-The Ho-
tel Rtephane was entered by burglars last
night. The Baroness Ephrussi of Vienna
lost jewelry valued at SD 800 and the Bar
on Colschmi5t Rothschild Of Par.s had Jew
elry worth so 900 stolen.
Evening star., 1907-09-02
DR.. Chancellor Returns.

Dr. Chancellor returned TO Washington
this morning from Cincinnati. He told a
reporter for The Star this afternoon that he
was I'll in Cincinpati hospital last Satur-
day. He says he now feels in perfect
health, and even better than before he went
away. DIR. Chancellor said that he lad
heard of a story from Cincinnati that he
had been pat out Of hospital there, but
declares there. is no truth in it, and Is at
loss to understand how the story orig
mated.
DR.. Chancellor said that DR.. Evermann OF
the bOaId of education knew that he was
going to visit schools outside Of the city
with Commissioner Morrow when he left
the city last Monday. He said he supposed
the reason the board was not told exactly
where he would be was that he did not
know himself where he was going
While he was away he found 1t neces-
sary to attend to some private business In
New York and later to visit Cincinnati.
Had he not been taken I'll in Cincinnati,
DR.. Chancellor says, he would have re-
turned 20 Washington sooner. Mrs. Chan
cellor returned today from a visit with
friends. She was not with DR.. Chancellor
Evening star., 1907-09-02

There has been no change
of any kind in the price of
the paper to newsboys, and
readers should pay no more
than the printed price.
Evening star., 1907-09-02
Makes Much Mystery.

DR.. Fehrenbatch would not state whether
or not DR.. Chancellor paid for the treatment
he received at the hospital, nor would he
say what the nature of the treatment was
One Of the !nternes. whose name cannot
be used for obvious reasons, stated, how
ever. that Chancellor was a patient in the
surgical ward contrary to established rule
and that an operation was performed.
There will be a thorough investigation OF
the case" said Member Miller Of the b. p.
g., today. ''and II there have been any,ir-
regulaIities in the Chancellor, or any other
case. the persons responsible will he prop
erly punished
The Cincinnati hospital Is for Cincinnati
people. There are plenty of other hospitals
for outsiders who can afford to pay. The
City Hospital Is overcrowded as it is, and
1t won't do to have outsiders getting treat
ment there when our own people are de-
MED 1t because of the overcrowGed condi-
tons"
Supt Tehrenoatch denied this morning
that political influence would secure any
one admission to the hospital. especially if
the applicant is a nonresident He de-
clared that the nonresident rule is strictly
enforced except in emergency.
Evening star., 1907-09-02
NOTICE.

The price of this paper at
NEWSSTANDS and from
NEWSBOYS is
TWO CENTS.
Evening star., 1907-09-02
DR.. CHANCELLOR RETURNS
HAS BEEN I'll IN A HOSPITAL
IN CINCINNATI.
Declares Member of School Board
Knew He Was Going to
Leave City.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
CINCINNATI. Septem Der 2-The fact
that DR.. VIM. E. Chancellor, superintend-
ent of. schools In Washington, d. c., was
a patient at the Cincinnati Hospital has
stirred up a row between Supt. Fehren-
batch of that institution and members of
the board of public service. There Is a
rule prohibiting the acceptance of nom
residents at the City Hospital except in
cases of emergency and where the patients
are too poor to go to another institution
but In the case of Chancellor It is said
neither Of these circumstances existed.
Chancellors case is shrouded in consid-
cradle mystery. He was discharged as
cured yesterday and left for home last
night, but at the hospital reporters we're
denied all details of his case. Chancellor,
1t is said, was a patient at the institu-
ton for several weeks, and IS reported TO
nave undergone an operation, but the only
record found open to inspection Is a bare
notation of his admission and discharge
and that he suffered with stomach trou-
BILE"
The date of the patients admission is not
given. Chancellor refused to make a state
ment before he left for home. The charge
that political pull was used to secure the
Doctors admission to the city institution is
freely made and at the same time yehe-
mently denied by Supt. Fehrenbatch of the
hospital, who declares that DR.. Chancellor. /.
admission to private ward in the insti-
tuition was entirely within the rules pro-
Vlded for the hOSDifal
Evening star., 1907-09-02
Reception Held.

The exposition grounds were inspected,
ana Messrs. Hearst and Gon.pers were
given a public reception In the rotunda of
the auditorium In the exposition grounds,
an immense crowd attending.
Evening star., 1907-09-02

Let Us recognize and reward the good
witch honest corporations accomplish. but
Get us. with equal justice. condemn and
punish the evil which corrupt corporations
spread. Let US govern our corpora tions as
VIC 40 our individual citizens. Let us
make laws impartialiy for all. and then
make all impartialiy obcdient to the laws.
Let US give every opportunity 20 legiti-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-12
HIDDEN DANGERS.

Uric acid is a deadly poison that is produced in the human body. and 1t ls the duty of the kidneys to collect this poison from the blood. and to pass 1t safely out of the system. to- Eether with all waste water.
 It is the presence in the body of sn excess of uric acid that causes SO much pain and suffering. and % many of the aches that are commonly attributed to rheumatism.
 The kidneys are bean-shaped or gans, composed of masses of little tubes. all of which pour their secre- lions into a main channel that leads to the bladder. h this way the kid neys pass off more than an ounee of poison every day when in health.
 But 1t does not take much to set the kidneys back, and when they get behind, they can not right themselves without help. The uric acid begins to clog the kidneys. causing that dull. heavy aching in the back. and sharp svinges when stooping or lifting. It srystalllEes in the muscles and joints. and every turn or twist brings keen est torture. IL attacks the nerves with neuralgia and sciatica- It brings headache. dizziness. langnor. and dis orders of the urine.
 Try good kidney medicine. if you have any of the above symptoms. There is nothing else 90 prompt and s1ective as Doan's Kidney Pills. and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-12

Yesterday Senator Chase reported a bill in the Connecticut senate con. corning the hours of labor of minors and women. There was pretty warm discussion before it passed, al though only four votes were record ed against it. Both of the Waterbury senators favored it. The bill is as follows: Any employer who shall, during fifty weeks of any year, re- duce the hours of minors under 16 years of age and of women employed by him in any manufacturing, me- chanical or mercantile establishment, at least one hour each. day or five hours each week below the maximum fixed by law and shall. on or before the first day of January of said year, post notices thereof as provided in Section 4,691 of the general statutes, may. during two weeks preceding Christmas in said year. increase said maximum not to exceed two hours in any day and not to exceed ten hours in each week.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-12
HEARD IN PASSING.

Convicted Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco is not even permitted to leave his prison home to consult with | his lawyers. There seems to be a new kind of justice budding forth ou, on the coast.-Middletown Press. Great Britain is going to give Lord Cromer S250.000 in lump sum for
 being Egypt's business manager at a high salary. He certainly was worth tt-but such proposition in the United States would be hailed as poll tical lunacy.ANew York World
 The efforts to increase the bad feel ing between the United States and Japan go on, kept up by the jingoes of both nations, helped by the anti administration papers which want to discredit the president. There is no sign of hostile feeling or action with either government.-Bridgeport Stand ard.
 Vice President Fairbanks appears in the role of real hero. having res cued a woman from drowning in Yel- lowstone park. Little incidents of that sort not only show that the vice presi- dent can act in emergency, but inci- dentally keep him in the public eye as a presidential possibility, although an extremely distant one.-New Lon don Day.
 New Haven is looking TOT 100 men who have S100 each, for the develop ment of city beautiful The cause is commendable, and the City of Elms should not lack for volunteers of the kind she seeks. Indeed. it would not be surprising if she discovered some one man, or woman, who will give the whole lump and several more along with it.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 The Twentieth Century limited on the Lake Shore road is credited with having made run of 25 miles in Is minutes, while making up time. This is not such high speed as to be prop erly termed record-breaking, for 1t is only an average of little more than S3 miles an hour, which has been ex- ceeded a good many times in Ameri- can railroading-Springfeld Union.
 It is with something of shock that we learn that America harbors thiet irreverent enough to steal the false teeth of the father of his country, but it is even more demoralizing to have the country at large informed that George Washington had to depend on made teeth" to perform the ordinary duties of mastication. It rather blasts the Washlngtonian ideal.-New Brit ain Herald.
 The appropriation for indexing the. public and private acts which at first called for S5,000 was cut down by the judiciary committee to $500. No one has explained clearly why the work needs to be made at a special cost, or how S5,O00 happened to be suggested as the proper sum to pay for what is properly considered part of work paid in lump sum of sufficient amount-Hartford Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-12
THE SMOKE NUISANCE.
Important Measure Which Was Pass
 ed by the Senate Yesterday.

The smoke nuisance bill, which was before the senate yesterday, was amended by making it applicable to all cities having population of 15,- GOO and over. The bill as amended was passed It is as follows:
 Section l. The issue or emission of dense or thick black or gray smoke from any smokestack or chimney used in connection with any engine, steam-boiler, or furnace of any de- scription for longer period than five minutes at any one time within any city having a population of 15.000 or more, shall be deemed and is hereby declared to be a public nuisance pro- vided, that nothing in this act shah be construed as applying to chimneys of buildings used exclusively for prl- vate residences. or to locomotives during the time of starting and feed ing fires therein while in round-houses or round-house yards.
 Sec. 2. Every owner, lessee, or per son who has the right to control the operation or use of any such engine, boiler, or furnace. and who suffers or permits the issue or emission of dense or thick black or gray smoke from any such smokestack or chim- ney, and every person having charge of ignitlng. feeding, stoking, or at- tending any such furnace, or any smoke preventive attached thereto. or furnace ire used in connection with any such engine, boiler, or furnace, who shall so ignite. stoke. feed, or at- tend any such furnace. smoke preven- tive or furnace fire that dense or thick black or gray smoke shall issue or be emitted from any such smokestack or chimney. shall be deemed to he guilty of creating a public nuisance and ot violating the provisions or this act.
 Sec. 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall. upon conviction thereof. be fined not less than Sl0 nor more than S100 for each offense: and each day on which any of the provisions of this act shall be violated shall constitute a separate 0f- fense.
 Sec. f. The common council Of any such city may appoint a supervising tM~AleeE WHO s0ail uANe dulIoLAAN Ao inspect and supervise any such en- zine. steam boiler. furnace. smoke preventive. and furnace fire. and the igniting. feeding. stoking. or the st. tending of any such furnace. smoke preventive. and furnace fire, and he shall have authority in the perform ance of the duties of his office. to enter any building or place where the same are located or where said work is carried on: and any person hinder ing or OhstruCting any engineer in thc performance of any such duty shall be fined not less than SD nor more than SJo for each offense- Such en- gineer shaIl report to said common council. and perform such other duties relative to such office. not in- consistent with the provisions of this set yss may be prescribed hy said common couneil
 Sec- 8 This act shall take effect January 1. 19os.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-12
Nobody Hurt.

A man whose love of long words is superior to his method of pronouncing them took up the morning paper al breakfast the other day and began tL read about the most peculiar rsilroac accident.
 A traia, having collided with a snsg of some kind. had described e few parabolas in the air. turned turtle dived into a river, and otherwise up set the plans of those who were run ming it.
 All the people at the breakfast table listened to the account with breath less interest
 What a terrible accident" said one.
 There must have been a great many killed" remarked another.
 No said the newspaper reader. with the printed account Etill fresh in his mind. there were no utilities"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-12
rhouuh, Pie,ure . Ghost.

Once Dr. Grenfeil visited Ranah and exhibited to the astonished Eski- mos some stereopticon vievs-photo- graphs that he had taken there in a previous year. It 60 happened that one of the pictures was that of an old woman who had died since the photograph was made, and when it ap peared upon the screen terror struck the hearts of the sinplemlnded peo- pie. They believed 1t vas her spirit returned to earth. and for long time aftervard imagined that they sav 1t floating about at night visiting the wonans old kauntss-oufing Naga- ysse.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-12

Amongst the southern men who are being urged by their friends for the democratic nomination for presi- dent it will not do to overlook Gov ernor Folk of Missouri, says one writer who is a friend of the gover' nor. He was the original prosecutor of the grafters and was reformer before President Roosevelt had woke up to the political possibilities of that role. In Tennessee there seems to be Folk boom judged by the fact that Lafe Brown, an enterprising citizen of Brownsville, has bet Cyrus Webb $1,000 that Joe Folk" will be the next president. The dispatch an- nouncing this adds, that: Follow ing the visit of Governor Folk to his old home in Brownsville there has been much interest in Folks chances and if the south is to provide a man he will receive the support of all in this section"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-12

When the Connecticut senate at- tached a clause to the $6.500,00e bond bill the other day and which was passed with only one dissenting vote, the Hartford Courant threw several kinds of benders, and cries out that the state Is going to the dogs The objectionable addition to the bill in the mind of the Courant editor was the amendment allowing the people of the state to vote on the measure, after 1t passes both houses of the legislature. The Courant doesn't believe that the people should have a chance to so vote and intimates that .t might work great injury to the state as well as upset ting old worn out ideas. This paper has no use for the referendum, all of which leads the Times of the same
 city to rise up in defense of the plan
 The referendum has been urgently demanded in defense Of home rule in cities and has been granted again and again. but no deadly harm has come to Connecticut institutions from it. Those who asert that extending it 10 the whole voting population Of the state creates a deadly danger
 must make this clear before they can expect others 10 accept their tudg- ment. Such things have been done in Switzerland for long time. and they are not unknown in American T states. They are regarded with
 ninled fear and disgust by those who live by controlling nominations, cleo tions and legislation. but they are viewed rather kindly by many we'll informed citizens who have no priv ate interests to serve and who be- lieve that government by the people IS something 10 be maintained As to the particular cry of dismay to which allusiOn has been made. it probably represents no more than the ultra-oonssrvative apprehension Ot any new thing proposed by any one else UndenisbIy the effect of a referendum provision must be in the long run to increase the power Of the voter at home and take something from that of the legislators in the capitol. but thar is not necessarily a disadvantage. It is not inherently
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-12

unreasonable that those who dele gate power should have some way to check that power if it is not used properly. This is the basis of the referendum, whatever the particular form in which it is provided. It is impossible to feel much sympathy with those who like to think that when a man has been elected to the house, for instance, he becomes mysteriously wise and must not have his official acts questioned or disap- proved. The measure has yet to pass the house.