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about the time that you made up your
mind that you were going to have one,
wasn't it, about ?-yes. 1t must have been
fully five years ago. He bought it out
right for me as surprise-it was a
French car. you know-and he just drove
it I'D to the house before he'd said q
single. solitary word to me about 1t. tn
dear! But don't you know. really didn't
care for the car at all. for even then, If
you remember. almost everybody was
getting car-of course. they hadn't be-
come quite as common as sewing ma.
chimes or pianos. as they are now, dear
but the most ordinary people were buying
cars, and. really. I felt as If l nigh
lust as we'll be sitting up on top of
r1lbherneck wagon as to be driving
around Washington in a motor car. am
so I made my husband surrender the car
after, as I say. he had purchased 1t out
right.
"And it was one of the large touring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

" HE one who had the Hotchkiss gun
concealed in her sleeve was quite
nice looking. She was taking
luncheon with her victim in the restaurant
of a department store. The little short
hand birdie who verbatimizes these con-
versations says that the one with the In
visible rapid-fire bullet-ejecting piece
spoke as follows
II hear, my dear, that you at last have
got a car, and 1 suppose you are the
happiest woman in Washington! Oh. don't
say that you are not. for 1 know how 1t
is when one has wanted thing for so
long a time! I am SO pleased for your
sake that you have at last got 1t, for
know how you have been simply crazy
for one-why, mercy on us. you wanted
one as far back as five years ago, didn't
you. dear? You remember. of course. the
beautiful car that my husband purchased
for me away back in-oh. it was just
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his Dragging was something painful in
view of what happened later. On the
fourth day out, and day and half from
Honolulu, he began rapidly to lose his
winnings. Before nightfall that day he
was $4,000 in the hole. and he was scrib-
bling checks on his Honolulu banker as If
they were trading stamps. The crafty
shark, feeling that he'd picked up enough
for one trip. and perhaps in some doubt
as to whether the checks were right or not
advised the Butte man to abandon the
game at that stage of it.
"'Of course, 1 cant myself quit. now
that I've got you in SO Deep said the
swindler, but I'd advise you to chuck it
now I didn't mean to get into this thing
so heavily-contrary to my custom, l as
sure you
"'We'I play on till we fetch Diamond
Head doggedly replied the Butte youth,
referring to the promontory which an
nounces a steamers nearness to Homo
lulu. Then some of the other passengers
got around the imbecile young chap. Are
you acquainted with the man you're play
ing with? some of them asked the Butte
soft mark. No. I'm not-neither do
know YOU was his reply. And I dom
care whether he's right or not, h,
can't play any better cards than
can I'd take it kindly if all of you
butters-in would mind your own blazing
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seeing her wriee1e the hraeey

did enjoy seeing her wriggle, the braggy
creature.
"Quite extraordinary, by the way. isn't
1t, how many cars people who like motor
ing get for themselves Nowadays? Nearly
everybody has at least three. and some
have even four and five. One might Just
as we'll have only one hat these days, if
one goes in for motoring. as to possess
only one automobile. don't you think?
But, oh. my dear, pardon, 1 quite forgot
that you have but the one machine and
that you have just got it!
You'll be learning how to drive. of
course? Yes? That will be nice, and in
expensive, too. not? For. if you learn
how to drive yourself, you won't have to
have chauffeur, and in these days, when
really worthwhile chauffeurs command
such ridiculous salaries, that is quite a
consideration. of course. There are plenty
of merely make-believe chauffeurs about,
of course, who don't know thing about
a car except to turn the power off and on,
but the really good drivers are hard to
get and keep. By the way. my dear, isn't
that man whom I saw driving your car
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

oh. yes. l saw you in your car yesterday.
didn't / tell you?-iSn't that man the son
of the janitor of your apartment build
ing, made up to look like chauffeur?
Oh. excuse me. 1 thought perhaps he
might be-he resembles the janitor of
your apartment building so much.
Really, my dear. / hope you won't get
what they call the automobile face when
you begin to drive yourself Because.
really, Ii is not one bit becoming. do you
think respectfully for people with rather
prominent eyes naturally. Your eyes are
quite prominent, you know. dearie, and
If you get that strained look in them from
trying to drive your car yourself. why
well, You know that perfectly brainless
woman, Mrs. Dubalong, don't you? Well.
she had prominent eyes. too. to begin
with. but you just ought TO see how her
eyes pop now, since she began to drive
her car! Well, anyhow
At this point the shorthand birdie tagged
the job of verbatimiZing the rrfonologue.
Respectfully submitted as to whether that
tagging was not justifiable in the cir
cumstances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
<xT HEY'RE saying now that Scotty.
the cowboy miner and coin
d slougber of Death yalley who

H 'ss ss~ sss" s nss 's sss ss ss
slougher of Death valley. who
did all that high and-lofty spending
while back, has turned into tightwad,"
said a man from southern California. Il
don't know whether the story is true or
not, but 1 do know that twenty years or
SO ago Scotty's shaking down of him.
self, if confined to some western city and
not brought to this side of the Rockies.
would have created so small ripple that
nobody would have known anything about
II except the beneficiaries of his blowing
off bug. The swoopS of the Just-got-t
boys from the camps upon the big west
ern towns used to be common that no
body paid any particular attention TO
their whirls We saw lot of Scotty S
way of sloughng it off in Los Angeles
But 7 am here TO say that Scotty never
did do the real money-burning stunts that
were pulled off, for example. by Judd
Risbee when Judd, about twenty years
ago. pulled into Los Angeles from the
Sonora country in Old Mexico with a
bundle that buleed out all over him. Judd.
after fooling around with grubstakes all
the way from the kootenai country to
Central America. was one o. the nrst
Americans to land right on the high-grade
pay-dirt in Sonora. The syndicate peo-
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A N official of the Pacific Mail Steam
~ ship Company was telling of the
invasion of the Pacific steamers
by the professional card sharks who have
been driven from the Atlantic liners
"a campaign has been started against
the operations of these swindlers on the
Pacific steamers he said, but the fell
lows are hard to dislodge. A couple of
months ago the San Francisco agent of
a company operating separate line of
steamers to Honolulu refused to sell
transportation to a well-known card
shark who last autumn was finally
driven from the Atlantic liners. The
sharper was politely informed by the
agent that he couldn't ride on any of
that line Of packets.
Fine calmly replied the swindler.
But why?'
BECAUSE replied the agent. with all
the civility in the world. you're pro-
fessional manipulation of the cards. This
company knows all about YOU Already
we've had number of complaints about
you. The company will no longer fur
nish accommodations to fellows of your
sort. We're going to wipe your tribe out
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HITTING OFF MUSIC, CRITICISM AND BOOKS

surmounted more cOntractual difficulties
| than any other renowned manager of his
or any other epoch. Caruso, too. is known
| to have been pretty fiirtatious, SO to
speak, with the Hanmersten crowd dur
ing the past few months.
| The former Neapolitan butcher boy
whose asset is now the most golden voice
| among all the males of the world is not
little disgruntled over the fact that some
$4,000 Of his vocally gained wealth is
now tied up with a defunct or at least
| moribund bank which he was recommend
ed TO use as depository by the Metropol-
itan people Caruso may and he may not
get his hands on this $4,000 again. but
the fact that he was advised to put the
money into a shaky institution by the peo-
pie who now hold the contract on him
certainly will not make him feel any
better inclined toward his present employ
| ers when the row over his future services
/ reaches its acute stage.
A Notable Fight.
| Hamme rstein has played all of the big
| cards so far, and he isn't quitting in
dividual. He brought Tetrazzini to the
! states. for example. 1t makes no differ
| ence what view may be entertained by
| this or that critic as to the singing ability
| of this Italian woman. the fact remains
| that at this hour she Is only eQualed as a
| drawing card by Caruso himself. Ham,
mersten skillfully directed an amazingly
successful advertising campaign with Te-
| trazzini as the central figure thereof, so
that now Tetrazzini has only to be an
nounced in any opera of her repertoire
to bring from $4,000 to $1,000 to the
Manhattan Opera House. Opinions may
differ. too. with respect to the artistic
/ ability of Mary Garden-there can be no
| two opinions as to her remarkable beauty
/ but there can be no doubt that Hammer
| stein pulled another card toward filling
a fine hand when he brought her to his
operate establishment. The willy Oscar,
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too, introduced Renaud to this country
and Renaud besides being great bari
tone. promptly proved himself 10 the
difficult New York critics as the greatest
acting singer of either sex VINO e'et ~ Pr.
foot on these shores. Then. too Hahn
merstein, instead of following the Ola rul
in the matter of productions, set out 10
give New York some OF the new .nlns'
IN opera-'Louise," the gorgeousiy sensu-
ous .1rhais.'' and now the mysticai
strangely haunting "Pelleas and Nell
sande," In the meantime the Metropoll-
tan has gone along in the Old pain; pre-
senting only the operas that an ianuo
know pretty nigh Well as they useu ~
Homestead" and it is matter or com
mon remark that the stage management
at the Metropolitan has been eXecrapie
throughout the entire season
THE greatest of the singing stars ana
new operas-it is upon such vital bases as
these that Hammerstein will fight his
fight. Already. / think, after oniy one
nearly complete season OF IL, the TACT mas
been pretty thoroughly shown that great
as New York is in population anu VI ies
nonulation's love for music. two hrstt lass
institutions of grand opera are one 700
MANY in New York. 1t is this 1act; "nicn
seems to be admitted now on all sloes ,that
Is going to make the approaching hshl pe-
tween the two operate institutions SO re-
iaptiess and SO notable. The Mllanese
gentleman now approaching these SHORES
has his work cut out for him. He Will
have to show himself combination OF
Maccbiaave,U and Benvenuto Cellini to
win the big fight which he Will have TO
face from the hour that he steps from
the steamer.
As the Foreigner Sees Us.
1t may have been observed that pc
culiar form of journalistic toadyism
breaks out in New York every little while.
For example, not such a long time ago
a gentleman of cockney origin who, with
the aid of a shrewd business sense and
heap of luck. had become the owner of
quite stack of English publications of
a cheap grade. paid his first visit to New
York. The. owner of one of New .York's
leading newspapers-a newspaper which
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-11

an answer filed today to the petl- ton of the government attorneys for a rehearing of the appeal from Judge Landis' judgment fnlng the company s29,240,0O0 for violations of the anti rebate laws. assert that the decision Of Judges Grosscup. Baker and Seaman of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. reversing the judgment and lifting the burden of the enormous nne. Is good law, amply justified by the record in the case
 Point by point, the answer which was formally placed on record at the opening of the office of the clerk of the court by Col. F. W. Ste wart, gen eral attorney in Chicago for the Standard oil company takes up the arguments of the petition for rehear- ing, which set forth alleged errors and particularly suggested that the upper court had erred In it's understanding of what the trial judge really had said concerning the previous offenses by the Standard oil company Of Indiana
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-11
GENERAL SHIPPING NEWS.

New York, Sept. 1o.--Arrived; Str Manuel Calvo Genoa,
 Sailed Steamers Barbarossa Brem en via Plymouth and Cherbourg Blue cher, Hamburg via Plymouth and Cher. bourg; Cedric, Liverpool via Queens town; La Provence, Havre.
 Brow Head, Sept 1o-Steamer Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, New York for Ply. mouth, Cherbourg and Bremen. 17r blv reach Plymouth 6.30 D. m
 Steamer Amerlka, New York for Ply. mouth. Cherbourg and Hamburg, 19( miles southwest at 2:S0 a. m. Proba ab ! reach Plymouth 2 D, m,
 Queenstown, Sept, lO.--Steamer Bal. tie, New York for Queenstown ant Liverpool 2)1 miles west at 545 a. m Probably reach Queenstown at D. m
 Brow Head Sept lO.-Passed. Steam. CT Sylvania, Boston for Liverpool
 Manchester. Sept. 9-Arrived: steam. CT Iberlan, Boston.
 CherbourR, Sept, 9.-Sailed Steamei Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse tfron Bremen and Southampton New York
 Queenstown, Sept l0--Sailed. Str Etrura lfrom Liverpool, New York.
 Maln Head Sept lO.--Steamer Elm press of Britain, Quebec for Liverposl 12o miles west at 05 n. m,
 Genoa. Sept. 6.---Arrived; Steamc Re d'Ttalia, New York via Naples.
 Southampton, Sept. s.~-Arrived St; Teutonic New York via Plymouth an' Cherbourg.
 Trieste, Sept 5,-saled; steame Argentina. New York,
 Queenstown, Sept 1o,--Sailed, Strs deiphia: Sf, oceanic "from southamptol 70 and Cherbourg) New York,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-11

or the Standard oil company of New Jersey
 In the petition for rehearing the TO- viewng judges are charged with as- suming that Judge Landis attempted to try and punish the Standard OH company of New Jersey in the orignal proceedings which were against the Standard Oil company of Indiana. O1 this point, the answer declares it 'o he matter of no consequence wheth- CT the trial court referred to the New Jersey company or the Indiana com pany as not virgin offender The real point is, says the answer, "did the trial court in imposing pun lshment take into consideration tho relations between the Standard oil company of New Jersey and the 1 Standard oil company of Indiana, and did it base it's fine upon the wealth of ! the Standard oil company of New Jersey and it's ability to pay, instead of upon the wealth of the Standard 1 oil company of Indiana and its ability | to pay?"
 To determine this question the Standard oil attorneys assert that a l few sentences extracted by the gov ernment counsel from the words of Judge Landis are not sufficient and quote at length from Judge Landis opinion to show that he referred to the New Jersey corporation as tho real defendant" and to the Indiana company as the nominal defendant
 The conclusion stated by the answer is that the enormous fine inflicted up- on the defendant was because of the ownership of it's stock by the Standard oil company of New Jersey, and be- cause of the financial standing of the latter corporation, Is deyond dispute when the entire opinion of the trial court is considered
 large part of the petition for re- iteration of points which no one dis putes, and counsel for the defendant continue their attack on the petition by declaring that the government at- torneys are mistaken in their lnterpr2- tation of the Armour case cited in tho petition, and In suggesting that the reviewing court Is in conflict with the supreme court,
 On the question of knowledge of the lawful rate on the part of the de- fendant shipper, which was jne of the points on which great emphasis was laid in the petition for rehearing, the answer asserts that the exceptions of the governments counsel are based on a misapprehenson of the opinion and the record in the case. The exclusion of certain evidence and the question of intent are discussed in detail in the answer, which asserts that the reviewing court was justified in the ruling which it made.
 On the point of the number of of fences which the petition for rehear- ing asserted was obscure in the opin-
 ion of the reviewing court, the answer contends that the governments coun. se has raised a cloud where there
 is none, and that the ruling of the court clearly shows that the number of offences was regulated by the set. dement's and payments, of which therC were 36, and not by the car loads, numbering 1,462, on which tn, , fine was predicated
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-11
ZE1T MURDER TRIAL
 ------3- Details Related in Connection With Awful Crime at
 Vernon,
SON ON WITNESS STAND
Other Members Of Family Also Tcs- tlfy---Bclicf That Murderer
 Was Insane.

Rockville, Sept 10.--The jury In the Zett murder case being completed by the acceptance of Selas Burnham of Andoyer as the twelfth Juror the re- laton of the details Of the terrible crime was begun by the son. Andrew Zett who only saved his own life by mastery of hls father. After the ln- { dictment was read today John T. Me- Knight, city engineer presented chart Zett, tho eldest son. told of being driv- en to work in Rockville by hls brother 1 Andrew, and of leaving his father at home apparently in his usual frame of mind. He saw nothing the matter with him. Ills father he admitted on cross examination, was Inclined to be | quarrelsome but the witness had new CT seen his father strike his mother, After further testimony about his own i movements the witness gave way to Andrew Zett tho son who first saw the bloody work of his father
 Andrew Zett said he had driven his brother to Rockville. bought some groc- AaNN hih A'ANhhfis ifaAhiiAk Ait TOT about lo:i5. Ills father was holding a saw and told him that his mother and little Viola were in the pasture berry Ing Witness entered the house by way of the woodshed after putting ur his horse and passed into his bedroom through his mothers room to get his working clothes. He saw nothing out of the way. His father called te him to help in lifting a log to the saw horse and he did this returning tc the bedroom.
 Witness said he heard a slight noise and found his father creeping up upon him with a heavy hammer In his hand
 He seized his father and as he did SO he looked Into his mothers room and saw there was blood on the bed. He fought with his father al, the way tc
 the kitchen in which room he fell dowr on the lounge and his father almos,
 got the best of him The senior Zet'
 broke away and started for the wood
 shed in search of the gun usually kep,
 there hut which had been moved tha day h. the shed witness said his iatner came Tor him and he knocked him down twice. the second time laying him out. Witnes. said he got rope and tied his father and dragged hin, out Into the yard. He went Into tho bedroom and found Viola dead. ant his mother just alive. She could no answer his questions. Went outside and called for help and Walter Rhein. old of Rockville who had heen berry ing came to his assistance. At thi' point in inc testimony a stone hammer was shown and identified, also a gu, In which there was . loaded shell Oth 4 or shells were found In the elder zett' pocket Another hammer was produc 1 cd but recess was then taken. Durinl their testimony both the Zett brothers 1 broke down In describing the sight a I the house.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-11
FAIR HAVEN NEWS
Annual Meeting of w. c. T, U, Mrs. A. R. Jillson Elect
 ed President.

The annual meeting of the W c, T, u,, No, ?, was held at It's hall in the Central hall building yesterday after noon, the retiring president, Mrs, Meeker, presiding, Mrs, Meeker de- cllned reelection and Mrs, A, R, Jill- son was elected president for six months. The secretary, Mrs Herrick, was obliged to decline reelection, as she Is going away soon, and Mrs, A.. Hand was chosen secretary Mrs. Richmond was reelected treasurer. Mrs. A, M, Lucas was chosen press secretary There was some discus sion about starting the mothers meeting, and the first meeting will be held week from to-day at the union headquarters. Mrs. Jlllson will at tend the temperance rally In Bristol to-day Al the meeting next week one delegate will be elected, who, with the president, will represent the union at the state convention of the w. C. T, U. to be held at Mantle October &.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-11
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED.
Miss Eva NJ. Shepard and Robbins P
 CrOwelI Wed

The wedding of Miss Eva M. Shepard to Robbins P Crowell has Just been announced. The ceremony took place last Saturday at the home of the brides sister Mrs Edward Allen on Norton street. Only the immediate rel atives and friends of the couple were present After the ceremony the hap py pair left on a short wedding trip and on their return will reside at 1S2 Lombard street
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-11
AMERICAN EXPOSITION ABROAD.

New York, Sept l0--For the first time in more than 20 years there is to he a purely American exposition in England next year, according to an announcement made today. It Is to be known as the Golden West and American Industries Exhibition, and will be held in the buildings and grounds of Esrls' Court London, from May to October All the exhibits will be taken to London from this country.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-11
Do the right thing it you have Ma.

Do the right thing 1T you have Ma sal Catarrh. Get Ely's Cream Balm at once. Don't touch the catarrh pow ders and snuffs. for they contain co- caine Ely's Cream Balm releases the secretions that lnfahme the nasal pas sages and the throat, whereas meji- cines made with mercury merely dry up the secrstions and leave you no better than you were, In word Ely's cream Balm is a real remedy, not delusIon All druggists, 5o cents. or mailed by Ely Brothers. 5s Warren street. New York
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-11
SPORTING PRINCE LOST AT SEA

Pernambuco, Sept 10.--Tne steam ship Spartan Prince Capt smith. of the Prince Line, has been lost at sea after collision with an unknown bark. All the members of the crew. num- bering 30 men, were saved. The steam ship carried no passengers.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-11
zxM Marine ReCorr' A
PORT or NEW HAVEN.
ARRIVED.

ARRIVED. Sch Helen H, Benedict, Norfolk Barge Emily, Newport, News. Tug Elmer A keeler, five barges. Pro vidence. Tug John Garrett, one barge, New Lon don. Tug Hokendauaua, four barges. New York.
 SAILED. Tug John Garrett eight barges, New York. Tug Robert Robinson, four barges, New York. Tug Hokendauuua, one barge, New York
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-11

There is no very pronounced inter- est In the special election for next Monday, when registrar of vital sta tistlcs Is to he chosen. From present indications there will he a light vote over here. The polling places in the Fair Haven wards are Eleventh ward. i2f Chapel street; Twelfth ward. ls5 Grand avenue; Fourteenth ward, fire engine house, East Grand avenue, and Fifteenth ward, fire en- zine house, Forbes avenue.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-11

Mrs, Herrick, of Qulnnipiac avenue, leaves in few days for Scotland and will visit at her former home, She goes abroad to see about the settle ment of an estate of relative In Scotland
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-11
FRENCH LINE.
Starin's N. Y. & N. H. Line.

DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE Leaves New Haven 500 D. m, Etariu Pier. foot of Brown Street Leave New York 800 D. m.. Cortlandt Street, Pier No. i3. N. R. Fare 75c., excursion tickets SIPS. Rooms t1. Take Chap el street cars to Brewery street
 .. H. FISHER, Agent.
 New Haven. ConR.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-11

On Tuesday afternoon the Mothers Sunshine club of East Haven met at the home of Mrs F. B. Street and had as guests the members of the Lowell House Mothers club. About sixty re- sponded to the invitations issued