THE MOKNIMi UttfiUUMAN, AVKDNESUAr. S1S"TIS.MBER ' '11, 1907.
3
CONSPIRACY
AGAIN
SHOWS ITS HEAD
Interests Renew Effort to Poi
son Public Mind Against
ftoosevelt.
EXPOSE CAMPAIGN GIFTS
Kerlve Old Stories to Create Belief
President Is Allied With Bitter,
est Knemies of His Policy and
Also of the People.
S 'WASHINGTON. D. C, Sept. 10. (Spe
cial). Is the "rich men s conspiracy,
which President Roosevelt declared last
Spring was forming to prevent the nom
ination or a man of his type for tne
Presidency next year, Retting busy?
This query has been aroused by the ex
ploitation within the last few days of
stories purporting to give Inside facts re
lative to a big fund collected under the
direction of B. H. Harriman just prior
to the election in 1904 and turned over
to National Chairman .Cortelyou and
State Chairman Odell for use in. New
fork.
Poisonlng Minds of People.
It Is .believed here that Oyster Bay.
which thus far has treated in silence
the revived stories of corporation parti
cipation in the 1904 campaign, sees in
them unmistakable Indications that the
financial, interests most bitterly, arrayed
against the present administration are
endeavoring to poison the public mind
so as to arouse sentiment in favor of a
'.successor to President Koosevelt, who
will be more in harmony with the "In
terests" ' than any one recognized as
having the Roosevelt backing. It is sig
nificant that the alleged exposure of the
5266,000 Harriman fund dame from news
paper sources that have been partially
nergetlc recently in assailing the Presi
dent. There is a belief that the In
formation on which the alleged, ex
posures are based was supplied by some
big financiers whose motive can scarce
ly be questioned.
' Create Show of Alliance.
As a matter of fact. It never has been
denied that many captains of industry
contributed to the campaign of "1904.
Contributions, however, were made to
both sides. Several months ago It was
explained in a manner which seemed to
satisfy the friends of the administration
that Mr. Harrlman's special activity in
that campaign was due to plans he had
made to shunt Chauncey M. Depew off
. to Paris as American ambassador and
with Mr. Odell's help capture Mr. De
pew's seat In the Senate. Now, however,
the old stories have been put out wltn
added detail, the only purpose being, ac
cording to administration observation, to
' make it appear that an alliance exists be
tween the President and the very men
who are most anxious to have Roose
yeltism crushed.
' Administration leaders are not in the
least perturbed over the revival of then
old stories, being confident Xbat they, will j
eventually prove boomerangs and result
In strengthening the candidacy of a
thoroughly recognized progressive leader
Tor the Presidential nomination. '
CHOICE REDUCED TO THREE
Roosevelt, Taft and Hughes Against
the Interests.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. (Special.) On
the eve of Secretary of War Taft's de
parture for the Philippines, National poli
tical leaders are taking account of stock
' and invoicing the Presidential situation as
it has developed up to the present time.
The situation today gives prominence to
three men:
President Roosevelt. Secretary Taft and
Governor Hughes of New York.
Other persons whose names have been
entered in the Republican Presidential
nomination race appear at this stage as
nothing more than probable "also rans."
Senator Scott, of West Virginia has add
ed the latest chapter to the third-term
talk, declaring that the country Is Roose
velt crazy and that the President will be
forced to accept anothes nomination.
From various parts of the country pres
sure is being exerted In many ways to
compel the President to reconsider his
determination not to run again. Some of
it is sincere and some of it is inspired by
. the efforts of state leaders to hold onto
their organizations and maintain .their in
dividual official status.
Taft Is Roosevelt's Heir.
Mr. Taft's friends are more than pleased
with the progress of the Secretary's cam
paign and entertain no fears that third
term talk will accomplish its variegated
purposes. They believe the President will
. adhere to his original position and that
Mr. Roosevelt's strength will be Mr.
Taft's strength In the end.
The situation in Ohio has been
smoothed out and the effect has been
marked upon the rest of the country, es
pecially the portions visited by the Sec
retary of War in his trip across the con
tinent. Senator Curtis, of Kansas, who
is now In Washington, declares that his
state is unequivocally a Taft state, and
the conditions he depicts are believed to
apply to a great part of the West.
Interests Try to Use Hughes.
Mr. Hughes is looming up more an
more in the East. The West, it is re
ported here, regards him as a stranger
to a large degree and it Is conceded that
the principal battleground, where the
Administration forces will have to meet
the Hughes movement, will be in New
York and New England. It is believ;l
that the financial interests in the East,
as heretofore indicated, will seek to use
Mr. Hughes to down Mr. Roosevelt or
any man that Mr. Roosevelt Is believed
to favor, he being thp most available
person In sight for any such purpose.
IOWA LEAXS TOWARD HUGHES
Agitation of Rates and Public Util
ities Causes Interest in Him.
DES MOINES.! Sept. 10. (Special.)
Iowa Republicans are awaiting with
much interest the visit to a South Da
kota Baptist convention this month of
Governor Hughes, of New York, and
many are hoping that he may visit Des
Moines before he returns East.
That much sentiment for Hughes for
President exists in Iowa is beyond
question, and this Is strongest among
those who believe a New Yorker
should head the ticket The fact thnt
some Eastern newspapers have been
proposing a Hughes and Cummins
ticket has nothing to do with the mat
ter, for Cummins is not available as a
Vice-Presidential candidate, he having
set his ambition on the succession to
Senator Allison, who will be 80 years
old before his sixth term expires in
1909.
try Taft's boom in Iowa was
put in charge of Lafayette Toung, of
the Iowa Capital, who for years has
led the stand-pat-hlgh-tarlff fight
against Governor Cummins. Some of
his associates have criticized bitterly
Mr. Taft's declarations at Columbus,
Ohio, for tariff revision. Out-and-out
politicians also were made sore be
cause when Mr. Taft was here in June,
he declined to talk anything except
ethical platitudes.
Vice-President Fairbanks never ap
pealed to the dominant factors in Re
publican politics in Iowa, because of
his alignments. It is thought that at
no time will Iowa be for him nor for
Cannon, Shaw nor any other man of
that type in the next National Con
vention. Secretary Root has warm admirers
in Iowa, but his retirement from the
cabinet at one time to become attorney
for corporations has made him im
possible in the eyes of the Iowa Re'
publlcans. The insurance investigation and dis
closures in New York were watched
closely by Iowa people, most of whom
carry Insurance. Des Moines is known
as the Hartford of the West. It has
60 insurance companies of its own.
When Iowa was passing a 2-cent
railroad fare bill and a score of other
drastic railroad measures. Its attention
was directed to the strong message of
Governor Hughes vetoing a 2-cent fare
bill in New York. At the same time
Iowans were studying the public utili
ties bill which Hughes put through the
New York Legislature
In the public utilities contest
Iowans had peculiar interest because
their own Legislature had been
wrought up over the fight to secure
the law under which Des Moines re
cently adopted the Galveston or com
mission system of municipal govern
ment and . which will completely
revolutionize the municipal govern
ment of the cities of this state, and
because Theodore J. Shonts, head of
the company in which are merged the
rapid transit concerns of Greater New
York, is an Iowa man and is president
of the trustees of Drake University, an
institution of the Christian Church.
Primarily, of course, Iowa is for
Roosevelt; next to him, for a man of
his type. Its National delegates will
be selected as progressive Republicans
and will not support a reactionary pro
gramme in the National Convention.
BECKER MAY ENTER FIGHT
Possible Rival for Wisconsin Repub
lican Nomination for Governor.
. MILWAUKEE, Sept. 10. (Special.)
Many Republican conferences, most of
them open, but a goodly percentage
secret, will be held during the state fair
this week, and matters of vital impor
tance for next year may be decided.
Harmony for 1908 will be the word that
will guide every conference and conclu
sion. The problem of the state delegation to
the next Republican National convention
will receive the most attention. Plans
will be well laid to insure the election of
men favorable to Senator La Follette in
every . district. He is. assured the dele
gation at large, though its makeup will
depend much on the decisions next week.
Anotbjer matter that probably will be
put in shape is the Gubernatorial candi
dacy. From all the surface Indications
Governor Davidson' will be selected for
another term, though this will meet with
vigorous opposition from several quar
ters. The latter, however, has slim
chances for success.
Mayor. Becker has made no public an-
nouhdement of his Gubernatorial candi
dacy, but It generally Is understood
among those closest to him that this may
be made at any time. His warm recep
tions during his trips about the state
ha-ve convinced him that, if he enters the
state race,- he will have at-least a good
chance of securing the nomlantion. If he
shall become a regular candidate there
will be plenty doing from the time he
says so until the primaries. "Whatever
the result, he will give his opponents a
good run for their money. He will be
heavily hampered by the popularity of
the present Governor. Should there be
only two candidate in the field. Davidson
will be played as favorite at big odds.
The talk of Congressman Esch as a pos
sible candidate for Governor continues,
though not a word has been heard from
him. He unquestionably would have
great strength among the German Repub
licans, with whom he is very popular.
Those on the Inside Intimate, however,
that the more he studies the situation
the more he will find it advisable to ac
cept another Congressional nomination.
of which he is certain, rather than enter
a fight where the result would be, to say
the- least, problematical.
The Senatorial situation will be the
subject of much discussion next week.
While It is stated that Lieutenant-Governor
W. D. Connor wjll not be In the
field, but will accept renominatlon, this
does not simplify matters. W. H. Hat
ten, of Waupaca, continues the only
avowed candidate, but there have been
Intimations that S. A. Cook, of Neenah,
who was a rival of Judge Quarles when
he wall elected Senator, and who headed
the stalwart state ticket put up by the
opera-house convention in 1904, will be in
the fight. With the exception noted, he
has kept clear of entangling alliances.
He Is a hard campaigner and has money
a necessity in primary elections. Ex
Speaker I. L Lenroot may enter the race
as the candidate of the radical La Fol
lette men. v
Here and there is heard talk that Mr.
Stephenson will be a candidate for re
election In spite of his declaration last
Spring. There. however, has not been
heard a suspicion of an Intimation from
him that he has changed his mind since
Spring, and until he shall do so it is
held that it will be unfair not to con
sider his pledge binding.
VETERAN WOMAN ON RANGE
Mrs. Newell Injured While Riding
on Sixty-eighth Birthday.
SPRING HILL. Wyo.. Sept. 10. (Spe
cial.) The ' accident which . befell Mrs.
Harrison Newell a few days' ago has at
tracted attention to her as probably the
oldest horsewoman in the state who is
regularly in the saddle. Throughout
Wyoming there are many women who
came West many years ago and who. in
order to help their husbands or brothers
to get a start, did much work in riding
the range, branding cattle and similar
work.
Most have prospered so that their riding
days are but a memory, but Mrs. Newell
still steadily rides tWe range, although 68
years of age. A few days ago. on her
sixty-eighth birthday, her horse threw her
and she was painfully Injured.
BUILD IT FURTHER WEST
Moffatt Road Arranges Extension
Through Utah to Nevada.
DENVER, Col., Sept 10. David H.
Moffatt, builder of the Denver, Northwest
ern & Pacific railroad, now in course of
construction, who returned yesterday
from Salt Lake City, announced today
that he had made arrangements with a
syndicate of Utah capitalists, headed by
Je3.se Knight and United States Senator
Reed Smoot, to build a line of railroad
from Salt Lake to Vernal, Utah, to con
nect with the line which Mr. Moffatt is
building west from Denver. It is given
out that eventually this line may be ex
tended to Los Angeles or San Francisco,
via GoldHeld or Tonopah, Nevada.
OPENSNEWCHUROH
Rabbi Wise Begins Work in
Free Synagogue.
STRIKES OUT BOLD LINES
Has Free Pulpit, Where AH Prob
lems Are Frankly and Fearlessly
Discussed Backed by New
York's Richest People.
NETW YORK. Sept. 10. (Special). After
six months of preparation the Free Syn
agogue organized by Dr. Stephen S. Wise,
formerly of Portland, opened in its own
place of worship on Sunday, when the
Jewish holidays began.
The building formerly occupied by the
Church of the Eternal Hope (Unlversalist)
in Eighty-first street between Columbus
and Amsterdam avenues, has been se
cured by the new congregation, which
starts out with every prospect of sucr
cess.
Among the leading supporters of Dr.
"Wise are Jacob H. Schiff, Isfeac N. Selig
man, Adolph Lewisohn, Henry Morgen
thau and J. B. Greenhut, whose names
are the. strongest possible guarantee of
financial responsibility.
Although the. church has a seating cap
acity of between 800 and 900. the indi
cations are that it will speedily outgrow
its present quarters, and a new home In
a more central locality is looked upon
as a certainty within a year.
The Free Synagogue also maintains a
downtown branch In Clinton Hall, where
services will be held every Friday even
ing. Dr. Wise's Bold Plans.
Tn outlining his plans to the represent
ative of the Oregonian today. Dr. Wise
said:
"It is our aim to create a model syna
gogue, a type of what the synagogue or
church should be in the life of every com
munity. Our pulpit Is free, It Is our
Intention to deal fearlessly and frankly
with such moral, social, industrial and
civic problems as ought to be considered
In a place consecrated to the cause " of
rlghteosuness in the world.
"Unless the church stands mightily and
res I st 1 ess ly for the moral uplift of all
human relations. It must slowly commit
suicide by accepting what is as right.
'There will be no pews or dues in the
Free Synagogue we will count on volun
tary offerings for support, which is what
a church should do.
"We have planned for the Winter a
series of lecture courses and classroom
lectures. One of the evening courses will
deal with 'The Religions of the East.'
and some of the- foremost university
teachers are to participate in it. Among
those whose names ,1 can now give out
are Prof. Richard Gottheil, of Columbia;
Prof. A. V. W. Jackson, of Columbia: G.
W. Knox, of Union Seminary and Prof.
Jastrow of the University of Pennsyl
vania.
"It will be our aim to move our mem
bers to social service resting upon the
work of social justice. '
I have arranged with a number of
distinguished men and women to de
liver a series of Sunday-night ad
dresses on social problems. Among:
the topics to be discussed are "The
State and the Wrongdoer," "Statesman
ship in Philanthropy," "The Education
of the People," "International Justice,"
'Boy Saving," "Industrial Peace," and
"The Outreachlng Church." There is
also to be given a series of lectures on
The Conflict of Judea with the
Faith of the World."
Dr. Wise added that the work out
lined at Clinton Hall, in the heart of
the East Side Ghetto, is no lees am
bitious. A religious school is to be
organized, while everyday problems
will be discussed by prominent eco
nomic 'and social workers.
Has . Made Great Impression.
The young rabbi from the Pacific
Coast has already made a profound im
pression in New York. He haa . been
active at numerous public meetings,
ranks high as an orator and Is thor
oughly respected as a minister and a
man.
The work of Dr. Wise has -been en
thusiastically Indorsed by two of tire
best-known rabbis in the United
States Emil G. Hirsch and J. Leonard
Levy.
YUAN SHI KAI IX SADDLE
Appoints New Minister to Washing
ton and Removes Many Officials.
PEKIN, Sept. 10. The aggressive in
fluence of .Yuan Shi Kai was further
demonstrated today. Liar.g Tun Yuen,
one of Yuan Shi Kai's men, has been
appointed Minister to Washington, and
made an acting member of the Wai Wu
Pu or Board of Foreign Affairs. Nu
merous officials have been cashiered
because of their denunciation by Yuan
Shi' Kai, who Is fortifying his position
before the arrival here of Chang Chin
Lung.
CREATE SUPREME PRIZE COURT
Hague Conference Proposes Trib
unal of Great Powers.
THE HAGUE, Sept. 10. The committee
of the peace conference to which the
question was submitted today approved
by a vote of 26 to I the project providing
for the establishment of a supreme tri
bunal to deal with prizes captured at sea.
The tribunal will be composed of perma
nent judges from the United States. Great
Britain. Russia, Germany. Austria-Hungary.
Italy, France and Japan, the small
er nations having a judge only lor a
number of years proportioned to the ton
nage of their mercantile marine.
TAKES SECRET WITH HIM
Man Suspected of Killing Landlady
Shoots Himself in Saloon.
CHICAGO. Sept. 10. The dead body of
Miss Maud Westerfleld, 26 years old. wa
found today in bed at her home at 151
Indiana street, with a bullet wound over
the left temple. The police began search
ing for Edward Hildebrandt, who had been
boarding at the house and a man answer
ing the description of Hildebrandt shot
himself through the head In a saloon on
Peoria street. He died Instantly. Jn his
clothing was a card bearing the name of
Hildebrandt.
TALK BUSINESS AT LUNCH
Roosevelt Hears Reports. From Nelll
and Straus at Oyster Bay.
OYSTER BAY, Sept. 10. President
Roosevelt gave a luncheon today, at
which Secretary Straus, of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor; Charles
P. Neill, Commissioner of Labor; Law
rence F. Abbott and Ernest Hamlin
Abbott, of New York, were guests. Mr.
Straus made a verbal report on his
recent Western trip, and Mr. Neill took
up with the President certain difficul
ties which have been encountered in
the attempted enforcement of the.
eight-hour law.
It is denied that the telegraph strike
was considered.
TWO MIDDIES MUST RESIGN
Penalty for Continuous Trench
ing" From Naval Academy Limits.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Sept. 10. Superin
tendent Badger, of the Naval Academy,
to day notified Midshipmen Clarence C.
Rlner, of Cheyenne. Wyo., and Oscar G.
Salb. of Jasper. Ind., that their resigna
tions are desired by the Navy Depart
ment. They are the to fourth-class
men who were charged with continuous
"Frenching" from the academy limits at
night.
New Postmaster at Linnton.
OREGONIAN" NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, D. C. Sept. 10. Lewis M. Mitchell
has been appointed regular. Thomas El
Gilmore substitute, rural carrier route 1,
at Murphy, Or.
John B. Schaefer has been appointed
postmaster at Linnton, Or., vice Ida Val
corn. resigned.
HE SHOOTS GAMBLER DEAD
rich; stockman avenges in
. sult before woman.
Called on to Repay Money Won at
Cards, Milsap Sends Nine Bul
lets Into Enemy. '
CLAYTON, N. M., Sept. 10. (Special.)
Robert Steele, a well-known gam
bler of Clayton, was shot and killed In
front of the postofflce here this
morning by Benjamin Milsap, a prom
inent and wealthy stockman, as a re
sult of trouble growing out of a poker
game last night. The victim wai
literally riddled with bullets. Nine
shots were fired into his body, any
one of which would have caused death.
The killing occurred in the presence
of one of the most prominent young
women of the town, who was Mllsap's
companion when Steele assailed him
with a demand to return the money
Milsap won at cards. Steele was game
to the last and, as he lay gasping for
breath, drew a revolver and shot Mil
sap in the leg. This enraged Milsap,
who quickly reloaded his gun and sent
three more bullets into the prostrate
form of his victim before the horrified
spectators could disarm him. Three
of the bullets are said to have passed
through the heart, literally cutting
that member Into ribbons.
Milsap made no resistance when
placed under arrest. He was Immedi
ately taken to jail, but has not uttered
a word in his own defense. Sympathy
is with the slayer. Steele was one of
the last of the professional gamblers
of the early days.
COUNTESS WEDS SINGER
Disgraced Princess Louise of Sax
ony Finds New Slate.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10. Advices from
London state that the Countess of
Montlgnoso, the divorced wife of the
King of Saxony. Is to be married there
today to Slgnor Tozelli, the Italian
singer. The Countess, who was for
merly the Princess Louise Antoinette,
of Tuscany, Archduchess of Austria,
was married In 1891 to Crown Prince
Friedrlch August of Saxony. She had
six children.
Her elopement In December, 1902,
with Andre Glron, a Belgian, the tutor
of her children, caused a world-wide
scandal. The couple wandered about
Europe for a year, when Glron desert
ed the Princess, leaving her. a note
saying he did so in order not to be an
obstacle to the reunion of the Princess
and her children. Giron has since mar
ried a Belgian girl.
Just previous to this, the Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria issued an i
order depriving her of all her Austrian
titles and privileges, and about the
same time the Crown Prince secured a
divorce. Later, she was permitted to
assume the title of Countess Montlg
noso. , After the death of King George of
Saxony, late in 1904, Friedrlch August
became King, and then issued a proc
lamation that he would have no further
relations with Louise, shutting off all
hope that they would be reconciled.
PORTLAND JXPRESS HIT
Collision on O. S. L. Fatally Injures
Mall Clerk and Eng'neer.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Sept. 1. Iceland
Graham, a mall clerk, of Salt Lake
City, was probably fatally hurt and
three others painfully injured today
in a head-on collision between the
Portland express, on the Oregon Short
Line, and a freight train of the same
road, near Salt Lake City. Abraham
Hatch, tne veteran engineer, was In
ternally injured, but will probably re
cover. Alabella D. Jardin, of Philadel
phia, was bruised and shaken lip, and
was brought back to the city and taken
to a hotel.
Brig.-Gen. Harry C. Kestler.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10. Brigadier
General Harry C. Kestler died today
from a complication of diseases. He
served during the Civil War with the
Pennsylvania Volunteers and In 1875 en
gaged in mining In Montana. Upon the
American occupation of the Philippines,
he was sent to the islands in command
of the First Montana Volunteers, and at
the end of this service was retired as
Brigadier-General. In 1903 he was vice
commander in chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic.
'Mikkelson Party Reported Safe.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 10. A cable
to the Times from Fort Gibbon, Alaska,
says :
Professor Stefansson, of Mikkeison's
party, hailed the steamer Jtoyukuk at
Fort Yukon, on September 3. Stefansson
said he was carrying dispatches. He re
ports that the .Mikkelson party made the
trip north over the ice and was success
ful. It encountered many hardships dur
ing the trip. Professor Stefansson made
the almost Impossible trip from Herschel
Island up the Mackenzie River and down
the Porcupine. He reports the party all
well and safe.
No Case Against Mrs. Malln.
LA CROSSE, Wis., Sept. 10. Mrs.
Mary Malln, a wealthy widow, accused
of the murder of her brother-in-law,
Carl Schmidt, by poisoning, was dis
charged at the conclusion of the prelim
inary hearing last midnight. The court
found that there was not sufficient ev
idence to hold her for trial.
Drowned In the Pa louse.
COLFAX, Wash., Sept. 10. Mrin Rus
Blas. a young Frenchman, aged 21 years,
was seized with cramps and drowned in
the Palouse River near Endicott Sunday
afternoon while swimming.
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MURDERED BY A BURGLAR
WIFE OF NAVAL OFFICER SHOT
DEAD WITH PISTOL.
Finds Criminal In House and Shoots
at Him He Takes Pistol and
Kills Her.
NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 10. Mrs. Mary
Lawless Rorschach, wife of Lieutenant
Frank Rorschach, U. S. N., and sister
of Joseph T. Lawless, former secretary
of the commonwealth of Virginia, was
murdered in her home. No. 832 Park ave
nue. Parkview, Portsmouth, by an un
known burglar early today. She was shot
through the heart with her own pistol,
taken from her hand by the burglar, after
she had fired twice upon him through an
open door, leading into the kitchen, where
he was cornered.
Whether the murderer was a negro or
white man is unknown. He escaped,
dropping the pistol as he fled from the
house. Blood hounds brought from
Portsmouth secured a scent but soon
lost .it. Mrs. Rorschach's husband Is on
the cruiser - Tennessee, with Admiral
Evans' fleet off Provincetown, Mass.
The shots awakened the oldest boy
Frank. Jr., and the mother cried to the
.boy upstairs:
"Frank, somebody has taken my pistol
and shot me. Go quickly for help."
The boy rushed for help but when he
returned with neighbors, his mother was
dead. The Rorschach's home is imme
diately in the rear of the Naval Hospital
woods,, in Portsmouth and near a lumber
mill to which negroes frequently pass. A
newsboy who lives near the home, saw
a negro shortly after the tragedy, run
ning rapidly by his 'home towards the
small footbridge where the bloodhojnds
went when they caught the scent.
While Mrs. Rorschach had a lamp in
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her hand, the burglar was in the kitchen
in the dark. She evidently heard the man
and fired in his direction. Both bullets
tired by the woman were found in the
wall of the kitchen.
Mrs. Rorschach, with her money tied
in a roll and hanging around her neck,
had run down the back steps. She was
lying with her head on the second step.
The pistol had been fired close to her left
breast. Three chambers were empty. Of
these, two were fired by Mrs. Rorschach
and one by the burglar. Her money and
Jewelry were untouched. Mrs. Rorschach
was a handsome woman about 3$ years
old, and one of the most accomplished
musicians in Virginia. Lieutenant Ror
schach was formerly of Kansas, but was
appointed to the Navy from Virginia.
Thomas Archer, a mulatto, was ar
rested in bed at his home in Ports
mouth as a suspect. He was seen to
enter his house 45 mintues after the
murder. His hat bore spots that looked
like blood stains.
Kaiser to Do Honor to Taft.
BERLIN, Sept. 10. Emperor William,
it is stated, will make a special effort
to give the American Secretary of War,
William H. Taft, a hearty reception
and memorable entertainment during
his sojourn here two mpnths hence. Al
ready the several officials who will
have the arrangements in charge are
holding conferences on the subject. The
Emperor will probably receive Mr. Taft
at Potsdam Castle.
Laudatory articles regarding Mr.
Taft are appearing in the newspapers.
Large Enrollment at Whitman.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Sept. 10.
Whitman College opened today for regis
tration, and it is expected that by the
end of the week perhaps the largest en
rollment in the history of the institution
will have been made.
A statistician estimates that the money
flven away yearly in tips In France amounts
to nearly $HO,O00.0OO, over 20,000,000 be
lnc bestowed in Paris alone.
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BROWN DRESS MATERIALS
Plenty of the popular shades of Brown Fabrics here.
Havana, golden, leatherj russet, tabac, maroon, seal,
etc. in all the new weaves, broadcloths, Venetians,
India twills, serges, Panamas, voiles, taffetas, hen
riettas, poplins, novelties in stripes tZf
and plaids, at the yard 50 to ?JJ
54-inch Fancy Plaid and Stripe Broadcloths in all
colors; the regular $1.50 values; Cl O (5
at the yard ..pLiij
46-inch new Invisible Plaid and Stripe Panamas;
handsome rich color effects; just ffl
the material for school costumes; yd. V V
Popular price Suitings new plaids, Scotch Tartans,
all-wool serges, tailor suitings, Shepherd checks in
all colors; all wool batiste and albatross; tfkft
full line of colors, at the yard iJVjK
Long Silk Gloves
$2.25val.$1.33
1250 pairs of Women's
Extra Heavy Long Silk
Gloves, full 16-button
length, double-tipped fin,
gers, white and black, sizes
S4 to 7. Regularly sold at
$2.25 a pair. Made by one
of the leading glove makers
of the world.
$1.33
Wednesday
sale price . ,
a men mam VMtitroi
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A coat of NATURAL OR
CLEAR. S JAP-A-LAC ap
plied to the interior g
woodwork of your nome,
will add a hundred per cent
to the appearance of the dif
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It's vamy to do jAV-A-tAC-DTO
jrotxraeU, and jrra will enjoy
bringing about the transform
ation with jrocr own hands. ,
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