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WHILE'. IT 18 NEWS. I 1 ALL THE NEWB | VOL 9 Mrs. Rorschach Was Shot Through Heart by An Unknown After Firing Two Shots At Man The Wife „of Lieutenant brank Ror schach Was Killed with Her Own Revolver. . Bloodhounds Put on Trail Young Son Rushed to Injorm Neighbors And Returned to Find His Mother Dead. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 10. —Mrs. Mary Lawless Rorschach, wife of Lieuten ant Frank Rorschach, of the United States navy,, and sister of Joseph T. Lawless, former secretary of the com monwealth of Virginia, was murdered in her home, No. 832 Park Avenue, Parkview, Portsmouth, by an unknown burglar early this morning. She was shot through the heart with her own pistol, taken from her hand by the burglar after she had fired 1 twice upon him through an open door leading into the kitchen where he was cornered. Bloohounds On Trail. Whether the murderer who escaped was a negro or white man is unknown. Bltklliounds secured the scent and ran from the house but soon lost it and have since been unable to pick up the trail. Small Son Rushed for Aid. Mrs. Rorschach, whose fearlessness was well known, vras living with her two children, the oldest seven and the youngest five vears of age. • 1 ller husband. Lieutenant Rorschach, ' formerly of the battleship Kentucky, 1 but recently transferred to the cruis- 1 er Tennessee, now with Admiral Evans' fleet off Provincetown, Mass., on target practice, was absent. The two shots fired by Mrs. Rors chach awakened ht-r oldest boy Frank, Jr., and the mother cried to the boy up stairs: "Frank, somebody has taken my pistol and shot me. Go quick ly for help." The boy obeyed and rushed for help, but when he returned with the neigh bors his mother was dead. An effort was made to inform Lieu tenant Rorschach by wireless tele graph of the tragedy. Burglar Probably a Negro. The Rorschach home is immediately in the rear of the Naval Hospital woods in Portsmouth and near the lumber mill to which negroes fre quently pass. A news boy who lives nearby saw a negro shortly after the tragedy running rapidly by his home towards foot bridge whence the bloodhounds went when they caught the scent. The negro was pulling off his coat. Bullets Found in Wall. While Mrs. Rorschach had a lamp in hand the burglar was in the kitch en in the dark. She evidently heard the man and fired in that direction, l)"th bullets being round in the wall of the kitchen. Mrs. Rorschach, with her money tied in a roll around herj neck, ran down stairs by the back J steps. She was standing in the entry! way just at the foot of the steps when | she fired. Story of the Tragedy. She was found lying with her head (j n the second step. The pistol had been placed close to her left breast i and discharged. l'hree shots were fired, two by Mrs. J Rorschach at the burglar and one by i the burglar at her. Her money and jewelry were Un touched. The victim's youngest child, Law less, slept through the excitement. Mrs. Rorschach was a handsome woman, about 3G years old, and one °f the most accomplished musicians in Virginia. Lieut. Rorschach was formerly of Kansas, but was appoint ed to the navy from Virginia. A Surprise Marriage At Winston-Salem Statesville, Sept. 10. —Mr. Jas. E. Thorpe went to Winston yesterday to attf.-iid a surprise marriage, which took place last night in the Second Baptist ( hurch of that place. The contracting parties were Miss Ethel Invett. and Mr. li'Mib and the ceremony was performed '•>' I lie Rev. Mr. Mason about 8.30 o clock. Mrs. Doub is well known i" this county as is Miss Invett. She is a daughter of Mrs. D. D. Invett, who moved from North Iredell to Winston some time ago. Her many friends in her op) home community will wish Mr. •md Mrs. Doub much happiness in their new relation. Reduction of $5 Per Share. Boston, Mass., Sept. 10. —A reduc tion of $5 a share in the quarterly dividend of the Calumet and Hecla Copper Mining Company was an nounced this morning. The directors of the company have declared a divi dend of sls a share against S2O three mouths ago. AND PRESS LUSITANIA'S FIRST VOYAGE. Great Passenger Makes Re markable Speed—v Passengers Feel as if They Were in a Palace. New York, Sept. 10. —Dispatches by wireless telegraph from the steamer Lusitania, one of the giant ships that is expected to break records in making the trips between England and the Un ited States and return, give some de tails of how the steamer is acting on her first voyage. One wireless message says: "The Lusitania travelled at no great speed at first, but the absence of vibra tion was so noticeable that it made the passengers believe they were dining in a hotel. "After dinner the pace was increased. The electric lifts on board the ship were busy until a late hour Saturday night conveying people swiftly up and down between the five decks. "While hundreds were exploring and admiring the comforts of tho ship, groups of Cunard directors, ship ex perts and naval architects gathered in the smoking room and earnestly dis cussed the prospects of the voyage. The Lucania, which left Liverpool four hours ahead of us, was overhauled and passed at 4:30 Sunday morning. She had half an hour start of us leaving Queenstown. "Two hours after we left Queens town the Lucania was still ahead. At 6 o'clock Sunday night she was about 15 to 20 miles in front of us. A fog caused the Lirsitania to slacken down her speed, which greatly disappointed the passengers. There were occasional patches of brightness, during which the pace was increased." Another dispatch sent at 9 o'clock Sunday night, reported that t'ae ship was ISO miles from Queenstown. The weather was clearer, it announced, and the vessel was ploughing ahead at great speed. "The Lucania is believed to be near us," the dispatch continued, "but her I>osition is not specified. She lias not been sighted since dinner time. The passengers are lining the sides to catch a glimpse of her if possible. The pro gress of the Lusitania is beautifully smooth." Countess Italian Another Move on Matri monial Checker —Board Of Royalty—Divorced Wije of King of Soxony Marries Again. New York, Sept. 10.—Advices from London state that the Countess of Montignoso, the divorced wife of tho King of Saxony, is to be married there today to Signor Toselli, the Italian singer. The countess, who was formerly the Princess Louisa Antoinette of Tusca ny, Archduchess of Austria, was mar ried in 1891 to Crown Prince Frederich August of Saxony. She had six children. Her elopement in December, 1902, with Andre Girou, a Belgian, the tutor of her children, caused a world-wide sensation. The couple wandered about Europe for a year, when Giron deserted the princess, leaving licr 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 married a ! Belgian girl. Just previous to this the emperor, Francis Joseph of Austria, issued an order depriving her of all her Austrian titles and privileges, ajid about the . same time the crown prince secured a i divorce. Later she was permitted to assume 'the title of Countess Motignoso. j After the death of King George of | Saxony, late in 1904, Frederich August became king and then issued a procla mation that he would have no further reflations with Louisa, shutting off all hope that they would be reconciled. I Attempted Assault Charged. Durham, N. C., Sept. 10— Irving Barbee, a negro, was bound over to court without bail yesterday on the charge of house breaking and at tempted assault on Ida Merritt. Ihe facts in the case were brought out in the police court. The Merritt woman claims that she was awaken by some one blowing out a lamp and that she saw a dark form in her room. He soon escaped out of the window and from the reflection of the electric light she recognized Barbee. He denied the charge but the evi dence against him was strong enough to place him in jail without bail. Roads Must Give Service. Austin, Texas, Sept. 10,-The Texas railroad commission today began an open hearing on the proposition to re quire the railroads to acquire, either by purchase or lease, such additional motive power and equipment as may. in the opinion of the commission, be necessary for the proper handling and moving of passenger and freight tiaflic in Tcxss i Each railroad will bo required to . show the amount of its motive powei •'and rolling stock which it now owns or > has leased, and the amount of addi -itional motive power or rolling stock ; I that may be required to handle the I traffic that may be tendered it. HICKORY, N. C.. THURSDAY SEPTEMBcR 12. 1907^" Two-Cent Railroad Fare Passed By . The Pennsylvania Legislature Is Declared Now Unconstitutional Young Man Attempted To Kill Himself Concord, Sept. 10. —Ernest Mauney, a young man, attempted to commit sui cide here Saturday niglit, but did not accomplish the act as one of the boys in the office grabbed the pistol from! him. He fired one shot, the bullet pass- J ing between his hotly and the left arm. It is thought that the young man was crazed with drink. Chief of Police Boyer was sent rjr and he took him to the city hall, where he spent the night. Young Mauney was in the employe of the telephone company, being a lineman, and his home is in Lincoln ton, N. C., where he was sent yester day afternoon. Meat Wagon Drivers Strike Is Settled New York, Sept. 10.—After being on strike for 19 days the meat wagon dri vers, employed by the Butchers' Em ployers Association, have returned to work. The terms on which they go back are !a 65-hour working week, the wages [they received before the strike and no discrimination for or against union or non-union men, no competent man to be discharged to make room for strik | ers. A number of special policemen who I were detailed to the strike have left the city for New Orleans, where they will be detailed on a strike of freight handlers. A Disastrous Auto. Wreck One Woman Was Killed And Four of The Auto. Party Badly Injured- Hurled Against Tele phon Poles. Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 10.---One woman was killed and four other persons ser iously injured in Alleghaney this morn ing when a automobile, bearing a par ty to the city, skidded along the street iin making a turn and striking a curb stone, threw the occupants against sev .eral telegraph poles. PREPARATIONS FOR STATE FAIR Secretary Pogue Making Plans For Big Fair To B- Held Oct. 15 to 20. Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 9.—Commis sioner General Joseph E. Pogue, in charge of the North Carolina represen tation at the Jamestown Exposition and secretary of the Noith Carolina state fair has returned to the city from the exposition and will spend several days looking after affairs preparatory to tne state fair Oct. 15 to 20. He says crowds are pouring into the exposition which is fully completed and proving to be one of the really great world exr position. He expects North Carolina to win the trophy for. the biggest gate j receipts for a day, nothing having thus far come anywhere near the North Carolina week attendance. Officials Enjoy Minstrel. Greensboro, N. C., Sept. 10. —The chamber of commerce gave a box party at the A 1 G. Fields' Minstrel show last night to the official rep resentatives of the Interstate Chemi cal Co., who are locating their branch manufacturing and distributing house at Greenboro for North Carolina, East and South Carolina and Southern Virginia. Philadelphia, Sept. 10. —Judges Willson and Audenried, in the com mon pleas court declared unconsti tutional the 2-cont railroad fare law passed by the last legislature. The case upon which the decision was made will be at once taken to the state supreme court. The 2-cent fare law which was to be effective Oct. 1 was enacted by the legislature as a result of agita tion during the last political cam paign, all parties pledging them selves in its favor. The railroads, led by the Pennsyl vania and Reading, made a strong fight against the enactment of the law, the bilj was passed with practi eally-a - Pennsylvania was the first to at tack the law, bringing suit in the local courts to restrain the county of Philadelphia from collecting a fine for violating the act. The contention of the company was that the law was unconstitutional and that a 2-cent rate was fixed without any investigation on the part of the legislature as to whether the railroad could make fair profit under the law, which the company asserts it cannot do. All other railroads operating in Pennsylvania have also brought simi lar proceedings in the various coun ties of the state, but no decisions have been rendered, as it is generally understood that the Pennsylvania suit will be made a test case in the higher courts. GREAT SPLINTER IN HIS LUNGS. Oil Driller Goes Through Agonizing But Heroic, Mishap. Galeton, Pa., Sept. 9. —John Bartlett, an oil driller in the Hebron field, had a splinter the size of a big knife driven through his back into the right lung and was badly bruised by falling tim bers by an accident to the machinery while he was lowering the tools into a well 1,800 feet deep, which wrecked the derrick completely. The brake in the wheel broke, let ting the tools down with such ter rible velocity that the bull-wheel flew into pieces, the splinters pierc ing him. He heroically stood his ground, try ing to check the speed until it was too late to save himself. His condition is very critical. Clardy M Bailed Out According to Report The Cibbes Woman, Whom Defendand is Alleged to 1 Have Robbed Will Not Testify Greenville, S. C., Sept. 10 —Yester day afternoon W. R. Clardy waived the right of a preliminary hearing be fore Judge Stradley and it is learned today that his friends are endeavoring to arrange a bond for his release from jail. It is estimated that this bond has been placed at $2,000 and the probabil ities are that it will be arranged by to morrow. It is learned today from a semi-offi cial source that Clardy's friends and kinspeople have succeeded in effect ing some sort of a compromise with the woman, Ella Cfiubes, whom Clardy robbed. The Gibbes woman will make no ! statement as to the circumstances, however. It makes some girls blush even to mention going through a tunnel. Western Union Adopts Resolution of Approval New York, Sept. 10. —At a meeting of the executive committee of the Western Union payment of the usual quarterly dividend was provided for, and the following resolution unani mously adopted: "Resolved, That the executive com mittee of the Western Union on be half of the comapny hereby places on record its hearty appreciation and ( unqualified approval of /the course which the president and officers of the company have pursued in connection with the late strike of operators, and compliment them upon their success ( in maintaining integrity of the service under control and the direction of those rightfully charged with the re sponsibility." Steamship Rate War. New York, Sept. 10. —A new turn has been given to the steamship rivalry and rate war on the Atlantic, says the Times today, by the state ment of a North German Lloyd official that in the event of the Cunard liner Lusitania breaking the Atlantic record of the North German Lloyds, the latter will at once begin to build a liner with a running speed of 28 knots. This is equivalent tc speed of 32 land miles an hour. Steamship agents here, it is also stated, believe that the Atlantic rate war will pass the crisis between now and Saturday. It is expected that the Cunard line will cut the first cabin rates far below the present fixed minimum rate of the Etruria which is S6O, before her date of sailing. Woman Elephantiasis Physicians Discouer Case of Rare Disease Since Attack Began Woman Has Gained Near 400 Pounds. New York, Sept. 10. —Physicians at the King's county hospital, Brooklyn, have the most remarkable case of that rare disease, elephantiasis. The patient is Mrs. Juliette Felt, of Brook lyn, a widow, 63 years old. Before she was attacked by the dis ease she weighed 149 pounds. She now weighs 525 pounds and is gaining daily in size. Her skin is thick, hard and coarse, like an elephant's. The disease first manifested itself seven years ago. It began with an itching in one of her legs. This ceased after a time, but it was presently fol lowed by a swelling of the limb, accom- I panied by pain. Then she took on weight rapidly. The body, arms and legs have been the parts affected, but not her face. She thought herself growing fat from natural causes, but could not account for the pain which attended her in crease in bulk. Two years ago she found she weighed 350 pounds and then in alarm she resorted to medicines and dieting, but these measures were of no avail. A week ago a physician diagnosed her case as elephantias is. An idea of the effect of the disease may be judged from the fact that each of her legs is as large in circumference as the body of a well developed man. The doctors do not yet know whether she will recover. A woman can forgive a man for ceasing to love her if he will not stop making love to her. 7he Oriental Quarter Of Vancouver Is Now In a State Of Siege EDUCATIONAL BOARD MEET. Make Several Important Appropria tions—Mr. Brockman as Secretary of Merchants' Association. Greensboro, N. C., Sept. 10. —At its regular session yesterday morning, besides transacting routine business, the Guilford county board of educa tion appropriated S3OO towards the erection of a $4,000 school building at Springfield, High Point township, S6OO for additional room at Hilltop school in Jamestown township, and S4OO for an additional room for Piney Grove school house. Other appropria tions were made for the improve ment of several other buildings. On Sept. 25th there will be a big edu cational rally at Glenwood, one of Greensboro's latest beautiful suburban towns, to celebrate the completion of a handsome school building and the opening of school there. The Greensboro Retail Merchants' Association have employed Mr. Chas. R. Brockman to give his whole time to the work as secretary of the asso ciation. Mr. Brockman has recently completed a course at Poughkeepsie Business College, and is admirably! equipped for the duties. He leaves tomorrow for Richmond to make a special study of the rating system in force there with a view of establish ing a similar one here. The mer-| jchants' association here is moving along with system and organization and is doing much towards helping to get relief from freight rate dis crimination against North Carolina towns. Treaty Near Realization. Washington, D . C., Sept. 10. —That stringent exclusion treaty between America and Japan is measurably nearer realization than most optimis tic administration official could have believed forty-eight hours ago is the judgment of the members of the diplomatic corps here. This long sought object is expected to be attained perhaps as an indi rect result of mobbing of the Japan ese at Vancouver in British Colum bia. Modern Style Cuts O I Sponsor of Dame Fashion Says Straight Figures Will Prevail This Sea son —Bulkiness Ilimin ated. New York, Sept. 10. —Curves will be unfashionable and hips impossible in winter styles for women, according to Miss Elizabeth A. C. White, presi dent of the Dress Makers' Protective Association of America, who is de monstrating new gowns at the an nual meeting in the Masonic Temple. "The stylish figure," Miss White, declared, "will be one without hips, a straight line figure. It is all in the correct." Nor will there be any fleshy woman at none that are well dressed. Miss White declares there is no need of any woman appearing fat unless she is lazy and wants to so appear. Miss White told a man who sought authoritative information, that well dressed women on winter afternoons this coming season, will wear demi tailored skirts of grey, lavender, red dish-purple and light blue; black coats; waists of net embridered in the color of the skirt; and partly mushroom hats trimmed with orchids, morning glories and roses. MURDERER IS PLACED IN JAIL. Chief Neelley Bring Negro Murder From Columbus, Ohio. Greensboro, N. C.., Sept .10. —Chief of Police Neelley returned Sunday from Columbus, 0., bringing with him Lee Kirk who is wanted here for the murder of "Black Joe Morehead" and who was arrested some time ago at Columbus by the chief of police at that place. Kirk will be tried at the Guilford term of criminal court to convene next Monday. Kirk says that he submitted to the officer at Colum bus because of the fact that he was a murderer troubled man so much that he could rest neither day or night. The police yesterday morning cap tured five negroes and lbcked them up, awaiting trial before the mayor on a charge of running perambulating blind tigers. The jail has so many prisoners awaiting trial at next week's term of criminal court, a guard was last night placed around the prison to prevent possible escapes. There are sixty prisoners, some of them charged with murder. Death of Mr. Nichols Statesville, N. C., Sept. 10. —Mrs. George M. Austin was called to Hick ory yesterday on account of the death of her brother-in-law, Mr. J. Wesley Nichols, who died early yesterday morning. Mr. Nichols was about 55 years old and leaves a wife and two children. The funeral services were conducted at Hickory this morning and the interment was in the cemetery at that place. THE BEBT JOB PRINTING Of f \ j ALL KINDB AT THIS OFFICE. > i fc ' Chinese And Japs Buy Firearms And Prepare For More Trouble — Every Effort Made To Repel Attack. Information Given Out That Riots Were Care fully Planned Before hand by Anti-Japanese Organizations in Seattle Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 10. —The Chi nese and Japanese quarters here are practically in a state of siege. Hun dreds of guns and revolvers were sold to the Orientals yesterday until the police prohibited the sale of fire arms. Every Chinese merchant goes about with an armed bodyguard and at the entrance of every Chinese stor stand? a Mongolian with a rifle. All Chinese cooks an laborers in the country within a radius of 15 miles have been summoned to the Oriental quarter. Besides firearms, knives, stones and bricks are in stock to repel the at tack of the mob at any future occas ion. Attack Was Planned. Portland, Ore., Sept. 10. —The Ore gonian prints a special from Seattle, saying: "Every indication shows that the Vancouver, B. C., riots were carefully planned to impress K. Ishii, chief or the bureau of foreign commerce. It is significant that the leaders of the Seattle organization against Japanese immigration were in Vancouver head ing the demonstration. "The significance of the Japanese riots dates back to a program evolved when it was announced that Ishii was coming to Seattle. "There was planned at a conference between the Vancouver, B. C., and Se attle anti-Japanese leaders all the details for a big anti-Japanese demon stration in Vancouver September 12. It developed that Ishii did not have the time to spend in Seattle and he went through to Vancouver. "Simultaneously with his going, the local leaders of the anti-Japanese so ciecy went north. They were in Van couver when tue outbreak occurred, and though the announcement is made in private letters from the anti-Japa nese leaders that they harrangued the mob not to do violence the sicety it self believes the demonstration had to do witji their presence." Officials Reticent. Tokio, Sept. 10. —The Japanese offi cials decline to say what steps, if any, have been taken in the Canadian trou ble, pending a further Investigation. FIRST OF FOOTBALL VICTIMS. Players at Shamokin and Chicopee Severely Injured. Shamokin, Pa., Sept. 9.—James Ry an is the first football victim for 19u7 in this state, having badly dislocated a shoulder while playing here. In addi tion he was almost crushed to death by players piling on top of him. He was pinned to the ground for some time and is now in a very serious con dition. Another One at Chicopee. Chicopee, Mass., Sept. 9. —The first football accident of the season has been recorded here. Within a minute of beginning the first football practice the collarbone of Fred Griggs, 18 years of age, of the Chicopee High School eleven, was broken in a mass play. Rhode Island Day at Jamestown. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 10. —Rhode Island ers took possession of the Jamestown exposition today and held interesting exercises in commemoration of the ninety-fourth anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie, which resulted in a vic tory for the American fleet under the command of Commodore Hazard Perry, a native of Rhode Island. At 11 o'clock this morning Governor James H. Higgins and the other visi tors from Rhode Island were escorted to the auditorium, where the exercises of the day were held. John Taggard Blodgett, president of the Rhode Island commission, presided, and the speakers included Governor Swanson, of Virginia; President Tuck er, of the exposition and Governor Hig gins, of Rhode Island. The historical address was delivered by President Faunce, of Brown univer sity. A parade of troops was held in the afternoon, followed by a public re ception at the Rhode Island building, one of the handsomest of the state ed ifices at the exposition. Lightning in Role of Jailer. Worcester, Mass., Sept. 9.—ln play ing pranks about a house a bolt of lightning locked Wallace, 14-year old son of William J. Wheeler, in a closet, but failed to release him again. The boy was in the house, when a bolt completely wrecked the dining room, forcing the windows out on to the lawn. He sought refuge in his favorite place, the cupboard, and had no sooner entered it than the bolt hit the door and locked it. He remained there until his parents rame home an dheard his shrieks for [ help. \ M^jk.aA
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