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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-30

find household more self contained or
freer from outside influences. Whole
weeks would pass and not one Of them
go past the garden gate. The pro-
fessor was buried in his work and ex-
listed for nothing else. Young Smith
knew nobody In the neighborhood and
lived very much as his employer did.
The two women had nothing to take
them from the house. Mortimer, the
gardener, who wheels the bath chair,
is an army pensioner, an old Crimean
man Of excellent character. He does
not live in the house, but in a three
roomed cottage at the other end Of
the garden. Those are the only peo-
pie that you would find within the
grounds Of Yoxley Old Place. At the
same time the gate of the garden is
hundred yards from the main Lon
don to Chatham road. 1t opens with
q latch, and there is nothing to pre-
vent any one from walking in.
"Now l will give you the evidence
Of Susan Tarlton, who is the only PEI.
son who can say anything positive
about the matter. 1t was in the fore
noon, between II and - She was en-
gagged at the moment in hanging some
curtains in the upstairs front bed
room. Professor Coram was still In
bed. for when the weather is bad he
seldom rises before midday. The house
keeper was busted with some work in
The back OF the house. Willoughby
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-30
In THE LABORATORY

attracted the attention Of Andrew Car
ne.ie, who was always on the keen
lookout to discover capable youngsters,
those who showed signs of adapting
themselves to the ambitious lines
which he had already mapped out for.
the iron and steel industry. The
shrewd ironmaster made no mistake in
his estimate of the boy who was work
ing and studying day and night, peer
ing into everything he was permitted
to see and ;toring in his retentiye
memory all the secrets of the labora-
tory. whether successes or failures.
Four years after he entered the lab
oratory young Corey received orders to
go to one of the plate mills at Home
stead. He was at first assigned to the
order department of this mill, and after
ye II, just as he attained his major
lty, he was put in charge of the mill.
Here he had an opportunity to expand, |
and he did not hesitate to avail him.
self of it. The process of open hearth
steel making was not understood at the |
mill, but Mr.. Corey solved the problem
and he volunteered at once to put it |
into operation. His success was SO |
marked that that important depart
ment of the steel business was added /
permanently to the mill.
At the end Of another year came a |
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-30
Hopkins plan of Yonley Old Place.

Hopkins plan of Yorley Old Place.
nature Of distinct impression, but the
grass was trodden down and some one
had undoubtedly passed. 1t could only
have been the murderer, since neither
the gardener nor any one else had been
there that morning and the rain had
only begun during the night"
Zone moment" said Holmes. "Where
does this path lead to?"
ITO the road"
'11ow long is itY'
"a hundred yards or So
AT the point where the path passes
through the gate you could surely pick
mp the tracks,"
Unfortunately the path was tiled
1t that point
"'Well, OIL the road itse,f?"
".No, it was all trodden into mire."
"rut tut! Well, then, these tracks
upon the grass, were they coming or
going?'
at was impossible to say. There
was never any outline"
"a large foot or d small?'
.sYou could rot distinguish"
Holmes gave an ejaculation of i'm
patience.
1T has been pouring rain and blow
ing a hurricane ever since" said he.
lit will be harder to read now than
that palimpse5t Well, well, it can't
be help J. What did you do, Hop
kins, after you had made certain that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-30

giant. There was but one man In the
company who was his logical successor,
and he was William E. Corey. The
American Steel Hoop company and the
National Steel company, with all It's
coke ovens, were soon added In rather
less than three years afterward Mr..
Corey again succeeded Schwab, this
time as head of all the companies own
ed and controlled by the steel trust.
1t is admitted by steel trust men of
all degrees that the president has not
come into his position through any
means less worthy than actual merit.
His diverse ability and wonderful adj
ministrative powers are alone respon-
sible He has never taken sides in any
of the inner strife which from time to
time has threatened to disrupt the
trust, but has always -:.cceeded in
maintaining friendly relations with all
factions. He has the respect and admi-
ration of all of the various interests,
foreign and domestic, and he is trusted
implicitly to conduct the affairs of the
aggregation as best meets his ideas.
William E. Corey as he appears today
is broad shouldered man, unusually
deep of chest, five feet and eight inches
in stature and weighing ITO pounds.
His hair is light in color, and 1T has al
ready begun to show thin at the top OF
his head. He has very blue eyes, which
peer through strong glasses, for his
chemical experiments have weakened
his eyesight. His features have an un-
mistakable Teutonic expression, which
recalls the fact that his mother was
German. There is little Of the nervous
energy popularity accredited to the sue
cessful American man of affairs to be
discovered in Mr.. Corey. His friends
affirm loosely that he has been known
to manifest excitement over baseball,
but over business-never! His voice Is
low and we'll modulated. He uses few
words, but they are exceedingly We'll
chosen and nothing that he says re-
uuires further explanation. In short,
both his tone and manner, although
dignified and singularly courteous, con-
yey the impression of fnality. especial
ly to would be interviewer.
Although Mr.. Corey has charming
wife and three equally attractive chill
dren, it is one of his peculiarities that
he prefers hotel life to the more exclu-
siye environment of his own vine and
fig tree. He is a man of ample means.
but he shows no disposition to acquire
q permanent residence in New York.
He is so averSe to publicity, however.
that the location of the particular hotel
that shelters his household is known
only to intimate friends. who show re-
markable ingenuity in abetting the
trust president in his effort at conceal
ment. 1t is asserted that Mr.. Corey
never rides to the station nearest his
hotel, but leaves the cars at consid-
cradle distance and walks rapidly the
remainder of the distance.
Ebert PAYSON.
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you had made certain of nothing?"
IL think l made certain Of a good
deal, Mr.. Holmes. ! knew that some
one had entered the house cautiously
from without l next examined the
corridor. 1t is lined with cocoanut
mating and had taken no impression
of any kind This brought me into
the study itself. 1t is scantily fur
nshed room. The main article is a
bureau. This bureau consists of a
double column of drawers, with cen
trail small cupboard between them.
The drawers were open, the cupboard
locked. The drawers, it seems, were
always open, and nothing Of value
was kept in them. There were some
papers of Importance in the cupboard,
but there were no signs that this had
been tempered with, and the professor
assures me that nothing was missing.
1t is certain that no robbery has been
committed.
II come now to the body of the young
man. 1t was found near the bureau,
and just to the left of it, as marked
upon that chart The stab was on the
right side Of the neck and from behind
forward, SO that it is almost impossi<
bic that 1t could have been self in
flicted."
"Unless he fell upon the knife" said
Holmes.
Exactly The idea crossed my
mind. But we found the knife some
feet away from the body, SO that
seems impossible. Then, Of course,
there are the mans own dying words.
And, finally, there was this very i'm
portant piece Of evidence which was
found clasped in the dead mans right
hand"
From his pocket Stanley Hopkins
drew a small paper packet. He un-
folded it and disclosed golden pince-
nez, with two broken ends of black
silk cord dangling from the end of it.
"Willoughby Smith had excellent
sight" he added. There can be no
question that this was snatched from
the face or the person of the assassin. -
(To Be conf,nued.)
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give you q general Idea or the position
of the professors study and the vari
GUS points of the case. 1t will help
you in following my investigation
He unfolded the rough chart, which
| here reproduce and he laid it across
Holmes knee. | rose and, standing be-
hind Holmes, studied it over his Shout
der.
1T is very rough, of course. and 1t on
ly deals with the points which seem to
me to be essential. All the rest you
will see later Tor yourself. Now, first
of all, presuming that the assassin en-
tered the house, how did he or she
come in? Undoubtedly by the garden
path and the back door. from which
there is direct access to the study. Any
other way would have been exceeding
ly complicated. The escape must have
also been made along that line, for OF
the two other exits from the room one
was blocked by Susan as she ran
downstairs and the other leads straight
directed my attention ut once to the
garden path. which was saturated with
recent rain and would certainly show
any footmarls.
.'My examination showed me that
was dealing with cautious and ex
pert criminal No footmarks We're to
be found on the path There could be
no question, however, that some one
had passed along the grass border
which lines the path and that he had
done so in order to avoid leaving a
track l could not find anything in the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-30
sp1ashing its way from the Oxford

sp1ashing it's way from the OXFORD
street end.
"Well, Watson, it's as well we have
not to turn out tonight said Holmes.
laying aside his lens and rolling up the
palimpsest 1--WE done enough for one
sitting 1t is trying work for the eyes.
So far as can make out 1t is nothing
more exciting than an abbe's accounts
dating from the second half of the IF
teenth century. Hello. hello, hello!
What's this?"
Amid the droning Of the wind there
had come the stamping of horses
boots and the long grind Of wheel as
1t rasped against the curb. The cab
which l had seen had pulled up ut our
door,
.what can he want?" CALCULATED as
a man stepped out of it.
Want? He wants us. And we, my
poor Watson. want overcoats and era
watts and gsloches and every aid that
man ever invented to fight the weather
Wait a bit though. There's the cab off
again. There's hope yet. He'd have
kept 1t if he had wanted us to come.
Run down. my dear fellow, and open
the door. for all virtuous folk have been
long in bed"
When the light Of the hall lamp fell
upon our midnight visitor had no diff
iculty in recognizing him. 1t was
young Stanley Hopkins, promising
detective. in whose career Holmes had
several times shown very practical
interest.
as he in?" he asked eagerly.
"Come up. my dear sir" said Holmes
voice from above. ri hope you have no
designs upon us such night as this"
The detective mounted the stairs, and
our lamp cleaned upon his shining wa
tcrproof. l helped him out of 1t, while
Holmes knocked blaze out Of the logs
IN the CRATE.
"Now. MY dear Hopkins, draw up
and warm your toes" said he. "Here's
a cigar, and the doctor has prescrip-
Ton containing hot water and q lemon
which is good medicine on night like
this. 1t must be something Important
which has brought you out in such q
gale"
at is indeed, Mr.. Holmes. I've had
a busting afternoon, promise you.
Did you see anything of the Yoxley
case In the latest editions?'
1--WE seen nothing later than the if
teenth century today"
'Well, it was only a paragraph and
ail wrong at that, so you have not miss
ed anything. l haven't let the grass
grow under my feet. It's down in Kent,
seven miles from Chatham and three
from the railway line. was wired for
at 3:15, reached Yoxley Old Place at S,
conducted my investigation, was back
at Charing Cross by the last train, and
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Smith had been in his bedroom. which
he uses as a sitting room, but the maid
heard him ut that moment pass along
the passage and descend to the study
Immediately below her. She did not
see him, but she says that she could
not be mistaken in his quick, firm
tread. She did not hear the study
door close but minute OF so later
there was dreadful cry in the room
below 1t was Il wild, hoarse scream
so strange aud unnatural that it might
have come either from man or n
woman At the same instant there
was a heavy thud which shook the
old house, and then all was silence.
The maid stood petritied for moment,
and then, recovering her courage, she
ran downstairs The study door was
shut, aud she opened it. Inside young
Mr.. Willoughby Smith was stretched
upon the floor. AT first she could see
no injury, but as she tried to RAISE
him she saw that blood was pouring
from the underside of his neck. III
was pierced by Il very small but very
deep wound, which had divided the
carotid artery. The instrument with
which the INJURY had been inflicted lay
upon the carpet beside him. 1t was
one of those small scaling wax knives
to be found on old fashioned writing
tables, with an ivory handle and Il
stiff blade. 1t was part OF the fittings
of the professors own desk.
III Il tsrl,f n
Smith was already dead, but on pour
ing some water from the carafe oven
his forehead he opened his eyes for all
instant. The professor he murnur
edit was She The maid is prepared
to swear that those We're the exact
words. He tried desperately to say
something else, and he held his right
hand up in the air. Then he fell back
dead.
'In the meantime the housekeeper
had also arrived upon the scene, but
she was just too late to catch the young
mans dying words. Leaving Susan
with the body, she hurried to the pro-
fessors room. He was sitting up in
bed horribly agitated, for he had heard
enough to convince him that something
terrible had occurred. Mrs. Marker. is
prepared to swear that the professor
was still In his night clothes, and, In
deed, it was impossible for him to
dress without the help of Mortimer,
whose orders were to come at II
o'clock. The professor declares that he
heard the distant cry, but that he
knows nothing more. He can give no
explanation of the young mans last
words, The professor-it was She but
imagines that they were the outcome
of delirium. He believes that Willough-
by Smith had not an enemy In the
world, and can give no reason for the
crime. His first action was to send
Mortimer, the gardener, for the local
police. a little later the chief con-
stable sent for me. Nothing was NOV
ed before got there, and strict orders
were given that no one should walk up
on the paths leading to the house. 1t
was splendid chance Of putting your
theories into practice, Mr.. Sherlock
Holmes. There was really nothing
wanting"
Except Mr. Sherlock Holiness" said
my companion. with somewhat bitter
smile. well, let us hear about it.
What sort Of job did you make Of
itY'
II must ask you first, Mr.. Holmes, to
glance at this rough plan. which will
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further promotion, one that served to
attract the attention of the outside
world to the young man whom Mr..
Carnegie was advancing SO rapidly. He
was put in charge of the armor plate
department, which was the most i'm
portant superintendency in the Carne-
gle system. The Carnegie company
was just then beginning the COMPETE
tive struggle with the manufacturers of
armor plate which was destined to re-
suit in an international supremacy. Mr..
Corey. not yet thirty years of age.
found himself pitted against the COM
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-30
CHINESE COTTON WORKERS.

The working day in Chinese cotton
mills lasts thirteen and half hours.
night shifts working ten hours. From
an economical point Of view 1t Is said
to be better to confine the hands to day
work only, and but few mills work day
and night throughout the year. AS ID
not unreasonably to be expected. there
is a slight falling off in efficiency dur
ing the summer months. Many mills In
Shanghai pay by piecework. and the
wages earned amount to about six-'
pence per day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-30
! NE Of the most interesting fig
ures in the steel world which
revolves around Pittsburg as

NE the UlOSL lI1I4T6SU1lS III.
ures In the steel world which
revolves around Pittsburg as
its geographical center is
William Ellis Corey. president of the
United States Steel corporation. While
not SO picturesque, perhaps. in his ca
reer as Charles M. Schwab, the former
chief executive Of that amazing aggre-
cation Of capital and productive ability.
his rise to industrial eminence has been
scarcely less meteoric, and his all abb
sorbing mastery Of the details of steel
making Is not whit less remarkable.
He is distinctly a product of indus
trial America, Of the great steel region,
having been born at Braddock, Pa, in
1866. Even thirty mine years ago that
was very close to the great, throbbing
heart ef the steel and iron producing
industry. His father was a. fairly well
to do merchant, now retired and some-
what active in the local political field
Mr.. Corey repudiates all the accounts
of his early struggles with poverty and
declares that he has never known Sc
we're financial stringency. He attended
the public schools Of his native town
until he was sixteen, and then he be-
came convinced that he had vocation
for the steel business.
1t was not at all unusual for Brad
dock boy to arrive at this decision. The
business dominated all other local in
duences. 1t was decidedly the most
logical thing for a Braddock boy to be-
lieve in his calling to the mills. If he
did not have longing for one of the
learned professions there was nothing
else SO tempting as the towns indus
trial speciality. Young Corey's father
was not willing at first that his son
should abandon his studies When he
was brought to reluctant consent he
stipulated that William should attend
night school and that he should enter
the chemical laboratory of the Edgar
Thomson Steel works. This was agree
Rble te, his ambitious son. who had de-
velope1 taste for chemical expert
mentation which was destined to fur
ther his advancement.
This beginning in the laboratory,
however, was only the merest incident
in the business education of the young
man. At night he attended business
college in Pittsburg so that he might
master the details of commercial life.
He also took up the private study of
chemistry with increased zest. deter
minc1 to master the theory before he
was called upon to put it into practice.
Later he turned his attention to metal
lurgy. spending much of his spare time
in the mills, where he proceeded to ac-
Quire, one after another. the various
processes employed in the making of
STEEL.
Even at that early period OF the
Young mans career he seems to have
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-30

has nothing against him, either as h
boy at Uppingham or as young man
at Cambridge. l have seen his testi-
monials, and from the first he was
decent quiet, Woodworking fellow, with
no weak spot in him at all. And yet
this is the lad who has met his death
this morning in the professors study
under circumstances which can point
only to murder"
The wind howled and screamed at
the windows. Holmes and drew
closer to the fire, while the young In
spector slowly and point by point de
veloped his singular narrative.
"If you were to search all England"
said he. 81 don't suppose you could
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straight to you by cab"

straight to you by cab"
(Which means, suppose, that you
are not quite clear about your case?'
ut means that I can make neither
head nor tail of it. So far as can see,
ii Is Just as tangled business as ever
I handled, and yet at first it seemed 50
simple that one couldn't go wrong
There's DO motive, Mr.. Holmes. That's
what bothers me. l can't put my hand
on a motive. Here's man dead
there's no denying that-but, SO far as
| can see. no reason on earth why any
one should wish him harm"
Holmes lit his cigar and leaned back
IN his chair.
"Let us hear about it,. said he.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-30

bined and cumulative wisdom Of the
manufacturing world. He not only
kept abreast of it. but in an incredibly
short time he led. Some of his inven-
tons revolutionized the business One
of these is the Corey reforging process.
by which the ballistic resistance of ar
NOR is greatly increased. 1t enabled
builders of battleships to use much
thinner and lighter plate than had been
the custom, and it was such a success
that it has been adopted by every for
eign navy using the harveyized armor.
1t was also during his administration
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-30

found himself assigned to triple duties,
each separate and distinct. All of them
under his management succeeded be-
yond expectation.
Finally the mammoth steel trust was
launched. and Mr.. Schwab left Pitts
burg to assume control Of the new
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