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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-25
SigeI Murder Suspect Fled
In WOmen'S Clothes.
WAS ONCE A CHINESE ACTOR
Won Success ON Stage as Female
Impersonator In China Before
He Came to the Unit
ed States.

New York, June 24.--Chong Sing. the
Chinaman who fled from 1S2 Eighth
avenue after Elsie Sigcl. the girl mis-
sionary. had been slain and packed in
a trunk, has told the police that Leon
Ling, who he says strangled the girl
with II handkerchief. escaped in wom-
ems clothes.
II was only when Chong told Captain
Carey that Leon was by trade an actor
Of women's parts on the Chinese stage
that any one thought of the possibility
Of his having made his escape in fe-
male disguise. 1t seems now that while
the police In every city of the coun-
try were watching for the man de-
scribed in the police circular Ling
slipped under their noses in woman's
attire.
In this connection it is to be noted
that when Elsie Sigels body was
was missing. Hat. shoes, waist, stock
ings. were not to he found. The inves-
tigators have been puZzling ever since
to discover how Leon disposed of them.
A coarse. rough shirt found in Icons
room was said not to be that of the
murdered girl.
The police learned that Ling had
been extraordinarily proficient in i'm
persOnating women and that with his
excellent command of English he
would he able to battle pursuit for Il
long while.
Word was ut once sent to the chief
of police of every part of the country
to watch for n Chinaman in woman's
garb.
1t became known here that a China
man answering the general deScrip-
tion of Leon Ling went to the New
York Central railroad station in this
city about , O'Clock last Saturday aft
ernOon and checked suit case to
Cleveland. o.
Three hours later the same man re-
turned to the station wearing Il long
quilted silk cloak. The station employ
ceS say that when he walked in the
train shed the wind blew his cloak
aside and woman'S dress was seen
underneath
He was further disguised. they say,
with tight fitting skull cap and pair
of heavy gold bowed spcctacles. His
baggage was delayed here and he tcle-
graphcd to have it sent on to him. No
name was signed to the telegram.
Investigations along another line led
to the discovery of the latest of the
letters written by Elsie Sigel to Chu
Gain. the Mott street restaurant keep.
er and the rival of Leon for her affec.
tions. This letter is said by the police
TO be Il sample of the others discov,
cred in Chu Gains place after he was
arrested. 1t read as follows:
/ My Dear Friend-I have been lying
awake all night trying to think what yor
/ meant by what you said to me during the
performance last night. You know what
l mean.
| What do you mean by "artificial?"
want you to tell me all about that. OF
course we could not talk about it in the
| theater. Did you like 1.-The Man From
/ Home?"
! will see you tomorrow or the next day
sure
Your little friend. ELSIE.
This letter, according to the police
is very much like most of those which
she also wrote to Leon Ling. Most OF
the notes sent to him as well as tC
Chu Gain were addressed "AIy Deal
Friend" and some as my Deares
Friend" The ones to Chu Gain indi
! Gated a close friendship, bordering OF
! IOCn
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-25
BASEBALL SCORES.
Results Of Games Played In Nationa,,
American and Eastern Leagues.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At New York-New York ): Boston. 4.
Batteries - Marquard, Mathewson. Schei
and Snodgrass; Mattern and Graham.
Second game-New York, II: Boston. /.
Batteries - Mathewson, Crandali Schei
and Snodgrass; White, Lindaman, Fergu-
son and Bowerman.
AT BroolIyn-Brooklyn, 2; Philadelphia.
J. Batteries-Rucker and Bergen; Moore
and Jacklitsch.
Second game-Brooklyn, 8; Philadelphia,
|. Batteries--Hunter and Bergen; Cova-
leskie and Doom.
AT St. Louis-Pittsburg, 8; st. Louis, /.
Batteries-Willis and Gibson; Beebe and
Bresnahan.
AT Chicago-Cincinnati. G; Chicago. l..
Batteries - Casper, Fromme and Roth;
Overall. Kroh, Hagerman, Brown, Moran
and Archer
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-25
COUPLE KILLED BY GAS.
One Found Dead In Chair, the Other
on a Couch.

Hartford, Conn.,, June 24.-The odor
of gas led the police to break into a
house here, and they found Alfred
Norman, sixty-seven years old, and
his wife, eighty years old, dead from
gas asphyXiatlon.
Norman was sitting in a chair and
his wife was lying on couch. All the
doors and windows were closed and
the gas was turned on in all the rooms.
1t is thought that Norman turned on
the gas while his wife was sleeping.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-25

NMEENINAIN IFsANI Z.
At Boston-Boston, IA: New York, 5.
Batteries - Steele and Spencer: Doyle.
Chesbro and Blair
AT Philadelphia-Philade 3; WASH
lngton, .. Batteries-krause and Thomas:
Smith and Street.
AT Cleveland-Chcago. 4: Cleveland. 3.
Batteries-Berger and Bems; Fiene and
Sullivan.
At Detroit-Detroit. s; St. Louis, 1. Bat
teries-Suggs and Schmidt; Criss and Cri-
ger.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-25
POLICE CAPTAIN IN JAIL.
New York Officer Begins Serving His
Thirty Days Term.

ThITty Oays eFm'
New York, June 24.-Acting Captain
Augustus Kuhne of the Brooklyn de.
tective bureau, whose conviction for
contempt of court in violating a court
order was recently affirmed by the
court of appeals, began serving his
thirty day sentence In the Raymond
street jail, Brooklyn.
Counsel for Kuhne notified the Jail
officers that he was to be treated as q
civil prisoner and not subjected to cell
confinement, but despite this Kuhne
was placed in cell.
Kuhne caused the photographing and
measuring of William Jenkins, a
Brooklyn banker, under arrest in VIOLA
ton of the courts orders.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-25
Four Poisoned by Mushrooms.

Washington, June 24.-Poisoned by
mushrooms bought at nearby gro
cery store here, an entire family,
Jacinto Jervie, a musician, his wife
and two sons, was taken to a hospital
In a critical condition.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-25
W. ]. BRYAN, JR., WEDs.
His Marriage to Invalid Girl celebrat
cd In Colorado.


Lincoln, Neb., June 24.-William j.
Bryan, Jr., and Miss Helen Berger
were married today at the summer
home of the brides father, Alexander
Berger, wealthy Milwaukee grain
dealer, at Grand Lake, Colo.
The son of the thrice presidential
candidate is not yet twenty-five and
has only concluded his second year of
study at Nebraska university. Miss
Berger is under twenty.
Miss Berger is an only daughter. Her
mother died of consumption when she
was scarcely more than a baby.
Recently the physicians warned Mr..
Berger it was imperative that his
daughter take up residence in Ari-
zona If her life was to be spared, 80
the marriage was hastened.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-25

Oswego, n. Y, June "a. - Former
Sheriff Henry Hilton of Oswego coun-
ty was acquitted by jury in the su-
preme court at Pulaski of the charge
of presenting fraudulent claims for the
transportation of prisoners.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-25
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Closing Stock Quotations.

Money on call was 1ai per cent; time
money and mercantile paper unchanged
in rates. Closing prices of stocks were:
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-25

I1<AD I41tAN LI1<hO 2 Z.
At Newark-Newark, 4; Toronto, III
innings).
At Baltimore-Baltimore, 4; Montreal, 1.
AT Rochester-Bufralo. 10; Rochester, 4.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-20
PUTTING OUT FIRE ON WATER.
German Invention Probably the Best
That Has Yet Been Devised for
That PURPOSE,

1t falls to the lot of few to set the
river on fire, and despite the tradition
that the feat Is the quickest way to
fame, the names of those who have
done it never seem to survive.
But that many man can, and does,
set river on fire is so true that in
yention has had to concern itself
with means for putting out those very
blazes.
They occur usually when petroleum.
gasoline or some other liquid hydro
carbons spread on the waters surface
and happen to be ignited before their
spread has too greatly broken UP and
thinned them. Whole ports, with their
shipping, are endangered
In Germany they have devised two
solutions, which, mingling as they are
poured, instantly raise thick, tena-
cious foam. One solution is composed
Of potash, alum and sodium sulphate
and licorice root extract
The soapsuds appearance of the
foam in reality covers an inert gas,
which, spreading over the entire burn
ing surface, acts as a blanket and in
stantly kills the flames for want of
oxygen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-20
BABIES BENEFIT BY
NEW SKIN DISCOVERY
Stops Itching Immediately, soothes
and Comforts the Little
Ones.


A demonstration of the efficacy and
entire harmlessness of poslam,
the new skin discovery, is at
forded when 1t is applied to
the tender skin of infants who
are tortured with rashes chat
ings, scaly and crusted humors and
other skin aggravations. It's effect is
soothing, the itching stops at once.
the skin heals and is quickly restored
to normal condition.
In the various forms of skin troubles
in both infants and adults, poslam pro-
duces beneficial results from the first
application. Eczema, acne, herpes,
rash, teter, ETC.. yield readily to its re-
markable curative properties. Occas-
ional applications will quickly Danish
pimples blotches and complexion
blemishes and will relieve and cure
itching feet, scaly scalp, humors, etc.
Poslam can be had for fifty cents at
any reliable druggists particularly
Wilkinson & Co., who make special
ty of it. Or the Emergency Labora-
tories, No. 80 West 25th Street, New
York City, will send a trial supply
free by mail to any one who will write
for it. This is sufficient to show re.
suits in twenty-four hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-20
LABOR ASSEMBLY
MAKES REPORT
Against Manner in Which Greeks
Are Dumped Into Davenport
Each Year.

The following resolution passed by
the Davenport Trades and Labor AS
sembly, has been forwarded to Mayor
Scott of that city and the city coun-
citl:
Whereas, 1t has been brought to
our notice that large number of
foreigners, mostly Greeks, are being
dumped into our city, and are living
in unsanitary conditions, such as 1S
to 20 living in five or six-room house
in residence districts. also in the for
mer Red Light district; peddlers and
vendors keeping fruit and vegetables
in same apartments as their horses
are kept We believe their conduct
in public is far from moral The
foreigners working on public works
are seen committing public nuisance
in streets and alleys. Therefore be it
Resolved, BY the Davenport Trades
G. Labor assembly that we earnestly
protest against such nuisance, as we
deem it detrimental to our city
and public health. Therefore be II
further
Resolved, That we ask the city
councilmen and board of health te
take this matter up at once and ap
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-20
Where Caesar Crossed Thames,

Where did julius Caesar cross the
Thames? This sounds like one of the
questions set by staid old examiners
in search OF information they failed to
acquire in their youth. There are per-
haps as many places claiming to be
the site of the famous fording as there
were claiming to be the birthplace of
Homer. This week Brentford has
stolen march on other places and
has erected monument commemor-
ating Caesars crossing of the Thames
there. Most historians and to.
pographers agree In placing the point
of crossing at Halliford at point
known as Convey Il, e., Causeway)
Stakes, and but little support is found
for the Brentford theory. To many
people monument is the most con
vincing of evidence, and though there
is little tradition to support the Brent
ford column, that column will nc
doubt serve to strengthen the tradi
ion.-London Chronicle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-20

my friends what it has done for me. :"
Mrs. E. HANSON, 304 East Long ST.,
Columbus, Ohio.
Another Woman Helped.
Graniteville, vt. -"I was passing
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symptoms. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound restored myhealthand
strength, and proved worth mountains
of gold to me. For the sake of other
suffering women | am willing you
should publish my letter" - MRS.
CHARLES BARCLAY, RED, Granite
vile, vt.
Women who are passing through this
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from any of those distressing ills pc
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of the fact that for thirty years Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
which is made from roots and herbs,
has been the standard remedy for
female ills. In almost every commu-
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been restored to health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-20
FALLING HAIR is the forerunneE
OF badness. II you wish 10
prevent II, start I'm now TO use
.x;yx,zlffah'
~ ealfh

and see how quickly the new
hairs will begin to come In; good
strong healthy ones TOO. The old
hairs VIII stop falling out. and
dendruff, the cause OF badness.
Will disappear. Then you Will
hive a head of hntr to be proud
is NOT "A DYE.
q AND soc. BOTTLES, AT DRUGGISTS.
HAYS Harfina Soap cures Eczema, red,
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For sale by Wilkinson G. Co., and j..
F. Kiedaisch & Sons,
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ply their power in Kidding our city
of this class of people.
Take Notice.

All persons are recommended to take
Foley's Kidney Remedy for backache,
rheumatism, and kidney and bladder
trouble 1t will quickly correct urin-
airy Irregularities, which if neglected.
may develop into serious illness.
1t will restore health and strength.
Do not neglect signs of kidney or
bladder trouble and risk Bright's dis
ease or diabetes. Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-20
Report Of the Eecutive Board Knocks
the Props Out From Under
Him and he is Now a
Has Been.
THE OFFICIAL ACTION
Turmoil and Troubles Of the Seventh
Street colored Church Are Over
and Peace is Now In
Sight.

With the props knocked out from un-
der him and nothing left to stand on,
Rev. VIM. D. Alex Venerable, pastor
of the Seventh street Baptist church Of
this city. who has been in the lime
Ugh for several monhs, received a
solar plexus blow last evening
when the executive committee of
the Iowa-Nebraska conference, made
its report of the investigations 1t had
made as to the church over which Rev.
Venerable has had charge for the last
few years.
The report was announced last even
ing at meeting held in the colored
Masonic hall on Fifth street, the meet
ing being attended by large crowd
of people. Besides the report of the
committee, there were religious servic-
es, Rev. Griffith preaching.
The executive board is composed OF
the following members who held their
meeting on tuesday in the hall on
Eighth street. between Main and John
son streets: Rev. S. Bates of Des
Moines. Moderator; Rev. D. A. Holmes
of Davenport, corresponding secretary;
Prof. G. w. Rogers of buxton, record
ing secretary; F. G. Bowling of Enter
prise, treasurer; Rev. T. l.. Griffith OF
Des Moines and Rev. Jas. Bowles OF
Centerville.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-20
Mix up in Church.


The affairs Of the Seventh street
church are we'll known by Keokuk
people who have been reading in The
Gate City for several weeks about
various happenings in the church and
in the courts. One night there was
almost riot in the church and this
matter came up in court where there
were many witnesses. The court has
no yet rendered his opinion in this
case
Following that trial, Rev. Venerable
saw to it that all who had testified
In any way against him at the trial,
were fired out of the church on
charge Of giving false testimony"
Then came charge against the pas
tor Of embezzling funds of the church,
but during the progress of the trial,
1t was suddenly terminated by a YER
dict in favor of the pastor
The sudden ending Of this case, was
a great surprise to many of the for
mer members of tae church, who be-
lieved that the testimony was all
against the pastor and an appeal was
talked of.
The executive board of the commit
tee, hearing of the turmoil being caus-
ed in the church here and noting the
falling off in attendance and member
ship, took steps to look into the mat
ter and came here to make an investi-
cation of the state OF affairs, their Wis
1t here resulting in the report which
is given below and which was made
public at the meeting of last evening.
Rev. Venerable has been claiming all
along that the opposition to him was
because during the last presidential
campaign, he came out for Bryan,
claiming that his republican congre'
cation has turned against him on this
account and for no other reason have
they been trying to do all they could
to make his life miserable.
The colored minister had so far. got
ten little the better of his antago
nists, winning all of his lawsuits with
flying colors and being able to retain
his pastorate and hold services each
Sabbath. He is highly educated ne
gro and a smooth talker and good hnd
to argue. He is advertised in his
CHURCH notices as "the great pulpit
orator. and has the ability in him te
do great good for the colored people
of the city, but some of his former
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-20
Diarrhea
Quickly Cured.
Chamberlain's
Colo, Cholera and
Diarrhea Remedy
Can Away. be depended upon.

During the summer months children
are subject to bowel disorders and should
receive the most careful attention. AS
soon as any unnatural looseness of the
bowels is noticed Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy should be
given. Costs but 25 cents a bottle. and
it IS economy to always keep bottle
handy. You do not know when 1t may
De needed, but when you do want 1t you
Want 1t badly. Get bottle today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-20

People with chronic bronchitis, as
thma and lung trouble, will find great
relief and comfort in Foley's Honey
and Tar, and ran avoid suffering by
commencing to take it at once. Will
kinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-20

PHYSICIAN
ADVISED
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Columbus, Ohio. TT have taken
Lydia e. PinlSham's Vegetable Com.

pound q u r i n 8
change of life. My
doctor told me it
was good, and since
taking it l feel so
much better that l
can do all my work
again. / t h in k
Lydia e. Pinkham's
w ege a BILE Com
pound a fine remedy
for all woman's
TROUBLES, and /
|rouar fnrro% IN toll
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precipitated riot, nor that there was
riot; but that the disturbance which
happened WAS the resul. of Rev. Ven-
cradles remark, which, although
doubtless misunderstood, was taken to
heart by those who voted against the I
exclusion Of the deacon, and directly |
by Mr. John ThCp,as. who. innocently |
in our Judgment, took hid of Rev.
Burton.
8. That while Rev. Burton has
shown irritation toward Rev. Veneer
able it was not without very unfortu-
nate provocation
8. That the serious internal difficult
ties in the Seventh Street church are
due to Rev. Venerable's methods
which appear to us to be arbitrary,
vindictive and hasty; that he should
use his Offices to restore those who
were excluded on the night of July 80
to their good standing in the church.
and that he should offer apology to
Rev. Burton for prosecuting him in the
criminal court
10. That so far as his standing in
the Negro Baptist ministry of Iowa
and Nebraska is concerned the accept
ance of the suggestions made in the
above paragraph is the condition upon
which his fellowship with US depends.
Note: Rev. Venerable was notified
of this decision by Rev. Holmes and
requested to meet this board. Rev.
Venerable declined to appear before
aus.
Two others, Revs. Boles and Boil
ing were sent to request his coming.
They made three trips in search of
him. Rev. Venerable came and re-
fused to accept the proposition made
by the board.
1t becomes therefore the painful
task of this board to withdraw from
him the hand OF fellowship and to
notify our churches in the state of this
action.
Recommendations.
We make the following recommends
lions:
/. We recommend that the Seventh
street caurch accept the conclusion of
this board that their action of July 80
is invalidate or that it gracefully re-
scind its former action and restore
these parties to full fellowship in
the church.
2. That in the future the church
refuse to exclude members by hasty
action and without due notice to par
ties under discipline.
8. We recommend to the parties
who were excluded:
i (a) That if the church admits its
former action invalidate or rescinds
1t that they return to their home with
a forgiving spirit and without boast
full spirit because of this boards de-
cision.
CD That IL neither of the above
courses Is pursued by the church, that
they apply for membership in some
other Baptist church but Alat they
withhold such action until the church
has had time to act in accordance
with the above suggestions.
(c) That Rev. Burton seek churcl
membership in some church at his
earliest convenience on account of his
position and relation to the work, and
we recommend him to the fellowship
of any church to which he may apply
for membership.
REV. S. BATES,
Moderator.
c. W. RODGERS,
Clerk.
REV. D. A. HOLMES,
Cor. Sec
REV F. G. BOILING,
Treas.
REV. T. l.. GRIFFITH,
REV LAS pQMrI EC
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Rev. Venerable with the chair in the
church business meeting, July End.
s. That on the night of July 30, an
other business meeting of the church
was held attended by about twenty
five $3.50 persons.
9. That on this night Rev. Burton
was excluded, and also Rev w. F. Col
line, Mr.. d. J. Dean, Mr. Athel Smith,
Mr.. o. d Smith, Mr. George Hinch,
Mrs M. j. Burton and Mrs. Mary Smith
were excluded. Rev. Burton had not
received personal notice of any new
charges and the others were excluded
upon the charge of false swearing as
above referred to, with some addition
al charges in individual cases.
10. That the letter sent to the cor
responding secretary of this board no.
tifying him that this meeting could not
be had in the Seventh street church
was not signed or authorized by all
the narties whose names are subscrib-
ed to it.
II. That in the actions herein refer
red to the church has acted upon the
advice of the pastor, Rev. w. D. Ven,
cradle.
-. That the records of the church
and the testimony of witnesses do not
agree with the statements furnished
the moderator and clerk of the asso'
1 citation as to the charges upon which
Do, p,,rtop WAC eycluded
! 10. That the chrages filed with this
board as those upon which Rev Bur
ton was excluded do not appear In the
records of the church.
IA. That the following is the record
of the action of the church in the case
/ of Rev. Burton:
(a) The report of the board of dea
cons as given in paragraph 8 of these
4 findings:
Further as to t.lis, the record is:
(a) The case of Bro. M. j. Burton
was next taken up July 30th.
(b) Concerning the discipline OF M
j. Burton for starting church riot
Note: The above item was adopted
in the motion to adopt the boards re
port.