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Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
NEW THEORY IS ADVANCED
Leon Ling May Not Have Murdered
Elsie Siuel.

Leon Ling May Not Have Murdered
Elsie SigeI. .
New York. June 29:-The failure to
find any trace whatever of Leon Ling
caused the police to give some atten-
tion to the theory that the missing
man may not have killed Elsie Sigel
and that he was himself the victim of
the same hand that killed the girl.
This line of reasoning necessitates
the rejection of the story told by
Chung Sin, who said he had seen
Leon in the room over the Eighth ave-
nue. restaurant where Miss Sigeps
dead body lay, but the authorities de-
clare that Chung's statements have
shown discrepancies with known
facts in several particulars.
In considering the possibility that
Leon was killed it is regarded as prob
able that his body was placed in a
trunk, as was the girls, and this has
drawn renewed attention to the bag:
gage CHECKED to Schenectady. N. ",
near where Chung Sin was found, and
rechecked BY Chinaman from
Schenectady to Cleveland.
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
Senator's Finally Conclude Their
Long Discussion
sou1AERhERs 0 i ! RI !: WIN ! n VICTORY nc
Placing Of Cotton Bagging on
Free list Unexpected.

Washington. June 29.-After seven.
ty days Of almost continuous debate,
the senate concluded it's discussion of
the schedules of the Payne-Aldrich
tariff bill. Five minutes afterward
the senate adjourned for the day to
permit the slight preparation possible
In so short time for the debate on
the corporation and income tax ques-
tions, which will begin soon after the
senate convenes.
Cotton bagging and cotton ties and
incidentally binding twine, occupied
much of the senate's time. Senator
McLaurin moved to place bagging on
the free list, and contla ary to the gen
eral expectation the motion prevailed
The Southern senators were, however
not so fortunate with cotton ties
which they also desired to have made
free of duty. Senator Culbcrson pro-
posed the change in ties He came
within seven votes of winning, the
vote standing 81 to 80.
The duty on structural iron and
steel valued at more than nine-tenths
of cent a pound was increased from
three-tenths to four-tenths of a cent
per pound, being an addition to the
house rate of one-tenth of a cent. The
rate on steel of lower value was
left unchanged. On zinc in pigs
there was also an addition of half a
cent pound over the house rate of
one cent
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
CENSUS BILL PASSES SENATE
Measure Under Consideration Less
Than Five Minutes,

Washington, June 26.-Within five
minutes the census appropriation bill
was passed by the senate in the form
in which the bill was on Thursday
passed by the house. The bill appro.
PIRATES $10,0o0000 for taking the thir.
teenth census. The bill authorizes
the director of the census to designate
three commissioners to represent the
United States in the international
commission for the revision of the
classification Of diseases and causes
of death. The commission meets at
Paris in July, 1869.
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
As A MEANS : | / !. n 70 |
KILL INCOME TAX
Aldrich Declares lie fayors
Corporation Tax.
PRODDED BY COLLEAGUES

Chairman Of the Finance Committee
Makes Interesting Statement In An.
swer to Pointed Questions Of Other
Senators-6eIieves Corporation Tax
Will 30 Repealed After Two Years
or Rate Materially Lowered.
Washington, June 90.-While the
question of tea remained technically
before the senate for a long time It
was impossible to keep the income
tax and the corporation tax questions
entirely in the background. They
were referred to more than once and
at one time so pointedly by Senator
Clay as to bring out most interest
ing statement from Senator Aldrich,
who, as chairman Of the finance COM
mittee, presented the corporation tax
amendment.
Senators Bailey and Clay were prod
ding the chairman of the finance COM
mittee and appeared especially anx-
ious to know whether he would revise
the tariff schedules downward if the
income tax amendment should be
adopted in order to lower the revenue
from customs to an extent equal to
that which would be raised by the in
come tax. It was in response to a
direct question from Mr.. Clay that
MI. Aldrich responded bluntly:
Il shall vote for the corporation
tax as means of defeating the in
come tax. I shall be perfectly frank
in that respect. I shall vote for it
for another reason. The income Of
the government this year will show
deficit OF $6O,000,000. Next year there
will be deficit of 45,0OO,0O0. I am
willing that the deficit shall be taken
care of by a corporation tax, but at
the end of two years it should either
be reduced to a nominal amount or
repealed"
Mr.. Aldrich said that he did not
favor as permanent form of taxa
t1on "tax which is sure in the end
to destroy the protective system"
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
DUTY ON SHOES INCREASED
Senate Adopts Amendments to the
Tariff Bill,

Washington, June 25-A short time
before adjournment at night the sen.
ate returned to the consideration of
the schedules of the tariff bill, after
devoting the greater part of the day
to listening to prepared speeches, and
adopted amendments increasing the
duty on shoes from Is to 20 per cent
ad valorem and increasing the duty
on sole leather from to 10 per cent
ad valorem, the lower figure repre-
senting the house rate in each case.
An amendment increasing the duty on
c0llodion also was adopted.
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, June Cattle Beeves.
35.20M7.40; Texas steers, $4.75@6.20;
Western steers, $4.75@6.25; stockers
and feeders, $3.60@5.50; cows and
heifers, $250@s.50; calves, $500
7.6O. Hogs-Light, $7.3o@7.90: mixed,
$7.45@8.1o; heavy, $7.5508.10; rough,
$7.55@7.75; good to choice heavy,
37.7608.10; pigs, $6.25@7.10. Sheep
Native, $3.40@5.95; yearlings, $6.75
@6.90; lambs. 5000 7.90; sprins
lambs. $5.00@8.65.
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
Auto Bursts Tire and skids.

Elizabeth, N. J., June 3O.-Edward
Cooley of this city was killed when
his automobile burst a tire, skidded
and crashed into telegraph pole,
Stanley Reed, who was with Mr.. Coo.
ley, Is suffering from fractured skull
and may not recover. John Lainersoi
New York received compound frac
tures Of both arr,s Mrs. Tucker Of
Newark was bruised.
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
KILLED BY DECISIVE MAJORITY
TiIIman Amendment Placing Ten.Cent
Duty on Tea.

DUTY on Iea.
Washington, June 30.-When the
tariff bill was taken up in the senate
the income tax question was put aside
to enable Senator Tillman to present
his amendment for duty of 10 cents
pound on tea with the purpose in
view of completing the schedules be-
fore taking up the tax question.
Everybody was anxious to vote, but
the South Carolina senator was full
Of his subject and wanted to speak.
That he proceeded to do, telling of
the superior quality of the American
grown tea, of the enormous profits
made in the imported article and Of
the possibilities in case the domestic
industry should be properly fostered.
In reply to question he said he be-
lieved that with the duty he asked for
the South would not only be able to
supply the entire American market,
but would eventually export a large
quantity Of the leaves that produce
the beverage.
Senator Dixon suggested a bounty
industry. Mr.. Tillman responded that
he did not propose to be caught in
advocating bounty. He would not
accept bounty, he said, if 81 pound
was offered. He was not seeking any
selfish advantage for South Carolina,
but wanted to benefit the entire coun-
try.
Democrats Oppose Colleague.
With two mild speeches in favor of
the duty by Senators Hepburn and
Carter, which were much diluted with
protection ingredients, the debate for
time was not especially animated,
but there was slight warming up
when the Democrats began to align
themselves against the proposition of
their South Carolina colleague.
Senator McLaurjn, the uncompro-
missing Democrat, was the first to op-
pose it, as he did vigorously. Sen
ator Owen added his voice in opposi-
ton, declaring that tea was protected
by the tea importing monopoly, which
kept the price so cents a pound high
er than it. would be without that mo-
nopoly.
Senator Shively insisted that it was
fallacy to claim that the development
of the tea growing industry in this
country would be served by such
duty. .
A Republican vote from the South
was pledged to the duty as protec-
tive measure. The pledge was made
by Senator Bradley from Kentucky.
Senator Bailey gave the duty his sup
port purely as revenue raising ex-
pedient.
The Tillman amendment was de-
leated, 18 to IS.
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, June 28.-Wheat July,
$1.15; Sept: $1.10M; Dec, $1.0Sk;
May, s1.11A. Corn-July, 70Ac;
Sept, s71ac; Dec, 5S@5SAc; May.
5s5sc. oats-July, 49Mc; Sept, 43k
@43%c; Dec, 1870; May, 1910
45Mc. Pork-July, $19.95; Sept, $780,
20. Butter = Creameries, 22@25c;
dairies, 2o@23kc. Eggs-18@21c.
Poultry Turkeys, 14c; chickens, 13c;
springs, 16@22c.
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
SHOOTS TWO AND HIMSELF

III Hea!t!l and Domestic Discord Cause
Of Tragedy.
Quincy, ILL.,, June 28.-George Cur
ney shot and killed his father, DR..
Seneca Quincy, seventy-nine years
old, wooded his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Seneca Gurney, Jr., sged thirty-seven,
and then killed himself by sending a
bullet into his right ear. Mrs. Cur
ney, Jr., was shot in the right cheek
end the back of the neck.
III health and worry over the death
Of a daughter and his separation from
his wife are supposed to have affected
the slayer's mind.
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, June 2S.-Wheat-
July, $1.27: Sept, $1.11A; Dec, ST.
0s%. On track-No. / hard, $1.29M
@1.30; No. 1 Northern, $12SA@1.
29A: No. 2 Northern, $1.26N@1.2714;
No. Northern, $1.24A @125A.
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
ISRAEL W. DURHAM DEAD

Prominent Pennsylvania Politician
Expires Suddenly.
Philadelphia, June 2S.-State Son.
ator Israel w. Durham, one of the Re-
publican leaders of this city and
prominent in state politics, died sud-
denly at his summer home at Atlantic
City. lie had been ailing for several
years.
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
Teacher Of Physiology.

"Now we will dissect this odd little
animal. But first, Jimmy Phalig, will
you tell me what we have here?"
Jimmy-"Faith, and it's called bat,
sir" Teacher-"Very well. Now,
how many kinds of bats are there?"
-Jimmy-There are foive. The black
bat, the red bat, the acrobat, the base
ball bat and the hrickbat, sir"
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
st, Paul Union Stock Yards.

St. Paul, June 28.-Cattle- to
choice steers, $5.5O@6.50; fair to good,
$4.E0@5.50; good to choice cows and
heifers, s4.25@5.25; veals, $5.5O@6.00.
Hogs s7.30@7.60. Sheep--Wethers,
$500@5.25; yearlings, $5.75@S.25;
lambs, $7.25@7.75; spring lambs,
$7.5OmS.5O.
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
Family and the Meals.

Meals should be something more
than the consumption of food. All
work stops at those times and people
meet together. Nothing that can be
done should be omitted to make It an
occasion Of agreeable interchange Of
thought and conversation, and when
this is done not only the body, but
the mind and nerves are refreshed.
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax,

Duluth, June 2S.-Wheat-On track
mo. hard, $1.29h; No. Northern,
$1.2S: No. 2 Northern, $1.26; July,
$1.27; Sept, $1.11A. Flax-To arrive
and on track, $1.76; July, SITS; Sept,
$1.471z; Oct., SLAIN.
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
Farmers Evicted by Hiah Water.

st. Joseph, Mo-, June 2s.-The Mis-
souri, river is rising rapidly. As al
result Of the high water and heavy
rains much land in the Missouri and
Kansas bottoms is inundated and
farmers in some loca4itiss are moving
out.
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02
GERMAN Il: PRE- TER 0 RETIRE
Chancellor yon 7uelow Announces In
sss tentIons to Quit.

-
Ss5s , tentIon to Quit.
Berlin, June Is. Prince von Buelow
has authorized the announcement that
he intends to retire from the chancel-
lorshfp Of the empire in any event so
.seon as the pending finance reform
measure is disposed Of in one way or
another. The prince remains in Office
only temporarily in an endeavor to
pass the bill.
Emperor William has not yet given
consideration to the question Of q
successor to Chancellor Won Buelow.
Little Falls herald., 1909-07-02

The most probable choice, however,
Is DR.. Won Bethmann-Hollweg, impe-
rial secretary Of state for the interior
and vice chancellor. He has been In
close contact with the emperor for
some ten years as president Of the
province of Brandenburg and impe-
rial secretary and his personal rela-
tions with the emperor are cordial.
The sun., 1909-02-07

In the section devoted TO plastic art
there are fewer distinguished SCULPTOR
than usual among the contributors.
However. the nineteen works by the late
Augustus Saint Gaudens more than
supplies the deficiency. They are in
fact the feature OF the exhibition.
Grouped together. these works show
the wide range Of the sculptor's skill.
There are delicate bas-reliefs, both in
plaster and bronze. strongly marked
busts one of Gen. Sherman and one OF
Admiral Farragut; a statuette entitled
The Puritan, and photographs 10 give
an idea of the Sherman statue in New
York and the Shaw Memorial in Boston.
The portraits in low relief are extremely
refined and full of feeling and strike
new and original note.
The head of one Of the Bourgeois of
Calais" from Robins famous group forms
a great contrast to the work of the Ameri-
can sculptor. This head of heroic size
which stands in the centre Of the gallery
looks coarse compared to the delicate
work behind it,
Sculpture has been for long a neglected
art in England, the atmosphere of this
climate being doubtless responsible for
the absence of much statuary that de-
pends Tor its beauty on an unsullied sur
face. At any rate. portraits In white
low relief are practically unknown here.
and it will be interesting to note IL the
work Of Saint Gaudens sets fashion.
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little. Whatever method ia used even
tually Yields a tempting dish that even
alefaces enjoy.
The lroquois do not dress as do the
Sioux Of the plains or like wild west show
Indians. They do not wear large feather
bonrets, but jGunty beaded caps with a
single feather or tuft of them fastened
upon a swivel at the top. The feathers
revolve " hen the wcarcr walks or dances.
The leggings worn by the men also differ
from those shown in most Indian pic
lures. They open with the flap in front
instead of being fringed at the side. War
dancers, however, wear the side fringes.
The great interest which is manifested
in the little band Of Sc enecas in western
New York is due not merely 10 their
strange ceremonies but to the fact that
these ceremonies have been preserved with
such remarkable fidelity. 1t was the
curiosity which these Seneca ceremonies
The sun., 1909-02-07

urging on his tired horse, the trees Of the
boulevard bereft Of their leaves. Every
thing ia vague and myster ious as it would
be under these conditions. but everything
is in its right place.
Two pictures which rank next are the
interiors OF J, +. Blanche, full Of light and
atmosphere; one. "ln the Dining Room,
Ohranville," presumably the artists home,
where the dining table looks Hospitality
large and the shelves are laden with china
and glass. and the other. The Chintz
Cover by the Tel Table whore the dainty
little maiden who sits reading by the
window is SO completely in harmony with
her surroundings that she seems an
inevitable part of the room.
Then there is n beautiful little picture
by Edouard Manet, la PLACE de Bou-
lognc," so true in color, so convincing in
tone that the works which hang on each
side Of it. LES Courses" by J. l.. Forain.
and "Pecheurs sur la Seine Poissy. =
though both Of them excellent, look a
trfe parity" beside il Manet founded
the school Of imprcssiouists that is lo
say. h. was the iii st 20 break away from
the academic school 0f painting then in
vogue Boudin, it il true. came a little
The sun., 1909-02-07
the INDERTAkER CiIGHT on
lie Was From Michigan aud Saw a Facio,
RcnutIrer Demonstration,

Once again does the West score or
the Fast Recently New York mann.
facturer Of facial beautifiers was demon.
strating In one Of the large Chicago de-
partment stores. One morning the New
Yorker and her assistant noticed a de.
cidedly sober faced man hanging around
the counter, watching tho demonstra- :
tions and taking in all that was said in
the attempt to push sales and advertise
the goods.
After about an hour Of this he mustered
courage to come up to the counter and
purchase several large packages Of the
goods. When he had paid for them he
handed his card to the assistant. She was
surprised to discover that the man was
an undertaken doing business in large
Michigan city.
A week late- the undertaken wrote
to say that he had used the preparation
with most gratifying success in his bust
ness, and thut every one who had seen
the results wus amazed at the Iifeike
appearance and the absence Of the or
dinary pallid hue OF death.
Facial beautifiers for the dead GER
tainly seem to be new departure.
The sun., 1909-02-07

have resulted in the preservation OF their
native territories in the same general
region as when first discovered" said
Mr.. Parker
"Of course" he continued. -there have
been removals for few miles, hut the
fact remains that the Iroquois still exist
in New York. retain their national iden-
tity, their own forms OF law and in a large
m ea sure their tribal customs. The
strongest forces OF Grms. the strongc't
moral influences and the most su)tl,
legal proceedings hive beea succcssively
directed against them 10 force their re-
movGl from their New York lands TO the
couatry beyCnd the Mississippi. and still
they remain-romain not as broke
tribe of scattered individuals but az cor
porate nations known respectively as
the Seneca Nation. the Tonawanda Sen
eca Nation, the Tuscarora Nation, the st.
Regis tribe OF Mohawks and the Onon-
daga Nation-remain as Indians in the
Empire State OF the Union and in tho
heart OF civilization. No other native
people has withstoo1 for SO many yea rs
the powerful Influences which they have
and not become ABSORBED. hopAl ,ssly
demoralized. scattered 10 losa identity
or altogether exterminG,e1. Th,y arc
thus known as a peopl, OF u1surpasJed
racial vitality, a peopl. OF remarkable
resource and wonderful endurance Tie
Empire State owes much to them and
ought to sce that they get fair SHOW in
every way"
The ceremonio' on SATURDAY, were wit
n"'Ted 10y large number Of personT from
the various New SorI re5rrvasionS and
from Canada lntcrcT in the old ways Of
long ago seems to have relwak enoi and
every pagan" Indian = cn.hvGi9s-ic The
mis- ZION houGc in thp. plGin d.Itrict is
closed, tho minister could moi improve
tn" native religion. the cross has mya-
teriously tumbled down from the G,ap
box upon which il was erected and the
religion OF Handsome Lake rciCns III
promc over the Newtown district. Dur
ing the wee'i oyery Indian score, society,
from tho Order Of tho MysSic Animals
to the Grea: Medicine Company or Little
Water Brotherhood has had special
session Every ancient religious rite
has been enacted and the New Years
ceremonies because Of their impressive
teachings have strengthened more firmly
and perpetuated anew the peculiar Iro-
quoisan culture which in its essence civili-
zation has not been able to alter in any
vital point for three centuries
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ART SHOWN IN THREE FORMS
WINTER EXHIBITION AT THE
NEW GALLERY ~ LONDON.
saint Gaudens's Work the Feature OF the
...4 Show-The Best Picture by Henri lie
sidaner other Good Paintings by
French Artists NcO-N v enetian School.

LONDON, Jan. 2s.--The first demand
that should be made of work of art, be il
painting, sculpture. music or poetry, is
that the medium chosen to embody il
should be the one most capable of giving
it fullest expression and that the medium
should be Of the finest quality. Further
more there should be no confusion in the
various mediums; they should not over
lap or try to be other then what they are.
1t may be argued that the thought tlat
is embodied in work Of art Is the message
that the artist wished 10 convey: it is the
handspring, the motive force, which
compelled him TO produce and that there
fore the medium chosen is Of secondary
importance. II the thought be noble.
what does it matter If it be expressed with
a pen or q brush. with a chisel or a musical
instrument?
II matters not at all. for all mediums are
but material enbodiments of something
immaterial and elusive. 1t is of no i'm
portance what medium is used, but it is
OF great importance that the artist should
have command over his medium and
should fully understand its capabilities
and limitations.
An artist VINO wishes 10 tell story
should not use paint one who yearns for
Color should not employ merely form,
and so on; for confusion in the expression
Of an idea is apt to lead to confusion in the
idea itself. 1t is no compliment-to speak
of only one branch of art and subdivide
10 into its different classes-to say that a
watercolor drawing looks like an oil
painting or a pastel like water color;
il is only another way Of saying that an
artist has misunderstood the medium he
has chosen.
The higher the thought expressed in
picture the greater that picture will he:
that % course goes without saying, for
the aim Of art in the highest sense OF the
word is the ennobling and uplifting of
hun1an nature, Bearing the latter in
mind it is not inconsistent, however to
say that handful of flowers beautifully
painted attains this object better than q
moral or religious picture, however nne
tie subject, that is vulgarly conceived
or even merely badly drawn and poor
in color; for the mind will be drawn from
the contemplation Of the beauty Of the
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idea in the revolt at the way in which that
idea is carried out.
Thesethoughts strike one more on enter
ing tho winter exhibition Of the Inter-
national Society of Sculptors. Painters
and Gravcrs at the New Gallery than any
other exhibition in London. for there the
exhibition is, as IL claims TO be, intcrna-
tional; and in every other country in the
world style and quality of execution are
more considered than in England. Eng
lishmen do not express themselves readily
or easily in paint. There have been brill
liant exceptions of coursa-(ians-
borough and Turner, TO mention only two
but this is true in the main.
Take the best picture in the exhibition.
1t is by Frenchman. Henri Lc Sidaner,
whose work has often been mentioned
before in THE SUS. 1t shows bit Of the
Rue Royal" in Paris al the moment when
the early lighted lamps are beginning 10
assert themselves above the fading day
light.
The cfreC; Of the double lighting is adj
mirably rendered, the warm lamps glow
against the rich blue of the crtpUsculc of a
winter afternoon, touching here and there
the hurrying pedt strians, the cabman