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Smyrna times., 1909-06-30

the examination of Chung Sing, Leon
Ling's former roommate, who has been
variously reported to have witnessed
the crime, to have aided in roping the
trunk. and finally merely to have seen
the girls body. There have been hour
ly reports of clues from all parts of
the country, but none of them, on
close examination, brings the authOri-
ties any nearer to the murderer
Chung Sing was arrested at West
Galway. N. Y, a small hamlet near
Amsterdam, and was brought to New
York.
Girl Was Drugged and Strangled.
From the mans story it is apparent
that Elsie Sigel first was drugged with
chloroform and then choked to death.
She was killed apparently on the
night of June 8, although Chung Sing
appeared a little mixed in his dates.
But he says that early in the morn
ing of June 10 he heard a strange
noise in Icons room, adjoining his.
and. looking over the transOm, saw the
girl lying on the bed, with a bloody
towel over her mouth. He passed
through the room. he says, to go out
to wash his hands, and as he did so
felt os the body, which was still warm
After that he went down to the chop
suey restaurant below, then returned
to the room. Leon in the meantime
had covered the body with a blanket
up to the chin and had pulled a trunk
to the middle of the floor. The trunl
Leon was calmly emptying prepare
tory to placing the body therein. Th'
rope with which the body was bOunC
was lying o. the floor at the time, ac
coyding to Chung Sing. Once again h
went down stairs, said Chung Sing
where he remained until Leon callet
him. When he entered the room tn
body was not visible, having bee1
bound with the rope and placed in tn
trunk
81 didn't see her no more" sal
Chung Sing. land when l asked Leo
how she died he said she had bite
her tongue and bled to DEATH" Leo
told him, Chung Sing added, that h
was going to send the trunk to Jerse
City, thence to Europe AS a matte
of fact, it ley untouched In the stuff
little room until Sun Leung, proprietC
of the restaurant below, noticed tn
odor about the building and summOne
the police.
The confession served but to cline
the already prevalent belief that Lee
Ling killed the girl, who became in
tiated into the ways the Chinese liV
through her mother, who now has bee
taken to a sanitarium, crazed wit
grief 1t does not, however. so far {
can be learned, throw any light as
where the murderer is at present
the route which he took in his fig
from the city.
Smyrna times., 1909-06-30
CONFESSES Leon
STRANGLED ELSIE
Chung Sing Breaks Down Under
Third Degree"
TELLS HOW GIRL WAS SLAIN

Peered Through Transom and Saw
Victim Lying on the Bed, With a
Bloody Towel over Her Mouth.
Says Leon Said She Sit Her Tongue
and BIed to Death.
After many conflicting statements
the New York district attorneys OF
fee, acting under instructions from
Mr.. Jerome, and the police depart
ment, under orders from Commits
sioner Bingham, refused to discuss
further wha, progress had been made
in the search for Leon Ling. the China
man who is wanted for the murder oi
Elsie Sigel, whose body was found il
a trunk in a room over an Eighth ave
nue. chop suey restaurant last week
Nor would they discuss the results o.
Smyrna times., 1909-06-30
MINE WORKER
MURDERED FOR PAY
Attacked on Way Home and
Dies From His Wounds.

Mahanoy City, Pa, June 28-Patrick
Grant, aged thirty-five years, was muir
dered on the outskirts of the city
while on his way home from work.
His pay, which he received at the
mines, is missing. Two stab wounds in
the back of his head and fractured
skull told the story of his tragic
death.
Miners passing that way saw Grant
lying on the ground helpless and bleed
ing to death. He was hurried to the
Ashland hospital, but died on the
train before reaching there. Severa
men have been arrested by the po
lice on suspicion.
Smyrna times., 1909-06-30

C. C. Brown of Chestertown, Md,
tried for IA years to raise ducks but
they always died at the "feathering
age" Last year he used Fairfeld's
Blood Tonic for Poultry Only and
raised every duck but one that hatched
out. Any poultry raiser will secure
equally as good results. Sold under
guarantee by the Clayton Enterprise
Company, Clayton, Del.
Smyrna times., 1909-06-30
Live Stock Markets.

PITTsBURG (Union Stock Yardsl--
prime. S6@6.90
SHEEP dull; lambs steady; prime
wethers. S5.1O05.25; culls and com
mon, S2.50@3; spring lambs, $6@8.60;
veal calves, $8@S.25.
HOGS active; prime heavies, SS.05
OSLO; mediums, $3.50 7.90i heavy
Workers, s7.75@7S5; light Workers
$725W745; pigs, $6.9OW7; roughs
$6Qe.S0.
Smyrna times., 1909-06-30

ExPreside Mt Roosevelt advocates
the use of modern business methods
on the farm. This means the reg
ular use of the Fairfield Blood Ton
les. A separate preparation for each
kind of animal is the most modern
and successful method of increasing
profits. Sold under guarantee by the
Clayton Enterprise Company, Clayton,
Del.
Smyrna times., 1909-06-30
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.
The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
and Live Stock.


PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR firm;
winter low grades, IS q 5.25; winter
clear, $5.75Q6.25; cityt mills fancy
RYE FLOUR firm. at $4.7O@4.SO
WHEAT firm; No. 2 red, western,
S1.44Q LAG.
OATS steady; No. 2 white, clipped
631b 64c.; lower grades, &c.
HAY firm; timothy, large bales, pei
ton, $3.50.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, II
0151bc.: old roosters, 1012c. Dressed
steady; choice fowls, 16c.; old roost
ers, lie.
BUTTER firm; extra creamery. 27c
EGGS steady; selected, "a % 25c.
nearby, 22c.; western, 22c.
POTATOES steady; new, per bar
S1.50m2.75.
Smyrna times., 1909-06-30
colorInq of Stocking Kills Woman.

Mrs. Phoebe Clayton, of Freehold.
NJ j., widow, thirty years old, is dead
at Long Branch of blood poisoning
caused by dye in her stocking. Her
leg was broken in an accident, and
some of the dye got into a wound.
The amputation of her right leg failed
to save her.
Smyrna times., 1909-06-30
Eiue nrnwned In Potomac.

Washington, June 2S.-Five persons
we're drowned in the Potomac Sunday,
all of them bathers who sought relief
from the excessive heat in the cooling
waters.
Smyrna times., 1909-06-30
Farmer Killed Moving Grass.

While Herbert B. Loose, twenty-four
years of age. a farmer of Hear Ham
burg, Pa, was moving grass with
machine, his horses ran away. His
arms and body were so badly lacerat-
ed that he bled to death.
Smyrna times., 1909-06-30

Child Eats Laurel Leaves and Dies.
Eating laurel leaves during few
moments which she strayed from her
mothers side, Annie Sabo, three years
old, of Harwood, near Hazleton, Pa,
died of poisoning.
Smyrna times., 1909-06-30

Four Swimmers Drowned at Boston.
Boston, June 2S. - Four swimmers
who sought relief from the heat lost
their lives Sunday in Massachusetts,
by drowning.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04

Fifty cents per acre IL the price n
which the State Of Colorado IL selling
land in the Little Snake River valley.
Routt County, Colorado, which Il
open for entry under the Carey Land
Act.
Purchasers Of land must also con-
tract for water right, to be paid for
in ten annual assessments, the total
cost including a perpetual water
right in the Little Snake river canal
system, being thirty-ive dollars per
acre.
This is pronounced one Of the most
fertile valleys in Colorado, and record
crops of all grains, grasses and roots
are now being raised there. Both
the Moffat Road and the Union Pacific
are building into the district.
Persons desiring full information
about the land and water should write
to the Routt County Colonization Co..
1884 Welton st., Denver. Colorado.
The land Is sold in tracts OF 40. 80,
100 and 100 acres.
Those desiring land will have to
act quickly, as the applications be-
ing received indicate that the desir-
able land will be quickly disposed Of.
The canal plans, water supply, etc..
are all investigated and approved By
the State Engineer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04

most powerful constitution; yet this
tall, lank historian did 1t and went
away smiling like schoolboy OF for
holiday.
Admits He Has Learned Much.
Eyes, am tired" he said, laughing
but / am very happy, and l thank
America not only for its great kind
ness to me, but especially for what II
has taught me. have learned much
while l have been here.
They told me In Europe that ]
should find New York ugly. like the
beauty OF the cities Of Italy more, but
New York has a majesty of its own
that cannot be called ugly. They told
me In New York that should find
Chicago ugly. The New Workers. pre-.
diction about Chicago was no more
nearly true than that Of the Europeans
about New York had been. Chicago.
In detail, is not beautiful. but as a
whole 1t Is by no means ugly. Its
lake Is beautiful, and some of its
streets of private residences are
splendid. 1t is very like Buenos
Ayres. One thing about it. however,
is more than ugly-the smoke that
fills the air. Here in New York you
have solved the problem of smokeless
air, and your brilliant, clear atmos-
phere is one of the greatest charms
of the city. In Chicago they have not
solved 1t yet"
"And of all the things you have seen
here what has left the deepest i'm
pression?" put In the writer.
The American Millionaire.
i Sig. Ferrero pushed his long fin
gers comb-like through the long pomp-
adour, that has tendency to flop over
on the right side of his high forehead,
and scanned this forehead into mass
of horizontal wrinkles before replying.
Then, with broad. all-embracing
shrug of the shoulders and out.
stretched arms, he said:
Give me time to think! My brain
Is In whirl. So many impressions
have crowded on each others heels.
must sort these out and arrange them
before can make up my mind what
has impressed me most. Butt
Sig. Ferrero's but" Is an exclama-
ton point; it is an explosion. He says
1t not only with his mouth, but with
his whole face. 1t makes his eyes
blaze and his glasses tilt forward. He
says It with his whole body. It startles
him out of reposeful attitude and
sends his forefinger darling out at the
person he is addressing.
But! One thing that has i'm
pressed me profoundly is the differ
ence between your millionaires as Eu-
rope imagines them and as have
found them In their homes, their
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04

clubs, their places of business. Eu-
rope thinks the American millionaire
is a tyrant. 1t thinks he grinds down
the people under his heel. 1t thinks
he Is all.powerful. II thinks of
America as groaning under his des-
potic sway. The American millionaire
Is no such thing. He Is less powerful
here than his kind In Europe. Europe
will be surprised when tell 1t this.
Secure from Press Attacks.
Europe also has its millionaires.
many Of them, but II rarely hears of
them. They, work in secret. They
are the real power. but Europe scarce
ly knows It. In Europe the press
cannot attack n millionaire. II dare
not. II II began such an attack this
would at once be silenced by the
power of money. Such crusade a.
has been made here against the
Standard OIL Company would have
been impossible In Europe.
The European millionaire gives
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04
MEN OF WEALTH
in EUROPE AND
UNITED STATES

IFFERENT In every way Is
the status of the Ameri-
= can millionaire from that
of the European million
-A ARE; and this difference
has impressed me perhaps
more than any other one thing during
my ten weeks stay in America"
Guglielmo Ferrero was the speaker.
Few foreigners who ever visited
America have had such opportunities
to Judge of the conditions of million
airedom here and abroad as he has
had. He has talked In America with
such representative members of their
class as J. Pierpont Morgan, Andrew
Carnegie and jacob II. Schiff. and in
Europe with such men as the Barons
Rothschild of England and France.
With them he has discussed the pow
ers that millions give to a man, the
dangers to which his millions expose
him, the duties and the responsible
ties which millions impose upon their
possessors. Upon this subject he has
also obtained the views OF the pro-
versities In America and In Europe. Of
the leading Journalists. statesmen, au-
thors, philosophers and plain, unmil-
lioned business men. Here he has
stretched his long legs under the ma
hogany of millionaires' dinner tables;
he has lectured in universities that
owe their existence to millionaires; he
has studied the comments OF the press
upon the deeds and the words of mil
lionaires, and he has brought to bear
upon the subject one of the most
keenly analytical minds Of modern
days. Thus he has come to see how
and why the American differs from
the European millionaire.
This farewell talk was on the eve
of his sailing. Thanked by strapped
trunks and bullying bags, each piece
labeled hold" or cabin" he sat wait
ing for the express wagons that were
to take his baggage to the French line
pier. He was tired-"tired but happy"
to use his own phrase. For he was
closing tour that had been unique.
It had lasted ten weeks, and each one
of those weeks had been crowded
with work. This work had been
notwithstanding, writing and be-
Ing entertained. the last no less
arduous than the others. He had pre-
pared and delivered 81 lectures and
addresses in English, French and
Italian at Lowell institute. Harvard,
Cornell. Columbia and Chicago uni.
versities, the University of the City
OF New York, the University of Penn
sylvania and clubs and learned socie-
have kept him busy. He had been en-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04

tertained at luncheons. dinners and
receptions by the president of the
United States, the ambassadors of
four nations, the faculties Of many
colleges and host Of private indi-
viduals. In all of those ten weeks
there was scarcely q meal except
breakfast at which he had not been
some ones honored guest He had
been pursued by Invitations and he
had accepted all that were possible.
This, without any of the other work.
was enough to have kept him busy.
Yet with It all he had written regu-
larry such New York World articles
which displayed such powers of OBJ
servation and such keenly critical
ability that an unprecedently wide
representation of the 1 press, daily,
weekly and monthly. Of America. has
based editorial articles upon them.
To maintain three such forms Of ac-
tivity simultaneously under high pres
sure would tax the strength Of the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04
eeneht e the Doubt.

A little OLD woman in rusty black
blew into Scsog's and hurried about
the tables, begging pennies for a
nights lodging, until Bolog. with his
splendid emperor's air, left his place
with the wine kegs and, giving her
few pennies. implored her to go out.
why did you give her anything?'
asked one woman of him. "She's
probably got a lot more money than
you have"
Il always give them the benefit OF
the doubt hsrs on the East side." said
hs.--New Yoft Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04

where the millionaires are checked by
public opinion, no question seems ever
to be raised as to the possible danger
of the university that is millionaire
made.
American Optimism.
This is only another example of
that youthful optimism, / might almost
say that thoughtless optimism, which
is SO all-pervading In America. Every
one Is serenely confident that 1t will
all come out right; that wherever ex-
perience reveals defects remedies will
be found; that the future is amply
able to take care of itself. 1t is very
beautiful. but!-to a European who
has been called pessimist and a
cynic 1t seems too beautiful to be
practical.
There is one thing which envy
you and this is the absence of ran
cour and hatred In your political, so
cial, business and religious disputes.
In Europe when we are opponents we
or religious enemies can be personal
friends. Our rivalries are so old. so
deep seated, often the results of blood
shed; our vendettas are fierce, i'm
placable. So far as have been able
to Judge you Americans of to-day
know nothing of such bitter strife.
And therein you are happier than we."
you said just now that you had
learned much from your tour in Amer
lea. What is it that you have
learned?"
81 have learned enough of Ameri-
can life, American politics, American
institutions and American men and
women to be able to follow intelligent
ly the history of America as the news
of the day reports its development.
Few men in Europe understand Amer
lea. They cannot help judging of
American affairs from European stand
points. This makes them unfair and
futile In their judgments. While
have not been long enough in Amer
lea tc asru to say positively that I
really Gz:.nrstand it, am convinced
that know enough about 1t to enable
me to understand better than before
what Is going on and to read of
American affairs intelligently. I am
taking back with me four big suit
cases filled with books, documents
and newspapers which have bought
while here and not yet had time to
read. These l shall read and digest
at my leisure. When have obtained
the perspective which rest, time and
distance alone can give, I shall begin
writing about America.
Trikr.e to Amerse-.
rs there any parting message you
would like to leave for American"
asked the writer.
Far be 1t from me to give any ad-
monition to America" cried Ferrero,
with deprecatory shrug that began
at his knees, rippled jerkily up
through his body and shoulders and
there divided into three, one shaking
his head, the other two sending his
arms flying out in the gesture of one
who repels something. II am not yet
learned enough in American affairs
to have the right to give advice to
your country. And 1t would come
with ill-grace from one who has been
received so Hospitality. My parting
message is salutation, not an ad.
monition. say to the American peo-
pie: Thank you from my heart for
all the Kindness with which you have
overwhelmed me, for all that you have
shown me. for all that you have taught
mel"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04
ReslnoI Produces Immediate Results
and Is the surest Remedy Known
for Itching Piles.

Resinol Ointment is the best thing
ever produced for the relief and cure
of itching piles. as can be proven by
single trial test. An occasional appli-
cation will prevent the return of this
annoying affection. 1t is an excellent
healing remedy and we keep it in the
house all the time.
]. r. Herzog, d. d. s., New York City.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04
A New Fad.

Rural Auntie-My dear. your moth
err tells me you are going to get mar
ried
Miss de Fad-Yes, auntie: It's all
the style now.-New York Weekly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04

Tell the Dealer you want Lewis Single
Binder cigar for its rich, mellow quality.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04

We feel sorry for the poor man
whose wife talks in her sleep. too.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04

The smile that is honest Is the one
that won't come of.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04

To Memory Dear. ~
"Since I've come back I nn6 I'm
forgotten by all my friends"
why didn't you borrow money OF
them before you went away?'-Stray
Stories.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04
Minnesota LAND FOR SALT

own AN IRRIGATED farm
An unprecedented Opportunity to Buy Irrigated Lands In
an Ideal Climate, for $66 to $50 an Acre
the U. Department of Agriculture is
laramie Valley contains
land the face Of the EARTH
1so of the best
land in the Laramie Valley wyomns 1t lies IN the wonasru
the railroad station only u to II miles from Laramie city Of
and the Agricultural Experiment Station; and carries with it per-
puai and inherent water rights there no water Water
pera
70 1877 wheat 80 to
n s % 0 S a ns aa %
20 parsnips 80 Alfalfa alone will from $50 to
we are selling IT. H4' ''N''" A'-''' '~''
sixty miles FIT tcoio
selling 5000 to $500 and lands will
rapidly to those prices until they worth three and
irrigated Now is the time to buy You can
in
can make them pay for nn Of
the world to-day We have divided 1000 in tracts
rs Special 80 Acre Tract. Hay.
tracts so
and edtop and Yielding annual Of tons
with s This hay worth and sells
you years
Gro free Of all to THIS met you TO o
value That times what out
$3.50
30 Special 80 Acr. Tract. 4. Alfalfa.
50 so each
taking half the and giving half II desire AL
sells
the balance and with SO interest
2 SIS would be $24 s3s
A which
should be worth from $3.50 to 5000.
Special Tracts. Of Acres
rs 40 each will be sold for ss
l.
These wheat barley potatoes
Wyoming produces yield
adjoining the yield
weighing ~
themselves
potatoes the first
of will
these hence will to act quickly
- ~ Use the
Washington telegraph., 1909-08-06
LONG On
NOT sd
IVES ARE
FREQUENT
PAST EIGHT SEA.
Y DECREASE
sHoME RUNS
RECORDS or \
SONS SHOW
NUMB n
ING ON DECLINE

MADE IN iS1 MI y, While Last Year
There were &iH Only 15f-Ditferent
Reasons for flfhe the Cause Given bv
eHPef's-ihSdt Nils Dry OF Manager Nc
GraW. 4VIb
III l9ol 1Al Hpme runs were made |
III the Nationai league; in 1903 there
were only loi. IN 1902 in the Ameri.
can league therY We're 259 home runs:
IN 1915 there gre only lis. In 1902
the Natlonai lI Vague had just been
faideu Oh mahyr or its hardest hitters
pg the Ameflc1IHn league and made
oniS 90 hoine ms; SO for purposes
vi comparison phMstWeen the home run
hltllng OF the ElMfesent day and that
ol the early lsVTlNs, 1901 in the Nation
ai league ana fN so2 In the American
league are taKflMh The year 1902
would serve IofH1 Doth were 1t not for
the fact that tnA National league was
suHerlhs just tnl m from the depletion
~ us ranks ON siugseiis caused by
American leagueaYs inroads.
me point is p1Ehat the drives to the
boundaries Tor F3Ehe entire circuit are
not as irequenH by good deal a.
they were sevf1n or eight years ago.
me records WIZ show falling off in
number OF homF runs, both collective.
ly and iadividuN ally. Why this seem B
ing ueeaoence the making of the IL
stal"art drlves NeWhloh send the batter uS
clear around? H
different expd Frts give different ro. te
sons one OF q EN- attributes the fall "
ing OH to the aq vent of the foul strike IN
rule and the .pitball, saying these ma
measures tend Ito discourage n bo+a, on
man from taJing the free, unre. ne
strained swing that he would did he wa
not have strike3 charged to him when pre-
he fouls the BAIL. Another savs II 10 hai
the different edhstfuction Of erd,inds
While there may be reason in any
of the foregoing explanations n l. +
probable that tue scientific develop age
ment of the gsrne from year ia vear bas
has had not title to do with tbe onr the
failing of hom runs. No less an an, Elk
thority than jan MeGraw. who is as yer,
keen studef of every anglia 81 note
baseball as tire is, says for ons ball
thing that tkdStyle of batting has leag
changed. Bal SNadays 20 To the char
,J-As- E1t..