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The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
SIGEL GIRLS LETTERS READ
Told Both Ling and Gain That She
Loved Them.

New York.-The first actual evidence
Of the strange, triangular romance which
resulted in the tragic death of Elsie Sigel
because of her friendship for two young
Cinnamon was given out at police head
quarters. A letter to Chu Gain, signed
Elsie" constitutes a confession from
the granddaughter of the late Gen. Franz
Sigei that she loved the Monaghan res
%tauranteur with as much ardor as though
he was a man of her w race and color.
Another letter signed by the young girl
and addressed to Leon Ling, the Chris
tanned" young Chinaman who strangled
her and placed the body in a trunk June
3 last, tells of an earlier love affair with
the latter Oriental. This letter also re
yeals the coquetry brought into play by
the pretty high school graduate to hold
tht affections of both of her Chinese
s~weethearts. From the reading OF the
letters the willingness of an American
mother for her daughter to make an alli-
.nce with a Chinaman is shown with such
clearness as to leave no doubt about the
social basis upon which Orientals were
received and entertained in this strange
household.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
Congressional Club Losing Members

gloom into the hearts of the would
be's'' who have lately come to Wash
ington to preside over congressional
homes and had been led to believe
that membership in the COMPRESSION
al club would fling open to them the
doors of every smart household in
Washington.
1t is a matter of the clubs history
that the ultra-smart women in the con-
gressional set Joined the club in the
beginning because they were persist
entity urged to do so in order that
their anne might give the organi-
cation something of the social stand
ing it needed. These women freely
paid the SO entrance fees, with mani
testify no intention of hobnobbing with
the women who came from many
rural districts throughout the coun-
try and jumped at the chance to be-
long to the club.
That the really smart women in the
congressional set at Washington do
not care a rap for the Congressional
club or it's success has been made
plain. True, they have been induced
on ARE occasions to visit the club
rooms, but only when some particular
Iy important affair has been given
as, for instance, a tea in honor of
the president and Mrs. Taft, shortly
before Mr.. Taft was ~inaugurated.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
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WASHINGTON. - The Roosevelt
tennis cabinet" is to make n
more bid for public recognition before
It takes permanently to the shelf
where it was laid upon the departure
Of its chief from the White House.
Two of its most prominent members
In the persons of James Rudolph Gar
field, late secretary of the interior,
and Clifford Pinchot, chief forester OF
the department of agriculture, have
put their heads together and the
fruits of their conniving will be a
large and interesting volume entitled
"Roosevelt's Administration"
1t is whispered about Washington
that other members Of the now IA
nous aggregation Of comparatively
young federal oficeholders and all
around hustlers from all walks of
life whom Mr.. Roosevelt invited by
successive stages to his council room,
luncheon table and tennis court. are
preparing to give the public some in
side facts concerning the great seven
years of the administration recently
closed. Mr.. Garfield and Mr.. Pinchot,
however, are the first to be actually
discovered at their task.
The work of directing the conserv-
ing of the forests of the country has
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
MRS. GOULD WINS SUIT
GRANTED SEPARATION AND
$36, 900 PER YEAR.
Sued for $3.50, 900 Alimony-scores
Vindication on Charge of
Drunkenness.

New York.-After a trial of nearly
three weeks duration, Katherine Glenn
mons Gould obtained a legal separation
from her husband, Howard Gould, third
son of the late Jay Gould, by a decision
OF Justice Bowling in the supreme court
With the exception of alimony, her vic
tory was complete, but in this phase OF
the case the court decided that $4,000 a
year was sufficient, although in her suit
Mrs Gould asked for $250,000- She has
been receiving $4,000 a year from MIR.
Gould
1t was in the vindication of charges
of intoxication and her alleged relations
with Dustin Farnum, the actor, t.at Mrs.
Gould scored most strongly, for notwith-
standing the long array of witnesses for
Mr.. Gould who gave such testimony as
to make Mrs. Gould appear at times as
defendant rather than plaintiff, the court
held that the alleged "intoxication"
might have been due to excitement As
to Dustin Farnum, it was held that her
association with him came after Mr.. and
Mrs. Gould separated and that the hus-
band apparently made no objection.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
MURDERER STAYS HIMSELF
Rows Two Nights and Days With
out Food.

st. Michaels, Md.-The last tragic
chapter in a story of crime unparalleled
in this section of the country was writ
ten in the half-light of a summer dawn
when the man accused of the heartless
murder of pretty little May Edith
Thompson Woodill stood for a moment
facing the men who had cornered hiA on
the waters of a narrow creek, then fired
a bullet into his heart and fell a hfeless
lump into the bottom of the boat which
he hoped would carry him to a place
where fight might be possible.
Taking his fate into his own hands
and blotting out untold the story OF the
death of a girl who had moved in the
highest social circles of Baltimore,
Washington and Los Angeles beauti-
full, talented girl who had been a protege
of l.. j. Gage-the man known here as
Emmett E. Roberts, but who in reality
was Robert Emmett Eastman, a failed
broker of the Consolidated Stock Ex-
change of New York, passed beyond the
reach of the law, and with his going
there vanished the hope of clearing up
the motive and the battling details OF
this tragedy.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
He Could Go.

At the death of the Duke Of yelling.
ton the whole diplomatic corps was in
vited to the funeral at st. Paul's. The
French ambassador, on receiving his
invitation, was very much upset. He
hurried off to his colleague of Russia,
Baron Brunnow, and confided to him
the diff ulty in which he was placed.
"The Queen" he said, expects us
to go to st. Pauls, to the funeral of
the Duke of Wellington. How can /
go. considering the injuries which the
duke inflicted on my country? What
shall l do?"
Baron Brunnow listened gravely to
his colleagues exposition and then re-
piled: AS the duke is dead he
said, Il think you can safely go Il the
funeral. If you were asked to attend
his resurrection, | should say refuse
the invitation"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02

q ENATORS ALDRICH and La Fol-
y lette do the glaring for the senate.
while the tariff fight is On. The Rhode
Island senator has a cold, glittering
glare. as becomes a man who believes
in money and lots of it. The Wiscon-
sin senator has a fussy, fighting glare.
It is both a glare and a gloat, and If
the senate can stand for the phrase,
it gets Aldrich's goat" The senate
leader begins to get nervous just the
moment the Wisconsin glare is turned
on him. He tries to glare in return.
but soon leaves for the senate cloak
room where he sputters, instead. 1t
is not digniied to sputter in the senate
chamber. No M who will tell knows
what else he does in the cloakroom.
When La Toilette sits still Aldrich
can stand him and glare in return.
These two men are not only on op-
posite sides of the big question, but
they are opposite in temperament,
character, training, and every other
respect.
Senator Aldrich punched a few
street railroads in his native state,
sold and resold them until he al
afford to be United States senator
as long as he lives. Senator La Fol
lette grabbed at fame with n hand
and carved out a lecture career with
the other in order to make a living on
the side. He wants money only to
blow it in on his show.
Senator Aldrich has a sublime faith
Ia the wisdom Of men with money,
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
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Roosevelt History to Be Published Soon

beer laid aside for several days while
the chief of the forestry bureau is la
boring with might and main with the
late secretary of the interior in writ
ing the accomplishments of the Roose-
welt regime for the printer.
The book will contain a complete
and detailed account of the things
done at the White House the last four
years of Mr.. Roosevelt's occupancy of
the Office of president. There will be
a fairly definite account of what took
place in the inner councils of three
years previous. for although the ten
mis- cabinet" did not get well along
in it's organization until some time
after Mr.. Roosevelt's presidential ca
reer started, owing to the tenacity of
President McKinley's ~so-called "Bitch-
en- cabinet" consisting of Henry Ca
bot Lodge and others, its members
were not long kept In the dark as to
what had gone on before their adj
vent to Roosevelt intimacy.
Hurdles which the beef trust inves-
tigators were compelled to take, inner
talks at the White House during the
brewing of the Russo-Japanese war,
the coup which made Roosevelt a
great peacemaker, his wrestles with
congress over the railroad rate bill,
the knocking out of the Northern Sc
c~urities merger, the growth OF the
policy which blanketed great stretches
of western country with forest reserve
rule, and many other interesting
things will be set forth for the coun-
try's contemplation by those persons
who knew much concerning them, now
that the injunction of ecrecy has
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
Negro Lynched in Georgia.

Cuthbert, Ga.-A mob of fifteen
masked men took Albert Reese, a negro,
from jail and hanged him. Few OF the
people knew of the lynching until morn
ing, SO quietly did the mob perform its
grewsome task.
Reese attacked Miss Mary Taunton at
her home, four miles south of this place.
With an ak he chopped off one of the
young woman's arms and inflicted other
dangerous wounds upon her body, which
will cripple her for life.
Neighbors 200 yards away, hearing her
cries of agony, came to her rescue.
Bloodhounds enabled a posse to run down
her assailant.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02

4 LGERNON SARTORIS has re-
"A signed as secretary of the United
States legation at Guatemala. While
Ill health is given as the reason for
his action, it is rumored that a fam
lily squabble is the direct for
his getting out of the diplomaticc
service.
There is a story that Secretary Root,
who is connected by marriage with
the Grant family, was opposed to Mr..
Sartoris' appointment to the diplo-
matte corps, but that President Roose-
Welt was responsible for the young
man receiving the post at Guatemala.
Mr.. Sartoris. at the breaking out
of the Spanish war. showed that he
carried the blood of his illustrious
grandfather. Gen. U. s. Grant, and
joined the volunteers for service. He
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
NO TEARS FOR ELSIE
NOT ONE WOMAN AT FUNERAL
OF CHINAMAN'E VICTIM.
Hsr Slayer Still at Large-Eotivs
for Murder Appears to
Be Jealousy.

New York.-The body of Elsie Sigel,
the slain granddaughter of Gen. Franz
Sigel, was quietly buried Monday after
noon in Woodlawn cemetery, while the
police of a hundred cities were actively
engaged in the search for Leon Ling,
suspected of the crime, which has
aroused the interest of the entire com
munity. The grave had been dug hur-
riedly, as though for q victim of some
terrible plague, and the absence of
mourners, aside from the girls father
and two brothers, and with not q wo-
man to shed a tear as the coffin was
lowered into the grave and dirt clods
beat a final tattoo on the lid, making it
appear more than ever that the woman
in the coffin was a plague victim-a vel.
low plague-that her death has revealed
in all it's hideous phases.
The mother, her mind shattered by
the blow of her daughters frightful
ticut. Aunts, female cousins and othe'
women relatives of the girl were not
informed of the funeral arrangements.
The father wished no scene at the
grave.
Without prayer or ceremony OF any
kind the body vas lowered into the
grave. After it had been filled, the
father, who had stood with bowed head
by the grave until the coffin had been
hidden from view, turned and walked
slowly away.
81 am a broken man." he said to his
sons. "The revelations that the death
of my daughter have brought to me
about the associations of the women
members of my family with Cinnamon
and the death of my daughter at thu
hands of one of these yellow men, have
broken my heart. l can never hold up
my head again"
This, then, was the end of what was
mortal of pretty Elsie Sigel, the China
town mission worker. But whether she
died a martyr to save other misled girls
from a similar fate, and whether the
men responsible for her death are to be
captured and punished is a living ques-
tion.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
GETS LION.

Newest Bag Made by Roosevelt is Rec
ord for Size.
Naivasha, British East Africa.-Al
the members of the Roosevelt expedition
at present in camp on the Loietta plains,
in the Sotik district, are in excellent
health.
Theodore Roosevelt has shot another
Lion, while a very large, tawny-maned
lion has fallen before the rife of his
son, Kermit. This animal holds the
record for size on the present expedition.
Kermit also has killed two cheetahs. In
addition, the party has secured three
giraffes, two Gland, six topi and a large
number of minor antelope. All the skins
are being preserved for the Smithsonian
Institution at Washington.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
REVENUES ARE INCREASING.

Washington.-The receipts from in
ternal revenue continue to show a graft
flying increase. For May, 1909, the col
lections amounted to $19,514,225, as
against $~1s,495,526 for the correspond
ING month last year. Spirits increased
s913,963 and tobacco $13O,665. Beer
and other fermented liquors decreased
S65,102. For the eleven months OF the
present fiscal year there was a decrease
in this item of $6,175,1S9 over the cor
responding period of 1908.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
GETS VERDICT FOR Sis, 900
Cora Sinclair Winner in Breach OF
Promise Suit.

New York.-Cora Sinclair, the sand
snipe girl" was awarded a verdict OF
$4,000 against Samuel S. Laird, Jr.,
son of a wealthy Philadelphia manu-
factur4, whom she sued for breach OF
promise to marry.
Laird met Miss Sinclair, whose real
name is d'Allo, in 1899. Their acquaint-
ance ended in his renting a fiat for her
in New York City, where they lived from
1900 to 1908. Laird, she alleged, prom
ised that if she did this he would marry
her when his father died.
During the trial over a hundred love
letters written to Cora by Laird, all
assuring her of his affection for her,
were introduced in evidence.
Throughout the trial, Laird's wife, for
merly Mrs. Lillian G. Hayes, OF Phila-
delphia, sat beside her husband and aid
ed his defense by notes she made. She
also testified in his behalf.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02

HLTRA-SMART women in the con-
u gressional set in Washington have
virtually withdrawn their support
from the Congressional club, and the
organization faces either extinction or
humdrum monotony, which nobody
dared to predict when the club was
formed just before the close of the
last session Of congress.
Trouble has been brewing in the
club these many months, but it was
formally brought before the body only
at the last meeting, just before many
of the officers were about to leave the
city for the summer. 1t came to a
crisis when certain members failed to
pay their annual dues. AS the club has
leased a fashionable home in K street
and the rent man and the grocer have
to be dealt with before long. dues are
q matter of vital importance.
Behind this practical phase of the
situation lies another, which is casting
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
Hoke Smiths Parting Shot.

Atlanta, Ga.-Gov. Hoke Smith sus-
pended from office Chairman s.. G. Nc
Tendon of the State Railroad Commits
sion. Suspension was because of Nc
Lendon's recent decision in refusing to
order State railroads to reduce rates
between Savannah and Atlanta, known
as the sport rates." Gov. Smith said
that McLendon was suspended because
he was opposing the platform upon which
the governor was elected and was pursue
inQ q course which he thought detri-
mental to the interests Of the tSate.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
Darwin Being Honored.

Cambridge, Eng.-Scientists represent
ing all the learned institutions of the
world have gathered here on the occa-
sion Of the observance Of the n hun
dredth anniversary of the birth Of
Charles Robert Darwin. The celebra-
tions will last three days. A total Of
235 universities and learned bodies, in
Guiding thirty of the most famous in
stitutions Of America, and an equal
number in Germany, ave nominated
representatives. The gift Of America,
Z bust Of Darwin. will also be presented.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
Interesting Pair of Glaring Senators

and he fights for them as he would
for principles. What is best for them
he considers best for the whole coun-
try. If they prosper and are salts
fed, it follows, according to his doc
trine. that all must be prosperous and
contented. Senator La Toilette takes
the other end of the game. He is for
the man who has very little money,
for the one who individually works for
every dollar he gets. And they stand
up in the senate about six feet apart
and fight it out along these lines.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
HOGS SOLD AT $3.50.
Highest Since 1S93-Two Dollars
Above Last Year.

Highest Since 1893-Two Dollars
Above Last Year.
Louisville, Ky.-Hogs sold at $S.1O
per 100 pounds in the Louisville market
Tuesday. This is the highest price since
1898, and is So higher than a year ago
at this time.
The prices ruling for hogs are at
tributed to the high prices of corn and
feedstuff and to the scarcity of hogs.
Lambs continue to bring fancy prices.
The best were in demand today at $3.50,
and, while receipts were large, the de-
mand was unsatisfied. Receipts OF
lambs and sheep during the past five
weeks have aggregated 10000 head,
which is away ahead of any correspond
ing period in the history Of the Louis
vile market.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
SAYS IMMORTALITY IS TAUGHT
Serious Charges Brought Against
University of Chicago.

Chicago-Charges of teaching atheism
and spreading ideas of immortality among
students were brought against the Uni
versity of Chicago today by Rev. John
ston Myers, pastor of Emmanuel Bap-
fist Church and trustee of the divinity
department of the university. "The Uni
versity of Chicago stands charged with
teaching atheism and spreading IMMORAL
ideas among its Students" declared DIR.
Myers, "and I can mention samples to
back up my statements. You know that
Parker Sercomb left the university fac
ulty to establish a free love colony. Prof.
Behan left there and became an anar-
chist, having expounded the anarchistic
propaganda even while there. Prof.
Zueblin attracted much attention by de-
Tending Maxim Gorky, when the latter
Travelled through America with the Rus
sian actress, and Oscar Trigg's affairs
are still fresh in the public mind"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02

The movement for beginning and
quitting work earlier to get more time
for daylight recreation does not ap-
pear to be as popular in some quar-
tiers as had been supposed. A poll of
the employees of the navy department
in Washington showed an overwhelm-
ing majority against the plan. The
idea may be regarded more favorably
by other government employees, but
there is little testimony to that eff
feet,
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02

There is not much enthusiasm about
the proposed balloon journey ten
miles skyward to establish communi-
cation with Mars. And probably If
communication were established the
first news to be flashed to the earth
would be that there is a real estate
boom on the planet and that now is
the time to invest in planetary lots.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
Two-cent Fare Hit Again.

Philadelphia, Pa.-The 2-cent fare law
passed by the Pennsylvania legislature
in 1907 received another blow today
when Judge Wilson, in common pleas
court here, declared the law unconstitu-
tional. The decision was in the case OF
the Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Company to restrain the county of Phila.
delphia from enforcing the law. Judge
Wilson holds that the law is contrary
to the constitution of the United States.
and the county is perpetually e~njoined
from enforcing the act against the
Reading company.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
TEMPERATURE 1o2.
Eastern Section of United States Over.
spread With Heat Wave.

Washington.-The heat wave now
overspreading the entire eastern part of
the country reached its crest Friday,
and the temperatures generally were the
highest recorded this year.
Weather bureau forecasters stated
that rains would cause a slight diminu-
ton of the ,heat during the next W
or three days. These rains will be gen.
eral throughout the Middle Atlantic
states.
The mercury reached 102 degrees at
the weather bureau Kiosk on Pennsyl'
vania avenue at 2 o'clock Friday after
noon.
Three cases of prostration were re-
ported during the day.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02

Prof. chickering's suggestion that It
might be a good scheme to find out
whether there is anybody aboard Mars
to communicate with before we begin
making $40. 900. DOC signals. sounds al
most reasonable enough to prevent the
fund from being oversubscribaA
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
House Stuffed With Cash.

sperry, lathe administrators Of the
wealthy estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Far
rier, of this place, have finally solved
the mystery of the disappearance Of the
money! of the deceased, by taking up
the carpet in the parlor and finding the
floor under it fairly peppered with bank
notes. Nearly $1,000 were thus discov-
cred. Other sum were revealed about
the house in an old organ, in the walls
and other out-ofthe-way places. In
fact. the house was fairly lined and
stuffed with cash, and the administra-
tors are still finding money.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
HAD ONE LONE DOLLAR.
John ]. Richards of Columbus, MISS,
Gives His Money Away.

John ]. Richards of Columbus, MISS,
Gives His Money Away.
New York.-A man who said he IS
John j. Richards, of Columbus, Miss, a
travelling salesman, is in the observation
ward in Bellevue Hospital, where he was
taken after being arrested.
A crowd on First avenue attracted the
attention of a policeman. When ne
reached the center he found Richards
grinning and perspiring, handing out $40
and $50 bills, saying: BUY a pint, pal.
Here, little boy, get some ice cream"
At the hospital it was found that he
was suffering from heat and drink. He
was incapable of estimating how much
he had given to the crowd. He had just
one lone dollar left.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02

An English peer made an AFFECT
apology to Lady Granard, formerly
Miss Beatrice Mills, of New York, for
calling her in a political address a
dumped American heiress, fortunate
enough to secure a title" Which lit
tie incident throws quite an interest.
ing light on the and customs
him to be foolhardy.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02

In a bankruptcy case in New York
it developed that one Of the partners
of the firm in question received 4 sal
ary of $12, 900 a year to keep away
from the business and do nothing. It
would not take a lazy bugs bite to
make a large percentage. viewing such
a lob, fairly die with envy.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02

In the town of Worcester, Mass, any
one wishing to whistle on the streets
must take out a license. 1t is diffic cult
to understand the sense of such a law
unless it may be that too many men
fell into the habit of whistling away
other mems dogs.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
Chicken Thief Victims Excused.

Baton Rouge, La.-Every man OF the
panel that ever had any chickens stolen
from him was excused from the jury
by the attorneys of Lewis Mccoy and
Elijah Thomas, negroes, when they were
brought to trial, on the charge OF rob
bling a hen roost here.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02

A Chicago woman wishes to buy a
husband and has appropriated for that
purpose the humiliating sum OF $500;
but, on the other hand, it must be
borne in mind that she naturally ex-
poets to get nothing but a Chicago
man.