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SERIAL? STORY 1 We Chronicles sf Addington Peace By B. Fletcher Robinsoa CoAatbar wsih A. Con Dojla of "Th Howndof th THE MYSTERY OF THE JADE SPEAR (Continued.) "Good afternoon. Sergeant Hales,1 aid Addington Peace. "So you hare arrested Boyne?" "Tea. sir." "Upon good grounds?" "The evidence Is almost complete against him." "Indeed. I shall be pleased to hear "Well, sir. It stands like this. Mr. Borne called upon Colonel Bulstrode about one o'clock. He was shown Into the library and " "One moment," Interrupted the In spector. "Where Is the library?" "That Is the door, sir," answered Hales, pointing to the room from which he had emerged. "Perhaps it would be easier to un derstand if we go there?" The library was a long, low room, lined with shelves that were In a great part empty. It projected from the main building evidently It was of more recent construction and thus eould be lighted by windows on both Met. To our right were two which commanded the drive; to the left two more looked out upon a plot of grass dotted with flower beds, upon which everal windows at the side of the house, at light angles to the library, also faced. "Pray continue," tald Inspector Peace. "About ten minutes later, Cullen, the butler, beard high words passing. A regular fighting quarrel It sounded or so he says." "How could he hear? 'Was he list' alng in the ball?" "No, sir; he was In his pantry cleaning silver. The pantry is the first of those windows at the side of tbe -house. The library windows be ing open, he could bear the sound of loud voices, though, as he says, he could not distinguish the words." The inspector walked to an open lattice and thrust out bis bead. He closed It before be came back to us, as be did to the second window on the same side. "Mr. Cullen must not be encour aged," he said gently. "He Is there now, listening with pardonable curios ity. Well, Sergeant r "Presently there came a tremen dous peal at his bell, and he hurried to answer It When he reached the hall, he found the colonel and Mr. Boyne standing together. Tou un derstand me, Iioyne,' the colonel was aying. If I catch you lurking about here again after my niece's money bags, I'll thrash you within an Inch of your life; I will, by thunder!' The young man gave the colonel an ugly look, but be had seen the butler, who was standing behind his master, and kept silent 'Show this fellow out. CuUen said the colonel. 'And if he ever calls slam the door In his face. And with that he stumped back Into the library, swearing to himself in a manner that, as the butler declares, gave him the creeps. It was so very Imaginative. "With one thing and another, Cullen was so dumfounded for he thought that Boyne and Miss Sherrlck were as good as engaged already that he stood In the shadow of the porch watching the young gentleman. Boyne walked down the drive for a hundred yards or so, looked back at the house, and, not seeing the butler, as be supposes, turned off to the left along a path that led towards the fruit gardens. Cullen did not know what to make of It However, It was none of bis business, and at last he went back to bis pantry. Sticking out bis bead, be could see the colonel writing at that desk" the sergeant pointed a finger at a knee-hole table littered with papers that was set In the further of the windows looking cut upon the grass plot "and so concluded that he could not have seen Boyne leave the drive, having bad his back to It at the time. "About twenty minutes later Cul len and Mary Thomas, the parlor maid, were in the dining room, get ting the table ready for lunch. This room looks out upon the lawn at the front of the bouse. All of a sudden they beard a shout, and the next mo ment the colonel rushed by and made across tbe lawn to the Wilderness gate. He had a revolver In his hand, and was loading It as be ran. He dropped two cartridges In his harry, for I found them myself when I was going over the ground. Cullen bad been with him for years; be Is an old oldler himself, and at the sight of the revolver he drcpped the tray he was holding, climbed out of the win dow, and set off after bis master, who had by then disappeared amongst the shrubberies. "He Is a slow traveler, Is the old man. and he reckons that he was not more than half-way across the lawn when he beard a distant scream, which pulled him up In his track a It put the fear Into him, that scream. He told me that be bad seen too much active service not to know the cry that comes from a sudden and mor tal wound. It was no surprise to him, therefore, when at last he reached the wicket gate, to find his master lying dead In tbe road. "Above him, tugging at the spear that had killed him. stood Boyne. "There was no one in sight, and though the road curves at that point he could see It for fifty yards and more either way. He had no doubt In his own mind as to who had done the thing. Boyne must have seen the suspicion In his face, for he Jumped back. Cullen says, and stood staling at him as white as a table cloth. " Why do you look at me like that. Cullen r he says. 'Tou don't think' " If you can explain that away,' ays Cullen, pointing to the body, "you will be. sir. if you'll forgive me for aying It. a devilish clever man.' " "You're mad,' says Boyne. 1 found him like this.' " 'And where did you spring from. If I may make so bold? asked tbe butler. Very sarcastic be was, he tells me. "1 bad been tn the upper garden, and as you very well know, Cullen. I wished to avoid the colonel.' says the young man. 1 came round the back of the house and entered the Wilder ness at the upper end. I was walking down the center path towards the wicket-gate, when I heard some one scream, and set off running. I could not have been here more than half a minute before you.' "The butler did not argue the mat ter, but left blm standing beside the body, and went to get assistance. On the lawn he met two of the garden ers, and sent them back. I believe he also saw Miss Sherrlck near the porch. It was upon those facts, sir, that I arrested Boyne." "I dont think." said the Inspector, shaking his head at him. "I dont think that I should have arrested him. Sergeant Hales." "It looks very black against blm, you must allow." "Which affects his guilt or Inno cence neither one way nor the other. Has a doctor examined the body?" "Tea, sir, and extracted the ipear." "Why did you let him do that?" asked the little man, sharply. "I knew you would be vexed aboot It, but It was done while I was out of the house, examining the road and lawn. He was very careful not to handle It more than was necessary, he said; but he bad to saw the abaft In two." "And why was that?" "He said that the force used by the thrower must have been very great." -Very great r "Yes, sir, gigantic that Is what he said." Addington Peace walked to the window and stood there taring out at the elm avenue that swayed softly In the breese. "Is the doctor still In the house V he asked over his shoulder. "No. eir." "We have none too much light left Have you the spear?" The sergeant opened a side cup board and drew out two pieces of light-colored wood. The polished sur face was dulled by stains that were self-explanatory. The head was broad and flat, formed of the finest Jade, microscopically carved. It had been fashioned for eastern ceremony, and not for battle. That was plain enough. Peace returned to the window and examined It with the closest atten tion. Presently he slipped out a mag nifying glass, staring eagerly at a pot on the longer portion of the haft "Do I understand you. Sergeant Hales, that you found Boyne endeav oring to pull out the apear?" "Yea, sir." "Who else touched It?" "No one that I know of. save tbe doctor." "And yourself?" "Of course, sir." "Let me see your hands." The sergeant thrust them out with a smile. They had plainly not been washed that afternoon. "Thank you. I Lars you discovered tbe owner of this spear?" "No, sir; I w!h I could." "Have you tried Cullen or Miss Sherrlck r No, sir," said the sergeant, look ing blankly at the Inspector. Inspector Peace walked to the fire- place and touched the electrlo bell. In a few moments the door opened and a fat, red-faced man walked In. There la no mistaking the attitude and costume of a British butler. Colonel Bulstrode was a collector of Jade?" said the Inspector, In his most innocent manner. Yes, sir." I noticed the specimen In the ball. Well, Cullen, have you ever seen this spear amongst his tro phies?" Tbe man glanced at It, and - then shrank back with a shiver. 'It's the thing that killed him,"- be stammered. Exactly. But you do not answter my question." "There may have been one like It, but I couldn't swear to It, sir. Tbe colonel would never have his colleo tlon touched. He or Miss Sberiicl'c dusted 'em and arranged 'em then elves. He was always buying some new thing." "Would Miss Sherrlck, knowr "Very likely, slfc" , ' -Thank you. That Is alt." As the butler closed tbe door, the sergeant stepped up to the Inspector and saluted. "I should have noticed those collec tion." he laid. "I have made a fool of myself, ir." "A man who can make such an ad mission Is never a fool, Sergeant Hales. And now kindly take me up stairs to the colonel's room. You can wait here, Mr. Phillips." It was cloee upon the half-hour be fore they came back to me. and I hnd leisure enough for considering the problem. When Peace had walked Into my room at lunch time, mention ing that he had a case with possibili ties at Richmond. If I cared to come wtth him, I had never expected so strange a development Nor, I fancy, had he. This Colonel Bulstrode had served many years In India. Had the myste ries of the east followed him home to a London suburb? The glgantlo force with which this spear bad boen thrown there was something abnor mal there, a something difficult to ex plain. Yet after all. It might be a simple matter. Boyne was presum ably a strong man, and the deadly fury that Induces murder In a law abiding cltlien Is akin to madness, giving almost a madman's strength. I was still puxzllng over It when ths door opened and the little Inspector walked In. "The story of Sergeant Hales?" I asked him. "Is he exaggerating was the spear thrown with unusual violence?" "Very unusual. It Is the crime of a, giant or " He did not finish his sentence, but stood tapping the table and staring out at the gold and green of a sum mer sunset At last be turned to me with a slow Inclination of the head. "Hales Is waiting," he said, "and we must get to work. Tbe light will not last forever." The sergeAnt led us over the lawn to the Wilderness and throjga Its paths to the wicket gate. Showers tn the early morning bad turned the dust of the road Into a grey mud that had dried under the afternoon sunshine. The surface was scored Into a puzzle of diverging lines by tbe wheels of carts and carriages, cycles and motors. Yet Peace hunted it over even more closely than he had bunted the paths In the grounds. He was particularly anxious to know the position in which the body had lain. and finally the sergeant got down In the drying mud to show him. Apparently the colonel had walked about ten yards from the gate when the spear struck blm. He had fallen almost In the center of the road. which at that point wa broad, with stretches of grass bordering It on either side. Ills revolver bad not been fired, though he had been found with It In bis hand. We walked on down the road, Ad dington Peace leading, his eyes fixed on Its surface, and the sergeant and I following behind. For myself, I bad not the remotest Idea of what he hoped to effect by this promenade, nor do I believe had the sergeant We circled the outside of tbe gardens, the road finally curving to the left and bringing us to the entrance-gates. Here we stopped at a word from the Inspector. The little man himself walked on, and finally dropped on hit knees close to the hedge. When b Joined us again. It was with an ex pression of satisfaction. He beamed through the gates at the old elm ave nue, that rustled sleepily In the gath ering dusk. "What a pretty place It Is." he said. "Thank heaven that these old houses still find owners or tenants who dare to defy the Jerry builder and all his works. Hello, snd who may this be?" He had turned to the toot of tbe horn. The motor was close upon u. for a steam -car move In silence as compared to the busy hum of a petrol- driven mechlne. It stopped, and the chauffeur Jumped down and ran to open the gates. Of the driver we could see nothing save a peaked cap, goggles, and a long white dust coat (CHRONICLES TO BE CONTINUED.) STILL SEARCH FOR TREASURE Colored People of the South Victims ef thsrpers. Who Sell Them Divining Rods. The restaurant orchestra bad Just finished playing "Dixie." "Speaking of burled treasure," said a southerner after the noise had died away, "tbe search for tbe hidden riches of Captain Kldd Isn't In it with the bunt that Is going on con tlnually all over the south for wealth that Is supposed to have been se creted during the Civil war. Two classes of persons are engaged In It It Is the pet avocation of the negroes, but not more than one In a hundred thousand ever finds anything. The class that gets the real coin Is the lick Yankee who travels through the south selling divining rod and thing of that ort to the negroes. These 'witch sticks' are supposed to draw tbelr holders Irresistibly to where the treasure Is burled. They sell for a big price $10 to $50 It de pends on bow much the purchaser has hidden away undor bis own hearth stone." Carrying School Books. Almost all school children carry tbelr books with a strap put around and buckled very tight' This will f make dents in me cover wnere tn board overlaps the body of the book. If the strap Is left loose, the books are liable to slip out Place the cover of one book between the cover and fly leaf of Its neighbor and the difficulty will be remedied. This will place ths books In alternate direction. nooks tacked In this manner do not re quire the strap to be buckled tight I. W. W. WARMLY RECEIVED" Threat to "Fly K'l I'" ot An' archy" Brings Arrest, j iv-tUml Or "We will My the red ! Mag of nniirchv over the marble palace up there!" (meaning the new court house) shouted Tom Hurns, an W. speaker, hiirranguiiiK M box t Sixth mid Wellington street shortly after 'J :3D o'clock Wednesday night. . The next minute a deputy shcilir. under orders fnun Sheriff Tom Word, stepped forward and pulled Hums from the soup box. "You lire under iirrest," said the deputy. Almost on the instant Sixth street, filled with a crowd of several hundred persons, only a comparatively small percentage of whom were I. W. W s. became a scene of the wildest disorder. At Hums was pulled down, Rudolph Schwab, another agitator, one of the leaders of the strike now in progress at the Oregon Packing plant in this city, jumped on the box. At tho same time Word and five other of his deputies jumped forward. They were reinforced by a dozen pa trolmen, who had been posted on the outskirts of the crowd under strict orders from Mayor A I bee to preserve order at the meeting. The raid that ensued was made as the result of con certed action planned by Sheriff Word and Mayor Albee. Hotli were present in the crowd. One of Word's deputies draped Schwab off the box, and as he did so the agitator' place was taken by Mrs. O'Connor, a full-blooded Cherokee Indian, one of the strikers at the Ore iron Packing plant. She begun to wave her arm wildly, but a deputy took her by the arm snd pulled her off. Word's order that the next person to try to speak from the box would be arrested had been shouted forth, but right after Mrs. O'Connor's arrest, I. D. Ransley, who hal harrangued from the box earlier in the evening, leaped to her place. Then what had been an uproar be came half a riot. Ransley was arrested. Then speak er after speaker who tried to follow him on th.i box was seized and placed under arrest. In quick succession six more speak ers were hauled down by police and deputy sheriffs and bundled off to jail in the police patrol wagon. Sheriff Word himself stopped the procession of speakers after ten had been arrested, by seizing- the soap box. There have been few occasions in Portland when speakers huve gone so far in vileness of language and incen diary and seditious talk ns Hums did before the sheriff and police stepped in ami broke up the meeting. TO BRING COUNTER CHARGE Complaints Against Men to lie Pre sented to Arbitrators. New York With the passairn by congress of the Newlands bill to pro vide an arbitration medium for set tling the wage differences between 45 Kastem railroad and their NO, 000 conductors and trainmen, a new phase of the controversy developed through the announcement by the railroads that they would ask the board which considers the demands of the employes to take up also the grievances of the road.- against the men. Chairman Klisha Lee, of tho con ference committee of managers, said that the railroads would demand arbi tration which would take into consid eration all questions of difference be tween the employers and the employ ed. He alluded to the wording of the letter in which the conference com mittee agreed to arbitrate under the Newlands legislation. The roads were willing to submit to arbitration by a board, as provided in the Newlands bill, "all questions of rates of pay and working conditions." "The language of our letter is clear," said Mr. Lee. "We feel that it is right to ask for arbitration which takes into consideration the grievances of the railroads as well as the griev ances of the employes." When Chairman Klisha I'e's state ment in behalf of the roads was con veyed to A. H. Garretson ami W. G. Lee, heads of the conductors' and trainmen's organizations, respective ly, they would not comment on the matter, but said they might make a statement later. S. P. Trainmen Vote on Strike. San Francisco Nearly COO0 em ployes of the Southern Pacific railroad on lines extending from Portland, Or., to EI Paso, Tex., members of the Or der of Railway Conductor and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, are voting on the question whether or not to strike, as the result of a dead lock between company officials and the employes' general committee over vi tal issues. The ballots will be returned to Ran F'rancisco by July 27 and will be can vassed immediately. Sharks Get Swimmer. I) Angeles Sharks are believed to have caused the death of A. R. ('low er, of Ixis Angeles, who went fishing recently in Los Angeles harbor and fell overboard from a launch. lie was a good swimmer and treaded wster, Inughing and joking while the launch was being put about to rescue him. Suddenly he went down and was not seen again. Ex-Senator in Sinjr Sinjr. Ossining, N. Y. Stephen J. Still well, ex-state senator, nrrived Ht Sing Sing prison Thursday afternoon to be gin serving the sentence of from four to eight years' imprisonment Imposed on him for soliciting a bribe in con nection with legislation at Albany. OREGON STATE 1TK1IS OF LNTEIltST General New of the Industrial and Educational Developing and Prog-res of Rural Communities', Public Institutions, Efc, BANK DKPOSITS ON INCREASE All Financial Institutions of State Show Healthy Condition. Salem -According" to the statement issued by Stato Superintendent of Hanks Wright for the condition of business at the closo of business June 4, deposits in all hanks of tho state in creased $1. ISM'.IO. Ml over J-mo 14. P.U2. All banks of the state show a healthy condition. In slate, savings, private and for eign banks there was a decrease in de posits of $2."JH.110.7S. In national bank there was an increase of $.1. 4ilS,iu7.:U. In the Portland banks there was a decrease of f t71.2iitl.04. I .onus and discounts increased during the period in all banks 7.JIS.4TJ.72. The increase in state, savings, pri vate and foreign banks was I1.2J7, 87S.3M; national banks, f . t;s.ri. 11 1.34. and in the Portland banks $.'U'.K4,l14. 34. Overdrafts in state, savings and private banks decreased $ 17.722. 4H, and in National banks deercrsed $27, 127.H7, and decreased in the Portland batiks $7.6S4. 21. The total resources in all banks during the period in creased $7,34,402.65. The total lia bilities for all banks increased $7. 34K.402.G5. FINK EXHIBIT IS INDICATED Arrangements for Coming State Fair Well Advanced. Salem Arrangements for the coin ing State fair are far enough advanced to indicate that the exhibition will be tho finest ever held in Oregon. A large number of race horses k on the grounds anil are being trained. The Great Northern railway has offered a large silver cup as a trophy for the best individual agricultural ex hibit and the Northern Pueiiie will donate a cup for tho best sow and lit ter of pigs. Other railroads are ex pected to donate prizes. The half mile race track will lie completed this week. Hy far the finest tloral display ever had at the fair grounds ha been arranged and many of the lied have been planted. Walks are being laid out, buildings repaired and msny other things incidental to holding the fair are being done. Secretary Mer edith say the interest taken by the farmers and orchardista is much keen er than it was laxt year. FIRE-BLIGHT FIGHT NOW ON Grand Rondo Valley Folk Plan Vigorous Pest Campaign. La Grande Sum of money suffi cient to employ four or five lire-blight experts to come to the Grand Ronde valley and combat a prevailing blight plague and to teach orchardists here the proper manner to light tho et were asked of the county court here this week, after a meeting of loo prominent orchard men. County Judge Henry favors the plan. Two of the apple associations, at the same meeting, decided to join the North Pacific agency. Kire blight hit the orchards from various angles this year, anil in some places has burned large holes through the center of fine orchards. When it became known that blight was prevalent here, the orchard men organized a campaign of education In its prevention. This particular te of blight has been practically unknown here up to this year, r.nd It is not known how it gained a foothold. Kxperts were brought here to in vestigate, and Professor Jackson, pathologist at Oregon Agricultural college, has passed several days in La Grande diagnosing the conditions, and placed before the meeting the best methods to pursue in fighting it. Mutual Subscribers Hit. Aurora The state railroad commis sion has granted the petition of the I'nited Telephone company to discon tinue its exchange here and the busi ness has been turned over to tho Au rora Mutual Telephone company. It developed at the hearing that mutual companies renting phone to non-members, must also change their members the same rate. Somo of the rural companies rent phones to non-members, but charge no rent for the phones of members, who are assessed annually to meet expenses. Accord ing to the commission this is illegal. Irrigation Experiments On. Ontario R. J. Lyman, who is asso ciated with the division of irrigation of the department of agriculture of the government, has been here several days making experiments to determine the efficiency and cost of water raised by pumps. While not complete as yet, enough Information has been se cured to find a wide range of clllciency in the plants in this section, it run ning the lowest where the pipes aro crooked or badly jointed, and tho high est where the pumps are direct-driven, rather than belt-driven. Woman Is Own Stork Buyer. Vale Mrs. J. II. Rowley, of West fall, has shipped In a carload of thor oughbred Jersey cows from the lion ney stock farm In the Tygh Valley, Wasco county. Mr. Rowley visited Tygh Valley and selected tho cows herself, paying 7200 per head for them. She will acd these to her large herd of dairy cattlj at her ranch near Westfall. DALLES CIIERIES ARE BEST Maraschino 10 Manufacturer ju ona of Royal Annr. 510 T nnu. ins iis milium thousand imiuiiiIs of rh..i... 1.. " marketed by the fruitgrowers of TV Dalle and vicinity this year, which they have received over $ioou in cash. , Of this total of K40 tons, 47) were shipped to Portland nd jul rrancisco, nere iney will l mad lit. Packing company, of Portlsnd, m)Z is a branch of the Californis FrW Packing rompany, of San r'rnciim shipped 100 ton. The entlr ttmZ iiict ihk i-wuirri urcnaru, east of tki. -1... u.i.i..h. w enjr, on 11 oiouiueil u Si tnni, also sent to the Oregon Picking co pany to be made Into maraschino. "1 have been buying rhcrrwj fw the past IS year and have traveled si over the world in the work, but 1 n er hsve seen such perfect cherrim t those raised here at The ball," tU Arthur C. Rass, of the Lyon 4 RM company, who bought the fruit fork firm. "I wish I could hsv bourtt 600 tons instead of 100," h eoati. ued. "Other cherries I hv bwitta look like No. a grade compared a these at The Dalles. Th lu)iq cherries which are imHirtd by tin York firm for maraschinos look lib French pea beside your lloysl Anm." The Lyon A Rass company will ptg, chase several hundred tons of pt-arb and apple here for manufacture tat fruit juice. Rain of the last three weeks, l tlwiugh doing a little darr.SK to tat cherrie, greatly benefitted other (nut crop. CAMP COOKING IS SIMPLIFIED Equipment, Supplies, Transporta tion and Method Explained. Oregon Agricultural Collegs, Cor vallis All who are to live for tin in camp, whether in pursuit of bus. ness or pleasure, should send for 1 copy of "Camp Cookery" just off us college press at the Oregon Agricui tursl college. Among th nan; thing you want to know sr suck vital questions a "How shall I chouat and pack my equipment," "How niki a rooking lire," "How make flrelea cooker," and many other equally la- portant are answered scientifically that all may understand thrm. The ramp directions were contrib uted by campers who are fiprrtiii their line, many of them in th iUU and federal forest service. Th wi pe are simple directions for bok some and palatable article of diet fld drink, all simply prepared. Th ex planation of tho forest service turf construction is written by those tl have obtained knowledge by yean of rxcricnee in the camp. A ration lis for one (x-rson for one hundred dsyi given with table easily .li(itmU same ration to any small number 4 persons for any length of tim up one hundred days. "On the buiitf this list a party of six will comuuh six rations a day; one hundred ratio will therefore last seventeen day, savs the author of "Camp Cookerf. Kstimated weights and niessure fo all the common camp provisions in given in plain directions. A list substitutes is also given. The retip for frying pan bread Is as follows: "1 cup Jlour, 1 tablespoonful suf. I teaspoonful salt, 3 teaKonfuli bik ing powder. Pour this mixture its greased and hot pan and set fist fr the fire. When well risen prop u pan nearly perpendicularly fi'ar fire; when brown one on side tin over." A fork or sharpened stick ihw through the loaf will come out eif when the bread la done. This little book for camp and tnS was so popular that the first edit was exhausted and the second il ' ject to lively demand. As Ion this edition holds out the little nod'' pamphlet "Camp Cookery," Co'1 bulletin No. 7fl. msy bo had fre cost by addressing tho Kxteniion it- vision O. A. C., Corvallis, uregou. n it Pidsonrd. a 1 11 .it . Eugene Within a week. scrorJinl to A. E. Cannon, supervisor of Kiuslaw National Forest, a dn ? will be sent to Tillamis.k eountj spread poisoned grain over om acres of burned over lands., to field mice, gopher and other sniw that might eat the Douglas fir" which sre to be planted thers. j soon ss the poison crew has flniw" It work, 60 or 70 men will be do the seeding, taking three montisw more in tho planting. Two thou" acres will be sown. Columbia Falling: Rapidly Hood River The Columbia has J len rapidly at thi point snd the 'PJ water wharf at the foot of " street, but a short distance fro" business section of the city, "w to bo abandoned. The river ha i" 15 feet from tho crest of the hign ter of last year. Business men W7 to see tho wharfboat removed W low-water landing, almost a mil tho city. First Milton Potato. Milton The first crates of j grown tomatoes were hipp 8 . day by the Milton 'r,",Jr0"llfi union. They were grown on tn of Elba Rogers, of Sunnyside, V" for i a crate.