NEWS O F W WEEK
Cenerai Resume of Important Events
Itirouptiout the Word
Action of the Balkan allies and the
forces defending Scutari puzzles all
Europe.
Two p a rties of Japanese have gone
to Sacram eno to keep w atch of anti-
alien legislation.
NEW YORK JA PA N ESE APPEAL
New Y ork— Resolutions appealing
to the au th o rities and “ fair-m inded
citizens” of this country and Ja p a n to
solve fairly the question arisin g be
tw een the two nations through the
pending legislation regarding alien
land ow nership in C alifornia were
adopted a t a m eeting of several hun-
dred Japanese residents of this c ity in
Carnegie*ha*r '" " s a c h e s denouncing
the contem
contem ulated
action of
of the
the C
Cali
for-
the
plated action
a lifo
r
"ia legislature w ere m ade and tele-
gram s sent to P resident W ilson and
S ecretary of S ta te Bryan thanking
them for the friendly sp irit they have
,
.
l . i i
shown tow ard the Japanese.
The N icaraguan governm ent is con
in n a
n L ah f
stru c tin g heavy fortifications
about
the city of M anagua.
C hina’s cabinet officers and the sen-
W ashington, D. C.—Not the slight-
ate d rift fa rth e r a p art than ever over es t change in the a ttitu d e of the Ja p -
the question o f a big national loan.
anese tow ards the alien land bill has
Governor Hatfield, of W est V irgin taken place here in the past few days.
R eports th a t Am bassador Chinda has
ia, visited the scene of the m iners’
the
strik e and advised the men to return re ite ra te d the displeasure of
Mikado over any alleged d iscrim ina
to work.
tion ag ain st citizens were denied at
Two B ritish officers will accompany the W hite House and the S ta te depart-
about th irty Am erican officers on a 50- m ent
day ride over the battlefields of the
The Japanese protest was m ade
Civil war.
more than two weeks ago, and no
Doubt is expressed w hether the nec o th er representations have been made
essary num ber of acceptable recru its by A m bassador Chinda since th a t tim e.
Sensational reports th a t Japan had
can be found in Germ any to supply the
adopted a more aggressive a ttitu d e
proposed m ilitary increase.
were denied by S ta te departm ent offi
A num ber of French officers were cials.
killed or injured by a bomb in Hanoi,
Indo-China, hurled by an adherent of WIRELESS OPERATORS STRIKE
the pretender to the A nnam ite throne.
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Em peror W illiam was w arned th at W’estern Men Will Be Supported by
an a tte m p t would be m ade upon his
East If Necessary.
life while on a visit to F ran k fo rt, and
San Francisco—-According to Sylves
ex traordinary precautions have been
te r J. Konenkamp, international pres
taken.
ident o f the Commercial T eleg rap h ers’
B ankers throughout the country are union of Am erica, who is here d irec t
much averse to the governm ent’s ing the strik e ag ain st the Marconi
“ laundered” paper money, and char W ireless company, general orders call
acterize it as ^ ‘c o u n te rfeiters’ de ing out all w ireless operators employ
lig h t.”
ed by the corporation in the E ast will
be issued as soon as it becomes evi
W ilson’s m essage to the C alifornia
legislature, delivered in person by Sec dent th a t the b a ttle of the strik e rs
retary Bryan, seems to have little cannot be won on the Pacific Coast.
Konenkam p professed to be op tim
effect in changing the m inds of the
istic concerning the outcome of the
law m akers.
strike, and is o f the opinion th a t the
R epresentative Sisson, o f Missis affair will term inate where it began,
sippi, openly declares him self in favor in the W est, and th a t the company
of w ar w ith Jap an , if necessary to will be forced to accede to the demand
back up C alifornia in her anti-alien of the union for a higher wage sched
ule.
legislation.
“ We are asking $60 a m onth for
A New Y ork herm it, a fte r his death first operators and $50 for second key
was accidentally identified by a rela man, now receiving from $30 to 45 for
tiv e as Dudley Jard in e, a wealthy th e ir services,” said he.
“ We did
builder o f church organs, and worth not order the strik e until every effort
over $100,000.
to se ttle the m a tte r by a rb itra tio n had
An old sea captain who died in San failed.
The San Francisco L abor
Francisco le ft a large fortune, provid- Council then took up the m a tte r w ith
ing in his will th a t his widow should the Marconi people, and P resident
have only her legal share, his children Andrew J. G allagher, a fte r a confer-
nothing, and the balance of the money ence w ith A. H. Ginman, the Marconi
to homeless s tre e t w aifs and orphans, m anager, advised us to ‘go ahead, the
M ontenegro accepts a new frontier quicker the b etter. ’
line and in exchange yields up Scutari.
‘There are 53 men now on strik e in
this city.
The men a t A storia are
Twenty-five per cent of the officials also out, and the operators a t E ast
a t the coming election in Portland, San Pedro have le ft th e ir keys. Many
will be women.
of the m aritim e unions have assured
us of m oral and financial su p p o rt.”
O rtie E. McManigal will soon be re
leased from prison, and declares he
CARNIVAL IDEA ORGANIZED
will s ta rt life all over again.
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International law yers o f several Pacific Coast Cities to Co-operate
countries spoke in W ashington in fav
in Civic Gaiety.
or of equal canal tolls for all coun
tries.
S a n ta B arbara, C al.— W ith the de
Miss
M argaret
W ilson, eldest velopm ent of the carnival s p irit and
daughter of the President, spoke be the m aking of the e n tire W est into a
fore the general council o f wom en’s g igantic playground as its object, the
C alifornia C elebrations com m ittee has
clubs a t B altim ore.
been organized here.
The m eeting was attended by prom
A rope-m aker of Cherbourg, France,
has ju st awakened from a 77-day inent C alifornia officials of several
railroads and re p re se n tativ es from
sleep.
civic bodies. A com m ittee to form u
A labam a’s senators
declare the
late the general plans o f the new o r
South has not its proper share of fore
ganization and to inv ite re p re se n ta
ign consuls.
tives of o ther cities to a tten d another
The governm ent sees no cause to m eeting to be held here as soon as
change its plans for the naval cruise possible was appointed.
The com m ittee expressed the hope
to the M editerranean on account of
th a t Portland, S eattle, Honolulu and
the Japanese controversy.
o th er c ities would co-operate w ith the
E ighty m iners are m issing and 39
organization in a plan to have the fes-
bodies have been recovered from a
tivals in the various c ities arranged to
Pennsylvania coal m ine which was
follow one another, instead of being
wrecked by explosion o f foul gases.
held sim ultaneously, and to have fea-
tu res typical of the c ities as well as
historical.
PORTLAND MARKETS
W heat — T rack prices: Club, 87(ii
88c per bushel; bluestem , 98(3 99c;
red Russian, 85c; valley, 88c.
O ats—No. 1 white, $28.50(329 per
ton; valley, stained, $24(3 26.
Corn—Whole, $27; cracked, $28 ton.
M illstuffs — Bran, $23 per ton;
shorts, $25; middlings, $30.
Barley— Feed, $24.50(3 25 per ton;
brewing, nom inal; rolled, $25.50(3
26.50.
H ay — E astern Oregon tim othy,
choice, $16(ii 17 per ton; alfalfa, $12
fil l 3; clover, $9; straw , $7(38.
V egetables - A rtichokes 75c per
dozen; asparagus, Oregon, $1.25; cab-
hage, 1 J(3 U c ; Per pound; cauliflower
35efu$l per dozen; celery, $4 per
c ra te ; hothouse lettuce, 90c(3$l per
dozen; peppers, 35(3 40c per pound;
radishes, 10(3 12c per dozen; rhubarb,
2(3 3c per pound; spinach, 75c per
box; garlic, 5(3 6 c per pound; turnips,
85c per sack; parsnips, 85c; carrots,
85c.
Onions Oregon, 75(3 90c per sack;
Bermuda, $2.25 per crate.
Potatoes — Burbanks, 40(3 50c per
hundred; Florida
new, 5(ii6c per
pound; sw eets, 4c.
Apples 30cf(i$1.50 per box.
S tra w b e rrie s—Florin, $3(33.50 per
crate.
P o u ltry —H ens, 17(8T8c per pound
broilers, 35c; turkeys, live, 20c
dressed, choice, 25c; ducks, 18(u20c
geese, ^ W lS c .
E ggs— Fresh Oregon ranch, 20c per
dozen.
B u tte r — C ity cream ery, cubes, 28c
per pound; prin ts, 29(3 29Jc.
Pork— Fancy, 11 |(3 l2 c per pound.
V eal—Fancy, 14(3 14}c per pound.
Hops 1912 crop, 10(3l5c p r pound.
Wool E aste rn Oregon, 14(0 17c per
pound; valley, I4f<i 18c.
C a ttle —Choice steers, $ 7 . 75(3 8.25;
good, $7.60fri7.76; medium, $7.30(0
7.50; choice cows, $ 6 .75(u7 35; good,
$6.50>i6.75. medium, $ 6016 .60; choice
calves, $8f<(9: good heavy calves,
$6.50(0 7.50: bulls, $5.85(0 6.25.
Hogs — L ig h t, $8.75(3:9;
heavy,
$7.75(0 7.90.
Sheep -Y earlin g w ethers, $6.25(0
7.25; ewes, $ 4 . 75 ( 3 6 . 2 5 ; lambs, $7
(riiS.
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fsddi pylori Peace
Meeting Adopts Resolutions Re
garding California Case.
Hunger R anks W avering.
Colorado Springs — F our o f the 17
m em bers of the In dustrial W orkers of
the W orld, now on a hunger strik e in
the city jail, notified C hief o f Police
Burns Monday n ig h t th a t they w ere
ready to work out the rem aining seven
days of th e ir jail sentence, provided
they received the regulation prison
fare. The decision cam e a t the con
clusion o f a storm y “ s ta r cham ber”
session a t which those tirin g of the
bread and -w a ter on which they had
subsisted for 48 hours were called “ in-
surKent9.. by th eir companions,
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Store Accused of Fraud.
Minneapolis--The first case under the
advertising law recently passed by the
M innesota legislature m aking liable
to prosecution individuals or firms who
m isrepresent the value of th e ir goods
in an advertisem ent was begun in D is
tric t court here Monday m orning. A
store was accused o f having advertised
a certain line of shoes and th e induce
m ent held out to prospective pur
chasers is declared fraudulent.
An
association of advertisers furnished
the evidence on which the prosecu-
tion is based.
Rebels Busy in N orth.
Mexico City— F u rth e r evidence of
the aggressiveness of the northern
rebels was given Saturday when sev
eral hundred of them , well armed and
mounted, captured the town o f Vane-
gas, on the National railw ay in the
sta te of San Luis Potosi.
They cut
the railw ay to the north and then
moved to Mntequala. a m ining and
sm elter center. The rebels continue
to cover new te rrito ry and cripple
transportation facilities.
Postcards Ordered Bark.
W ashington, D. C. — Postm aster-
General Burleson has ordered th a t un
paid, m isdirected, unm ailable and un
claimed postal cards, as well as post
cards deposited for local delivery, be
returned to the sender when they bear
card address.
Twelve m illion post
cards annually. It is estim ated, will be
returned under the order to senders.
VETERANS
GIVEN
WARNING MEDFORD
PLANS
CANNERY
Sec Physician Before Going to G et M errhants an d Growers of Rogue
tysburg, Says Fin/.er.
Valley Behind Move.
Salem —Old veterans who will at-
tend the 50th anniversary celebration
a t G etty sb u rg in Ju . ly from j Oregon
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are advised in a bulletin issued by Ad-
ju ta n t General Finzer, through Gover-
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before deciding to tak e the long
trip in th e h o tte st tim e o f the year.
Rules and regulations have been
issued re la tiv e to the expenditure of
the sta te appropriation providing for
paying th e expenses of survivors of
the b a ttle back to a tte n d the an n iv ers
ary. These are signed by Ja m es P.
Shaw of dep artm en t headquarters, and
Colonel Lew is C. G arrigus, C onfeder
a te veteran, and com m issioners.
The cam p will be open for the re
ception o f v isitors Ju n e 29, and will
close Ju ly 6. No one not a v eteran of
the Civil w ar will be given food or
sh elter w ithin the cam p.
Those not
provided w ith proper credentials will
be barred from the cam p.
The cam p
will be a t the H igh W ater Mark m on
um ent on the battlefield, com plete in
all its equipm ent of tents, cots, blank
ets, etc., but each veteran m ust pro
vide his own towel, soap and to ilet a r
ticles. The “ mess k i t ” provided by
the governm ent will become the prop
erty o f the veteran upon breaking
camp. No trunks will be allowed in
the baggage.
LIVESTOCK RULING IS MADE
Ballot W ording Knocks Out Clack
am as Provision, Says Judge.
Oregon C ity —The “ double negative
th a t m eans a p o sitiv e ,” w as the basis
of a decision by C ircuit Judge Camp
bell th a t knocks out for the tim e be
ing the county provision th a t livestock
shall not be allowed to run a t large.
Judge Campbell based his action upon
the w ording of the ballot when the
m a tte r was voted upon a t the last
election. The instruction on the bal
lot a t th a t tim e read :
“ For stock running a t la rg e —Y e s.”
“ A gainst stock running a t larg e —
N o.”
The form , as prescribed by the leg
islativ e law of 1907, indicates th a t the
same title for the m a tte r to be voted
upon shall precede both the words
“ Y e s,” and “ N o .” In ru lin g the pre-
sen t vote inadequate to express popu
la r opinion in the m a tte r, the judge,
a fte r review ing the sta te m e n t printed
on the ballot, said :
“ No fa ir in te rp reta tio n can be given
the words as they appeared upon the
ballot, using th e ir o rdinary m eaning,
save th a t every elector who voted was
in favor o f stock running a t la rg e .”
A storia W ants Public Dock.
M edford— As an auxiliary to the ir-
rigation m ovem ent plans w ere formu-
l a t e d S aturday a t a joint m eeting of
m em bers of the comm ercial club and
the M erchants’ association to secure a
canning factory in the valley.
The m erchants of the city will be
asked to subscribe $2000 and the fru it
grow ers will fu rn ish $5000.
A com
m ittee, consisting of John II. Carkin,
W. F. Isaacs, George T. Collins, P. S.
S teen stru p and E. A. Welch was
named, to solicit subscriptions from
the m erchants and active work has
been sta rte d . It is expected th a t the
$2000 will be readily secured.
As soon as th is money is obtained
a m ass m eeting of ranchers will be
called, the outline of the proposed
cannery presented and the $2000 will
he loaned w ithout in te re st to the pro
posed association.
The cannery will be sim ilar to the
one now o p e ratin g at Puyallup, Wash.
R anchers m ay subscribe for stock at
$10 a share to any amount, but each
subscriber will have but one vote.
The profits of the association above
o p eratin g expenses will be divided
am ong the grow ers.
A large board of directors and a
sm all executive board will be named,
and if the cannery is b u ilt a practical
m an from Puyallup will be secured to
tak e active charge.
LATE
HARVEST
IS
ADVISED
Oregon Growers Told How to M ar
ket P ears Successfully.
W ashington, D. C. — If the pear-
grow ers o f the Rogue R iver valley, in
Oregon, will delay picking th e ir fru it
for a t lea st tw o weeks beyond the
usual picking season, and then proper
ly cool and sto re th e ir fru it prior to
shipm ent, they can, in the judgm ent
of the d e p artm en t of agriculture, ex
tend th e ir m ark e tin g season six or
seven w eeks and g e t b e tte r prices in
the E ast, a fte r the C alifornia pears
are gone.
This conclusion is reached by A. V.
Stubenrauch and H. J. Ramsey, who
were sent to the Rogue R iver country
last fall to m ake experim ents to d e te r
mine ju st how th e Oregon pear-grow
ers can handle th e ir fru it in order to
m ark et it to b est advantage in the
E ast.
T heir report, which contains
much technical inform ation for the
pear-grow ers o f the Rogue R iver valley
and o th er sections of Oregon w here
pears are grow n comm ercially, has
ju st been published in Bureau of P lan t
Industry C ircular No. 114.
Crop C ontracts Secured.
Hood R iver— The m anagem ent of
the Apple G row ers’ association, Hood
R iv e r’s new am algam ation of apple
m ark etin g agencies, is now securing
the sig n atu res o f grow ers to contracts
for the shipm ent o f the y e a r’s apple
and stra w b erry crops.
The g re ater
portion o f next week will be passed by
the m em bers of the association in
holding a series of m eetings in the
im portant sections of the
valley,
w here all of the details of the new
selling concern will he explained.
P. S. Davidson has been elected
president o f the new association and
C. W. Hooker, secretary, the la tte r
having been a m em ber of the board of
directo rs of the A pple G row ers’ union.
A storia—A modern public dock, not
less than 1000 fe et in length, bu ilt
w ith slips to accom m odate several
vessels a t a tim e, and equipped w ith
all the modern electrical appliances
for handling freig h t, and not less than
35 fe e t of w ater in the channel across
the shoal a t the mouth of the Columbia
riv er are two things which th e people
o f A storia are demanding.
The m ovem ent in support of these
projects was sta rte d a few days ago.
U nder the leadership of Dr. A lfred
Kinney, a com m ittee of direction of
over 200 m em bers from the various
sections of
the country is being
C la tso p P u p ils P rogressing.
formed, and each m em ber is pledged
A storia
L. R. H arrington, sta te
to back the P o rt of A storia commis
sion in bonding the port to the e x te n t field w orker for the juvenile industrial
of $1,000,000 if necessary to raise the fa ir branch of the Oregon Educational
departm ent, passed the p ast week, in
funds required.
company w ith County Superintendent
O. H. Byland, v isitin g schools in this
$800,000 Bonds Secured.
A sto ria—A m ortgage given by the county, w ith a view of arousing the
K erry T im ber company to the Central in te re st of the pupils and paren ts in
T ru st company 0f Illinois to secure the work-
$800,000 in bonds was filed for record
Mr. H arrington is fa m ilia r w ith
jn the county clerk 's office W ednesday Niis branch o f school work and he sue-
afternoon. The m ortgage covers sev ceeded in enlistin g pupils and parents
He compli
eral thousand acres of tim ber land in in the industrial w ork.
C latsop and Columbia counties and m ented the county superintendent and
bonds which are dated Jan u ary 1 of the teachers on the progress th a t has
this y e ar and run from two to 11 been m ade and predicted th a t Clatsop
years, w ere issued to secure funds for county will rank high am ong the coun
the purpose of building a logging ra il tie s of the sta te in its exhibits, both
road from Woods landing on the Co agricu ltu ral and industrial, a t the lo
lum bia river, to the Nehalem valley, a cal and sta te fairs.
distance o f 31 m iles, as well as to
Ashland Farm ers to Exhibit.
e rect m ills and establish and operate
logging camps.
Ashland — A g ric u ltu ralists in this
locality are prep arin g to e n te r the
Seaside Cheese Sells High.
lists of E astern land show e xhibits, on
S easide—Cheese brought $1 a pound
recom m endation of th e Oregon Devel
here a t a public auction held a t Main opm ent league.
Inasm uch as the
and B ridge stre ets, when the first out
S ta te Im m igration commission bears
put of the Clatsop County Incorporated
Cheese company was placed on sale. the expense of fo rw arding and exhib
itin g these displays, it is planned to
Dan J. Moore acted as auctioneer.
Jam es Peterson, a grocer, was the g ath er a large collection of dry farm
first successful bidder and paid $25 for and other products from th is d istric t
25 pounds; Seaside C ornet hand was during the coming sum m er and have
second and R. E. S te w a rt w as third. them classified in a system atic m anner
Bruce Perry, a lad o f 10, was among to forw ard E ast in due season.
the successful bidders. The p lant plans
Broken C ontract Charge.
to put out 400 pounds o f cheese a day
when in full running order.
Salem —T hat the C entral Oregon Ir
rigation company will be compelled to
show cause w ithin the next 15 days
Board Gives More Time.
Salem — Discussion cam e up before w'by it should not fulfill the provisions
the n P9ert Land hoard recently of the o f its contract re la tiv e to the enlarge-
possibility of calling for the surrender m ent of the C entral Oregon ditch, and
o f $25,000 surety bonds given to pro . why the bond o f $25,000 given to in
tec t the sta te in connection w ith the sure the enlargem ent o f th a t ditch
enlargem ent o f the C entral Oregon should not be foreclosed, was the suh-
canal of the Central Oregon Develop- stance of an order made by the D esert
m ent company. The purpose would Land board Monday.
In addition the
be to use the money in construction of company is called upon to m ake a fi-
nancial sta te m en t as to how its money
the canal.
It was decided to give the company was expended during 1912.
m ore tim e to determ ine w hether it
Students Study Engines.
will be able to raise money for the
Oregon A gricultural College. Cor
im provem ent.
vallis— Advanced students o f farm -
power m achinery a t the college are
1913 Colonists Bring Families.
Hood R iver—“ It seem s th a t all of studying four types of traction en
recently
have been
the colonists th a t arc com ing W est gines which
this y ear have small fa m ilie s,” says shipped to the college for dem onstra-
Mrs. H arrison Miller, who arrived tion purposes.
The students are te s tin g th e ir en
here recently for a v isit w ith her
father, D. I. Stone, a local o rhardist. gines on the cam pus and college farm .
" I d o n 't think I ever saw so many
Eight-H our Day to Be Urged.
babies to g eth e r as were on one of the
Salem —Plans to in itia te a bill pro
cars attached to the Soo-Spokane
train . T here w ere 23 little fellows in viding for an eight-hour day generally
the car, and the oldest was not over 5 for women were announced by Colonel
years. I can assure th a t they kept E. H ofer and a m ass m eeting will be
things g a y .”
held here to prom ote the move.
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THE MYSTERY OF
THE CAUSEWAY
(Continued.)
“The detective gentlem an wired
th a t he wanted to Bee me," said
W arner, anxiously. “ Do you know
why, sir?"
1 told him no. and he dropped into
an uneasy silence. I am used myself
by walking from picture to picture,
lor the w alls were hung with splen
did ]>ortraits—Gainsborough, Lely and
Romney—it was a veritable exhibition
of those g reat m asters. At last the
door opened and the little man ap
peared. glancing from one to the
other of us with his shrewd, observ
ant eyes.
“Will you follow me, If you please?”
he said.
We tram ped up the g re at staircase,
a wide sweep of polished oak, where
a dozen men could have walked
abreast, and so down a high-roofed
passage into a m ajestic bedroom. In
th e .c e n te r stood a venerable four-post
bedstead. The columns th a t support
ed the canopy were finely carved, and
over the head was a faded coat of
arm s pictured in the needlew ork of
two hundred years ago. The lattice
windows were open. From without,
came the faint piping of the nestling
birds.
Upon the bed lay som ething covered
with w hite sheeting.
Peace walked
up to it and
paused, staring hard at the keeper,
who stood beside me. Then with a
gentle hand he lifted the sheet. On
the pillow lay the head of an elderly
man, d a rk and full bearded.
W arner stepped back, clutching my
arm.
“ It’s the botanist,” he stam m ered.
“W hat is he doing here? W as it him
as killed my m aster, sir? ”
“Yes.” said the little detective; "he
killed Sir Andrew Cheyne.”
For a m oment he stooped, busying
him self about the head. W ith a gen
tle pull he lifted the heavy beard
away. It was a face younger by a
score of years th a t lay upon the pil
lows, a face handsome, a fte r its fash
ion, though deep lined with evil days
and ways.
“Sir Andrew him self,” cried W arner,
with a sob of terror.
“T hat is also true,” said Inspector
Addington Peace, reverently replac
ing the w hite sheet.
It was an hour afterw ards that
Peace gave me the details. We were
leaning against the stone balustrade
of the terrace looking over the lake
to the pleasant park land beyond.
The breeze-swept rushes th a t marked
the line of the causeway, the gables
of the island pavilion th a t peered
above th e foliage, lay to our right,
fram ed In the rippling blue of the
mere.
"My first Im portant discovery,” he
said, “was a strand of pack-thread tied
to a young sapling a t th e spot where
the body of Sir Andrew was found.
On the o ther side of the path was a
narrow hole betw een the slabs of
granite, w here a peg had lately been
driven In. The rushes about It were
broken here and there. The conclu
sion of a spring gun was obvious,
and the reason suggested by the track
of foxes along the edge of the reeds.
W as the death an accident, a fte r all?
If so, w hat business had the stranger
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under
a rre st—Fenton.
find. Is
his name—upon the island a t so late
an hour?
"My conversation with the keeper
gave me some Interesting results. It
was plainly m urder, and no accident.
Some one had raised the muzzle of
the gun so th a t It m ight kill a man
LAST
A RACE
KINGS
Michael, Prince of Cyprus, Jerusalem
and Syria, Died Recently In
Charity Hospital.
In the charity ward of a hospital
In St. P etersburg there died of can
cer a few days ago the last of a
dynasty of fam ous kings. T his pauper
was Michael, prince of Cyprus, Jeru
salem and Syria, aged fifty-four. W ith
him perished the family of Luslgnan.
which had been reigning m onarchs
for m any centuries.,
Prince Michael was the only son
of Ixmis de Luslgnan, who was driven
from the throne of Cyprus by the
T urks In 1821. He t a d Intrusted his
vast treasu res to the P atriarch of
Constantinople, but the T urks confis
cated these and appropriated them
to th eir own use. In the w ar for the
liberation of Oreeca the prince tried
to regain his throne, but in 1827 he
had to flee to Russia, where Czar
Nicholas gave him a commission as
captain In the army.
Prince Louis fought tn the Crimean
war. but the result of this was disas
trous to his hopes. W hen Greece re
gained Its Independence the throne of
the newly created nation was twice
offered to Prince Louis, who refused
It.
Napoleon III took up Prince Louis'
cause and Count Debussy m ade a for
mal contract to supply him with the
necessary means.
He expected to
wring from the T urkish l ivernm ent
about $250.000.000. But the Franeo-
Prusslan war resulted In Napoleon
III. being driven from the throne of
France and once more the hopes of
IVW.Y
and not a fox. Some oue had ex
pected a visitor to the island th at
night against whom he desired to re
venge himself. W as Fenton guilty?
The evidence ugainst him seem ed al
most conclusive. He had adm itted,
you will rem em ber, th a t he had an
appointm ent with Sir Andrew. Yet,
a fte r he had set the trap, why had
he continued to risk discovery by
loitering about the causew ay? How
had he known th a t the spring gun was
there a t all? Why had he brought a
loaded revolver? Why had he bor
rowed the punt and reached the
island by so unexpected a m anner?
W as he also afraid of some one or
some thing? My mind began to turn
from him to the second stranger, the
botanist with the collecting case. He
a t least had inform ation about the
settin g of the gun.
“T h e r e ' was still a further point.
Sir Andrew had been shot full in the
chest. If he had been walking down
the causeway he would have been hit
in the side. How was that?
“ Yesterday m orning after I sent
you away I walkeo Into the village
to m ake inquiries. They have few
visitors, and the landlord of the inn
rem em bered the bearded naturalist.
He had only once visited the place,
driving over from the station, and dis
appearing for several hours. A hot-
tem pered man, nervous and excitable
—so he described him. W hen the cab
was late he had broken out in a for
eign tongue. T hat was all he knew
of him.
"I caught the 3:15 to London and
Vnesday evening. The w elter who had
taken him up to the baronet's sitting-
room told me th a t the first Interview
hud been long, and th at they had quar-
■ eled violently ou the stairs.
" ‘You shall never so much as see
the place. If you go there before se t
tling with me I com m unicate with the
police a t once.' He rem em bered some
such th rea t shouted by Fenton on
leaving. T he second Interview had
been short, and, so far as he knew,
friendly.
“I m ade a careful Bearch of Sir An
drew 's room. It was th ere th a t I
solved the problem of the m ystery;
for In his dressing case was an old
'm ake-up' box, no doubt a survival
from his days upon the stage; and In
the box was a full brown b eard!”
"And so he was the botanist?” 1
said w ith a shiver.
“Yes, Mr. Phillips, he was the bot
a n ist.”
T here was silence betw een us for
a while. I looked up a t the splendid
front of the ancient hall, aud then
across the lawns, over the sparkling
m ere to the park and the forest landB
beyond.
‘‘W as It for this?” I asked with a
wave of the hand.
"Y es," said Peace, ‘T believe It to
hnvo been for Alrlte Hull th a t he
tried to kill Fenton
Heaven knows
what dism al scandal the man held
over him ; but It was probably suffi
cient to drive Sir Andrew from Eng
land for ever. From Inquiries that
we have made, It appears th a t Fen
ton had been living on Sir Andrew for
over two years. It was undoubtedly a
bad case of blackmail. The young
man; on hearing of his uncle's death,
gave his persecutor the slip, and
crossed to London. Fenton followed,
and discovered him a t his hotel. Prob
ably he dem anded a large sum, which
was refused him. W hereupon he de
clared th a t the baronet should never
so much as see All-lie Hall unless he
paid, and left the young man with
th at th re a t upon him.
"F or days Sir Andrew stayed sulk
ing In his rooms. He was a man of
violent tem per and unscrupulous past.
Heaven knows w hat schem es of re-
THEN WITH A GENTLE HAND HE LIFTED THE SHEET.
0.lP*i/A|
found Scotland Yard In the possession
of some additional details. Sir An
drew had been In town for a fortnight
living very quietly a t a sm all hotel
off Piccadilly. He had no servant
with him. He had been a wild, extrav
agant lad, they told me, and when bis
uncle had tired of paying his bills he
had tried the stage, got deeper Into
debt, and finally fled to the Continent,
w here he lived on a small allowance
th at the old man m ade him. All this
stru ck me as curious. The rake had
Indeed reform ed if he heralded his
accession to g reat wealth by dropping
a servant and living quietly In a small
hotel. Had he o ther reasons than
economy?
"I visited the hotel th at night. Sir
Andrew had received few visitors,
the po rter told me. I described the
botanist, w ithout success. T hen I
tried Fenton. The porter recognized
my description a t once. He had called
tw ice, the first tim e shortly a fte r Sir
Andrew's arrival, the second tim e on
Prince Louis to regain the throne of
Cyprus, Jerusalem and Syria were
dashed to the ground.
In 1884 Prince Louis died, leaving
his only son nothing but aspirations
and a royal name. Prince Michael
was then 24 years old. He lived al
most as a recluse, but never gave up
his hopes. Those who knew him con
sldered him a crank because of the
stra n g e costum e he alw ays wore. This
consisted of a Russian arm y overcoat
with gold buttons on which were the
three crowns of his kingdom.
Resourceful.
In the club they were com paring
the resourcefulness of th eir wives
In difficult social situations. The man
who lives in a Harlem flat had been a
good listener, but he finally found an
opening.
at "thaV s o r t'o f ’ th in g 7
hav-
Ing some people to luncheon one
Sunday last spring, and Just a t an
hour when all the delicatessens were
closed she discovered th a t she needed
some m ustard and didn't have a grain
of tt In the kitchen. And she Isn't
the sort that will borrow from peo
ple next door that she doesn't know
It was a bad fix. all right. But Bhe
got m ustard enough."
“W ent to the delicatessen m an's
house snd routed him out. I suppose?"
suggested a m em ber from the Bronx.
"N ot much. Ju st went to the m edi
cine closet, got down a box of ready
m ade m ustard plasters, put 'em to
soak, and squeezed enough of the hot
stuff off."
“Good night." said the man from
th e Bronx —New York Globe.
venge he hatched In his rage and de
spair. Finally, on Monday last, he
risked discovery, disguised himself In
the beard and went down to see the
old place again. Ills m eeting with the
keeper was a chance, and their talk
of spring guns an equal accident.
But tlje suggestion gave the baronet
an Idea. ‘A spring gun for a fox'—
you rem em ber his words as W arner
told us. He laughed with hysterical
Joy a t a m eans th at would rid him of
his enem y so simply and certainly.
He m ade the excuse of the Indian
friend, and saw Fenton again on
Tuesday, giving him an appointm ent
on the island a t eleven o'clock on the
following T hursday night, and a t the
sam e tim e prom ising to pay him w hat
he asked at the m eeting. By the
last post on W ednesday he sent the
plans to W arner In disguised hand
w riting and under a false nam e and
address.
"F enton suspected this sudden ac
quiescence. The scamp knew to w hat
a sta te of Im potent fury he had
brought his victim. He took a revolv
e r with him, and having spied out the
ground, crossed by the punt, Instead
of approaching the rendezvous by the
causeway. Also he came an hour and
more before he was expected.
"P erh ap s you now understand the
plan. Sir Andrew Intended to alter
the gun ami leave for the station be
fore ten. Fenton would bo killed at
eleven, and the blam e re st on W arn
er. No otle could suspect the young
baronet who would be In the train
a t the tim e of the accident.
“Sir Andrew found the trap, lifted
the gun off the supporting props, and
drove the outer one a foot deeper Into
the ground. I could see the m arks
of his feet, w here he had stood while
he pushed and tw isted the stick
through the clay. He replaced the
gun, which would now be a t an angle
to hit a man In the chest or neck. He
stepped back, looking to see If there
was a sign of lurking death to alarm
a passer-by.
"W hat happened I can only guess.
He may have slipped on the old slabs.
But It was enough th a t he touched
the th read , and the trigger, oiled and
1 ^
It was In a m anner suicide.”
"80 th a t Is the explanation,” I said,
when he had ended.
"It Is partly guess-work, of couvse.”
Peace told m e; "but 1 think you will
find th a t I am not far wrong when
F enton’s trial comes on and, to save
his neck, he m akes a clean b re ast of
his share In the business."
(C H R O N IC L E S
TO
BE
C O N T IN U E D .)
W hen Doves Disagree.
"W hat's the latest among suffra
gists?"
"M rs. W allaby called Mrs. W ombat
a deliberate and unqualified fibber."
“D ear me, have women come to
th a t? W hat happened next?"
“T hen they both cried, kissed and
m ade up, and we all w ent to a b a r
gain m atinee."