all u n traceab le. H a m ley H a ck le y e , too,
the stra n g e lessee o f 94
Itriarsw eet
place, w as n ot to be fou nd . T h e m ilk
man, w'ho c la im ed he had been paid for
a m o n th ’s w ares In a d v a n ce, con tin u ed
to leav e a d aily a llo w a n c e o f frillk and
crea m on the ba ck stoop , an d the a c c u
m u lation o f b o ttle s on the F la n d ers
d o o rs te p w as w a x in g large.
C ables
from L on d on b ro u g h t w ord that H a c k
leye w as a y o u n g e r son o f the late Sir
W a lter H a ck le y e ; that fo r fou r years
past he had been c o n d u c tin g tro p ica l
e x p lo ra tio n s , and that he w as p o s s e s s
ed o f an Im m en se p riv a te fortu n e. T h e
im m ed iate fa m ily , an a g ed m oth er and
w id ow ed sister, and tw o broth ers, both
u n m arried, lived In E n glan d fo r years,
and had heard n oth in g o f H a m ley that
bore upon his life w ith a n y d e g re e o f
definiteness. H e w a s a b o o k ish s o r t o f
fe llo w ; im a g in a tiv e an d fon d o f o r ig i
nal research , qu iet, an d o f no bad h a b
its s o fa r as they knew , a g reed all r e
ports.
N o p h o to g r a p h s o f him sin ce
lie w a s a plu m p little c o d g e r o f six
w ere to be had. A c o p y o f on e o f these
h o ran the m essag e, w a s b e in g m ad e in
L on d on , and w ou ld be fo r w a r d e d im
m ed iately upon co m p le tio n .
J oh n n y J oh n son fe lj that he
had
d ra w n a blank In his sle u th in g e x p e d i
tion th rou g h the h ou se at 94 H riar-
sw eet P lace, w h ere the death ch a m b e r
v isito r had van ish ed . T h e room s sm e ll
ed m u sty and the h ou se b ore the sta m p
o f the u n o ccu p ie d sav e
fo r
sev era l
su its o f cloth es, w ea rin g the Im print
o f a P ic a d llly tailor, h a n g in g In the
clo s e t o f on e o f the bed room s. T h ese
m ust h ave fitted a m an o f
m ediu m
h eig h t and bu ild. T h ere w ere n o p e r
son al m em ora n d a a rou n d , and to all
Intents the h ou se w as the sa m e as
w hen A tto r n e y F la n d ers had
let
It,
n ea rly a w eek p rev iou s.
T h e g a rte r
Joh n n y had fou n d on the
th resh old
w as a w oefu l a g g ra v a tio n .
“ I f the o w n e r had o n ly lost on e o f
th em ,” so liloq u ized Joh n n y, “ I m igh t
h ave tra ced him by m a tc h in g the pair.
As it is now , th ere’s no ch a n c e at a l l ! ”
Mr. F ranz, w h o w as a p lu m p little
G erm a n , u sh ad e too w e ll-ta ilo r e d , a
w hit too urbane, bad fe tch e d w ith him
a p ictu r e o f C erisse W a y n e that tallied
e x a c tly with the p o rtr a it
that
had
b low n from H u rc o u rt’s w in d ow . T h a t
the sam e n e g a tiv e had p erm itted both
p rin ts w as m an ifest.
C H A P T E R V III.
T h e w a rra n t wag serv ed on the H a r-
eourts that m o rn in g at six o ’clock .
O ut o f c o n sid e r a tio n fo r Mrs.
H a r-
cou rt, w h om h er h u sba n d cla im e d w as
d elica te, an d w h o really lo o k e d
as
fra g ile as a p ie ce o f p o rce la in , the
H a rco u rts w ere n ot re m o v e d to the Jail
but a co rd o n o f sleu th s w as ap p oin ted
to patrol th e ir apartm ents* T h e hotel
m an a gem en t w as so re ly w roth ,
and
tried to Insist upon the d e p a rtu re o f
the H a rcou rts, but
H a rco u rt
ca m e
d ow n h a n d som ely w ith an en o rm o u s
am ou n t o f cash , and the m ollified m a n
ag em en t b e ca m e less ce n so rio u s . E a r
ly that a fte rn oon , M rs. H a rco u rt fell
v e ry 111 w ith a se e m in g ly m alig n a n t
fe v e r — an o u tg r o w th o f th eir lo n g r e s i
d en ce In India, so her h u sba n d said.
T h e re w as a b r ie f p re lim in a ry h ea rin g
at 2:30 in the H a rco u rt ap artm en ts.
“ M y na m e is H a ro ld H a rco u rt, and
I live In the H ill d istrict, in In d ia,” a t
tested the w itn ess,
w h en
called .
I
am 35 y e a rs o f a g e an d h ave been m a r
ried to m y w ife fo r the p ast six years.
S he is 24, and w e h ave been tra v e lin g
fo r her h ealth d u rin g the p ast tw o
years, fo llo w in g the a cc id e n ta l d r o w n
in g o f ou r b a b y son. M y w ife 's m ind
has n ev er been p e rfe ctly c le a r sin ce
the h a rro w in g m om en t w hen she pulled
o u r dead son ou t o f the c lu tch e s o f a
tre a ch e ro u s p ool, not fifty fe e t from
her bed room w in d o w . A t the a d v ice o f
p h y sicia n s, we h a v e g o n e fro m co u n try
to co u n try , se e k in g n o v e lty and chan ge,
h o p in g to re sto re her to her
norm al
state.
M y o c c u p a tio n ?
W h y , I h ave
none.
I r e ce iv e a large in co m e from
Inherited p ro p e rtie s, so d o e s m y w ife,
and Jointly w e ow n se v e ra l rich d ia
m on d m ines. W e n ev er saw the y o u n g
w om an , M iss L a n c e y , I belie v e
her
nam e is, at all. I am p o sitiv e m y w ife
n e v e r did until last ev en in g. W h y we
sh ou ld be held like this is in c o m p r e
h en sible to me. On this card you will
find the n a m es o f a n u m b e r o f L on d on ,
an d C a lcu tta firm s, w h o w ill g iv e you
a n y re fe r e n c e s o f m e y o u m a y desire.
“ T h e nigh t o f the m u rd e r o f C erisse
W a y n e we w ere in M ilw a u k e e as our
h otel bills and re ce ip ts w ill sh ow . T h e
fo llo w in g a fte r n o o n late w e a rriv e d and
w en t to the D ir e cto r y
H otel.
T h at
• ven in g I w as try in g to e x p la in to my
w ife so m e c h a n g e s I w as c o n te m p la t
in g in m y Ind ian
e sta te
an d
was
sk e tc h in g the p lan s w ith the idea o f
T h en they led him Into the p resen ce
k e e p in g her am u sed , as sh e had been
o f M rs. H a rcou rt. S he w as sittin g In
p a rticu la rly fr e tfu l and n e rv o u s all
the sh a d ow o f the w in d ow w rupped in
day. T h e room w as clo se , an d in s u f
a w ad d ed g ow n o ' ;*op| y *•••»
h.-
fe r a b le w ith the sm ell o f steam pipes,
w as v ery listless a n d had not ep ok en a
so w e had raised the w in d o w w id e and
w ord fo r hours. H a rc o u r t d ecla red that
flu n g high the shade. I d re w ou t m y
this had been her w on t a t Intervals
w a llet to g et a m e m o ra n d u m and In
sin ce the death o f the ba by.
d o in g so p u lled o u t by a c c id e n t a little
T h e y sent F ra n z in to the room a lit
p h o to g ra p h o f m y w ife that I a lw a y s
tle ah ead o f h is escort. “ Mrs. W a y n e ,”
c a r ry w ith me, and so m e Im porta n t
e ja cu la te d the banker, lettin g fa ll his
p assp orts. T h e w ind sen t the cu rta in
little b la ck valise.
“ W h y , they told
fly in g ap d w h isk ed th ese p a p ers out
m e y ou w ere d e a d !”
o f m y hand. I hu rried to the w in d ow
H e a d v a n ced a fe w steps, and re a c h -
and sa w them lig h t on an o p p o s ite fire
i d forth his hand, but the m om en t he
e sca p e and tried to r e c o v e r them . As
g lim p sed Mrs. H a rc o u r t’* ey es he d r o p
the hotel cle rk has p ro b a b ly to ld you
ped h is ou tstre tch e d arm and step p ed
the p ap ers w ere not r e co v e r e d .”
back.
“ N ow , I tru st, g en tlem en , that my
“ It— Is— It— Is— n o t— the— S a m e ,” he
w ife an d I w ill be a llo w e d to p roceed
m u rm u red , stu d y in g c lo s e ly the fa ce
w ith o u t a n y fu rth e r re fe r e n c e o r e n
an d fig u re b e fo re him . M rs. H a rcou rt
ta n g le m e n t In th is m o st u n d esira ble
d ro p p e d her ey es in a terrified fa s h
afTalr.”
ion and rulsed them ag ain to find the
“ W a sn ’ t th ere a letter d ro p p e d out soft, ca lm g a ze o f P h ilip H a rtley fixed
o f y o u r w a lle t? ” ask ed L a rry M orris, ste a d ily u p on her. F or a full m om en t
s te p p in g fo rw a rd .
“ I f y o u p lease, I’d sh e look ed
sh a rp ly ,
c o m p o s e d ly
at
like to su b m it tw o e x h ib its In
e v i H a rtley , then fro m him to her h u s
d e n ce .”
H e p ro d u ce d the p ictu r e and band. an d then ag ain to F ranz. S p r in g
the letter that had been fished from in g fr o m her ch a ir, w ith the terror o f a
the fire e sca p e an d p ro ce e d e d to relate ch ild , she flung a sid e her w rap p in g s,
h ow they had been a cq u ire d .
an d th r o w in g h e rse lf upon
H a rtley,
H a r c o u r t’s fa ce flushed w ith p le a s c lu n g to him . s c r e a m in g :
ure at sig h t o f the p h o to g ra p h . W hen
••oh. c a n ’t you sa v e m e from th em ;
the letter w as handed to him he paled, sav e m e, take m e a w a y ; they kill m e
w h e th e r with fr ig h t o r w ith an ger, w as w ith th ose a w fu l d r u g s !”
in d istin g u ish a b le .
F ra n * p aled and turned his h o r r i
“ T h is Is an in su lt,” he hissed.
fied g a ze ou t o f the w in d ow .
“ W h a t ’s y o u r w ife ’s nam e, Mr. H a r-
“ T h e d eliriu m a g a in !” cried
H ar.
c o u r t ? " ask ed the cou rt.
cou rt. “ P o o r g irl, p o o r g irl.”
“ M y w ife ?
H er n a m e ?
M rs. H a r
H a rc o u r t str o v e to take his w ife
c o u rt, o f c o u r se .”
a w a y , bu t sh e w ou ld not
loose
her
“ H er first nam e?*
g ru sp upon the urm o f the rep orter,
•’N a r c isse .”
and th ere w as no g a in s a y in g the cla sp
“ Did y ou e v e r see this le tte r b e o f th o se c o ld an d ta u tly In terlocked
fo r e ?’
fingers.
H a rtley ,
the
ten d er,
coaxed
the
T h e hotel re g is te r w as b rou g h t Into
the room , an d as e x p e r t
testim on y fr ig h ten ed w om an Into the bed room ,
w en t to the e ffe ct that the sig n a tu re on an d d esp ite H a rc o u r t’ s ex p o s tu la tio n s
the re g iste r tallied w ith the c o n fo r m a sen t fo r a d o cto r . H a rcou rt sw o r e they
tion o f the w ritin g not on ly on the le t w ou ld kill her and d ecla re d h im se lf a
ter that had been p ick e d up in th*‘ b etter m an o f m ed icin e than h a lf the
c o u r t-r o o m , bu t w ith th ose fou n d In p ra ctitio n e r s In the tow n . E v e ry tim e
the W a y n e death ch a m b e r, Mr. H a r he a p p ro a ch e d h is w ife, h ow e v e r, she
c o u rt w as req u ested to m ake c o p ie s o f b rok e Into fr ig h tfu l screa m s, an d kept
the d o cu m e n ts and hand them to the her ey es c o n sta n tly a v erted fro m her
T h e sig h t o f F ra n z
co u rt. He did this w ith g reat tr e p id a h u sb a n d 's gaze.
tion , but the results w ere very unlike a p p ea red to h ave b rok en som e ch ain ,
h ave fo r g e d so m e link In her m ind
the origin als.
A m ovem en t w as begun to p ro v e thnt that b ore d ire c tly u p on this m y s te r y —
M r. H a rco u rt had p a in fu lly d isg u ised u n fo ld in g m ystery .
W h ile th ey a n tic ip a te d the d o c to r
his w ritin g and the m atter w as throw n
the ex a m in a tio n o f H en ry F ra n s w en t
to the e x p e rts again.
T h e m an’ s g a rte r J o h n n y Joh nson on. It w as d isa p p o in tin g In Its In In-
d efin lten ess o f result.
had picked up in the clo se t o f Mrs
Hut the b o d y o f (V r ls s e W a y n e had
W a y n e ’s room , and a se co n d one, o n h
to o p lainly Its m ate, in the sa m e gold been taken fro m the v au lt w h ere It lay
em era ld and a m e th y st d esig n , marked p en d in g Id en tifica tion by Mr. F rans,
w ith the initial ” H ," that he had found so from Mrs. H a rc o u r t’* ro o m s they
Inside the th resh old o f the F lan d ers led him to the bod y . T h en the coffin
hou se at 94 H rlarsw eet place,
were lid w as loosen ed an d the sh rou d ed fig
•Mown to H a rcou rt. He d iso w n e d these ure o f the dead w om an w a s revealed.
e m p h a tica lly an d d ecla red
he
had She w as m ore the Im age o f Mrs. H a r
c o u rt than Mrs. H a rcou rt h erself. F or
n e v e r seen eith er o f them before.
I-arry M orris, sw orn next, told o f the Mrs H a rcou rt, w h en they left her, w as
the reason s fo r H etty’s v isitin g
the su nk In a d ea d ly com a , and the Itvor
H a rco u rt a p a r tm e n ts d isp la y in g s e v o f d eath seem ed reflected on her c o u n
C erisse W a y n e lay
there,
eral p h o to g ra p h s and sk e tch e s
that tenan ce.
hml been m ade o f the late Mrs. W ay n e, calm , qu iet an d all at ease, like s le e p
in g m arble.
rem a rk in g on the great sim ila rity bs
"W on derfu l, w o n d e r fu l!
T h e lik e
tw een the a p p e a ra n ce s o f
the
tw o
Mr.
F ran*.
He
w om en, and b e g g in g the co u rt to see n ess,” c om m en ted
sc r u tin ise d the fa ce and hand s o f the
fo r Itself.
c o r p s e c lo s e ly and said s lo w ly :
W ith H a rcou rt In d ig n an tly fu m in g
1 a m p o sitiv e that this is the w o m
s co m p a riso n be tw e e n the livin g w o m
an that o u r firm kn ew
us
C erisse
an and the p h o to g ra p h w as m ade. Mrs
W h o the w om a n at th e D i
H a rco u rt w e t In a c o m a to s e state anil W a y n e.
s s she lay p ro s tra te on the w id e bed. re cto ry H otel m ay he, the w om an w h o
death p ale and w ith her hair h a lf u n so clo s e ly resem b le* ser. I ca n n ot say
b ou n d , the Inquest o f the p re c e d in g day A ll I kn ow o f Mrs. W a y n e is that her
ro se like a m ira g e !
T h e q u ick and d e p o sits w ith us h a v e been co m in g ,
the dead seem ed one.
us I w rote you , fo r som e tim e. W h en
H a rcou rt w as bou nd o v e r till the fall we had n o tic e o f her death we d e la y
tdrm o f co u rt.
N o c o u n t w as fou nd ed o p e n in g h er s a fe ty d e p o sit b o x till
ag a in st his w ife.
we had a c o u r t ord er. W ith in w e fou n d
the m ost g o r g e o u s c o lle c tio n s o f Jew els
Im ag in ab le— here a re p h o to g r a p h s o f
C H A P T E R IX.
th em — n eck la ces, sto m a ch e rs , a ll o f
W h en , tw o d a y s later. Mr. H en ry P
F rans, o f F ra n s, D o u b le d a y At
C o . them trin k ets fo r the a d o r n in g o f
H ankers. Han F ra n cla co. C a lifo rn ia , a r w om an. A lso c o p ie s c o n c e r n in g t r a n s
rived . the W a y n e m u rd e r m y s te r y and fers o f v a riou s p ro p e r ty In terests In
th e u n a c c o u n ta b le d isa p p e a ra n c e o f C en tra l A fr ic a , p a rticu la rly In th e r e
B etty I*anaey w e re atlll In a ch a o tic g ion s m ap ped as u n ex p lored , fle re ra l
and u n aolveable state.
L lk ew lae the o f th ese m ak e m en tion . Indefin itely, o f
M a n - A perllla. Hla g o in g w as like his d ia m on d m in es o f g rea t value, a p p a r
• o m t a f -u n se e n by m an, u n k n ow n * n d J e n t!* . O n* ty p e w r itte n letter w a e In
CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
the b o x , a d d reesed to M r*. W a y n e anfl
sig n ed , 'Y o u r F on d Father.* H er* la e
cop y o f i t ”
“ M y D ea r D a u g h te r— It
4*
w ith
g re a t d e sp a ir th at I u rg e upon you
a g a in , the n e c e ssity fo r fin din g y o u r
b ro th e r F ra n cis, an d s e c u r in g
fro m
him the rou te to the T io u g a le y M ines
H e la the o n ly liv in g eoul w h o ha* this
k n ow led g e. H is refu sa l to d lv u lg o the
In form a tion
to
me
Is bu t an oth er
p r o o f o f his u n n a tu ra l an d unfllial a t
titu de.
I m u st Insist that y o u find
F ra n cis an d m ak e him tell y ou the l o
ca tion o f the lost fields. C ea se seekin g
y o u r w ill o ’ the w isp Ideal— y o u r f o o l
ish love.
F in u F ra n c is Instead and
h a v in g fou n d h im
retu rn
h om e
to
H a ck le y e as soon a s p ossible.
H e Is
fP S ty!n g u n c o n tro lla b ly Jealous o f you .
an d n ot o n ly th re a te n in g y o u r life, b u i
m ine, an d that, o f the ch ild ren , too.
T h e y are both w ell, b u t P a u la h a s had
m u ch trou b le w ith h er th roa t sin ce the
rain s began. I’ m a fra id she w ill n ev er
be w ell In this clim a te. D o n ot m is
u n d ersta n d me.
H a ck le y e is w h ere
y o u ca n n o t trifle w ith him a n y lon ger,
an d the d em a n d s on o u r m o n e y s h ave
been s o g reat th a t u n less we g et hold
o f the n ew fields, w e w ill be p o v e r ty -
strick en at the end o f the year. I w ish
y ou w ou ld q u it y o u r g am in g . I d o not
m ean less w ea lth y , m in d you , bu t p r a c
tica lly p oor. R e fle c t w h a t this m eans.
C erisse, seek ou t F ra n cis, find him if
p ossib le, an d by all m ea n s m ak e him
d ra w y ou a ch a rt o r m ap o f th ose f a
m ou s an d a lm ost fo r g o tte n fields. T a k e
ca re o f y o u r se lf, m y d au g h ter.
W ith
m u ch love,
“ Y o u r F o n d O ld F a th er.”
“ T h a t stra ig h te n s it all o u t fo r us
n icely n o w ,” c h a tte re d H ank S m ith ’s
v o ic e on the air.
“ H a m le y H a ck le y e
is
C erisse
W a y n e ’s
h u sband ,
and
W a y n e m u st h a v e been her m aiden
nam e. E v id e n tly sh e d id n ’ t lo v e H a c k
leye, an d she ran a w a y to lov e s o m e
b o d y else an d to find h er b ro th e r F r a n
cis, an d to learn a b o u t th ose d iam on d
m ines. N ow If the w h ole bu n ch o f them
lived In A fr ic a , I'd b eliev e th at the
M a n -A p e r llla is a tra in ed ape, a so rt of
b od y serv a n t th at fo llo w e d a lo n g a fte r
the h u sband .
H e tra ced her here to
the D esterle h ou se, leased the F la n d ers
hom e, an d then called on h er s u r r e p ti
tiou sly .
I d o n ’t b eliev e H u b b y ever
w ent to m u rd er h is little w ife, bu t they
g ot Into a fa m ily row b eca u se W lfle
d id n ’ t w an t to g o h om e w ith H u bby ,
and in the fr a c a s th at follo w e d wlfle
got he w orst o f It, and, by the w a y ” —
here H a n k ’s v o ic e san k to a w h isp er—
"I w on d er If sh e rea lly w as d ead or
on ly d r u g g e d ?
A nd h a v e a n y o f you
n oticed the sim ila rity
betw een
the
nam es ’H a m ley H a c k le y ’ an d ’ H a rold
H a r c o u r t? ’ ”
" Y o u reason lik e a w om an . H a n k ,“
g ro w le d L a rry M orris.
“ Y o u ’re c o n
tra d icto ry fro m the sta rt.”
" P e r h a p s .”
( T o be continued.)
Ooings of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
Jeneral Resume o f Im p o rta n t Events
Presented in Condensed F orm
fo r O u r Busy R eaders.
Prohibition was defeated in Denver
city elections.
Henry Watterson says “ yellow jour
nalism” is causing the press to loee its
hold upon public opinion.
Two dogs at Condon, Ore., were so
badly injured in a fight with a porcu
pine that they had to be killed.
A Tacoma man, his wife and daugh
ter, are critically ill from eating what
they supposed were mushrooms.
Millions of dollars were secured
from cotton buyers all over the world
by swindlers who used bogus bills of
lading.
A lieutenant and eight men from the
regular army will spend the summer
making maps of the coast about Sea
side, Oregon.
A millionaire gas manufacturer of
Illinois has offered extensive financial
aid to the bribery investigations now
in progress there.
Shippers from the Pacific coast to
the East have challenged the railroads
to prove that any necessity exists for
increasing freight rates.
Ignorant aud superstitious people all
over the world are in mortal fear of
the consequences when the tail of Hal
ley’s comet sweeps the earth.
The city jail at Portland is crowded
with drunks who are celebrating their
last days before the comet comes. All
holiday records were broken Tuesday
night.
A California 5-year-old was burned
to death while playing with matches.
A tornado swept Texas and Oklaho
ma, killing one man and injuring many.
John W. Gates, famous New York
stock market plunger, settles lawsuits
by flipping a coin.
Roosevelt was received quietly in
London by an immense throng of peo
ple, owing to his sad mission there.
TO PRO TECT W ORKM EN.
National M an u factu rers Association
C onsiders Safety Appliances.
New York, May 18.—The beginning
of a new era in the safeguarding o f the
country’s vast industrial army will be
witnessed at the 15th annual conven
tion of the National Association of
Manufacturers, now in session.
The absolutely vital necessity of pre
venting accidents in industrial estab
lishments has forcibly been brought
home to the 3,000 manufacturers form
ing the association by the fact that
500,000 persons suffer from accidents
each year in the United States. Two
hundred and fifty million dollars is the
estimated economic loss annually, in
this country, due to accidents. At
least half the accidents are considered
preventable.
A comprehensive report of a com
mittee appointed some time ago by
John Kirby, Jr., president of the na
tional association, will be made, and
the convention will be addressed by
Professor Frederick Remsen Hutten,
of the American Museum o f Safety;
Miles M. Dawson, who has studied ac
cident prevention abroad for the Rus
sell Sage Foundation, and by other
eminent speakers.
President Kirby said on the subject:
“ The question of appliances for pre
venting accidents to workmen, and acci
dent indemnity, are at present receiv
ing more attention than any other is
sues which attract public interest in
the field o f industry.
They are live
questions of vital importance to mem
bers from an economic as well as hu
manitarian standpoint.
“ In preparing its report, the com
mittee has communicated with 25,000
employers in all parts of the United
States, as well as 250 national, state
and local organizations of employers.
Every state legislator of every state in
the Union was also written to.
Spe
cial correspondence was carried on
with American and European experts.
“ A little more than 10,000 replies to
the various communications have been
received. There were only three pro
testing, even in a mild manner,
against taking up the questions of em
ployers’ liability and workmen’s in
demnity. It was disclosed that 99 per
cent o f the membership of the associa
tion favors a constructive, progressive
policy of dealing with this difficult
question.”
S E V E N B O IL E R S B L O W U P .
Instant Death to 13 Men and
to T h irty M o re.
Injuries
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
B E R R IE S N E E D P IC K IN G .
C ro p Abundant and Prices G ood, but J . Johnson Buys F arm fo r $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 ;
C lears $ 4 1 ,0 0 0 in 2 Years.
Indians Have Failed.
Hood River— The berry season has
commenced in earnest with a shipment
of 150 crates. It is now expected that
the shipments will double rapidly and
that by the first of the week the season
will be on in full force.
Prices for
berries are good, but pickers scarce.
It is believed that growers are up
against the most serious shortage of
labor this year ever known, and that
unless it is obtained quickly consider
able loss will be sustained. The large
number of Indians who unsually come
into the valley, it is said by Joseph
Tayhi, the Indian foreman who hi.a fi r
several years supplied hundreds of his
fellow tribesmen and their squaws,
will not be here this year, as they have
found employment looking after their
places on the reservation.
This has
thrown a big scare into the growers,
who are making every effort to secure
pickers from Portland, the Willamette
valley and Eastern Oregon.
The highest prices ever paid for
picking berries prevail, but it is feared
that not half enough will come into
the valley to gather the crop.
Many
of the school children are being asked
to help out the ranchers as soon as
school closes, May 20, and everyone
who can be spared will take a hand at
berry picking . A number of orchard-
owners who are living in town and hav
ing their places looked after by hired
help announce that they will give their
friends a lift, but it is estimated that
the valley must secure 2,000 outsiders
to get the crop to market.
G R A N G E T O F IG H T A S S E M B L Y .
Ringing Resolutions Passed in
ing Hours o f M eeting.
C lo s
Oregon City — The Oregon State
Grange went on record as opposed to
the assembly. A ringing resolution
was adoped practically unanimously,
condemning the effort to remove polit
ical power from the people, and sup
porting the idea of government by the
people directly.
Without discussion
the resolution was passed, it having
been considered by the committee and
reported for adoption.
Two problems of overwhelming im
portance were before the grange—good
roads and the advancement of govern
ment by the people.
On the good
roads proposition the grange took an
advanced position, recommending that
the legislature abolish all restrictions
against indebtedness as to such im
provements, leaving the people as the
sole judges of the work to be done and
the manner of payment for it.
The grange was opposed to the re
turn of the assembly, and at no time
was there in evidence any indication of
defeat of the resolution condemning it.
The work of the grange occupied a
great deal of time and the important
resolutions were leit until the last day.
After making every effort to clear the
secretary’s desk of accumulated busi
ness and laboring until after the time
set for adjournment, a number of im
portant resolutions were still on the
table. A resolution was passed laying
on the table for lack of time the pro
posed tax amendment, with others,
leaving the matters to the action of
the people at the polls.
Canton, Ohio, May 18.—Quick death
to 13 men, serious injury to 30 other
A Chicago club man committed sui
employes of the plant, and damage to
S y r ia n G ir l L eu ru a to W e a r C ornet* cide by jumping from a 13th-story win the buildings amounting to many thou
dow and landing on a marble pave
a n d H a t A f t e r S e v e r e T r ia l.
sands o f dollars— these are the results
B etro th e d sev en y e a r s a g o in h er ment.
of the explosion of a battery of seven
S y ria n h om e to W illia m B o fy s ll, n ow
Dr. Hyde, of Kansas City, has been boilers this afternoon at the American
o f th is c ity , 18-year-old M ary A b ra h a m convicted of murdering his wealthy pa Sheet & Tin Plate company.
Among
has a r r iv e d h ere fr o m o v e r seas
to tient, Col. Swope, by giving him cyan the injured are half a dozen who prob
m a rry h im , th e O w osso (M ic h .) c o r r e ide of potassium.
ably will die before morning.
sp o n d e n t o f th e D e tro it N ew s says. B ut
The force o f the explosion was ter
A negro convict in Alabama set fire
m a r ria g e Is a s e r io u s
b u sin ess
in
to the stockade in which the convicts rific. The big plant is practically a
S y ria .
“ W h o m G od hath jo in e d to
were kept at a coal mine, and 36 con total loss. A mere shell of the build
ing is left.
g e th e r let no m an put a su n d er,” is in victs were burned to death.
Identification of the men was diffi
terp reted lite r a lly th ere.
S o W illia m
To prove that she was married for cult. Arms were blown from bodies,
an d M ary are s e n s ib ly p re p a r in g th e m
selv es fo r m a tr im o n y so th at n o m is love alone a California girl deeded to and fragments of the bodies were
'her brother every cent of her $100,000 blown blocks away.
Bits of human
take sh a ll be m a d e an d th eir liv e s
estate just before her marriage.
flesh have been picked up on porches
ru in ed .
Albert J. Hopkins, an attorney of and roofs of houses and in trees.
It is r ea lly a tria l b etroth a l. W ill
One hundred men were at work in
iam is fon d o f A m e r i c a ; he w ill n e v e r Chicago, will get $14,219 as his fee in
the plant at the time of the accident.
g o ba ck to the “ o ld c o u n tr y ” to liv e ; settling the estate of Charles T. Yer-
Only a dozen or so escaped some in
so it is n e c e ssa ry th a t h is w ife be kes. He sued the estate for $50,000. j
jury, and these worked heroically to
c o m e a cq u a in ted w ith A m e rica n w ays,
E. B. Garriott, chief forecaster of rescue their fellow workmen from the
an d a ls o b e g iv e n
tim e
to
d e cid e the United States weather bureau, is
burning ruins.
Lebanon F air dune 15, 16, 17.
w h eth er sh e w ill be
satisfied
here. dead.
The body o f one man was blown
Lebanon—The
Strawberry Fair and
W ith fo r e th o u g h t B o fy s ll h a s a r r a n g
The Herschel Parker Mt. McKinley through a house 700 feet from the Festival committee held a meeting this
ed th at the g ir l be g iv e n a p ra ctica l
plant.
The
body
entered
the
house
expedition has sailed from Valdez for
week, at which the dates for the fair
c o u r s e in d a m e stic sc ien ce.
H is plan
from the east side and continued in a were set for June 15, 16 and 17, when
Seldovia.
is p ro v in g su cce ssfu l, an d the w e d d in g
straight line through a bedroom and the growers say the berries will be at
Mourning over the death of King Ed out the west side.
w ill u n d o u b te d ly tak e p la ce w ith in a
their best. Last year the fair was
ward
has
hushed
all
political
troubles
few w eeks.
The torso of another man was found held on June 5 and was two weeks too
M ary a r r iv e d a b ou t th ree w eek s ago. in England.
in a garden 500 feet away. One in early to get the best berries in the ex
S he w a s s till cla d in the p ictu re sq u e
It is announced that California’s new jured man begged to be killed. He hibits. This year the delicious fruit
g a r m e n ts o f th e fa th e rla n d . S he w ore primary law is a piece of patchwork had an arm torn off and a great hole will ripen at least a week earlier, and
gaped in his side.
b r ig h t-c o lo re d b o d ic e an d s k ir t, and and woefully inefficient.
the fair is set for nearly a week later,
The plant had five mills. All the which should bring the fair on at the
w ood en san d als.
H er c r in k ly , a b u n d
Remarkable attentions paid to
an t b la ck h a ir w as ba re.
S he
had Roosevelt in Germany are causing employes working at mills 1, 2, 3 and very height of the berry season.
4 were either killed or injured, while
n ev er w orn a hat.
much comment in Europe.
the men in mill No. 5, farthest from
B o fy s ll has r e la tiv e s h ere In the d ry
Lostine to M ove N e a r D epot.
A woman who had been bitten by a the boilers, escaped serious injury.
g o o d s b u sin ess, an d the w ife o f on e o f
Wallowa— After more than two years
rattlesnake
was
taken
80
miles
in
an
th ese re la tiv e s u n d e r to o k the task o f
of negotiating, the George W. Wood
auto to a doctor by the Louis W. Hill
Navy N ext to Britain’s.
g e tt in g the n e w co m e r Into A m erica n
property, containing 40 acres, sur
party, now touring Eastern Oregon.
clo th in g - M ary had n e v e r seen a c o r
Washington, May 18.— The United rounding the Lostine depot, has been
set, m u ch le ss w orn on e,
an d
she
Roosevelt arrived in London as spe States leads the world in the total dis secured by an option and real estate
scre a m e d w ith pain an d fr ig h t w hen cial American ambassador to attend placement of completed warships, with dealers of this city will manage the
the la d y an d a g ir l c le r k began la cin g the funeral of King Edward, which the single exception of Great Britain, platting of the new townsite and the
but is behind five other countries in marketing of the lots.
up the s ta y s: “ O o h !
It Is h u r tin g m y will entitle him to the highest honors.
This will be
the number of such vessels.
Reckon placed on the market as soon as the
h e a r t !”
In a fev. d a y s sh e b eca m e
The flood of emigration from the
ing the war vessels built and building, services of the county surveyor can
r e co n c ile d to It, as sh e h a s to a be
United States to Canada is beginning
c o m in g hat w h ic h w a s p u rch a sed fo r to worry officials of the departments America and Germany are running on be secured. As Lostine is one and a
her.
At first sh e said w ith a w ilfu l of agriculture and commerce and labor. equal terms, but the former is leading half miles from the depot the business
in displacement when the ships provid- ' men began to realize that their future
p ou t: “ I h a v e n e v e r w orn a hat, and
Advices from Changsha, China, the ed for in the pending naval appropria success depended upon moving.
I w o n ’t w e a r o n e n o w !
I hate a n y
capital of the disturbed province of tion bills are added to the calculation.
th in g on m y h e a d !”
Hunan, state that the Yale mission in Great Britain, the United States and
Build Road to M arshfield.
M iss A b ra h a m Is stu d y in g the A m e r
that city has been placarded for de Germany remain the leading powers.
ican w ay o f k ee p in g h ou se in the homtl
Marshfield— The Coos Bay Rapid
struction by fire. The foreigners, who
Transit company, the proposed electric
o f an A m e r ic a n fa m ily In th is city*
were beginning to return to Changsha,
Denver Will Remain W et.
railway being .promoted by Major Kin
She sp ea k s n o E n g lish , an d th ey do
are again living on boats in the river, | Denver, May 18.—The anti-saloon
ney, is negotiating with the Marshfield
n ot, o f c o u r s e , u n d ersta n d h e r lan- j
Harry F. Waugh, of Seattle, a min element was beaten in the elections city council for a franchise. The com
g u a g o, bu t by m ea n s o f s ig n s and a
yesterday by a majority of from 5,000 pany agrees to have the road completed
few p h ra ses w h ic h e a ch has ad d ed to ing prospector, member of the Arctic
to 10,000. The extension of the fran within five months after franchises
the co m m o n v o c a b u la r y , th ey get a lo n g j club and leader of the Waugh sledge
chise from the Denver Union Water are granted in North Bend and Marsh
fa m o u sly .
T h e g ir l c a lls the m an o f j expedition to the delta of the Macken
company, and which was to run for 20 field. W. P. Evans, o f North Bend,
zie
river,
committed
suicide
by
hang
the h ou se “ p a p a ,” as sh e h a s h ea rd j
years, was decisively beaten. It is president of the company, states that
ing
himself.
Failure
to
interest
cap
h is d a u g h te r d o, and c a lls h is w ife
italists in his mining project when suc claimed by the chairman of the Citi the street car line will be built. Work
"jn a m n m .”
T h e g r o o m -e le c t oonves
cess seemed within his grasp is be zens, party, which placed a ticket in is being done at the terminal grounds.
each e v e n in g an d Is d e lig h te d at th e |
the field against Republicans and Dem
lieved to have been the caflse.
p r o g r e s s w h ic h sh e p r o u d ly re co u n ts I
ocrats. that they have elected at least
Big New M ill Will S ta rt.
Forest
fires
in
Wisconsin
have
des
to him .
one of their candidates for the election
Wallowa—-The first trainicad of logs
T h e c o llo q u ia l n a m e fo r the a r ls t o o I troyed six farm houses.
commission, three of the four super
for the big Nibley-Mimnaugh Lumber
r a c y In M a r y ’s h om e to w n — w h ic h Is
An alleged combine in the fish trade visors and nine of the 16 aldermen.
company’s
mill has arrived at the mill.
A n d a ra . L e b a n o n — Is
“ T u r k e y .”
So 1
at San Francisco is under probe.
A large number of logs are banked out,
M any Burned W ith Hotel.
h er sta te o f m in d ca n be d im ly Im
ready to be delivered.
The mill is
Eight high school students at Wilkes-
ag in ed w h en Mr. B o fy s ll ch a n ce d to I
Phoenix, Ariz., May 18.—Only 71 i ready. The mill has a capacity of 50,-
re m a rk th e o th e r d ay th at th ey w ou ld i barre. Pa., were drowned while boat out of more than 100 patrons who were
000 feet per day and is the largest of
riding.
h a v e “ tu r k e y ” fo r C h r istm a s d in n e r
in the Hotel Adams, which was de ten mills which will market a total o f
E arn est and rep ea ted ex p la n a tio n , in
It is rumored at Washington that stroyed by fire today, have been ac 30,000,000 feet o f lumber here an
w h ic h e v e r y b o d y In th e h ou se to o k i Peru and Ecuador will come to open counted for tonight, and fears are ex nually.
pressed that many may have been j
p art, w as n e c e ssa ry b e fo r e M ary g ra sp
war soon.
burned to death. The register of the [
ed th e fa ct thnt A m e r ic a n s are not ad
Planning C h e rry O rc h a rd .
Three hundred pounds of powder ex hotel was destroyed by the flames,
d ieted to c a n n ib a lis m .
In fa ct, o n ly ;
ploded in a magazine near Logansport, which caused damage estimated a t 1 Eugene— E. M. Warren, who owns
a sig h t o f th e b ird w h ich w as to g ra ce
Indiana, killing one man and injuring more than $275,000. but many whose ' the tract of land on Bailey hill on
th e b oa rd on th e feast d a y c o u .u a lla y
which was located the old Tom Segar
about 20.
names are remembered by the clerk prune orchard, has grubbed up every
th e la st lin g e r in g su sp icio n .
An explosion in the Wellington coal j are missing. The search continues.
tree in the orchard, 16 acres, and may
K l t a l a s I’ r h l l f f M
B u rre d .
mine in England has entombed 137!
plant the tract to Royal Ann cherries
Political Riot is Fatal.
Fire has broken out and there
n the near future.
G e o rg e S h u ts o f N ew J e r se y , has miners.
Madrid.
May
18.—
A
collision
be-
j
ju st been b ou n d o v e r u n d er a heavy ia no hope of saving any of the men.
tween Republicans and gendarmes is j
S tam p M ills to S ta rt.
p en a lty fo r k is s in g h i* w ife again**
A carload o f dynamite near Tacoma
reported from Valencia, in connection
Gold Hill—A new 10-stamp mill at
h er w ill.
J u s tic e W a r e w a rn ed the jumped the track ami exploded, blow
with a manifestation in honor of the the Grey Eagle mine on Sardine creek
m an n o t to k iss hi* w ife ag ain r it h
ing two brakemen to bits and tearing
arrival there of the Republican deputy, 1 is now in operation, and the stamp mill
up the track for a considerable dis
ou t flrst o b ta in in g h e r con sen t.
Senor Seriano. The gendarmes charged at the Kubli mine will be started Mon
tance.
and the Republicans rsed knives and day,
n a t i o n a l D iffe re n c e *.
That the four great express oompan-1 stones. An officer was stabbed and
“ C h in a m en ar* v e r y d iffe re n t fro m ies get net returns of from 43 to 115
4 0 Acres Sell fo r * 7 , 0 0 0 .
killed and many persons were wound
u s In o n e th in g , a in 't th e y , p o p ? ” " I n per cent more, on the capital employed ed. Fifty arrests were made and or
Freewater— H. M . Williams has sold
a g rea t m a n y , bu t w h a t’* y o u r o n e ? '
in actual express operations, was der was finally restored after the man- his alfalfa ranch o f 40 acres in the
“ W h y , If a C h in a m a n d o n 't g e t a y*i
Stated in a report ias'ted by the Mer- i ifestants had sought refuge at the Re Hudson Bay country to J . W . Foster of
lo w -ja c k e t on h im , he a stung.-
chants' association of New York.
publican club.
Idaho, consideration $7,000.
STU D IES A M E R IC A N W A Y S .
J
F A R M B R IN G S $ 5 6 ,9 0 0 .
Eugene— One of the largest deals in
real estate made in Eugene for some
time is the sale of the Jonathan John
son farm, known as the old B. F. Dunn
place, half mile north of the city limits
of Eugene and containing 1,138 acres.,
to W. B. Holeman, of Puyallup, Wash.
The prire.paid for the tract was $50 an
acre, or $56,900. Two years ago Mr.
Johnson paid $15,000 for the place.
Mr. Holeman, who is cashier of the
First National bank of Puyallup, will
move to Eugene to reside and will
erect a fine residence on a hill on the
tract which he has just purchased. A
part of the farm lies on a sloping hill
and a part in a beautiful valley ex
tending from Spencer’s Butte six miles
to the city of Eugene. Mr. Holeman
will divide the farm into smaller tracts
and will plant most of it to fruit, as it
is admirably adapted to that culture.
As a further example of the rise in
land values in this vicinity, Mr. John
son, the seller of this tract, two years
and a half ago bought the Whitney
farm of 200 acres, which has recently
been bought by Seattle capitalists, for
$37.50 an acre, and six months later
sold it to J. O. Storey, of Portland, for
$60 an acre. Two years later, only a
few days ago, Mr. Storey sold the tract
to J. P. Howe and others, of Seatlte,
for $250 an acre.
Roadway to Josephine's Caves.
Grants Pass—To make more pleas
ant the trip to the caves this summer
the great limestone labyrinths of Gray-
back mountain, known as Oregon’s
Marble Halls, will be put in shape to
receive visitors at an early date.
These caves are said to be the largest
marble halls in the world, and every
year are visited by tourists from all
sections of the United States. Form
erly the caves were controlled by pri
vate individuals, but are now within
the confines of the Siskiyou forest re
serve, and much the same as a national
park. They will be protected and
cared for by rangers of the forset serv
ice, in fact, one of the main camps of
the rangers is near the entrance to the
labyrinths.
Thousands of people would visit the
caves but for the hard journey. Lo
cated 55 miles south of Grants Pass
and with the last 22 miles of the dis
tance covered only by a narrow, rough
and tortuous mountain trail, the trip
to the marble halls is anything but
pleasant, and can only be made by the
aid of pack animals. The government,
through its appropriations for such
purposes, will construct a road to the
caves from the main highway at Wil
liams valley, and will provide suitable
shelter at the caves.
C h e rrie s Ripening in Um atilla.
Stanfield— Ripe strawberries about
Stanfield, Hermiston and Umatilla at
test the earliness o f Umatilla and Mor
row counties in fruit production. Cher
ries are nearly full grown. Last year
at Stanfield the first ripe cherries were
picked May 12. The early season ap
plies as well to peaches and apricots as
to the varieties named. This extreme
earliness is one of the best possible
features of a fruit producing district
and may explain in part a recent sale
of Northern Umatilla county unim
proved land at $1,000 per acre.
Live L obsters C o m in g.
Boston— A specially constructed gov
ernment car filled with lobsters has left
the Maine coast for Portland, Or. But
they are not to be eaten, at least for a
while. They are going to the United
States hatchery, where they will be
given their liberty. While on the way
the temperature will be maintained at
42 degrees, and salt water will be
sprayed upon them at intervals.
These are probably the lobsters which
are to be planted in Yaquina bay.
PO RTLAND
M ARKETS,
Wheat—Track prices: Bluestem, 88
(390c; club, 84@86c; red Russian, 82c;
valley, 87c.
Barley— Feed and brewing, $22(323
per ton.
Corn— Whole, $33; cracked, $34 ton.
Hay— Track prices: Timothy, Wil
lamette valley, $20(321; Eastern Ore
gon, $22(325; alfalfa, $16.50(3;17.50;
grain hay, $17@18.
Oats—No. 1 white, $26(5>27 ton.
Fresh Fruits— Strawberries, Oregon,
$1.75(i/2.25 per crate; apples, $1.60(3:3
per box; gooseberries, 6(3 7c per pound.
Potatoes—Carload buying
prices:
Oregon, 40(3 50c per hundred; sweet
potatoes, 4c per pound.
Vegetables— Artichokes. 60(3:70c per
dozen; asparagus, $1(3)1.25 per box;
cabbage, 3 ’ ec per pound; celery, $3.50
<5 4 per crate; hothouse lettuce, 50c(3)
$1 per box; green onions, 15c per doz
en; radishes,
15(320c; rhubarb, 2
0 /2 ',c per pound; spinach, 8<V* 10c;
rutabagas, $1.25(3:1.50 per sack; car
rots, 85c*fi!$l; beets, $1.50; parsnips,
75c(3$l.
Onions—Oregon, $2 per hundred;
red, $1.75 per sack.
Butter—City creamery, extras, 28c
per pound; fancy outside creamery, 26
( n 27c; store, 20c.
Butter fat prices
average 1 '..c per pound under regular
butter prices.
Eggs— Fresh Oregon ranch, 23(i/24c
per dozen.
Pork— Fancy, 12(313c per pound.
Veal— Fancy, 9'.,(310cper pound.
Lambs— Fancy, 10(312c per pound.
Poultry— Hens, 18(ii20c; broilers, 27
(330c; ducks, 18<3'23c; geese, 12’-jc;
turkeys, live, 20(322e; dressed, 25c;
squat«, $3 per dozen.
Cattle— Beef steers, hay fed, good to
choice, $6(36.25; fair to medium, $5*//
5.50; cows and heifers, good to choice,
*5(35.15; fair to medium, $4.25*« 4.75;
bulls, $3.50(3 4.25; stags, $4.50(35;
calves, light, $6(3:7; heavy, $4.50(3.
5.50.
Hogs— Top, $10(310.55: fair to me
dium, $9.25(39.55.
Sheep— Best wethers, $9.25(39.55;
fair to good. $4.75(3 5; best ewes, $4.75
(35; lambs, choice, $7(38; fair, $6.50
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H ops— 1909 crop, 12(315c; olds,
nominal; 1910 contracts, nominal.
Wool—Eastern Oregon. 14(3:17c per
pound; valley, 17(320c; mohair, choice
32(§ 33c.