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THE MARATH HON MYSTERY
A STORY OF
BY BURTON e. eTEvENeoN
Author Of "rhe Holiday Case" Cadets Of oaseony," Etc.

wasn't exactly smiling, but his roun,
face was shining wiz, satisfaction
Babylon and the neighboring village
are quiet places and this was Heffel
bowers first important case since hi!
election. He would show his constit
uents how wise their choice had been
My dear SIR" he began. evidentl,
PROUD of his command of language, the
result of many a of saloon debates
ana speaking with distressing care
but with a racial inability to conaue,
me "th." Il know such a recital will
De painful to you-most painful-but ]
must hear from you just how tie dis
scovery was made. You will naturally
De more anxious tan anyone to bring
70 justice tie scoundrel who committed
us crime, SO please give us all tie
details possible. Ten l will know how
to proceed"
From the ONE of his entrance
Iremaine had been contemplating the
coroner with half closed eyes; now, he
turned back to the window with a little
~contemptuous smile.
III tell everything I know, SIR" said
William, coming forward eagerly. II
went UP t tn house about nine O'Clock
and brought this cot down, intendin'
I turn In here an relieve father at
midnight. Father was settin' out there
on tn, pier a%-snlokin' his pipe when 1
turned In. l went t sleep almost as
soon as I touched tn piller. 1 don't
know how long 1T was, but after a while
kind O. woke up an heard voices
a-talkin' out there on the pier. / got
up an looked out tn winder am purity
soon 1 saw it was Mr.. Drysdale with
father"
"Drysdale? Who's he?" asked the
coroner. ~
Hes a friend Of mine" spoke up
Delroy quickly. IAN old friend. He's
staying here at the house with us. I'm
tact, he's to marry my wife's sister,"
n coroner bowed.
Very WE'LL" he said. turning back to
Graham, you may continue"
Well" vent on the young fellow.
a soon as 1 saw it was Mr.. Drysdale,
I knowed 1T was all right, so / went
back to bed ag'in. An I didn't know
nothin' more till a great clap o. thunder
nearly took tn roof off tn house. T
seI up IN bed, but I couldn't seem t.
Whlrlin' so. Then I rot on my feet
looked out tn winder an lest then
IT nshtened agin an I seen father
layfn' there"-
He stopped with a sob that shook him
trough and through.
the coroner kindly. TT seems rather
extraordinary" he added. turning to
Delroy, rat tbs man should have sat
out tere in tie rain at tat time of
Was he f1shing?"
Delroy sprang to his feet with q sud-
den start.
"%Fishing?" he cried. mo! I'd for
gotten. ac was guarding my wife's
necklace"
He threw open the door and ran
out on tbs pier, the others following.
At the extreme end a rope was dangling
IN the water. He reached over and
pulled it UP. The wire cage was flap
OPEN The necklace had disap-
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CHAPTER VII.
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SSO
The horizon was grey with tho COM
fssS dawn. but 1t was still too dark on
the pier to see anything distinctly. so
they went slowly back together to the
Was tie necklace a valuable once"
asked tire coroner, as he closed the
door. ~
1T was worth over n hundred thou
sand dollars" answered De1roy. and
explained briefly h purpose of the inn
merSion.
How rnany persons were. aware of
yonr intention to put it in tie water
cut here?' asked Heffelbower, when he
hed finished. -
Delroy laesitated. w.
S far as 1 know ne answered
her sister, Miss Croydon. Drysdale'
Tremaine, and the two Gral,an,s."
"Tremaine?" repeated the coroner
IT don't tink you have mentioned him
ON, forge to introduce you. This
is ME. Tfemaine, Mr.. Hefelbower. a
friend Of mine. who is Staying with
me-" Will
The . bowed but he shot IRE
maine a sharp glance which did not
escape Delroy's Notice.
bower" he added quickly, IT believe
the crime was committed by someone
else-Fnn sure III of these could have
committed It,"
An" said the coroner b4andly, "t'en
t'ey were all in tie house, I s]uppose?"
ean answer positively that my
wire, MISS Croydon, n Mr.. Trsmainc
were LIN the house the entire evening"
And Mr.. Drysdale?"
"DFysdale went out for a walk.
"a long one?"
He was gone two or three ho,,,s"
lis he in tie habit of walking sfter
night?"
No." answered Delroy SLOWLY ~
can't say that he is"
did you see him when he came in -,
"Yes-I was looking out the windcw
at the storm"
Did he appear as usual?"
Again Delrow hesitated.
Il see, of course he said, at last
what you are aiming at; but I'm sure.
that Drysdale can explain his absence.
as Well as everything that happened
during 1t. l therefore answer candfdly,
h a he did not appear as usual: he
seemed excited and depressed. lie LEFT
me In a fit OF anger and went to his
ROOM"
Without explaining his actfon?"
.Yes-ne made no effort to explain
Did any explanation occur to your
Il thought perhaps he was worrying
over losses incurred in speculation"
"Ah!-he has incurred such losses,
t'en?"
4 w llol ktlO" pCSltlVely, said Del
roy. q little impatiently. II merely
suspect So"
ISIS NJ. Drysdalc still in his roomc"
Yes. ] suppose so. l haven't seen
him since he went up to it."
Mr.; Tremaine was wit you at tie
tlme MT. Graham burst in and an
nounced tie murdcr?"
Yes, we We're in the hall talking to-
gether."
What time was it?"
Nearly one O'Clock. l should say"
"Tank you.""and Heffelbower turned
back to make a more detailed examin-
alton Of the body. Doctor Wise" he
asked, after a moment. from which
direction should you say t'ese blows
were struck?"
From directly in 'front.' answered
the doctor.
Blu | see he has a pistol in his
belt. Why did he not defend hirnrelf?
: why should he allow hin1self 10 be
beaten down."
That question also occurred to me-"
observed Delroy. "Mr. Tremaine suE-
se*ted that 1t was because Graham
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Congregation LAUGHED.

Corner President Patton, of Prince.
ton university, recently delivered a ser
mo- Mt Fifth Avenue Collegiate church
of the blind faith of the ellen. WIZ
puts himself at the mercy CT a lawver
in preparing an action Tor trial. ana
Of the confidence OF theasiek In. entrnst.
ing themselves to the physician.
"A case OF blind faith" said the
prescription. Oftener than not . vo, d
cannot read 1t and you don't know
what 1t is. He tells you to take ~
Your Is not to reason why; yours hnf
to do and dic'.' WI
Whether or not DR.. Patton meant IL.
the congregation. Ao"e
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The unlawful fencing OF public lands I:
Tor private grazing nus be stonpcd hui :


The. unlawful fencing OF public lands
Tor private grazing must be stopped but
the necessity which occasioned il must
ment should have control Of the
range whether by permit or lease, as
local necessities may determine. Such
centrol could secure the great benefit
same time securing and promoting the
sesliement OF the country. In some
places 1t nay be that the tracts OF
range adjacent to the homestcads Of
actual settlers should be allotted 10
snem severailly or IN common for the
where 1t may Be that a lease system
would serve the purpose :the leases to
oe ~eeniporary and s!lpject to the rights
81 Sei s~ssf1 enc. .a and the AMOUNT charge!
OF the efficient and beneficial control
O. Che range by the government. and
OF n paynfen1 TO the county of the
receive In taxes.
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established in the capital city OF This
country. This is iniportantsno not merely
fare of the country. So far from there
being Il tariff on works of art brought into
the country. their importation should he
encouraged IN every way.
Ears Importing of Undesirable Birds.
1t has ~tuaugurated u system OF inspec-
ton at th2 principal ports OF emery III Doth
Atlantic and tacinc coAsts by means oi
winch the introduction OF noXious mann
nials anu birus is prevented. thus keeplns
out utc LlongGCse and certain birds winch
are as Mucn 10 DC dreaded as the previous
~ mtru.ucct, lsnsnsn sparrow auu the
house ats and mice.
l recommend to congress thai this bu-
reau, whose usefulness is seriously ianGi-
cal,peI py Jack OF funds. be granted All
appropriation in some degree conimensur-
0UlnE
l strongly recommend d simple
TO the ocean mail act OF
general III his discretion to enter INTO con-
tracts tor the transportation OF mails to
The republics OF South America. to ASIA.
lot to caleed ~ d mile for steamships OF
s.Xtecn Knots speed or upwards. subject
to the restrictions and Obligations OF the
act OF 1884,.
The Army.
Nos only there is lot i:ow. out there
never has been, any Other nation, In the
world so wholly free from the evl.s OF
mliltarlsm as is ours.
But again and again in the past out
Elite resdiar army mas rendered service
literally vital To the Cointry, anu it ma:
at amy time have 70 90 so Ia the future.
Its standard OF efficiency and ins,ructlon
is hieiieI low i!ian ever III the past. Eu;
1t is Too siMai.. There ace not enough 0iti-
GERS. asf6 IL Is impossible to secure enough
tn.istesGsTnen. We should ,4aaanlain "a
peace %atta!rly colapie,e skeleton OF = large
array. ars ~. ", ~
ne medical corps should be much large,
Than the needs ut oar regular army i.
&ar. Unless alnp!e provision is ROW l.laue
by congress to put the tnet!icai corps where
u should ne put disaster in ;fie !.eNt wat
III inevitahie. anu the responsibility will
not Tic with: those then in cnArge uf tn.
war .eptrlnlcnt. but with those who nov
decline 10 make the Necessary provisions.
The rate OF pay tor tie officers snoait
DC Already incrcascu: there Is no higher
type Of al i"cn THAI the American regular
Osltter. at.1 ne nonlh have q fail re ~aro
Tor his admil abr: work There should ns
= relatively. csan. greater Increase III thu
gay for ;he cs::.tcd :aen. Ia especia: ps.,
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~
About 20 per GENT. of our forestcd terri
tory is ..ow reserved in national forests.
but these Go not include the most valuable
timber E,ads. and in ans event the pro-
portion IS too small TO expect that the
reserves can accomplish more than a m!:i-
CATION OF Tire %strouble which is ahead for
the nut.oa. Ia more drastic acton is
needed. Forests can he numbered SO as
20 % s sa.s ~. q. ~. ne, pE, ap'ss s. lhe iu'. VS. 81 ihet,
detrin1er to the forest. any move than 1t
is a detrfyyc,.t to a farm 10 furnish a har-
vest SO tina there IS no parallel between
forests and raines, which can only be COM
plctely used by Ii don. There are
eu1iurs bouc!f 50 destroy the forests ~
luifEcring. Ti:cy are TO Lc blamed for
thus sacriii,nng fltc future OF The n%ationra as
q whole TO heir own se,t-:ntercst Of the
moment: but heavier blame attaches 10
The people ut large To-: permitting such
action. whether IA TIN White mountu.n ms,
IN the southern Alita:hvn;es. OF in the
Rockies and G.ersas.
1fsrdt en- Hocd Pulp.
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Appropriations on Campaigns.

Cnder our form of government voting is
not merely a right, but u duty, and, more
over. a fundamental and necessary duty
II a man is to be Il good citizen. 1t is well
to provide that corporations shall not con-
tribute to presidential or national CAM
palgns, and Furthermore to provide for
the publication of both contributions and
danger IN laws of this kind. which from
Their very nature are difficult OF enforce
ment; the danger being lest they be
obeyed only by the honest. and ~disobeyed
by the INSCRIPTIONS. so us to act only as
a penalty upon honest men. Moreover. no
such law would hamper an INSCRIPTIONS
man of unlimited means from huying ms
own way into office. There Is q very rad
ical measure Which would. I believe, work
a substantial Improvement i'll our system
well aware that 1t will take some time for
people so to farliliarize themselves With
Il proposal as 10 be willing to con-
slider its adoption.
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The need for collecting large cam
palEn funds would vanish II congress-
provided an appropriation tor the
proper and legitimate expenses OF each
OF the great national parties. an appro-
necessity FOR thorough Organization
and machinery. which requires a large
expenditure oil money. Their the stipu-
lation should he made that no party
receiving campaign funds from the
treasury should accept more than u
liked amount from any individual sub
Scriber o. donor: and the necessary
publicity for receipts and expenditures
could Without difficulty be provided.
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basis without which that civilization
cannot exist. We must show fore
sight, we U look ahead. For the last
few years, through several agencies.
the government has been endeavoring
to get our people to look ahead and
to substitute a planned and orderly
development OF our i'm place
Of q haphazard striving for immediate
profit.
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Our great river systems should be de-
yeloped as national water highways;
standing first in importance, and the
Columbia second, although there are
many others of Importance on the Pa
enc. the Atlantic n the gulf slopes.
take this work, and 1 hope a beginning
VII! be made in the present congress;
ana the greatest of all our rivers, the
mississippi, should receive especial at
tentton.
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"How's Saa!f Temperature. o.. i...in...
asked Tia stockholders partner.
Fine tot active speculation an.
sws.rcd :hc. invalid. 1T ..e..; :. ,ni
hvs:, tili:es yesterday -,ts,t!. iin.;. Gro.
ping back to par.'
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In my Judgment the governments; should
have the r.sht. tO.kce3 The ice of The coal.
ui,i 80 Tease. sts. rights TO develop them
unuel:. pr1ie, regulations: or else. II tie
will not. a,icpt this method. The
I tlonss. 70 conserve i,ianl AS l,un..c UTILITIES.
tie. iit.At 20. ,m&ae. .Son. be.nx separated
ssrom the titiesstos1Es :s.n:...t I'll. reg ala lions
should ptf1n.f caA!E ixi,,lr 10 be wUrNed
iii 1ufffcfeur iuuant;sye7,S ,is several ,co.-
't..t, ~, 90
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|: est product grown iEssh.s country; and.
!: i'll 50 er1ai. Ai,cre si:uAid he no tur.IT
{: on VOID pulp: Cue notice OF the change
I: being OF course sirenato those engaged
{: in the business SO Us 10 enable them II
{: aGiust themselves 10 ile new cvnu!-
live leptai OF TIE duty on WoAa
I: putp sito;lA II poss,n.e be u~ceonIpal&k0s
aN agreement VIII; CaEada That
/: 'tt.cre. si.;il! Lc no export duiy ou . ara
I: .,iAu-un tusit Wo2G.
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!: The present annual consumption of
lumber is ;ccrsuinly three times as great
+: as, the rnuala growth, and ii the con
/: suinpts"n ami. growth continue un-
/: changed. psEctkany all our lumber will
/: be exhausted IN another generations.
/: while long HGfpre the limit to com
!: ssetc uXnaush,totn is reached the grow
/: Ing scarcity will make itself felt in
I: many bs1el,ting ways upon our national
!: welfare.
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-.
The destruction of the public range will
e eon . unttl some such laws az these
IN ,o,n ahe aI p9n,ic lands witch, shrough n.
and the .tcpartrrdpt Of justice, We have
been e~ndnavoring TO prevent. there must
De further l~cgisla4tun and especially Il
:suficient APPROPRIATION to permit the de
parIrlctlt OF the interior to examin GER
IalE, classes of entries on the ground be-
1ore they pass into private ownership.
torests.
Forest PRESERVATION, but i is only
o beginning. AT present numbering
Is abe fourth greatest Industry
made q beg1nnlng in forest p%rcserva,,on.
but Is Is only, . beginning. At present
numbering Is the fourth greatest industry
in che Unlted sta1ss; ana VI, 50 rapid
Der IN the ui.fseI States IN the past. and
70 rapidly, Is the remainder being ex-
hausteI, hat the country Is. unqucstion-
ably on 5ne verge ci a ,snner FAMINE
the land. There has already been Il rise
IN the price of Timber. but there is cer-
tain to be IL moro rapid and heavier rise
in the future.
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a woman gets her fovtune told 20 thu.
!. ~ ever should come true she could So
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From the great lakes to the mouth OF
the mississippi there should be a deep
water way, with deep waterways leading
from u TO- the east and the west. Such a
tension OF our coast Inc into the very
heart Of our country. The government
dams should be used to produce hundreds
Of thousands Of horsepower as an Incl
dent to improving navigation; for the am
nuai value Of the unused water power OF
the United States perhaps exceeds the an
mines. As an incident to creating the deep
waterway down tine Mississippi, the gov
should build along, it's Whole
with the control OF the headwaters. VIM
At omce and forever put a complete stop
to fert a'i t ns',a ro Of foods IN the Immensely
Inland waterways commission 10 study
and outline q comprehensive scheme or
development along all the lines Indicated.
congress. 49,
Irrigation should be Ear more extensively
acveloped thar at present, not only In the
mountains. but In many others, as. Tor
Instance. in large portions OF The south
Atlantic and gulf states. where 1t should
swamp land.
public Lands.
The land law system which vas de-
signed to meet the needs of the fertile and
Ssa lsrrs'y .y rsgi0n soo of the middle west
the dryer regions Of the great plains, the
mountains, and much of the Pacific slope,
where q farm of 100 acres is inadequate
for s%elf-support In these regions the sys-
TEN lent itself to fraud, and much land
passed out of the hands of the govern !
ment without passing into the hands of
Some susl, legislation rs that proposed
Is essential IN order to preserve the great
are unfit for cultiva zion under present |
methods and are valuable only for the
stretches amount in all to some 0 ,ooo,0o
acres. ana are open to the free grazing OF
cattle. sheep. horses and goats, without
rss5ries asn Such a system, or rather
range is not so much used as wasted by
abuse. As the west settles the rangeh he
comes more and more over-srazed. Much
e can not be used to advantage unless
It Is fenced. for fencing Is the only way
by which to keep in check the owners OF
r.; ma !iosks which roam hither and
miner utterly. destroying the pastures
is incompatible with the pres
snce OF h~ons-pnakers. The existing
'ences are all Illegal.
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a Fiuctuatino Mark,,

:'i.c White House. Decc.nbs: =. l,li.
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citizenship be conferred upon the people
OF Porto Rico.
a bureau OF mines should be created
under the control and direction of the
of the INTERIOR; the bureau 10
have power to collect statistics and make
Investigations In all matters pertaining to
mining, lnd particularly TO the accidents
ana hangers of the industry.
Legislation should be enacted at the
present session OF the congress for The
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MEXICO ana central America.
On the courteous Invitation or the pr,s,.
gent Of Mexico, the secretary OF state Wis.
ited that country in September and Octo-
Der and Was received everywhere with the
greatest kindness and hospitality.
ne cared from the government Of the
united States To our Southern neixhbor
q message OF respect and good will ana o:
ues'fe Tor letter acquaintance and incrcas.
government and the lrop!e OF Mexico
was hearty and sincere. No pains were
spared :" manifest the iNus; Il:ru,:iv All
;itude and feeling toward tie United
In view of the close ne,si .~.or.:cc 4 of
thc Two countries the relations Which exs
arc just cause for qualification.
one Of the results of TIL. Pan -A:re.icaa
conference at Rio Janeiru in the summer
OF 1at has been a great Increase in ,i,e
aci.yitN ard usefulness OF, ;he Jnlsrr.-
tonal Bureau of America. Republics.
! recommend that the coI:ribuiion II
this government 10 fhe expenses Of ~,
nuielu he made commensurate vim Ills
Increased work. ~ -
! Theodore Roosevelt.
Il ".t!c White HCUSpt l1rcc.nl,r .
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Perhaps the most important of all leris-
iatlon needed for the benefit OF the army
Is a law to equalize and increase the nay
or oificers and enlisted men of the army.
navy, marine corps. and revenue cutter
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-11-21
NO DECISION IN
inquire CASE
MATTER UP FOR HEARING BUT
NO DEFINITE ACTION TAKEN
BY THE ROARD--QUESTION OF
WIDE INTEREST.

The county commissioners are to-
day considering the application of
Hughie Mcclure for a saloon license
to conduct business in Culdesac. !
The petition was received several
days ago and simultaneous with its
filing was remonstrance asking
that the board refuse to grant the
petition.
Much of the forenoon session was
occupied in hearing the arguments
relative to the granting of the Nc
Guire license. The petitioner was
represented by Attorney John Green
of Culdesac, while County Attorney
Needham opposed the granting of the
license.
Attorney Green advanced his
claims for license by the presenta-
tion of a petition bearing over 90
names of residents of Culdesac and
the surrounding country. He stated
there had not been any evidence
brought before the board to show
that the applicant had conducted
other than an orderly place, and that
tif the charges of the county attor-
ney were true. then that official had
| been negligent of his duty in his
! failure to prosecute the petitioner for
/ those offenses, He said the county
attorney should commence at home
! if he cared to inaugurate a cam
paign of reform; that there were sa-
looms within the city of Lewiston
that were violating the laws of the
state and that there were houses of
prostitution being conducted here
that had not been prosecuted, nor
had there been steps taken to op-
press them
County Attorney Needham urged
the commissioners not to grant the
license. on the grounds that a re-
monstrance signed by the best. peo.
pie of Culdesac had been received
asking that such action by the board
he taken. He stated that in cases
of this kind a little prevention wal
much preferable to the cure provid
ed by the state laws. That it wa
practically impossible to secure
conviction of cases of the characte
charged against the petitioner an,
that when convictions were secure,
the sentences were suspended by tn
courts.
The commissioners this morninI
granted the herding districts repre-
sented by the Lowry petition of tn
: Cold Springs precinct and the John
son petition at Nezperce.
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new SYSTEM
Within A MONT;i;
FIRE ALARM BOXES AND ELEC-
TRIO STRIKING MACHINE HAVE
BEEN SHIPPED AND WILL BE
INSTALLED AT ONCE.

Fire Chief MartensOu has been ad-
vised that the fire alarm boxes and
electrical equipment for the compile
tion OF the Gamewell fire alarm sys-
TEN have been shipped and are due
to reach the city within a few days
The installation of the equipment
will be made as soon as received
and 1t is row expected the system
will be in readiness for service with
in the next 80 days.
The alarm system consists of %
noninterference boxes that will be
generally distributed over the city so
as to give complete service to all
sections, The wiring is practically
completed, and but a few days will
he reouired to finish the installation
after the equipment is received The
firebell will be moved to the new
tower in the City park, and the cleo
trical striking machine placed in the
small compartment provided in the
tower.