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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-06-03

In vain did the police and the re-
porters dig and pry into the house at
~ Briarsweet place in hope of finding
some trace OF Hamley Hackleye.
Mr. Hackleye was not about His
London bankers could give no definite
Information about him. For thirty
years he had been accustomed to go
and come when he pleased. He had
for a long while maintained comfort
able home at Khartoum and another at
Cairo, but he visited these only at in
tervals, and sometimes was not seen
in them for year at a time He was
known to possess great estates located
in Central Africa, but none knew posi-
lively where. He kept retinue OF
servants at each establishment and a
suave major-domo in each was accus-
toned to being the nominal head of the
household. Neither Of these men, how
ever. could give any Of the wished for
explicit information about their mas
ter. Each home contained the usual
accumulation Of furniture, bric-a- brac.
and the ola podrida Of civilization that
aggregates in every wealthy home, but
nothing at all mysterious or in any
way smacking of the criminal. They
were the homes Of a gentleman of
wealth and culture. Any connection
between the African laws and penal
ties Of Mr.. Hackleye and the Indian
home OF the Harcourts. 1t was impossi-
BILE to discover. The Harcourt menags
was located in the hill country, in
most beautiful spot. Harcourt had
come there about seven years pre-
viously, at the time Of his marriage to
Narcisse De L'Enclos, the widow, !
Madame Marie De L'Enclos, whose
husband. Captain Raoul De L'Enclos,
an honorably discharged officer in the
French army, had brought his bride
there Immediately after his marriage.
The captain had died year after the
birth of his daughter, and Madame De
L'Enclos and the little girl Narcisse
had lived in secluded magnificence, till
one season on trip to Calcutta, they
had met Harold Harcourt the younger
SON of an English nobIeman. who was
then visiting a cousin In the Indian
city. After brief acquaintance the
young girl. then only Is. and Harcourt
were married. The young pair went
-
mother left for continental voyage
from which she never returned, though
it was given out that she had died
while abroad. Then the Harcourt baby
came-a boy-and when he was two
years old he met tragic death. There
had never been anything to give rise to
suspicion about the Harcourt home.
any more than at the Hackleye es-
tates, nor was any seeming connection
between the two families instituted ex-
cept that both were accredited with
possessing large diamond interests in
Africa, and the peculiar likeness be-
tween the two women. and the similar !,
ity In handwriting and in the euphony
OF the names Of the two men, Portraits
of Harcourt on the walls of his Indian
home were photographed and sent to-
America and we're an exact tally fof
the man held in Jail in Chicago.
Ito be c0ntinued.)
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-06-03
one Left.

S One Left. ~
Santa Claus brought me e.
baby sister for Christmas. '0'
the small girl from next door
aHe did? That was fine! an'
the neighbor. ..nt ]
Yes. an it's the only ple s,, 4
an Freddie got that papa nss uso,I
ken already windin' It up e. :.
u how it runs. 2 Judges LlOl''s
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-06-03
Hard Luck,

AA0EO A0CAs
Ames-Did you hear that Jones died
last night?
Blames- You don't say! That's what
/ call rough luck.
Ames -How's that?
Blames-I paid him the f5 l OWED
him the day before yesterday. Ally
Sloper's.
The sun.
Sir Robert Ball asserted that ever
100 years the sun loses I'VE miles 81
its diameter. To ally anxiety, how.
ever. he mentioned that the diameter
Of the sun Is $4,000 miles and that
40, 900 years hence the diameter would
still be $4,000 miles.
strong Habit.
THAT fellow made money, but 81
certainly is faker."
Indeed he is. Why, the habit VA
50 strong. that's Why he built his new
house on q blum Baltimore Amori
can.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
STRlKEBREAKEPS LEAVE SHOPS
Thirty Nonunion Men Quit Barina
 Gross to Go North.

Little Rock.-That the strike of tr&inmen on the Grand Trunk system is to have a far-reaching effect in railroad circles was demonstrated when 90 strikebreal1ers at the iron Mountain shops in Barring Cross took French leave Of the shops and boarded trains for the North. It IS said that more will leave at once, and the str king machinists are iuDilant
 Coincident with this development at the shops, a well-defined rumor went the rounds of strikers that a confer ence of engineers and tlainmen with officials of the Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain at St. Lou would result in pressure bring brought to bear upon the railroad to grant the demands ct the strikers. This conference has for it's purpose far different object, it is said, which employees are not willing to divulge, but the strikers mainta n that il cannot fail to result in any thing but advantage to the strikers
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22

CRUISER SLNf TO
 AMERICAN CONSUL
ASSASSINATION OF EDWIN w. TRIMMER AT CAPE GRACIAS
 IS FEARED.
Article Published in Madeiz oroan Re. Viles Yankees and Threatens De-
 struction to Lives.

Washington. D. G.=Fear exists that Edwin W Trimmer, United States consul at Cape Gracias. Nicaragua, may be assaulted or possibly even as. sassmated. wherefore it has been de- cided To send the cruiser Tacoma to the port to investigate, and, if condl- tions seem 10 demand il, to land ma rinCs to protect American lives and property. This was the report made 10 the state department by Thomas F. Moffatt United States consul at Bluefields. Two officers and 45 men were ordered to Cape Gracias on the Tacoma. he says, this action having been decided on after a conference between h mself and Commander Hines of the gunboat Dubuque The Tacoma probably has reached the seat of trouble by this time, in the opinion of officials here.
 It was because of the continual abuse of the governor and other of fieials of the Madriz government at Cape Gracias, Moffatt declares, that the fear arose for the safety of the American consul there. An article published in an off cial Madriz organ, published at Managua, indicates the feeling in Nicaragua against Amer- cans. In part. it reads:
 We Nicaraguans have some limited means to which we may resort as a final recourse f it comes to the point that the Yankee tries to execute hls threat; let us lay hands on all the North Americans residing in Nicaragua and let us say to Mir. Taft, For each shot you hnrl against us a head of one of Hour countrymen shall roll on the ground. E"
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
THE POLICE SAY RAWN SUICIDED
Dead President of Monon Deeply In
 volVed in Car Repair Frauds.

Chicago-lra G. RaWn, president of the Chicago, Indianapol x Louisville railroad The Monon-died of bullet wound al his summer home 15 miles north of Chicago. Members of MT Rawn's family say he was killed by a burglar. The police are working on theory that MT Rawn killed himself
 As a basis for their suicide theor. the police point to the fact that MT Bawn was operating vice president of the Illinois Central railroad at the time fraudulent car repair contracts were put through and that recently he had been drawn into the Illinois Gen tral graft investigation as chief wit ness. They say that the action of MT Rawn's relatives in refusing the aid of the Chicago detective depart ment to search for the alleged mur- derer is suspicious.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
UNION MEN AND TEE NATIONAL STOVE FOUNDERS DEFENSE
 ASSOCIATION ENTER PACT.
CONCLUDES BITTER FIGHT
Stove Firm Net to Push Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison Case-Con. ference Will Be Held in St.
 Louis Within 50 Days.

Cincinnati. Ohio.-A peace pact of great importance to organized labor and to the country as well was reached between officers of the Amer lean Feearation of Labor on the one side and the Stove Founders National Defense association on the other.
 The effect of the agreement Is to end the bitter warfare between the Federation of Labor and the Bucks Stove and Range company of St Louis. The association and stove company, through it's representatives in Cincinnati, announced their with drawal from the prosecutions against President Samuel Gompers. Vice-Pres- idcnt John Mitchell and Secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor in the contempt cases now pending against them
 When Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor, arrived his mission was shrouded in mystery till an authorized statement was given out.
 While the prosecutions hanging ov- CT Messrs. Gompers. Mitchell and Nor rison have passed ont of the hands of the stove company, which instituted them and are now pending in the United States supreme court at Wash ingtpn. representatives of the stove company and of the National Defense association, by the articles signed last night agree to withdraw their attor- news rom the ease.
 Whether the appeal of the three men from jail sentences imposed upon them for alleged violation of an in- juuction shall be fought to q finish in the supreme court is now with At torney General Wiekersham The five articles of agreement are as follows:
 l. A conference to be held by off cers of the labor organizations in- yolyed and MT Van Cleaye within 30 days of date at St. Louis.
 . The agreement as to wages, hours and conditions of employment, that shall take effect 90 days from this date. are to be based on wages and conditions existing in shops of com petitors in the city of St Louis operat- nG union shops.
 3 The labor unions will make known that the difficulties between the two organizations have been sat isfactorily adjusted
 i. The Bucks Stove and Range com pany will withdraw all suits now pend ing against the labor organizations.
 | \ copy of the agreement will be published in the journals of the labor organizations and displayed in the la buI departments of the stove company.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
GIVES UP HER CLAIM TO
 WEALTH TO GET ] VORCE
HUSBAND TO INHERIT SEVERAL
 MILLION DOLLARS.
Mrs. Julia Thompson Loose Receives $10,oo0 Cash, home in Kansas
 City and Auto as Alimony.

Kansas City Mo.-For the sake of divorce and alimony amount ing to about $15000, Mrs Julia Thompson Loose on receiving a de cree from Judge E. E. Porterfield, for feited all right to the several millions of dollars which some day will belong to Harry N. Loose, her husband. Mrs. Loose was given $10,000 cash, the home at 3S04 MeGee street, and her motor car. Harry W. Loose is the son of J 5. Loose of the Loose-Wiles Cracker company, St Louis. and from him The young man will some day in herit large fortune.
 Harry N. Loose and Miss Julia Thompson were married at the Loose summer home in June, 1909, at a Massachusetts seaside resort. Two weeks after our marriage, he fused with me" she testified T was terri fled. He struck me cursed me and abused me and ordered me out of his house He insuted me publicly. When in company, he would direct insulting language at me, greatly to my embarrassment. And always treated him as a wife should hus- band
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
THE FORDYCE CROPS ARE GOOD
While Cotton Could Be Better. Other
 CrAps Show lmprovement.

Fordyce, Ark.-Crop conditions in this county are not as bad as re- ported
 While there has been too much rain, it is known fact that there was meyer a better prospect for corn crop and the hay and pastur- age could not be better than they are this year It is true that cotton is small and the stand is bad. due 10 the ate fros 5, and the farmers are badly behind with their work, but should the season continue, "OId Dallas will be able to report the greatest yield this year that she has had in many years.
 There can be seen more fine cab hage, beets, tomatoes, and beans this year than usual One head of cabbage that was cut from field where there were plenty just as good, weighed l6 1-2 pounds
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
MRS. JULIA COGHLAN DIES
1Namirs's Widow, Former Indiana Girl, Succumbs at Her Home in
 California.

Terre Haute, Ind.-Mrs. Julia Cogh- ,'u' widow of AdEiral Joe Cogh- 'an Dewey's officer who recited
 iioch der Kaiser died in San Fran. N'seo She was Julia Barbour of Ter. 'e Haute when Midshipman Coghlan came to Terre Haute to visit the wife V. the congressman from the Belleyille 'i'L) district who had appointed him so Annapolis. the wife being with her 9uehters, who were attending St. riaFy school. The first evening Cogh. .-n met Miss Barbour at dance and peiofe saying good night he asked uer to- marry him.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
EX-CONV|CT EXPOSES
 P1|sON EVILS, ARRESTED
OLD CHARGE BROUGHT AGAINST
 WRITER OF DIARY.
Out Three Days When Texas Peniten tiary Officials Order Him Re
 turned-Legislators Aroused.

Galveston. TeX-The arrest of Ed Murphy, who had just been released from the Huntsville penitentiary, on a charge of assault to murder. has created sensation throughout the state Legislators who assembled for the special session of the legislature today are demanding an investigation of the case.
 Murphy ig highly educated He has just completed a five-year term for forgery having been granted eight months for a good record. He was out three days, and then, following the publication of an announcement that he would begin a series of lee lures on abuses of prison manage ment and the inhuman treatment Of Texas eonYiets, he was arrested on charges from the penitentiary
 He had already disposed of his di- ary at a good price, and declares he will return and suffer a martyrs death" but his diary will be publish ed. II is said to be the most com plete work of it's kind on record. and relates in minute detail the daily rec ord of many convicts during his four years and four months confinement in the state penitertiary.
 He describes eruelties inflicted up on conyicts, giving the names of the guards and witnesses and statements of officials
 He shows in his report that hund- reds of eonviets have died from cruel treatment and abuses and their deaths have been charged to fever.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
WIFE COLLAPSES
No Trace Found of Financier Who Disappeared From Gays,
 Illinois.

Mattoon. nlinois.-Following the closing of the doors of the Bank of Gays, a private institution at Gays, six miles from this city, it is believed that the shortage will reach in excess of $lS,000.
 President T. D. Slater, who disap- peared July II, has not been heard from, although he gave it out to rela- tiyes when he left that he was going to Dwight, IL He has not been at that place.
 Slater had made frequent trips to Chicago. St Louis and Indianapolis He has wife, who is prostrated.
 J. c. Slater of Oakland, his father and L. A Slater. connected with a bank at Palestine. H.. were supposed 10 have been partners in the bank of Gays. but they assert they were ot.
 John E. Jennings of Sullivan has been named as receiver.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
BOY SHOOTS HIS LITTLE SISTER
Lad Falls to Realize the Danger of
 Weapon in His Hand.

Keo. = Hibernia. the 6-year-old daughter of Mayor and Mrs. w. F. Coleman, was shot and killed by her little brother, Ulysses. when a shot gun in the hands of the lad was ac- cidentally discharged The girl lived only three hours after beng wound ed. The two children were playing in their home when the boy found his fathers gun. It is supposed that the lad dd not realize the danger of handling the weapon The shot tore d hole in his sisters sde and inflict- ed terrible injuries internally.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
SHOOTS WOMAN AND SELF
Double Tragedy Occurs in an Office Building in Downtown District
 in Chicago.

Chicago. lll.-Charley w Rig don. q wealthy real estate dealer. shot and probably fatally wounded Miss Emma Deufex of St Paul Minn.. and then committed suicide.
 The tragedy occurred in Rigdon s office in the eighth floor of the Bed ford building.
 Miss Deufex called at the office and after few moments a shot was heard and the woman staggered into an outer office crying, I'm shot" and then lost consciousness. A second shot was heard and Rigdon was found dead with a bullet wound in his head
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
All Over Arkansas
BOILER IN A SAWMILL EXPLODES
Three Persons Killed Outright and
 Seven Others Seriously Injured.

Seven Others Seriously Injured.
 Cove, Ark-With a roar that could be heard for miles in all directions. the large boiler in Webb's sawmill. miles west of Cove. exploded, de- molishing the mill and killing outright three persons. Seven others are badly injured, and it Is said that one Of them probably will die.
 The dead.
 JAMES WEBB. 50 years old, own CT and operator of the mill.
 WILLIAM WEBB, 24 years old, son of the mill owner
 WILLIAM RHODES. 8 years old. engineer at the mill.
 Not a man at the plant escaped in- jury 1t is stated. although their names could not be learned.
 Physicians from Cove left for the scene of the accident as soon as tho news reached here. The sawmill Ia in an ont-of-theway spot, a short dis tanee dyer the Oklahoma state line
 James Webb and his son, it is un- derstood, were standing in the en- zine room talking to Engineer Rhodes when the boiler went up. Their bod ies were thrown to a considerable distance and badly mangled.
 The force of the explosion wrecked the entire plant and twisted saws and steel beams into useless masses. The main building of the plant was razed to the ground
 Although no definite information could be obtained as to the cause of the explosion, it is believed that low water was responsible.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
Hamburg Will Get Electric Lights.

Hamburg.-The Hamburg improve ment district board commissioners have selected lot east of the Ark ansas. Louisiana X Gulf railroad de- pot for the light and water plant The lot was donated to the board by the railroad company. The plant will be put in at once and will be in op- eration within 90 days.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
BANKERS ARGUE WISDOM OF SECRETARY OF TREASURY
 MACVEAGH'S REQUEST.
BANKING OPINION DIVIDED
Law Authorizes Go Operation to Issue Emergency Currency, Intended as strngency Measure-Prepara-
 ton Urged During Calm.

New York City.-Banking opinion in Wal street Is divided as 10 the wisdom of the secretary of the treas. urys request that banks organize emergency currency associations. as announced last week but it is likely that as an indirect result of the see. retary's urging. number of powerful banks in New York will form such an . association. The committee having the matter in charge is composed of H P Davidson of ]. P Morgan X Co.,. Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City bank, and A. B. Hep. burn president of the Chase National bank.
 To make the situation clear, it is necessary to go back few years and review the history of the emer. sency currency legislation The pres, ent law was enacted in 1908 and was intended to provide means of putting more actual cash into circulation in tines of stringeney.
 Currency Issued On Any Security.
 Il provided that ten or more banks might combine into associations. and that by making themselves mutually responsible for each other they would be empowered to issue new currency on any securities held by them. includ ihg commercial paper The difference between this plan and the ordinary procedure is that in time of no stress ordinary securities cannot be made the basis for currency issues.
 The committee of New York bank CTS, mentioned above, was named at the time the law was passed, but the matter has been allowed to lie quies cent since that time, chiefly. perhaps because there has been no panic and because the bankers have seen nc prospect of tight money crisis.
 Secretary MacVeagh, however, took the view that the work of organizing these groups ought to be settled while things were calm. He recently ad. dressed private letter to bankers and clearing authorities in this part of the country urging them to form associations in anticipation of the future.
 Ar. Davidson said, when asked about the prospect of forming an asso. eiailen that he preferred not to make any comment as to the wisdom of the seeretarys move. But the fact that ne Is member of the committee and that the committee is going ahead speaks sufficiently for his position.
 Horace Kilborn, one of the vice. presidents of the National City bank spoke emphatically in favor of the plan
 think the secretary is just right said Ar kiiborn. of course. there Is no immediate need of any emer. seheF currency at the present time, aha everything is calm; but the idea k taat the associations ought to be formed now. when they will make the ifaSt sensation. In a time of real need the sudden formation of them would only add to the alarm"
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
A s2,ooo Fire at DaIeviIle.

Daleyille, Ark-The barn of the Philadelphia Milling Company was de stroyed by fire. The fire started at the east end of the building, and it's origin k unknown, although it is supposed to have been started from sparks from the engine room. The barn contained 45 horses, which were saved The loss is about $2,000 This is the second fire i'll nine months. the whole plant having been destroyed by the other blaze.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
ROOSEVELT AIDS NEPHEW
Colonel Issues Statement Relative to Kins Congressional
 Ambitions.

Oyster Bay. New York. MT. Roosevelt has issued a formal state. ment, the first one he has written since he returned from Africa. It was in regard to the candidacy of Theo- dore Douglas Robinson, Col Roose- velts nephew. for the congressional nomination in the Twenty-seventh dis triet. which is composed of the coun- ties of Herkimer and Oneida
 Young Robinson and his father, Douglas, came to Sagamore Hill to talk things over with their relative
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
Killed Dynamltins Bee Tree.

Owensboro, Kentucky.-Joe How ard was instantly killed when dyna- mite he placed in bee tree to bring IL to the ground was discharged. AL though he stood 100 yards from the tree. a stick of wood eight feet long struck him on the head.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
Collector Haley Settles.

Paragould-Tax Collector T. F. Haley has completed making his set dement's with the county and state of ficials, The total amount of taxes on the books was $135,473.53. Mr Haley lacked only S4,069 76 of collect ing the entire amount. which is a pretty good clearup.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
LANDSLIDE WRECKS TRAIN
Several Passengers Are Bruised When Coaches Are Deraled in
 Kentucky.

Hawesyille, Kentueky.-Louisville, Henderson & St Louis westbound train No 145 was wrecked by q landslide two miles from this city. Fireman Reynolds was killed and sev- eral passengers were bruised
 The landslide came just as the train was passing under high blun.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
New Pennsylvania Party.

Philadelphia, Pa.-The committee of Independents organized for the nomination of candidates in opposi- tion to the Republican and Democrat ic state tickets has made public a formal call for a convention to be held in Philadelphia, July 2S.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
Fiob. Hurt in Pittsburo Fire.

Pittsburg, Pa,-Eight persons. six of whcm were firemen, were injured, and a6 horses were burned to death in ] fire which destroyed the A. c. Breitfeiser Lumber Company's yards on the South Side. The loss is $50,
 900. Several residences were burned.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
Negro Held for Montrose Killing.

Montrose, Ark-Bill Lane. alias Red. the nego arrested here at the point of a revolver for complicity iu the killing of Marvin Watson. Iron Mountain station agent at Montrose, was bound over without bail 10 awai, the action of the grand jury.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
Dean c. Worcester Attacked.

5. "aniia.-An uprising of Moros on sHe s Island of Palawan is expected to se'io" the death of three natives who r Dete shot down when they attacked '. "n '. Worcester. secretary of the
 u'efior of the Philippines.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-22
Arranging for Barbecue.

Wheatley-The citizens of th < town are arranging to hold d big bar becue near here August 3. Senator Jeff Davis and Congressman R. B Macon have been invited 10 address the meeting