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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-03-10

to NEEDLE with your private affairs,
but You may trust in my dis
erection. Who was the young LADY,"
ITO conceal her Identity" said Matt
land undisturbed, is precisely why
l have been lying to YOU"
you refuse us that information
Absolutely. I have no choice in
the matter. You must see that"
Snaith shook his head, bafled, in
finitely perturbed. to Maitland's hid
den delight.
'Of course" said he, "the policeman
at the ferry recognized me?"
"You are well known to him." ad-
mitted Snaith. But that is side Is
sue. What puzzles me is why you let
Anisty escape. It is inconceivable."
From police point of View"
From any point of view," said
Snaith, obstinately. 'The man breaks
into your house, steals your jewels =
This is getting tiresome," Maitland
interrupted. CURLY. els 1t possible
that you suspect me Of conniving at
the theft of my own property
Snaith's eyes were keen upon him.
Stranger things have been known.
And yet-the motive is lacking. You
are not financially embarrassed 80
far as we can determine. at least"
Maitland politely interposed his I'm
gers between his yawn and the de-
tective's intent regard. You have
ten minutes more. I'm sorry to say
he said. glancing at the clock.
And there Is another point. more
significant yet.''
"Ah?"
Yes" Snaith bent forward. elbows
on knees. hat and cane swinging, eyes
4mplacable. hard. relentless. "Anisty."
he said. slowly. left . tolerably COM
plete burglars lit IN your library
ell-he's burglar. isn't hef.
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Really,

'Why -. 1 -. Really
Mr.. Snaith, must confess"
"A confession would aid US materi.
ally" dryly. The case is perplexing
You round up burglar sought by the
police of two continents, and listlessly
permit his escape. Why?"
Il would rather not be pressed, .
said Maitland, with evident candor;
but, since you say it is imperative,
that you must know" Snaith in
clined his head affirmatively. why
to tell the truth, | was a bit
under the weather last night; out with
a party of friends, you know. Dare
say we all had bit more than we
could carry The capture was purely
accidental; we had other plans for
the night and-well," laughing shortly,
81 didn't give the matter too much
thought. beyond believing that Higgins
would hold the man tight"
81 see. 1t is unfortunate, but
you motored back to town."
It was not a question, but Maitland
SO considered it.
1--WE did," he admitted.
"And came here directly?"
II did,
''Mr. Maitland, why not be frank
with me? My sole object is to capture
q notorious burglar. have no desire
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mt that kind snaith shook his

mt that kind" snaith shook his
head.
"But his departure was somewhat
hurried. can conceive that he might
abandon his kit"
but it was not his"
Not Anisty's?"
''Anisty does not depend on such
Anticipated methods, Mr.. Maitland;
save that in extreme instances. with
a particularly stubborn safe. he en-
ploys high explosive that. SO far as
we can find out, is practically noise
less. It's nature is a mystery
But such .old-fashioned strong-boxes
as yours at Greenfields he opens by
ear, so to speak-listens to the c0mbi-
nation. He was once an expert, repu-
tably employed by prominent firm
of safe manufacturers, in whose SER
vice he gained the skill that has made
him-what he is"
t,"-Maitland cast about at ran
dom, feeling himself cornered- may
he not have had accomplices 50"
Hes no such fool. Unless he has
gone mad, he worked alone. presume
you discovered no accomplish
II? The devil, no."
Snaith smiled mysteriously, then fell
thoughtful, bordering.
"You are an enigma" he said, at
length. II can not understand why
you refuse us all information, when
consider that the jewels were
yours"
care mine," Maitland corrected.
"No longer"
Il beg your pardon; have them"
Snaith shook his head, smiling in
credulously. Maitland flushed with
annoyance and resentment, then on
impulse rose and strobe into the ad-
joining bedroom, returning with a
small canvas bag.
"You shall see for yourself" he said,
depositing the bag on the desk and
fumbling with drawstring. If you will
be kind enough to step over here"
Mr.. Snaith still unconvinced. hest
tated, then assented, hating a brief
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distance from Maitland and toying alb
stractedly with his cane while the
young man plucked at the drawstring.
"Deuced tight knot, this" com
mented Maitland, annoyed.
mo matter. Don't trouble, please.
I'm quite satisfied. believe me-"
"Oh. you are!"
Maitland turned; and in the act Of
turning. the loaded head of the cane
landed with crushing force upon his
temple.
For an instant he stood swaying,
eyes closed. face robbed Of every yes
t1ge Of color, deep lines of agony
craven in his forehead and about his
mouth; then fell like a lifeless thing,
limp and invertebrate.
The soi-disant Mr.. Snaith caught
him and let him gently and without
sound to the floor.
Poor fool!" he commented, kneel.
ing to make hasty examination.
Hope haven't done for him.
It would be the first time.
Bad precedent! -. So! He's all
right conscious within an hour.
!. Too soon!" he added, standing and
looking down. We'll, turn about's fair
play"
He swung on his heel and entered
the hallway. pausing at the door long
enough to shoot the bolt; then passed
hastily through the other chambers,
searching. to Judge by his manner.
In the end closed door attracted
him: he jerked L open. with an &.
clamation Of relief. It gave upon .
large bare room, used BY Maitland a.
trunk closet. Here were stout leath-
er straps and cords in ample measure.
MI. Snaith" selected one from them
quickly but with care. choosing the
stsonxea
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The eobby's sole Means Of oef'''@

The eohby's Sole Means OF De'e"'"
the anarchistic Angelo Bresci sno' =.
dead and all the demon world o.
reds rejoiced.
On June ~, 1904. M. Sadi Ca. ..I
president Of France, was assa's,a
by Cesare Santo, an anarchist. 80
was not . tyrant, but q duly se''
servant OF the French people. 4
Our own Mckinley was v'cu 4
the horrid teachings OF the scnO !.
murder. Leon Cxofgosz was sr,x
archist and . pupil Of Johan -
Emma Goldman. and other OF wv ~
pent school which America Nv ~
manner Of England. had husseo
bosom. sto nj
The list might be extendeo. 100
Why 90 into thA details OF Dom
ing. shooting and stabbing! M
The point and It II one On ..aayl
the wot10 II IL be consfa'uns ~
that England =, waking up -. -. =
her bargain With the anarchist. ~
criminal slemsnt Of Europe DIV
to bs brought to IN end. .,soh
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Costly Necklaces.

The most costly necklace in tn.
world belongs to the Countess
Henckel. lady well known In LONDON
and Paris society, the value Of which
10 said to be $250,00O. It Il really com
posed Of three necklaces, each Of his
toric interest. One was the property
Of the ex-queen Of Naples, sister Of the
late Austrian empress; the second,
once the property Of Spanish gran.
dee. while the third was formerly
owned by the Empress Eugene. Not
long ago . necklace composed OF III
pearls, IN eight rows. the property Of
the late duchess Of Montrbse, was sold
for 10000. The Empress Frederick
Of Germany Il said to have possessed
: necklace OF s. pearls, worth It least
$500. 900. while Lady Ilchester's neck
lace Of hIaek Dearls q valued at about
&116,00t
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-03-10

NGLAND, because of the rude
shock of recent tragic happen
ings, is awakening from long
continued lethargy and opening
her eyes to the dangerous de-
lplorable and disgraceful conditions
which she has deliberately invited
Recent barbarisms have forced upon
her unwilling intelligence the fact that
whole districts of her great capital
have become alien jungles, peopled by
human tigers. London, the worlds
premier city, is dumping ground for
anarchistic desperadoes.
In that mighty metropolis are the
headquarters for human malcontents,
the rallying place for the haters Of the
human race, the strong box from
which Is financed the horrid pr0pa-
ganda of anarchy. There are Matched
ition In other countries, and thither
fee for security the instruments Of
planned assassination II they succeed
In escaping from the scenes of their
crimes. In the squalid attics and
the noisome cellars of London are
nursed the foul brood of alien an
archists who scheme and plan how
best, with gun, knife or bomb, they
can cut to earth some prominent rep
resentative of established government
and thereby, as they hope, bring hui
man order little nearer that hideous
chaos and DEVILS Millennium In which
they would rejoice.
For years there have been focking
into London, into that hideously con-
gested East End, thousands on thou
sands Of desperadoes, ruf11ans, revolu-
tionists, nihilists. anarchists, and mall
contents, until there has been assem-
bled such an army of criminality as
not all the capitals of the continent
combined could muster. And against
this polyglot horde from Russia, from
Italy, from Spain, from France, from
the four corners Of Europe, armed,
skilled in crime and resourceful in dev-
iltry, stands nothing but the sturdy fig
ure Of the English policeman. The
London bobby is brave and efficient,
but he is used to dealing with the ruff
fan depenerates, the half-starved hooli-
hans OF his own race. With his clench-
ed fist and his brawny arm, or, If
pushed to the wall, with his short
billy, he single-handed, Is good for a
dozen Of them. He knows nothing OF
revolvers. The Britisher has never
been knifer or shooter. He has
relied on his fist. And in all London
there Is not a-policeman with a gun
nor dozen who would know how to
handle one.
But the cry Is going up that the Lon
don bobby must have gun-that 1t
Is not fair to pit him unarmed
against the alien tigers which can be
treated only as tigers. England IL
waking up. Her papers are demand
ing that the Importation Of the Grim
inal scum Of Europe shall cease. The
government II being criticised for its
laxity.
England now knows that the recent
battles interrupted q wide-awakA m
archist plot Of great gravity-such a.
many which have been Matched IN the
slums Of her great city.
Many. many times within recent
years has the world been shocked ~
the brutal assassination Of thoee
clothed with authority or occupying
high pisces. Not all Of these. " any
means, can be charged to anarchists.
Some were political and were tl,a
Wnrk NJ revnluffhnie<a 5s5 Me- -. ,as-a
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SYNOPSIS.

MAD Dan Maitland. on reaching MS
New York bachelor club. met an attr2c-
rive Young woman at the door. Janitor
O'Hagan assured him no one had peen
within that day. Dan discovered WON
ans finger prints in dust on his desk
along with a letter from his attorney.
Maitland dined with Bannermans ms az ~
tnynev. Dan set out for Greenfields, TO
get his family jewels. During his walk
to the country seat he met net the lnsr y 1saYs
ing hrs bachelors club. Her auto had
broken down He fixed it. dsyyb;n rus bom sne
~,,rnriss.,j lady in gray cracking the safe
ontainng his gemS Sne cro a1paTpe ans
Anisty' Ua,f-hypnotized. Maitland opened
his safe. took therefrom the jewels. and
gave them to her, first forming part
y3ership in crime The real Dan Anisty.
sought by police of the world, appeared
on the same mission. Maitland overcame
him. He met the girl outside the mouse
and they sped on to New York In her au,
to- He had the jewels and she PROMISED
tn mee1 him that day. Maitland received
z Mr. Snaith.
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The Harrison times., 1911-08-26
REUNION NEXT WEEK.
Friday and Saturday 10 Be Given TO the
Entertainment OF Our Old Soldiers.

On Friday and Saturday next,
Harrison will enjoy an opportunity,
appreciated by all, of entertaining
the veterans of the section on the
occasion of the Reunion of Ross
Ruble Camp, United Confederate
Veterans. These reunions have al
ways been a source of much pleas.
ure to our people. as well as to the
thinning ranks of veterans, and all
are invited to participate. As ar
ranged so far, the following is the
program:
FIRST DAY.
10 o'clock a. m.-Registration of
old soldiers, superintended by Adju-
tant w. H. Harrell.
II O'Clock. Music by the military
band. Invocation by Rev. Gill, Ad-
dress of welcome by Mayor Troy
Pace. Response by Gen. ]. Polk
Fancher, of Berryville.
DINNER.
1:3O.-Music by band. vocation
bv Rev. Womack. Addresses by
Hons. Joe Robinson, J. H. Berry,
B. B. Hudgins, J. c. Eaton and f..
A. Dinsmore.
s clock.-Camp Fire Meeting, led
by W. S. Allen.
SECOND DAY.
9 clock "A horseback parade of
Veterans, Sons of Veterans, Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, and young
ladies representing the Confederate
States.
1:30.-Music by band. Addresses
BY Gen. H. l.. Routh, Major B. NJ.
Estes and other local speakers.
Farewell song and hand shaking
Executive committee-B. NJ. Estes,
J. O. Nicholson and ]. X. Newman.
Finance Commitee-R. M. Fellow,
Rov Milum and c. E. Wilson.
Committee on Reception and on
Homes. "A, X. Toney, d. Tyson,
w. S. Allen and Mesdames Z. An
drews and A. J. Vance.
The Harrison times., 1911-08-26
Ball Club Wins Seven Games
Beat Everything They Tackled During
Their Ten Days Tour.

Harrison's Base Ball team return.
ed Saturday after ten days tour to
the eastward during which they
PLAYED and won seven games. Their
first game was with Heber on Aug.
10, II and IL, with scores, II to 9,
in II innings; 7 to 4, and 8 to 2,
respectively. Rain prevented games
Oh August IA and 10 at Bald Knob,
but a double header was won on
August 16. scores, 3 to 0, and 7 to 3.
The result of the first game at
Judsonia so discouraged the Judsonia
men that they refused to play the
other two games of the schedule
Harrison defeated this game, 36 to 6.
Judsonia managers declared that
future games would not draw
crowds. Searcy on August Is was
defeated, score, 7 too.
The boys are naturally proud of
this record, and are ready to play
anything in the amateur class that
offers now. The team on this trip
was as follows: Killebrew, Driver
and Alexander, pitchers; Gibson, l.,
catcher; Milum, first base; Campbell,
second base; ones, third base; Kirby,
shortstop; Mitchell, left field; Gibson,
g., center field, and Watkins, right
field. Roy Milum, Manager,
The Harrison times., 1911-08-26
Coed Roads Meeting.
To Be Held in The Court Park Next
Thursday Afternoon.
Editor Times.

Editor Times:
In order to get the movement
started for the building OF good
roads in Boone county: and as | am
expected to take the lead in the in
terest of building public roads and
highways, take pleasure in calling
a good roads meeting for Thursday,
August 31st, at one o'clock p. m OF
said day, in the Court Park at Har-
rison. An invitation is extended to
all who MAY have an interest in the
building up of our county to be
present and take part in this meet
ing. All the overseers are especially
urged to be in attendance. This
August 10th, 1911.
5. n. ALEXANDER,
County Judge.
The Harrison times., 1911-08-26

The Coker Hollow, near Zinc, has
its ground in good shape again and
the mill running, and will market
several cars of ore this month.
The Boone county mine in the
Zinc district will start work on Sep
tember / The mill will be thorough
ly overhauled and steady mining re-
sumed.
The big mill machinery of the
Morning Star continues to pass
through Yellville. The plant will be
$50 ton capacity, and thee is ore
enough in sight to keep it busy for
months -YeHviHe Echo.
Wheeler Bros have finished the
shaft which they sunk into their
tunnel last month at Bileau lead
mine near Zinc, and are now at
work taking out ore again and will
likely have a good turn in shortly,
A party of prospectors from Neck
City, Mo are working on the south
side of the river, about a mile from
Grand View, and have found silicate
in paying quantities, which will run
about $50 to the on.-Eureka Echo.
Hines & Phillips, two operators
from Deadwood, 5. Dakota, are
working now on lead on land that
adjoins the Jenks-Griffn lead dig.
They have fine lead prospect
there and will probably show up
some good stuff. They started to
work last week Baxter Bulletin.
The parties who are working the
Governor Eagle mine near Dodd
City, started the drill to work on
the property Monday and will thor
oughly prospect the whole tract,
which comprises some 800 acres and
over The contract for drilling was
for 900 feet or more. The work in
the ground is progressing nicely and
the ore body holds good, Mr.. An
drews, of Boston, is looking after
the work.
Stortz & Son, of Little Rock, have
just put in a large mill of 100-ton
capacity at their zinc mine in Boone
county, on the Missouri * North
Arkansas, ! 8 miles south of Harri.
son, and S. Stortz states that the
company, which is known as the
Olvey Mining Company, expects to
ship the first car within thirty days
Mr.. Stortz stated also that the
people of that section are very
enthus astic over the mining devel.
opment now going on, as there are
number of prospectors buying up
land with the expectation of sinking
shafts and putting in mills. This
This firm owns about 600 acres of
the land adjoining its mine, and just
as soon as their present mine is in
regular operation will put in other
mills. 1t now has a shaft 80 feet
deep from which has been taken
some fine samples of first class zinc.
The Harrison times., 1911-08-26
School Opening Postponed.

At the meeting of Harrison's S
school board Thursday the plans,
both for the Improvement of the Did
building and construction of the
new, were agreed upon. and the
contract will be let on September 1 l.
1t will be part of the contract
that all work on the old building be
completed by Monday, October the
10th which was fixed as the date
for the opening of school. This will
mean delay of just one month in
the beginning of this years school
term.
The Harrison times., 1911-08-26
A Pleasant Day al Leslie

Harrison's Military Band and a
number of our citizens report a most
pleasant visit to the thriving little
city of Leslie last Saturday on the
occasion of the Woodmen Of the
World picnic.
The members of the W. of W. have
reason to congratulate themselves
on the excellent management Of the
picnic, which brought together for
social enjoyment many of the best
people of their own and surrounding
counties. Fine addresses on benevo-
lent cooperation, plenty Of music,
the best of refreshments of all kinds,
and general good behavior were
features of the occasion.
Leslie has been the fastest grow
ing town of the section; and it is
gratifying to note that its growth
has included fine schools and
churches, and a citizenship of up
to-date, moral and refined people.
The Harrison times., 1911-08-26
Little POck Letter.

The rifle team which will represent
Arkansas at Camp Perry. Ohio in
the national shoot for State Guards.
men, left Little Rock Sunday morn
ing in command of Col W F. Reich
ardt of Little X ok. There are ~
men in the team. counting the Of
hcers. Of this number, II left Little
Rock and the rest were picked up
en- route The team is composed OF
Col. ". F. Reichardt, captain; Maj.
f. L. Compere, range officer; Maj.
F ". Greene Harrison, coach; and
Capt. Baker of Fort Smith spotter;
and the following sharpshooters,
Capts, F. ]. Holcomb, Piggott; ".
G. Bradford, Lonoke; X. Nj. Coffee,
Hope; c. II. McCulloch, Prescott; F.
s. White, Fayetteville; ~ o. Bald
win, Sloan Springs; K S. Lowery,
Eureka Springs, Charles r. Hall,
Magazine; ]. c. AL xander, Cabot;
Howard Reed, Heber; and X. ].
Rankin, Ola; and Lieuts l., c Muir
ray of Harrison, and ] K. Garter,
Black Rock
There has been considerable com
ment upon the team being composed
entirely of officers, it being inferred
that some of the privates in the Ark
ansas National Guard must have
qualified as expert rifiemen and been
entitled to the trip. In former years
there have been at least one or two
privates ON the team Arkansas
has never ranked far above the bot
tom in the Camp Perry shooting,
but it has been due to the varying
winds Of the lake, which the Ark
ansas shooters could not get famil-
lar with in the short time spent on
the range. Adj. Gen. b. W. Greene,
this year selected the team from
among the officers, in order that
they might have an opportunity TO
gain experience in small arms prac-
tice at Camp Perry, rather than to
have the state troops try for any
record.
Should half the counties OF Arkan-
sas get a good roads movement on
them and demand the convicts they
have in the state penitentiary for
road work, the state would have to
90 out and hire free labor to success
fully cultivate the State Farm at
Cummins This is the statement of
Clay Sloan, Commissioner of Agri-
culture, who has just returned from
visit to the large state plantation.
Commissioner Sloan will cite the
Penitentiary Board to this fact
when the time comes for the consid-
Grafton of the resolution providing
for the purchase of another state
farm upon which to work the white
convicts and take them off the rail-
roads.
"The road and the convict prob
lens should one solve the other. !"
stated Commissioner Sloan when
discussing the proposition recently.
Take the convicts off the railroads
and the farm, where they are now
practically self sustaining, and a
tax must be levied to care for them.
The road tax could allbe given over
to their support, and allow them TO
work the roads in all the counties,
and there be no change, but that is
of course a theory which will have
to be tried before it can be dehnately
determined.
We have now at the State Farm,
sufficient land to work all the state
convicts when it is drained properly.
and opened for cultivation. The
clearing and the draining must SO
on at the same time in order to have
the work economically done. Drain
The Harrison times., 1911-08-26
Foot Bridge Across Crooked Greek.

At the council meeting Tuesday
night a contract was let to a Dallas
Texas, construction company for q
l4-foot steel foot bridge across
Crooked Creek ON Vine Street, Just
southeast of the square. This struc'
ture will cost $4,000. The county
should join with the town and make
this Il wagon bridge also,