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The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21

ror and silver-topped bottles. and on
gazing out saw. to my surprise. It Was
the only window which gave a view OF
that corner OF Rannoch wood where
the double tragedy had taken place,
Indeed. any person standing at the
spot would have a clear view OF that
one distant window while out OF sight
of all the rest A light might be placed
there at night as a signal, for instance:
or BY day a towel might be hung from
the window as though to dry and yet
could be plainly seen at that distance,
Another object in the room also at
tracted my attention. pair OF long
field glasses Had she used these TO
keep watch upon that spot?
took them up and focused them
upon the boundary of the wood. ind
ing that / could distinguish everything
quite plainly.
That's where they found the man
who was murdered" explained the
servant. who still stood in the door
way.
Il know" replied Il was just try
ing the glasses" Then l put them
down, and on turning saw upon the
mantel shelf a small. bright red can
die shade, which | tood in my hand.
1t was made, | found to fit upon the
electric table lamp.
Miss Muriel was very fond Of red
light" explained the young woman;
and as l held it l wondered II that
light had ever been placed upon the
toilet table and the blind drawn up
whether it had ever been used as
warning of danger?
AS l expressed desire to see the
young ladys boudoir. the maid Cam
eron took me down to the luxurious
little room where, the first moment l
entered one fact struck me as pecu.
liar. The picture of Elma Heath was
no longer there. The photograph had
been taken from it's frame and in Its
place was the portrait OF broad
browed, full-bearded man in a foreign
military uniform-a picture that, be-
ing soiled and faded. had evidently
been placed there to fill the empty
frame.
Has the gentleman who called on
the evening of Mr.. Leithcourt's disap
pearance been back here again since
he left the hospital?" l inquired as .
sudden idea occurred to me.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
HID WEALTH UNDER CARPET
Ledger in New York Roomino House
Had Considerable Sum Put Apart
From Frying Eyes.

Three lank books, showing a bal
ance of $1,000. including accrued inter
est. were found and turned over to the
public administrator of New York city
by Mrs Juliet O'keefe of 679 East
One Hundred and Seventy-ninth
street, The Bronx.
The books were found underneath q
carpet in Mrs. O'Keefe's home, and at
the suggestion of her brother, who 10
a lawyer. Edward ]. Kelly of 1851 Ful
ton street, Jamaica, Mrs. O'Keefs
transferred them to the administrator.
The name in the books show that
they belonged to Thomas Griffin. one
Of Mrs. O'Keefe's boarders when she
ran a large boarding house twelve
years ago. at 1923 East One Hundred
and Fiftieth street. Griffin was Q
street car conductor and had come
from Salem. On May 25. 1903, he was
taken to Fordham hospital. seriously
i'll. and he died there after an opera
ton. He did not reveal the presence
Of the bank books.
Mrs. O'Keefe says he was always
reticent with her and his fellow board
ers regarding himself and his rela.
tives.
THE day before he died l called at
the hospital and asked him II he
wished me to communicate with any
relatives or friends" said Mrs.
O'Keefe. "He replied he had none,
and gave me no hint OF the hidden
bank books"
The bank books will be held for rel.
atives of the dead man. II any may b.
found.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21

these About seven o'clock the night
before last as Leithcourt and his house
party we're dressing for dinner, a tele-
gram arrived. Mrs Leithcourt opened
1t and at once went off into Mysteries,
while her husband. in GREATNESS
hurry, slipped off his evening clothes
again and got into an old blue serge
suit. tossed few things into bag, and
then went along to Muriel's room to
urge her to prepare for secret flight"
Flight" l gasped What. have
they gomez"
Listen and I'll tell you. The serv-
ants have described the whole affair
down in the village. SO there's no doubt
about it. Leithcourt showed Muriel
the telegram and urged her to fly. At
first she refused, but for her fathers
sake was induced to prepare to accom-
pany him OF course, the guests were
in ignorance of all this. The brougham
was ordered to be ready in the stable
yard and not to go round. while Mrs.
Leithcourt's maid tried to bring the
lady back to her senses. Leithcourt
himself 1t seemed, rushed hither and
thither. Selling the jewel cases of his
wife and daughter and whatever valu-
ables he could place his hand upon.
while the mother and daughter were
putting on their things. AS he rushed
down the main staircase to the library,
where his check book and some ready
cash were locked in the safe. he met a
stranger who had just been admitted
and shown into the room. Leithcourt
closed the door and faced him. What
afterward TRANSFERRED. however, Is a
mystery, for two hours later. after he
and the two women had escaped. leav.
ing the house party to their own diver
sions, the stranger was found locked
in a large cupboard and insensible.
The sensation was a tremendous one.
cowan, the doctor. was called. and de-
clared that the stranger had been
drugged and was suffering from some
narcotic. The servant who admitted
him declared that the man had said
he had an appointment with bis master
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21

London and discharged all the late
tenants servants. keeping on only his
own. Ann Cameron. housemaid. was
one of these. and 1t was she whom ]
met when entering by the servants
hall.
On questioning her, found her most
willing to describe how she was in
the corridor outside the young mis-
tress' room when Mr.. Leithcourt
dashed along in breathless haste with
the telegram in his hand. She heard
him cry. Look at this! Read 1t. Muriel
We must go. Put on your things at
once, my dear Never mind shout lug
gage. Every minute lost IL of conse-
quence. What" he cried a moment
later. You won't go? You'll stay
here-stay here and face them? Good
heavens! girl, are you mad? Don't
you know what this means? It means
that the secret is out-the secret Is
out. you hear! We must fly!"
The woman told me that she dis
tjnctly heard Miss Mnriel sobbing.
while her father walked up and down
the room speaking rapidly In low
tone. Then he came out again and
returned to his dressing room. while
Miss Muriel presumably changed from
her evening gown into a dark travel
ing dress.
did she say anything to your" I
inquired.
only that they were called away
suddenly. sir. But" the domestic add
ed. the young lady was very pale and
agitated, and we all knew that some
thing terrible had happened. Mrs.
Leithcourt gave orders that nothing
was to be told to the guests, who dined
alone. believing that their host and
hostess had gone down to the village
to see an old man who was dying.
That was the story we told them.
sir"
"And in the meantime the Leith-
courts were in the express going to
Carlisle?"
"Yes, sir They say in Dumfries
that the police telegraphed after them,
but they had reached Carlisle and evil
IDENTIFY changed there. and SO got
away"
By the administration of judicious
tip I was allowed to 60 up to Miss
Muriel's room. an elegantly furnished
little chamber in the front of the fine
old place, with a deep old-fashioned
window commanding a magnificent
view across the broad Nithsdale
The room had been tidied by the
maids. but allowed to remain Just as
she had left 1t. I advanced to the
window. in which was set the large
dressinE table with it, big swing mir
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
MANURE IN THE BOX STALLS
More Bedding Is Required to Keep
Animal Ciean-ldeaI Breeding
Place for Flies.

The production of manure in the
box stall is probably the best Of the
old methods, since it requires the
least expenditure of labor. However,
more bedding is required to keep the
animal clean and the accumulated
manure furnishes an ideal breeding
place for flies.
The manure SO produced. If kept
evenly distributed over the floor. will
be thoroughly compacted and will sus-
tain only small loss Of nitrogen SO
long as the animal remains upon it,
but If the manure is allowed to remain
in the stall after the animal is removed
there will be considerable loss of nitro
gen both as ammonia and as free nitro
gen. due to the drying out and break
ing up of the uric acid into ammonium
carbonate, and to the action of the
bacteria on the organic nitrogen COM
pounds.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
WARM, DRY PLACE FOR HOGS
Animals Will Not Thrive and Give Sat-
isfactory Returns II Allowed to
SILVER In Cold Pen.

By all means give the pigs, whether
they are intended for store hogs or
pork hogs, warm, dry place in which
to sleep. No hog will thrive and make
satisfactory returns when compelled
to shiver on a hard bed in a cold pen,
or to huddle up or lay against the
side OF the building where they are
suffering from cold.
DO not allow too much air above the
pigs. 1t is better to make false Gov
ering over the nest to keep the cold
air from coming down from above.
While we are anxious to exclude the
cold air from the nest, there should
always be an abundance of pure air for
the animals to breathe, as it will en-
able them to do much better work in
dlgesting the feed than If confined to a
Mose pen where thu air is impure
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21

mystery until 1t was all bewildering.
Had 1t not been for the mystery OF 1t
all-and mystery ever arouses the hu-
man curiosity should have given up
trying to get at the truth. Yet as
by that letter OF Elma Heath's that she
was In sore distress. l redoubled my
efforts to ascertain the reason Of 1t all.
On leaving Leghorn l had given up
all hope OF tracing the mysterious
yachtsman and had left the matter in
the hands of the Italian police. But.
without any effort on my own part, ]
seemed to have been drawn into a YER
table network of strange incidents. all
OF which combined to form the most
complete and remarkable enigma ever
presented il life.
Those September days were full Of
anxiety for me. Alone and unaided l
was trying to solve one Of the greatest
of problems, plunged as l was in a
veritable sea Of mystery. wanted to
see Muriel Leithcourt. and to question
her further regarding Elma Heath.
Therefore again l left Euston and.
travelling through the night, took my
seat at the breakfast table at Green
Law next morning.
Sir George, who was sitting alone
1t not being my aunt's habit to appear
early-welcomed me- and then In his
bluff manner shifted and exclaimed:
Nice goings on up at Rannoch.
Have YOU heard OF them?"
NO What?" | cried breathlessly.
staring at him.
well, it's very funny story. and
there are a dozen different distorted
versions of It," he said. But. from
what | can gather the true facts are
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
Mukden Water Project.

A Chinese company under the name
of Tien Pc Kung Ssu has petitioned
the governor general at Mukden for
permission to install waterworks in
Mukden. The proposed capital is ST..
100000 small coin. about $4OO, 900
United States currency, In 100 900
shares Of $40 each. The amount to
be paid up before starting work ia
100000 small coin, the remainder to
be paid up when required. Such a
scheme is doubtless workable and
would be profitable II properly man.
aged. for Mukden has a population of
$4,000
The scheme does not include piping
for houses, but the water is to be
conveyed to street hydrants from
which every householder will be al.
lowed to draw his own supply. Those
who wish to have water in their
houses will be able to do SO later bv
paying the cost of laying pipes and
making necessary connections. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
SYNOPSIS.

Gordon Gregg Is called upon IN Leg
horn by Horribly, the yacht Lola's owner.
and dining aboard with him and his
friend. Hylton Chatter. accidentally sees
torn photograph of young girl. That
ponce fnd that Horribly is fraud and
uie I-oia's name false one. Gregg WIS.,
It's Capt Jack Durnford of the marines
ABOARD his vessel Inirnford knows. but
VII not reveal, the mystery OF the Lola.
III concerns a woman" In London
Gregg Is trapped nearly to his death by
former servant. Olinto. Visiting In
)unfrles Gregg meets Muriel I.ethcourt.
Hornby appears and Muriel introduces
MIN as Martin Woodroffe, her fathers
friend Gregg finds that she IL engaged
10 "oodrone. Gregg sees a copy Of the
torn photograph the Lola and finds
mat the young girl IL Muriel's friend.
Woodrone disappears. Gregg discovers
the body of a murdered woman in Ran
noch wood. The body disappears and in
us place Is found the body OF Olinto.
Gregg talks to the police but conceas his
own knowledge OF the woman. Murie1
calls secretly on Gregg and tells him that
she Is certain that woman well as
man has been murdered They search
iSahnoch wood together. and find the
oody OF the woman. Gregg recognizes
ner as Armida. Oltntos wife. Gregg tells
me police. but when they go to the wood
the body has disappeared. In London
Gregg meets Olinfo. alive and well. Fail
ing TO get any clue from Ollnto, Gregg
graph.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21

Merely that he has Lo wish to
prosecute. and that he has no state
ment to make"
Cant you compel him to say some
shing?" l asked.
NO, can't That's the Internal
difficulty OF it,. II he don't choose to
speak, then we must still remain in
ignorance. although l feel confident
that he knows something of the
strange affair up in the wood"
And although l was silent. / shared
the Scotch detectives belief.
The afternoon was chill and wet as
1 climbed the hill to Greenlaw.
The sudden disappearance OF the
tenants OF Rannoch was. l found. on
everyone's tongue in Dumfries. In the
smoke room OF the railway hotel three
men were discussing 1t with many
grimaces and sinister hints, and the
laxative young woman behind the bar
asked me my opinion OF the strange
goings-on up at the castle. l decided
that the man who had smoked and
chatted with me SO affably on that hot,
breathless night In the Mediterranean
must REMAIN III leuoi ahSC VI my pAOo-
ence, or of my knowledge. Therefore
| stayed for a week at Greenlaw with
eyes and ears open, yet exercising care
that the patient in the hospital should
be unaware OF my presence.
The inquiry into the death OF the
unidentified man in Rannoch wood had
been resumed and a verdict returned
OF willful murder against some person
unknown, while Of the second crime
the public had no knowledge. for the
body was not discovered. Chatter. as
soon as he recovered. left the hospital
and went south-to London. l ascer-
tained-leaving the police utterly in
the dark and filed with suspicion of
the fugitives from Rannoch.
One day l called at the castle. the
front entrance of which found closed.
Gilrae. the owner, had come up from
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
dffdR1Nh
SWINE ON OLD CORN
Place Animals In Clean Pens and A.
low Plenty Of Room-Guard
Against Hog Cholera.

With grade pigs, it takes from seven
to eight bushels Of corn, judiciously
fed. to make 100 pounds of pork. Care
less feeders do not get as good a re-
suit for the corn fed as this.
It will take much more corn to fat
ten a hog in cold, wet weather than
it does in mild weather. Put the hogs
up that are to be fatted in clean pens.
do not crowd, feed what corn they will
eat up clean at each meal. Give
plenty of pure water to drink. For
best family pork and lard. old corn
and water is all they should have;
four weeks feeding should put them
in good order for butchering. Farmers.
having plenty of acorns in the wood
lots, can fatten their hogs mostly on
the fallen nuts; this was the regular
custom years ago and is still followed
in some sections. 1t is good one, all
that it needs is a tight fence around
the woods. Brood sows will winter
better in the woods If given log pen
and a dry bed of leaves.
Eight-month-old shoats, weighing
100 to $50 pounds, make the best fam
fly pork, shoats fed on clover and
grass pasture during the summer and
given a bushel of old shelled corn
make the best favored meat. This
class Of pork commands the highest
market price.
II hog cholera prevails in your
neighborhood, allow no stranger to
visit your pens. Stray dogs and buzz
yards are liable to spread the plague
as they feed mostly on dead animals.
Keep the feed troughs and pens clean
and dry and allow no filth of any kind
around the pens, as filth breeds dis
ease.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
TolCol.

Toluol is hydrocarbon used in tina
manufacture of dyes and also in pro-
duction Of high explosives. Benzol in
also hydrocarbon. the chief raw ma.
terial of the artificial dyestuffs indus
try and fuel that can be used in in.
ternal-combustion engines as a sub.
stitute for gasoline. Half Of the ben.
zol output of German coke ovens was
used for motors In 1913. and at pres.
ent it has almost completely replaced
gasoline for automobiles In that coun.
try.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21

on above-ground silos, however. One
man can handle 100 head of live stock
easily with such an arrangement, the
carrier track being extended out over
as many feed boxes as necessary to
handle the cattle or sheep to be fed.
The boxes for feeding may be ar
ranged in pairs. the posts that support
the inner sides of the boxes extending
into the air to support the track for
the feed carrier at their upper ends.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
DEVICE FOR FEEDING sILAGE
Lots Of Work Required In Caring for
Cattle Unless Owner Has Good
Head for Business.

Silage is the great feed-all of the
successful American livestock farm,
says Farming Business. The feed
ing of it requires lots of work, unless
the feeder has a head for business.
Here is a device for feeding silage
from bank silo, which is in use on 4
Nebraska farm. 1t may also be used
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
CHAPTER TX.
Strange Disclosures Are Made

The strange letter of Elma Heath,
combined with what Lydia Moreton
had told me. aroused within me a de.
termination to investigate the mystery
From the moment ! had landed from
the Lola on that hot. breathless night
- Leghorn, mystery had crowded upon
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-01-21
Different Oojnos

How is your brother, the fashion.
able expensive surgeon. doing?"
HE is cutting up high"
And how is your brother, the d.
fist, getting on?"
oh. he's plugging away
The Springdale news., 1916-06-30
Ioeal aud E)ersoual

Uncle Alex kennan, who has been in ill health for some time, took turn for the worse Wednes day evening, and 1t was thought he could not long survive. He was no better yesterday morning.
 q. L. MeDarid and family left Thursday morning in their auto- mobile, and will tour different points in Illinois and Colorado. 1. E. Rothroek and family accom- panied them in their car as far as Kansas.
 Fred IIaxton, of the w. C. Ownbey Drug Co, who stood the examination in Little Rock re- gently, to become a registered pharmacist. received notice of his passage latte. part of last week. This makes Fred regular regis tered pharmacist, and enables him to perform all acts of phar- macist, and fill all prescriptions: Further he is to be congratulated on his splendid grade. A class of ninety took the examination. only nineteen of whom passed, and Fred made the highest grade of the nineteen.
 $. R. Stokes, who has the con- tract for carrying the mail be-
The Springdale news., 1916-06-30

City Hall, Fayetteville, Ark. At this meeting Mr. II. F. Dvoraehek Director of Animal Husbandry ot the University of Arkansas wifi talk on feeding and fitting stock for the Fair. All who are inter- ested in better live stock should come out to this meeting as of important matters will come before same.
 Art T. Lewis, President.
The Springdale news., 1916-06-30
FAYETTEVILLE COMPANY

The personell of the Fayette- vile company follows:
 Officers: L. C. Parsons. E. K. Hooper, S. ?. Thorpe.
 Sargeants: Q. B. Hanks. c. Rogers. c. E1derton. N. $. Sise- more and J. (. Martin.
 Corporals H. N. Sandford. ( (. Thompson, ]. |. Thompson, D. R. Eoff, E. P. Swyth and A. P. Dunnagin.
 Musicians E. !. Ashby and C. B. Skillern.
 Privates '. Bell. K. Broyles. E. ". Crippin, (. II. Hollett. ]. Henbest, R. W. Keene. II. W. Lewis, J. II. Morton. $. c. Sand ford. J. L. Shearer. q. W. Thorpe, K. Williams. I. B. Will Hams. Ray Williams, (. P. Me Donald, t. t. Brooks, (. A. Deford, E. L. Rough. B. Y. At kinson, J R. Banks. R. Jones. r. l.. Grissom. $. F. Galiglv, (. H.. Crockett, \. Nozencraft: N. D. Bmgin, $. Geoeeenis, L. Atha. L. Walker, J. N Moore. L. R. Will Hams, C. Brooks, II. T. Melvin. C. Giles, B. Brice. |. Jordan. c. 4. Russell. J. J. Ivy. r. N. Ivy. D. Fritehey, $. Roy. 0. Boyles. J. II. Coffin, W. B. Dixon. l.. Lu- eas, l. L. Thompson, (. Dildy. J. W. Carter, and W. P. Wells.
 Cooks E. $. Bayless and E. Watts.
 Rejected on Account of Physi- cal Condition c. Avery, II. $. Smith, B. Y. Norwood, F. o. Ogg.
 Page, T. K. Walker and II. L..
The Springdale news., 1916-06-30
FAIRVIEW.

Clice Daily went to Joplin last week.
 J. L. Bautts was in seligman Tuesday.
 B. F. Pitts of Rogers spent Thursday with his son, Nerdie.
 Herman Phelan and Rheuben Fix left for IIayiland Kansas, Saturday.
 Mrs. <. F. Bowen, of Rogers called on Mrs. Edw Somers Thursday.
 \ large number of our people attended the preparedness parade at Rogers Thursday night.
 Some of our young people at tended the ice cream supper at Lowell Saturday night.
 Mrs. Mary Phelan is spending several weeks with l, nephew Ras Neil and family of Rogers. Miss Leola Floyd who has been visiting at the E. \. Baldwin home. returned to her home at Southwest City, Mo-, Thursday. Vernon, small son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Looney was kicked by 2 horse Thursday His injuries are not considered serious and he was much better at last re- port.
 ZeuXiS.
The Springdale news., 1916-06-30

tween Spsingdale and Huntsville, has employed Stirman Eidson to transport 1t by automobile. ana the slow-going horses have been discarded, for the present at least. The mail leaves Spring dale at the same hour as hereto fore, immediately after the ar rival of No. ,, and not later than 9 a.im., arriving at Huntsville not later than the noon hour. Returning, leaves Huntsville at l ?. h., arriving at SpringdaIe not later than 5:30 This new ar rangement is a great convenience to Huntsville people. giving them their mail from five to six hours earlier. In bad weather when tie roads are not suited for auto mobile travel the wagon and team will he used. Ar. E1dson uses a Ford car and has experienced no difficulty so far.
 
 Road oVerseer Wesley Graham, assisted by E. <. Gillett and N. N. Mckee, has been doing some good road work this week with the big oil tractor recently pur- by the town and township. The road leading east has been graded and also a section of wha. is known as the "Old Missouri Road, north from the residence Of Uncle Ed Hale. The grader Was found to be too light for the tractor and work has been sus-
The Springdale news., 1916-06-30
Gabriel for Prosecuting Attorney

Rogers, June 24.-The Fourth Judicial District Republican con- vention here today nominated F. Gabriel of Fayetteville for pros eeutlng attorney. II. W. Gipple was elected chairman and W. \. 1vie secretary of the convention. The Judicial Committee organiz- ed by electing (. F. Cole of Prair- ie Grove, chairman; R. F. Forrest of Slloam Springs, secretary, and c. T. Sullins, treasurer. Full delegations from Carroll, Madi, son and Benton counties were present.