The Daily News Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist DAILY AND WEEKLY THE DAILY NEWS A REMINISCENCE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES lips and sat up in his chair like an old hound who hears the view- hallo. He waved his hand to. the sofa, and our palpitating visitor, LAND PURCHASE Nonigp = Const Range 6 Land , oe D wants notice that I, John Here jum, Occupation { neettt at Kit. eur ee oe armer, intend for perm to purchase the follow ng det pat 20 hil, chang (pitt Pale ye Pre Ree Pub Comper, United THE ADVENTURE OF THE DEVIL'S FOOT wih is agate, coma ara at ; . timer Tregennis was more self- Dated Mareh 1s, {yi ©‘ commeneemeg, Me We eee Wires pes. Hoteee Ciana- Daly, 4 “aryears Waals, BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE contained than the clergyman st alana ie ge $2.50 per year, strictly in advance. aor 7 x — but the twitching of his thin Trands op Bkeens Land Distriot—Ducriet ot i TRANSIENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING—50 cents per inch. Contract rates Copyright, 1911, by the Century Syndicate and the brightness of his dark Rupert, BC, ceeupin yaa de Zz ra acme errr HEAD OFFICE In recording from time to time]of scene and air, Thus it was that|and peaceful, healthy routine were/eyes showed that they shared a} “°Cttomeas Be ae be: ‘om Daily News Building, Third Ave., Prince Rupert, B. C. Telephone 98. some of ws ve oe nthe rics spring of wet ee yore. ner we vr wee pane a or you?” he a Mie meu te Scns BRANCH OFFICES AND AGENCIES and inverentng recollections he we found ourselves together in a | precipitated into ner midst of wlan of ihe aie are th easterly limit thence viet New York—National Newspaper Bureau, 219 East 28rd St., New York City. I associate with my long and in-|small cottage near Poldhu Bay, at|a series of events which caused “Well, as you seem to have Goowe Hay, « dirtanes ri SEATTLE—Puget Sound News Co. LONDON, ENGLAND—The Clougher Syndicate, Grand Trunk Building, Trafalgar timate friendship with Mr. Sher- lock Holmes, I have continuallly the farther extremity of the Cor-| the nish peninsula. utmost excitement not only in Cornwall but throughout the made the discovery, whatever it may be, and the vicar to have had thence northerly along 40 chaina more or less, thenos More or less to point of commer 160 acres mote or less : westerly 40 » cement, Contalaay Square. been faced by difficulties caused by| It was a singular spot, and one whole West of England. Many fe second-hand, perhaps you had eae PERRY QUEENay his own aversion to publicity. To}peculiarly well suited to the grimjof my readers may retain some sce re " yt e jel ie said i ‘The newspaper, with the law, should assume the accused innocent his sombre and cynical spirit all| humour of my patient. From the recollection of what ory er called closes - es Skeene Land Detriet District of until proven guilty; should be the friend, not the enemy of the popular applause was always ab-| windows of our little whitewashed |at the time ‘The Cornish Horror, 1 glanced at the hastily-clad eta: occupant general public; the defender, not the invader of private life and the assailant of personal character. It should be, as it were, keeper of the public conscience.’’—Henry Watterson. a MONDAY, JULY 17 DalILy EDITION. horrent, and nothing amused him more at the end of a successful case than to hand over the actual exposure to some orthodox official, and to listen with a mocking smile to the general chorus of misplaced congratulation. It was indeed house, which stood high upon a grassy headland, we looked down upon the whole semi- circle of Mounts Bay, that old death-trap of sailing vessels, with its fringe of black cliffs and surge- swept reefs on which innumerable sinister | Press. though a most imperfect account of the matter reached the London Now, after thirteen years, I will give the true details of this inconceivable affair to the public. I have said that scattered towers marked the villages which dotted clergyman, with the formally dres- sed lodger seated beside him, and was amused at the surprise which Holmes’s simple deduction had brought to their faces. “Perhaps I had best say a few words first,"’ said the vicar, ‘‘and jands. Commencing at a post miles west and two miles » Stanley Creek where it ¢ Harbor, Graham Island, the planted abo, thence 50 chains west, ¢ thence 60 chans east to ; and containing 640 acres mor Dated Mareh 17, lvl) Pub. April 7, Skeena Land Distriet— District of Take notice that Frank Levick wy ctu ELECTION INDICATIONS this attitude upon the part of/seamen have met their end. With) this part of Cornwall, The nearest) 4.0. you can judge ff you will | Pipa memes backhoe, intends to an . * ‘ : : > 5 é > y , OF perminss wrehase tne lollowis iy cabin my friend, and certainly not any|a northerly breeze it lies placid|of these was the hamlet of Tre- thie dc. Shim: “damati’ Gioia: s bbe: |e on LO purchase ine (allowing davies ‘ : ° : r * C ; ° ‘ nat aoe ht : ene ¢ ste , clans for : Commencing at post plan be % Two candidates in the field in the Middle West, is an indication | lack of interesting material, which | and sheltered, inviting the storm- | dannick Wollas, where the cot- Tregetnia, ‘or whether we iad inlay west aod two tiles south at ae : : : : ’ ‘ 5, P , , & ey Creek where it empti Pr that Manitoba—as befits a province which will be hugely affected|has caused me of late years to|tossed craft to tack into it for|tages of a couple of hundred] 3. hasten at once to the scene | jMfee Grabiam "Island, thenge 80 chy st ° ¢ . * . at ees ’ ; . . ‘ ° asten ¢ nee * SCENE | thence 5U chains wast, thence 60 chan by the passage of the reciprocity bill—is preparing for the possibility lay very few of my records before} rest and protection. Then comes|inhabitants clustered round an of Mila Gieebtida. aMele, 1 envi Gree chains west to poiut dean oa ; ‘ e es ° ‘ : ° . P § yste s alk : AY | and contaning 640 acres more o = of an early general election. The example of the Selkirk Conser-| the public. My participation in| the sudden swirl round of the wind, | ancient, moss-grown church. The ; » "4 | ated Maren 17, 1911. PRANK Lay A pas ; ‘ ‘ : ‘ : ; explain, then, that our friend | Pup. Apri 7. Nema D ick et vatives and the Winnipeg Liberals will be followed by a host of other | some of his adventures was always | the blustering gale from the south-| vicar of a parish, Mr. Roundhay, here spent last evening in the " ' constituencies within a few days. a privilege which entailed dis-|west, the dragging anchor, the lee | was something of an archaeologist, nies ‘ i ot his iwi. hrosherts Skeena Land District—Distriet o . ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ i . : ‘ mpahs Ss ‘ Tro rs, a Const Bl: The nomination of candidates, however, is not a certain evidence | cretion and reticence upon me. shore, and the last battle in the|and as such Holmes had made : d ; Take notice that Glenn MeArthur of Vanesaw, Owen and George, and of his] B+ G+ cecupation real estate agent intends p of an early election. It is an evidence only of prudence, and of an earnest desire to get into the contest early. From information that comes from very well informed quarters, Sir Wilfrid Laurier was It was, then, with considerable surprise that I received a telegram from Holmes last Tuesday—he creaming breakers. The wise mar- iner stands far out from that evil place. his acquaintance. He was a mid- | dle-aged man, portly and affable with a considerable fiind of local j their house of Tredannick Wartha, which is near the old stone cross upon the moor. sister Brenda, at apply for permission to purchase tb described lands ’ © Lollowag Commencng at & post planted 40 chains wh and 50 chains south of the southwest call lat No. 1783 marked Gienn McArthurs na west corner, thence south 40 chair speaking the simple truth when he told the Quebec interviewers that |has never been known to write} Qn the land side our surrourd-|lore. At his invitation we hadj iy, jer: them shortly after ten | 90 enalte’ to port of wm ain es j i : ; : » t : 4 . “7 ommencement, con he did not know when a general election would take place, i. e., whether |where a telegram would serve—| ings were as sombre as on the sea.| taken tea at the vicarage, and had} |. 4.4, slasiie sear seiiiek Ue a “al i ithi * i 4 2 . , ‘ * : ay f Z y 12 20, . GLENN MeART it would take place within a few weeks or be deferred until early next |in the following terms: ‘‘Why not) [t was a country of rolling moors,|come to know also Mr. Mortimer disiawoon:. teble; ia ‘exoillaat Pub. April 16, T. D, Laird, Aga tell them of the Cornish horror— Tregennis, an independent gentle- 3 & year. It may be accepted as certain, that both from motives of justice, lonely and dun-coloured, with an hadith and ehifite, This ses tieg and in order to make his victory more complete, Sir Wilfrid would|Strangest case I ever handled.”’| occasional church tower to mark|man, who increased the clergymans | ; “s : - ” 1“ ea ty eatin Shnens Land District Distret o Geen Cage prefer if he can, to have the general election deferred until a Redis- I have no idea what backward | the site of some old-world village.|scanty resources by taking rooms | : is mr Le o okt fk A raced ngent, intends wat tribution Bill, based on the census returns can be brought in, raising | SWeeP of memory had brought|[n every direction upon these |in his large, straggling house. The|'" ae eee ese its |, a ie: aS the matter fresh to his mind, or moors there were traces of some vicar, being a bachelor, was glad and was overtaken by the carriage mies west and hal! a the representation of the western provinces. ; 7 4 . of Dr. Richards, who explained | taney Creek | where Mr. Borden, it may also be assumed, is alive to the hopelessness of |what freak had caused him to|yanished race which had passed|to come to such an arrangement, hae ta had ‘baka went: tor thenee "north 40. chaina, ‘ ° * . . + : . . : . i Se6 7 : : ‘ > ac Ce sen or on a a . 4 deferring the elections until a Redistribution Bill is passed, and will | desire that ! should recount it;| utterly away, and left as its sole}though he had little in common |‘ et ‘urgent call to Tredannick ud opheuining, 160 ocres mare ¢ | : * e : : as e ca oO redannick : a R do all he can to force an election u the public at an earl te.| but I hasten, before another can-| rec strange . »,|with his lodger, who was a thin, |,,, a Dated Mareb 17, 1911. 4 pon p y da , record strange monuments of stone, g ‘Wartha. Mr. Mortimer Tregen-| Pub Apel 7. celling telegram may arrive, to aye If this really is his object the Oppositior leader has all the machinery at his command to accomplish his purpose. Under the anomaly of the Canadian parliamentary rules, an Opposition leader who desires to embark upon a policy of obstruction, holds the strongest imaginable Government at his mercy. The method of obstruction employed, is for the Opposition to take advantage of the rule which allows any member of the House while sitting in committee on supplies, to speak as many times and on as many topics as possible. Half a dozen long winded speakers can form a relay of oratory and tie up the whole machinery of Parliament. This in fact, is what hed been done by the Opposition for severai weeks before the House adjourned for the Coronation, and what it is very likely they may continue to do when the House opens tomorrow. If this is done, Sir Wilfrid Laurier has intimated that he will at once take steps to prorogue the House, and appeal to the country, without waiting for a redistribution of seats. If the obstruction policy is ended, and the business’of Parliament permitted to go on, the elec- tion will be deferred until early next year. The choice is in Mr. Borden’s hands. A few hours now will make it clear whether we are to have an early election or not. General opinion is to the effect that Mr. Borden will take a gambler’s chance on an early election. irregular mounds which contained hunt out the notes which give| the burned ashes of the dead, and me the exact details of the cease, and to lay the narrative before my readers. It was, then, in the spring of the year 1897 that Holmes’s iron | constitution showed some signs | of giving way in the face of con- stant hard work of a most exacting kind, aggravated, perhaps, by oc- casional indiscretions of his own. In March of that year Dr. Moore Agar, of Harley street, whose dramatic introduction to Holmes I may some day recount, gave positive injunctions that the fa- mous private agent should lay a matter in which he One thing the recent policy of obstruction will bring about, is| a revision of the Parliamentary rules to make it impossible for any | future Opposition, either Liberal or Conservative, to tie up the ma- chinery of government again. After having succeeded in his promise | to “‘sweep the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific,”’ Sir Wilfrid | Laurier will bring in a measure, providing for a motion of closure, somewhat similar to that employed in the British and French Houses, so that it will be possible to set a time limit to any debate that is obviously being prolonged for tactical advantage. ABOUT THE “OPTIMIST JOB” Recently this paper changed its name from the Optimist to the Daily News. Its job department, accordingly changed its name from Optimist Job to News Job department. Within the last few days, a new concern has started and assumed the name of the Optimist Job. It is not the job depart- ment of any newspaper, and its assumption of this misleading title is an obvious attempt to infringe on the goodwill and patronage of the job department of this paper, earned under its former title. | In assuming the discarded name of this paper's job depart- ment, the new concern may be within its legal rights. But on the point of honor which lies behind it, the public is en- titled to pass its own judgment. The entire plant and equipment of the job plant of the Optimist is in the News printshops, and is being operated under skilled management. The youthful optimists who have started operations, under the cast-off title, are in no way con nected with the original Optimist job piant. The Continental Trust Co., Ltd. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $500,000 | OFFICERS: WM. T. KERGIN, M.D. Preuident | DAVID H. HAYS, 11 Vice-Pre ei Be a ice- ° JAY KUGLER, Secretary-Tveasurer CB. PETERSON, Ass't.-Manager r Farm Lands and Mines rance Agent For Care of Real Estate Escrow Agents Trustees ind T Agent nnd ene Collections SAVINGS DEPARTMENT, 4 per cent. on Deposits We will be pleased to wy gry paviries Eage'ding investments in Prince Rupert The Continental Trust Company, Limited, SECOND AVENUE... PRINCK RUPERT, B.C. took the faintest interest, solute, but he was induced at manently disqualified from work, to give himself a complete change aside all his cases and surrender | himself to complete rest if he wish- | settling ed to avert an absolute breakdown. | The state of his health was not! himself | for| his mental detachment was ab-| | more |last, on the threat of being per-|and infinitely more mysterious curious earthworks which hinted at prehistoric strife. The glamour and mystery of the place, with its sinister atmosphere of forgotten nations, appealed to the imagina- tion of my friend, and he spent much of his time in long walks and solitary meditations upon the moor. The ancient Cornish lan- guage had also arrested his at- tention, and he had, I remember, conceived the idea that it was akin to the Chaldean, ard had been largely derived from the Phoenician traders in tin. He had received a consignment of books upon philology and was down develop — this thesis, when suddenly to my sor- row, and to his unfeigned delight, to we found ourselves, even in that plunged into a problem, at our doors which was land of dreams, intense, more engrossing, than any of those which had driven us from London. Our simple life |which gave the impression of ‘actual physical deformity. I re- member that during our short visit we found the vicar garrulous, but his lodger strangely reticent, a sad-faced, introspective man, sitting with averted eyes, brooding apparently upon his own affairs. These were the two men who entered abruptly into our little sitting room on Tuesday, March the 16th, shortly after our break- fast hour, as we were smoking together, preparatory to our daily excursion upon the moors. “Mr. Holmes,”’ said the vicar, in an agitated voice, “the most extraordinary and tragic affair has during the night. It unheard-of business. occurred the We can only regard it as a special Providence that you should chance to be here at the time, for in all England you are the one man we is most need.”’ I glared at the intrusive vicar with no very friendly eyes; but Holmes took his pipe from his KOKOKOKOKOKOk eaten ens. dt O TO SAVE DISAPPOINTMENT AND ERROR HOKOKOKOOKO KOKO KOKO KORO OK x Ae ee re ee eT Will our customers please notice that the Job Plant of the Prince Rupert Publishing Co., formerly the Optimist Job, is now operated under the name of the ‘‘ NEWS JOB. ’’ It is in no way connected with a company now soliciting business under our discarded name, Under the superintendance of Mr. S. D. Macdonald, our plant is turning out better work than ever For high-class printing that has style and character to it, see the News Job. 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His two brothers and the table exactly as he had fet them, his sister were seated round jthe dards still spread in front of them and the candles burned down ito their sockets. The sister lay back stone-dead in her chair, while the two brothers sat on jeach side of her laughing, shouting, and singing, the senses stricken clean out of them. All three of them, the dead woman and the two demented men, retained upon their faces an expression of the of terror which was dreadful to look utmost—horror a convulsion upon. There was no sign of the presence of anyone in the house, Mrs. the old cook housekeeper, who declared except Porter, and that she had slept deeply and heard no sound during the night. Noth- ing had been stolen or disarranged, and there is absolutely no ex- planation of what the horror can be which has frightened a woman to death and two strong men out of their the situation, nut- There is Mr. Holmes, in a ishell, and if you can help us to SCTISCS, clear it up you will have done a great work." (TO BE CONTINUED) New Knox Hotel | BESNER & BESNER, (Proprietors The New Knox Hotel is run on the European lan. First-class service. All the Latest Modern mprovementa, | FIRST AVENUE. BEDS Sc UP PRINCE RUPERT AOI LS ‘ALL KINDS OF— Fur and Skins Tanned, Mounted and Lined for Muffs, Etc. EXPERT WORKMEN CHARGES REASONABLE WORK GUARANTEED Vancouver Fur Dressing Company Van., B.C, 1843 Granville St, HAYNER BROS. UNDERTAKERS ano EMBALMERS Funeral Directors Srd Ave, near 6th St, Phone No, 86 ‘Take nouor that Catherine Harrison, of Alberta, occupation « A for perminsion to purchase lands: Commencing at a miles weet and hall « oa Stanley Creek, Mazbor, Graham Lalas thence 40 chains east thence 40 chains west and containing 160 acres Vated Maren i7, 1911 Pub Apr. 7. Skeena Land District Lalas Take notice that J. + ? B. C., occupation commercial trave to apply for permission to purchase the laeng deseribed lands Commencing at tallies weet sod © of Stanly Creek, chains, thence wes chains, thence east 40 ¢ Dated March 17, 1911. Pub. April 22. planted sbout =e rom the 8 Skeena Land District Take notice that | Stewart, B. C., occupats ial for permimion to purchase Ubu following ses lands Commencing at 4 pos bank of the Naas river abou forks of the Naa t thence west 5U « thence east 50 chal containing 640 acres mor THOMA Dated Maret: 25, 1911 Pub. May 17. Skeena Lani Dist Take notice that |, M . | Rupert. B.C., occupat arried wom, to apply for per: b hase (he? described lends Commencing at a post planvee 7 “= and 120 chains sout! wath # jot 1733, Coast Dist sorth # chains, thence ea ‘ ae Oe ie Oe chains, th e west 4 a . ) point of comme 7 more or less RLEY MR JOUN Date Mar, 20, 1911 ub. Apr. 4, 191) Skrena Land District Take notice that tid Ont,’ occupation doctor, rmiasion to purchase (! ands: Commencing at 4 | west corner of Lot ! more or less, thence + thence west $0 chains! 46 chains more or ley | containing 140 acree Dated March 31, 19)! Pub, April 15° Skeena Land D» Take notice that |! Rupert, B, C., occupat apply lor perm issior described lands Commencing at & | miles south and tw |} the White and Fiat rv | thence east 50 chains thence west 80 chains Dated April 20, 1911. | Pub May 18 | Skeena Land District Take not ce that | B. C,, oceupation carpen' mimion to purchase ands: Commencing at & pow | one-half miles distant | | from a@ blind slough from | the same touches the !n 80 cha ns, thence sort! | chains, thence south © | mencement, containing | | Dated April 14, 1911 Pub. May 15. i vt of Const Balt Skeena Land District Distriet oh ol Vente Take notice that Lett womad, wig B. C., occupation § oe we | j apply for permissior i deseribed lands i Commencing #t & end 20 oe west corner 10 chains on re 11th | from the northeast corner © © ence oe Survey, Coust Distr Range *inwnce 8 Sy south, thence 80 chains eM tiene @ north, thence 40 chains WO) nog | oa south; thence 40 chains West bor las sag coment, containing 400 ree TTIE Me ie Dated May 2, 1911 ed ‘poblet Pub, May 6, saat Ret vt of Const Skeena Land District ~ District Cache a Take notice that 1, A'es*"" rarer, horn, poanitobt. occuk irehase the fo apply for permission described lands . planted at Maat Commencing at & PO" trict of Comet + west corner of lot 806 uM 9 south 4 # tuated about 5 1-2 miler Fading, ~) om rection from Breckenridk® (©) youth | C., north west corne’ " race norte ia thence east 80 chains WOM ner ot more or less to BoUtl OM lags 10 Ry am thence west 40 chains MOT" iy 0 & ee thenet ot ] corner of lot 8062, enc or less to south east * west 40 chains more I ment, containing 56° 8°") VDER CMe, 4 ALEXAND ED Gt Read The Daily News. Date June 2nd, 191! Pub. June 24th, 1!