THE DAILY NEWS The Daily News The Leading Newspaper and the Largest Circulation in Northern B.C. Published by the Prince Rupait Publishing Company, Limited DAILY AND WEEKLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES—DAILyY, 50c per month, or $5.00 WEEKLY, $2.00 per year. OuTsiIpe CANADA—Daily, $8. $2.50 per year, strictly in advance. Tr year, in advance. per year; Weekly, bo TRANSIENT DisPLAY ADVERTISING—50 cents per inch. Contract rates on application. HEAD OFFICE Daily News Building, Third Ave., Prince Rupert, B. C. Telephone 98. BRANCH OFFICES AND AGENCIES New York—National Newspaper Bureau, 219 East 28rd St., New York City. SEATTLE—Puget Sound News Co, LONDON, ENGLAND—The Clougher Syndicate, Grand Trunk Building, Trafalgar Square. oe WHAT RECIPROCITY MEANS TO THE PEOPLE DAILY EDITION. FRIDAY, AuG. 4 Under the reciprocity agreement, Canada and the United States agree to mutually abolish taxes on food stuffs crossing the boundary line, and to reduce and standardise the taxation on many other articles. It is worth while to study the list of articles which will be affected, and thus clearly understand the real benefits which the ratification of the reciprocity agreement will bring. In the first place are the following articles produced in Canada, for which the Canadian farmer and fiuit grower wants to find a market. They are: Cattle Apples Horses and Mules Pears Swine Peaches Sheep and Lambs Grapes Poultry Onions Wheat Butter Rye Cheese Oats ; Milk Barley Cream Beans Eggs Potatoes Hay Corn Straw This will be a great boon to the farmers of Canada, who will have a market of ninety million people opened to them. In British Columbia where we have to import large quantities of eggs, meats, wheat and vegetables, we will be able to import from our nearest neighbors without paying taxation on our food. Whether we are buyers or sellers there is a clear advantage. In the second place there is a long list of products of the Canadian fisheries, at present barred from the United States by their tariff, which will be admitted to the United States market by the passage of the reciprocity agreement. These include: Mackerel Salmon Cod Halibut Herrings Oysters Lobsters Salted Fish This means a great deal for the fisheries of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and a great deal more for the fisheries of British Columbia. The thirty per cent ad valorem duty on canned salmon meant that last year the B. C. salmon pack was only 738,458 cases to the 2,391,000 cases of the Alaskan salmon pack. The cent a pound duty on halibut means that the market of the United States is open to the Seattle fish poacher, and closed to the Canadian fisherman who owns the halibut banks. Reciprocity will remedy this. 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As we walked rapidly down Howe street I glanced back at the building which we had left. There, dimly outlined at the top window, I could see the shadow of a head, a woman's head, gazing tensely, rigidly, out into the night, waiting with breathless suspense for the renewal of that interrupted message. At the doorway of the Howe street flats a man, muffled in a cravat and great-coat, was leaning against the railing. He started as the hall-light fell upon our faces. “‘Holmes!”’ he cried, “Why, Gregson!"’ said my com- panion, as he shook hands with the Scotland Yard detective. ‘‘Jou rneys end with lovers’ meetings. What brings you here?”’ “The same reason that brings you, I expect,’ said Gregson. “How you got on to it I can't imagine.” “Different threads, but leading up to the same tangle. I've been taking the signals.”’ “Signals?” “Yes, from that window. broke off in the middle. We came over to see the reason. But since it is safe in your hands I see no object in continuing the business.” “Wait a bit!’ cried Gregson, eagerly. “‘I’ll do you this justice, Mr. Holmes, that I was never in a case yet that I didn’t feel stronger for having you on my They side. There's only the one exit to these flats, so we have him safe.”’ “Who is he?” ‘Well, well, we score over you for once, Mr. Holmes. You must give us best this time.”’ He struck his stick sharply upon the | ground, on which a cabman, his |whip in hand, sauntered over \from a four-wheeler which stood on the far side of the street. ‘‘May I introduce you to Mr. Sherlock Hoimes?"’ he said to the cabman. This is Mr. Leverton, of Pinker- ton’s American Agency.” “The hero of the Long Island Cave mystery?’’ said Holmes. “Sir, 1 am pleased to meet you.” The American, a quiet, business- like young man, with a clean- shaven, hatchet face, flushed up at the words of commendation. “TI am on the trail of my life now, Mr. Holmes,”’ said he. ‘If can get Gorgiano—”’ “What! Gorgiano of Circle?” “Oh, we've learned all about him in America. We know he is at the bottom of fifty murders, and yet wé have nothing positive we can take him on. I traced him over from New York, and I've been close to him for a week in London, waiting some excuse to get my hand on his collar. Mr. Gregson and I ran him to ground in that big tenement house, and there's only one door, so he came out since he went in, but I'll swear he wasn't one of them.” “Mr. Holmes talks of signals,”’ said Gregson. ‘I expect, as usual, he knows a good deal that we don't.” In a few clear words Holmes explained the situation as it had appeared to us. The American struck his hands together with vexaiion. ‘He's on to us!"’ he cried. ‘‘Why do you think so?” ‘Well, it figures out that way does it not? Here he is, sending out messages to an accomplice— there are several of his gang in London. Then suddenly just as by your own account he was telling them that there was danger, he broke short off. What could it mean that but from the window he had suddenly caught sight of us in the street, or in some way come to understand how close the danger was, and that he must ect right awey if he was to avoid it? What do you suggesi, Mr. Holmes?" “That we go up at orce and see for ourselves.” the Red “But we have no warrant for Daily News Building Third Avenue PHONE 98 een eo his arrest.’’ gaze rivited upon the dark figure on the floor. BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE under suspicious circumstances,” said Gregson, “That is good enough for the moment. When we have him by the heels we can see if New York can't help us to keep him, I'll take the res- ponsibility of arresting him now.” Our official detectives may blun- der in the matter of intelligence, but never in that of courage. Gregson climbed the stair to ar- rest this desperate murderer with the same absolute quiet and busi- nesslike bearing with which he would have ascended the official staircase of Scotland Yard. The Pinkerton man had tried to push past him, but Gregson had firmly elbowed him back. London dan- gers were the privilege of the London force. The door of the left-hand flat upon the third landing wes stand- ing ajar. Gregson pushed it open. Within all was absolute silence and darkness. I struck a match, and lit the detective’s lantern. As I did so, and as the flicker steadied into flame, we all gave a gasp of surprise. On the deal boards of the carpetless floor there was outlined a fresh track of blood. The red steps pointed towards us, and led away from an inner room, the door of which was closed. flung it open and held his light full blaze in front of him, whilst all peered eagerly over his shoulders. In the middle of the floor of the empty huddled © the figure of an enormous man, his clean-shaved, swarthy gro- iesquely horrible in its contortion, and his head encircled by a ghastly crimson halo of blood, lying in a broad wet circle upon the white His knees were drawn a Gregson we room Was face woodwork. and from the cenire of his broad brown, upiurned throat there pro- jected the white haft of a knife driven blade-deep into his body. Giant as he was, the man musi have gone down like a pole-axed ox before that terrific blow. Be- side his right hand a most formi- dable horn-handled, two-edged dag ger lay upon the floor, and near it a black kid glove. “By George! it’s Black Gorgiano |himself!"’ cried the American de- iective. ‘‘Someone has got ahead of us this time.” “Here's the candle in the win- dow, Mr. Holmes,”’ “Why, whatever are you doing?” Holmes had stepped across, had lit the candle, and was passing it backwards and forwards across the window-panes. Then he pecred into the darkness, blew the car dle out, and threw it on the floor, “T rather think that will helpful,’’ said he. and stood in deep thought, while the two professionals were exam- ining the body. ‘You three people came out from flat while you were waiting down- “Did say that che said he at last. you observe them closely?" “Ves, I did.” “Was there a fellow about thirty, stairs,” black-bearded, dark, of middle size?”’ “Yes, he was the last to pass me.” “That is your man, I fancy. I can give you his description, and we have a very excellent outline of his footmark. That should be enough for you.” “Not much, Mr, Holmes, among the millions of London.” “Perhaps not. That why I thought it best to summon this lady to your aid." We all turned round the words. There, framed in the door- way, was a tall and beeutiful woman—ihe mysterious lodger of Bloomsbury. Slowly she advanced her face pale and drawn with a frightful apprehension, her eyes fixed and staring, her terrified 1s at killed him!’’ she muttered. “Oh, Dio, mio, you have killed him!"’ Then I heard a sudden sharp intake of her breath and she sprang into the air with a ery of joy. Round and round “You have ‘i pate an 4 - He is in unéceupied premises up, his hands thorwn out in agony, said Gregs6n. be He came cver | A REMINISCENCE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES THE ADVENTURE OF THE RED CIRCLE Copyright, 1911, by the Century Syndicate clapping, her dark eyes gleaming with delighted wonder, and a thousand pretty Italian exclama- tions pouring from her lips. It was terrible and amazing to see such a woman so convulsed with joy at such a sight. Suddenly she stopped and gazed at us all with a questioning stare. “But you! You are police, are You have killed Giu- seppe Gorgiano. Is it not so?” ‘We are police, madam.” She looked round into the shad- ows of the room, “But where, then is Gennaro?” she asked. you not? “He is my husband, Gennaro Lucea. I am Emily Lucca, and we are both from New York. Where is Gennaro? He called me this moment from this window, and I ran with all my speed.” (To be Continued) CROSSES ATLANTIC IN SMALL YACHT Capt. Thomas F. Day Reaches Gibraltar After Thirty-five Days’ Trip. Gibraltar, Aug. 1.—The yawl Sea Bird, which arrived from the Azores last night, is sailing lat« today for ltaly. F. Day of New companions, T. R. F. B. Thurber of Providerce, I., report a pleasant the Atlantic. In their twenty-five foot craft they left R. I., on June 10th. and arrived at Horta in the Azores on July 1. On July 5 they set sail for Gibraltar. From the Azores they experienced light winds and calm They lof approximately 3,300 miles in 35 Captain Thomas York, Goodwin his end R. e@cross and trip Providence, | weather. made the trip sailing days. 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