33rd YEAR. NO. 202
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUES,f SEPTEMBER 1, 1003
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ERING EVIDENCE SLOW BUT
SURE AGAINST ARKELL
For the Murder of Mrs.
Donahue of Oakland
FINDING MANY CLEWS
A Pair of Blood Stained Trous
ers Identified as Belonging
to Accused Man
WANTED ON OTHER CHARGES
Guitar Arkell Figured Prominently in
a Eaatern Police Case, But Details
Are Lacking Say the Authorities
Woman Qivea Valuable Information
OAKLAND, Aug. 31.-One link
after another i being added to the
mesh of circumstantial eidence upon
which they charge Gustav Arkclt with
the murder of Mrs. Alice Lucretia
Donahue, the wife of Daniel Dona
hue, a motorman. Tonight Mrs. Em
ma Vcrra, a friend of .both accused
and murdered woman, positively idcn-J
tihed a pair of mud-taincd trousers
found in Arkrll's room as the ones he
wore the night of the crime. She
also identified a spade concealed un
der a factory with Mrs. Donahue's
clothing, as belonging to the prisoner.
Perhaps the most tangible clue given
by Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, mother of
the boy, Frank Walsh, who discov
ered the murdered woman's clothing
and a day later dug up the, body.
Mrs. Smith saw a man and women on
the night of the murder lurking in the
shadow of the furniture factory,
where the body waa found. She re
mained silent until now on account
of notoriety, but after consulting with
a priest today she made known the
facts. Arkell, after 24 hours of sweat-
ing and solitary confinement stolidly
maintains bis innocence but will tell
nothing of his past tjpr actions on the
night of the murder. The police have
established beyond a doubt that he
was frequently seen at Clandestine
meetings with Mrs. Donahue; and
that he owned the spade and that he
bothered her so much that she fre
quently complained, and that Arkell
constantly agitated the community j thc spring of 1905, and took her to
with gossip that Mrs. Donahue had ( Nome.; She disappeared from Nome
eloped and that not later than a week . the same year, and Johnston said she
ago she declared she saw her in San naj gone to Seattle. Relatives in Butte
Francisco, Arkell was arrested at San an(j Mrs. M, P. Hedges, a sister living
Francisco three years ago on the jn port Blakeley received letters rcg
charge of having attempting to poison uary' from Nrfme purporting to be
bis second wife, his first wife was dictated by Mrs. Johnston to a cousin,
drowned and the last one secured a Johnston came out from Nome on
divorce. The police say that he figur- three occasions and each time, told
SAYS REPUBLICANS
ARE EXTRAVAGANT
Bryan's Subject of Address Before Large Gather
ing at St. Paul Leaves for Fargo
ST. PAUL, Aug. 31. Secure in His
knowledge that Governor John A.
Johnson of Minnesota his leading
rival for nomination before the Den
ver convention, will loyally support
him in thd coming campaign in the
northwest, William J. Bryan, the
democratic presidential candidate, left
for' Fargo, , North Dakota, tonight,
where he will speak tomorrow. ,.
At the Fair Grounds today, Bryan
spoke for an hour to 1 an immense
Crowd, The principal topic was Re
ed In a sensational eastern police
case, but the details are lacking. The
authorities are confronted with the
task of proving that Mrs. Donahue
wai murdered. Her body was 10 de
composed that it was impossible to
show strangulation. , Chemical anaiy
sis may show poison.
A confession from some one stems
the onlv meant of definitely fixing
the cause of her death.
BASEBALL GAMES.
American League.
, St. Louis 4, Chicago 0.
Washington 3, Boston 7.
Detroit 3, Cleveland 7.
Philadelphia 1, New York 0.
Philadelphia 2, New York 1.
National League.
Chicago 2, St. Louis 0.
Cincinnati 0, Pittsburg S.
Northwest League.
Seattle 2, Spokane 0.
Vancouver 4, Aberdeen 0; game
called in eighth inning; rain.
MURDERS HIS ViFE TO
GET HER HOfiEY
WELL TO DO NOME MINER
ARRESTED AT SEATTLE
FOR HORRIBLE CRIME.
SAYS SHE KILLED HERSELF
Lee H. Johnson the Man Accused
Claima Hie Wife Committed Sui
cide and Requested a Secret Burial,
After Leaving Him Property.
SEATTLE. Aug. 31,-Charged with
the murder of his young wife whose
body he buried in the basement of a
cabin at Nome dissecting in in the
spring, cutting it in three parts, crated
and later cremated it, Lee H. John
ston, a well to do mining man of
Name, was arrested here today on
warrant. Johnston admits dismember
ing the body and says his wife com
mitted suicide and requested a secret
burial and left all her property to him.
Johnston 'married Belle Gilchrist, a
young society woman of Butte, Mont.,
publican etravagance, Addressing
himself to th farmers, he declared
they had a special reason for com
plaint because they paid more than
their share of the taxes collected, and
received less thau-their share of bene
fits which flowed from , the expendi
ture of the corporations, He received
a -threat demonstration upon being in
troduced by Governor Johnson, and
in his preliminary remarks he took
occasion to applaud the Governor and
urge her hearers to assist in re-electing
him as their chief executive.
WORK ON LYTLE ROAD
TO BE RESUMED
Line Will 5s In Operation In
June, 1910
PORTLAND, Aug. 31.-The Ore
gonian tomorrow will say that work
on the Lytic road from Hillsboro to
Tillamook, a branch of the Harriman
system, will be resumed at once.
Work was stopped last November
during the, financial stringency after
about 20 miles of track had been laid.
The road, when completed, 86 miles
will cost $4,000,000. It is expected to
have it in operation by June, 1910, (i
relatives in Butte that his wife "was
well and happy and that he having
her power of attorney had come to
Butte to dispose of property and get
the money Th? suspicions of her re
latives were aroused a year ago.
Warrant traced him here living with
a woman named Cora Tasch, who to
day admitted she married Johnston at
Omaha in 1902, and' a few months
ago had gone before a notary and
sworn as Beile Gilchrist, the wife
of Johnston and signed revocation
power of attorney issued by John
ston's wife to him shortly after mar
riage in order that new power of at
torney might be given him, vesting
him with the absolute power of all
her property. Johnston will be taken
to Nome in a few days. " -
MAKES APPOINTMENT.
NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-John . L.
Tomlinson. head of the democratic
bureau of club organization tonight
RESIDENTS OF
BIACK
Three Prominent Citizens
at Locations Designated in Missives
LETTERS WRITTEN IN THE FINNISH LANGUAGE
Blackmailer Threatens Death Inside of Four Months if Money Is
Not ForthcomingMatter Placed In Hands of Authorities,
Who Are Hard at Work on the Case
A little over a week ago three
"blackhand" letters were received by
three prominent residents of Union
town.demanding in each instance that
the recipient place the sum of $600 in
a place designated in the letters or
else his life would pay the forfeit.
Determined efforts have been made to
apprehend the author of these missives
but thus far there is not the slightest
clue to his identity and hdtirs of
watchfulness failed to bring even a
glimpse of him. v
The three men who received the
letters are well known proprietors of
boarding houses, Dan Hanula, Moses
Toivonen and William Takkuncn.
The letters are virtually duplicates of
each other and were' written in Fin
nish. The men at ence became alarm
ed and soon each learned that he was
not the only one who had been se
lected as a victim. The matter was
placed in the hands of the sheriff
early last week and '. at once steps
were taken to arrest the miscreant,
and for several nights the closest
sort of watch was kept upon the
places where he had demanded the
money be left, but he failed to show
up. The letters were written in a
legible hand, and the paper of etlch
was folded in a very peculiar manner..
Then the extortioner mailed them to
his intended victims. Each letter
named $600 as the sum demanded, and
n the event that the recipients refus
WYOMING COAL MINES
SHUT DOWH
Coal Mine Workers and Opera
. ton Fail to Agree
BUTTE, Aug. 31.-As a conse
quence of the failure of the coal mine
operators and the mine workers to
reach an agreement all the coal mines
in the State of Wyoming under the
control of thc mine operators' asso
ciation of Wyoming closed down to
night fr an indefinite period.
HISCEN ACCEPTS.
w" 7 ' t
NEW YORK, Aug! 31.-There wa
not room enough in the new club in
dependent league to hold the crowd
that gathered tonight for the dual
purpose to present the notification of
Thomas L. Hisgen, independence
party candidate for president and
house warming of the club. Hisgen
read his address of acceptance and
declared it necessary to organize a
new party to bring about the needed
reforms and so the Independence par
ty came into existence. He advocated
"Direct nominations, initiative and
referendum and the recall.
made known the appointment of
Roger S. Hoar, of Cambridge, Mass.,
as chairman of the National Commit
tee of College Clubs, among the mem
bers of which are Samuel White, and
Hliger.e'O. Campbell' of Oregon and
Roland McDonald of Washington.
The committee will organize Demo
cratic college clubs in the university
centers.
HON
Ordered to Place $600
ed to grant his request, he threatened
them with death inside "of four
months." One letter demanded that
the money be placed under the steps
of the church in Uniontown, in a can
that would be found placed there to
receive it; the second letter demanded
the money be placed in a can that
would be found at the rear of the
church, and the third designated the
hiding place as the. old mill at the
extremity of Smith's Point. The cans
that had been put in place by the
black hand miscreant were found in
both places at the church, but the
one that the letter stated was placed
in a certain spot in the old mill could
not be found. The recipients" of the
letters were naturally frightened. Last
Wednesday night Sheriff Pomeroy
and Deputy Sheriff Archie McLean
lay in hiding at the church for several
hours, soaked to the skin by the
heavy rains, but the man did not
show5 up, though that was the time
he was expected to call for the money
supposedly hidden in the cans. To
aid in carrying out the plans to cap
ture him sacks filled with small pieces
of metal had been placed in the cans,
but they pre still in their places un
touched. Whether the man became
suspicious that he was being .watched
for,"or whether he went to the secret
places and there by chance saw some
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TOWN BET
GREAT AMERICAN BMESIfS
TAFT GETS FIRST BITE.
Candidate Shows His Skill as a
Fisheman.
MIDDLE BASS ISLAND, Ohio,
Aug. 31. Judge Taft caught three
black bass this morning and Charles
caught one and a pickerel. No one
else in the entire fleet of' enterprising
anglers got a single stroke. Mr. Taft
got the first strike and was caught in
the act by half a dozen cameras and
the event was saluted by a shot from
the brass cannot on the stern of the
yacht W. I. Brown, the republican
leader of Toledo.
Then Charley got a bass, more
cameras, more rejoicing, and so it
went, the Taft family catching only
the fish. No fish were caught at the
afternoon session.
Owing to transportation difficulties
Taft will not go to Fort Meigs to
morrow, where there is to be unveiled
the monument of soldiers of Ohio,
Kentucky and Virginia who' fought
and fell in the war of 1812. Governor
Harrison, Swanson, Wilson and Sen
ator Foraker will make addresses.
OPPOSED BY PARRY
SAYS IT IS "POOR' BUSINESS"
TO PROMISE FULL FAC
TORY FORCE.
KERN GETS THE OPINION
Democratic Vice-Presidential Candi
date Thinks It "Sounds Like Get
ting Money Under False Pretenses"
To Take Such Action.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 31.-There
was made public today a correspond
ence wherein John W. Kern, the
democratic nominee for vice-president
sought and obtained from D. M.
Parry, epresident of the National
Association of Manufacturers and a
prominent Republican, an expression
of his opinion of hostile posting of
"Prosperity placards," in factories to
the effect that "On the day after the
election of Taft and Sherman this fac
tory will start up on full force." Kern
asked Parry "In the light of the fact
that the present high tariff has not
maintained prosperity, I would like to
ask whether posting the placards does
not savor of trying to obtain money
under false pretenses?"
Parry replied he is not in sympathy
with such abuse of power of the em
ployer; that it is a poor business pol
icy to promise run the factory on full
time in the event of any election; that
the business reaction was quite be
yond the power of political parties to
control; that he would not bring him-
n
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MEETS DEATH ON
WAY TO ASTORIA
Unknown Man on Steamer Hassalo Fall Overboard
and Is DrownedBody Not Recovered
PORTLAND, Aug. 31. Xn un
known man, a passenger on the
steamer Hassalo, bound for Astoria,
fell into the Willamette river tonight
as the vessel was passing the Union
Oil tank, and was drowned.
The officers of the Hassalo made no
report of the accident to the local
authorities, so that it was impossible
to learn the man's identity or to re
cover the body As the man was seen
e Annul
Fleet Given Royal Wel
come in Foreign Waters
CROWDS CAUSE RIOTS
Crush So Great That Many Pesh
- pie Are Injured in the
Mad Throngs
SPERRY MAXES AN ADDRESS
Rear Admiral Answers to Speeches
at Parliament House. v
MELBOURNE, Aug. 3l.-The
streets of Melbourne late tonight are
filled w-ith surging good-humored
crowds numbering hundreds of thou
sands all out to do honor to the visit
ing Americans who arrivel hete Sat
urday aboard 16 great battleships.
The crush of the principal thorough- ,
fares was so great that many women
fainted and several persons were in
jured, The federal government to
night tendered a banqiTet to the ad
mirals arid senior officers at the par
liament house at which Lord North
cote, the governor-general and Prime
Minister Deakin made ' brilliant
speeches, Rear-Admiral Sperry, commander-in-chief
of the American navy
replying in behalf (of the American
nay, declaring th'e rupture between
the English speaking nations will not
only be a loss, but a crime. A riot
late tonight caused a mad rush in the
trains and street cars and several
were injured.
self to post such placards despite re
pubicanism and declares "I have no
more sympathies with the, statement
that Bryan is an enemy of industry
that I do with the statement that Taft
is a creature of trusts," and said that
at the poll of manufacturers' associa
tions the country had shown a ma
jority of members in favor of the re
vision of the tariff.
DIXON APPOINTED DIRECTOR
CHICAGO, Aug. 31.-Senator Jo
seph M. Dixon, of Montana, was to
day appointed by Chairman Hitch
cock of the Republican National Com
mittee as director of the speakers bu
reau of the Chicago headquarters. It
was announced that Sherman will
make first campaign speech in this
city probably before the Hamilton
Club on September 13th.
to fall overboard, an alarm was sound
ed, the incoming State of California
and the steamer Charles R. Spencer
and the Bailey Gatzert responding to
the distress signal from the Hassalo.
TJie four boats played their search
lights on the river in the vicinity of.
the accident and although boats were
lowered and men were sent to the as
sistance of the drowning man no
trace could be found of hint