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for the men J." said Labelle. "Fournier
stood there alone. l had him covered
with my rifle. but was badly fright
ened. Fournier spoke first. He came
toward me acting very nervonsly and
said: 4 can pay you that money now.
Just forget this It's all right was
so frightened | didn't know what
was doing. but | took the money, S35,
which he handed to me. That is where
made my mistake"
In relating his story of the murder
Eournier said: when we were in
Dawson this spring Labelle came TO
me and said. Pete Che always called
me Pete. let's go to Whitehorse. We
thought there might be some games
running there. We went. There were
ro games there. Then l. abelle said we
would meet strangers and hustle them
down the river. said. It's tough, but
| am with you We got a small boat
and we met the three fellows. We
agreed to take them to Dawson for So
each. We camped at night. Every
night Labelle said to me ne would kill
them.
I'VE camped the last night on an
island below Stewart. In the morning
] was asleep. He threw a piece OF
wood at me and knew what it meant.
I heard shot. ! was sure one was
done for. He said 1t was a rabbit.
Then he shot again. Then he fired
tack and shot the big man tBouthi
;ette). He fired twice at him. | saw
tae three bodies near the water. We
searched the bodies and threw them
in.
Fournier admitted pawning the
watch of Bouthilette in Dawson, and
stated that the bloodstained notes
found on him at the time of his ar
lest were given him by Iabelle.
The American authorities on the
lower Yukon found the body of Gilbert
Iufors just where Fournier said ne
was killed. The corpse was picked up
Oct l and was fully identified at
IGagle.
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"Pete" Fourier.


doin and Alphonse Constantin were
slain by Fournier. by Labelle or by
both. Down below Dawson. on the
American side. Gilbert Dufors was
shot to death by Labelle, according to
the state of Fournier.
Immediately after the murders be-
came known the most remarkable po-
lice force on the American continent.
or perhaps in the world. went to work.
Major Wood issued his instructions
to William H. Welsh. one of the
shrewdest and most experienced or
the detective force at his command.
These instructions were brief. Kun
this thing down said Major Wood.
To the Yukon police this order
means Stay with it until you know
the truth and place the murderers I'M
der arrest
At Whitehorse Welsh found that
Constantin had arrived from Dawson
and gone across the mountains about
the middle Of May. This confirmed the
story Of his Dawson friends that Con
stantin was bound for Vancouver, per-
haps for Quebec.
Fournier and Labelle were both well
known to the police They were
gambling house boosters both at Daw'
son and Whitehorse. Evil associa-
tions and unsavory regulations kept
both under the eye of the service.
Then Welsh found in Peter Rook,
Whitehorse grocer man who sold
small quantity of provisions to a
boat party and who knew both Four
nier and Labelle by name and by
sight And the best part of Rook S
service to the case was his positive
statement that Labelle had returned
about July 16 to Whitehorse. To Rook
Labelle said he was going to Atlin. He
had evaded the police and his move
ments were not of record.
1t was now near the last Of July
| Welsh impressing Rook the grocer
| into his service, crossed the noun tains
| 10 Skagway following the trail of La
! belle.
On Aug. three miles from Ogilvie
cr the banks of the Yukon, another
! body was found. 1t. too, was con
veyed to Dawson. No one recognized
| IL. With the information already il
hand Major Wood and his men a
| once and instinctively connected thi:
third body with those of Bouthiette
Beaudoin and Constantin. 1t was no
the body of Fcurnier or Labetle.
| Where were they?
Iabelle was, in all likelihood still
alive, since he had passed through
Whitehorse southward; Fournier, un
less murdered like the rest. could a
! least throw light upon the crimes.
On Aug. "a Pete" Fournier quietl!
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One of the most singular discus
-ions in the field of natural history is
that relating to the question, DO.
snakes swallow their young as pro-
tection2 Some years ago DR.. u.
Brown Goode Of the Smithsonian In
stitution collected a large amount Of
data on the subject and gave the testi-
mony Of scores of observers to the
effect that they had witnessed the act.
Yet the question is in no wise settled.
and an English journal at the present
time is Offering a prize to any one
who will produce snake with the
young in it's stomach, or SO arrange
that a committee of men can observe
the act The writer long ago ac-
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Records for Discus and Weight.

James S. Mitchell OF the Harlem
Rowing club and M. ]. Sheridan of the
Pastime Athletic club broke the fifty
six pound weight and discus throwing
worlds records respectively at the
Star Athletic clubs games in Long
Island City Mitchell threw the weight
a distance of 80 feet 2 inches, beating
John F'lannigans worlds record OF %
feet inches. Sheridan increased his
figures of 127 feet Sh inches. made at
the Metropolitan A. A. U. champion
ship games last August, to 1873 feet Z
inches.
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Baseball Notes.

Dad" Clark, the once famous
pitcher of the New York Giants, is
working in brick yard in Minneapo'
lis.
Mike Donlin, who did good work for
Cincinnati while he was with that
team this season, will make his
nome in Porkopolis.
Fultz is the best base runner and
run-getter in the land, according to
Connie Mack. The latter says he has
never seen the equal of the Athletic
center fielder. Surely there was moth
;ng lacking in his fielding. New York
made a ten-strike in securing this
rlayer, even at the extravagant salary
for which he was signed.
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Murderers' Trail
Follow
Detectives Of the Northwest Spend EzonGl1s
IN Tireless Search Of Men Who Had Com
n1nted Crimes in the Yukon.

Here is a story of the most remark
able police force in the world--a story
OF the detectives OF the British North
west-of the men who ferret out the
murder mysteries OF tae tangled Wild
erness Of the Yukon.
In the territorial Jail of the Klondike
at Dawson lie two men, whom the
wonderful detectives of the Northwest
charge with the murder Of four men III
the remote wilderness Of the Yukon
valley.
Their names are Victor Fournier
and Eduard Labelle
The murders took place on a little
island in the British Yukon.
Leon Bouthilette. Joseph Guy Beau
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Minister saIfour's Record.

Prime Minister Balfour must al
ready be placed among the record
breakers in British politics. In re-
cent speech he mentioned fact that
came as surprise to nine tenths Of
the public. He said he has now led
the house of commons for longer
continuous period than any other par
liamen&ary leader of either party since
the day of the reform bill of 1882.
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REGULATOR Of Watches.

Webb G. Ball of Cleveand has re-
ceived the appointment of chief watch
inspector of the Vanderbilt roads The
watches of all employees of the system
are required to be compared daily
and regulated as often as may be nee.
eSSary.
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walked into Dawson gambling house
and began to play. He unfolded
small roll of bills and bought his
chips Presently he was tapped on the
shoulder. Two men in civilian clothes
and two policemen in uniform wanted
to see him. Fournier was surprised,
but started readily to accompany them.
The bills he had given to the dealer
we're taken by the poi g. One OF them,
the outer wrapping OF the roll, bore a
heavy stain of reddish-black. 1t was
blood.
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Good Money Wasted.

A good story on w. A. Brady is told
BY Lou Houseman, the Chicago sport.
Ing man. Yousoh, the giant Arme-
nian wrestler, rs is well known,
went down on the ill-fated steamer
Bourgoyne when returning home
few years ago. He had belt con-
tanning $4,000 in gold and this, of
course, also went to the bottom.
Brady had acted as manager Of You
soif In this country during his Ameri-
can tour. and after the expiration Of
the Armenian's contract and just be-
fore he sailed. Brady settled with his
man, paying him off in gold. When
the news of the Bourgoyne laundering
came, and with it pitiable story Of
the manner in which Yousoff, weight
ed down as he was, with gold. strug-
gled against his fate. Brady turned
ashen white and exclaimed: why
did not pay the poor fellow with a
check? 1t might have saved his life,
and it might have saved me close on
to $4,000"
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American After Acnors Abroad.

J. II. Seaverna, a native of New
Jersey, is a candidate for parliament
in one Of the London districts. He
has lived in England for some ten
years and recently became natural
lied subject of King Edward.
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Race Track for New York.

New York is to have the finest race
course in the United States. The
men who are back of the project in
clude such wealthy patrons of the
turf as William c. Whitney, J. Pier
pont Morgan, August Belmont and
Thomas F. Hitchcock. Four hundred
and eighty acres of land have been
Purchased in the Jamaica Plains Sec
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Plan. for New Defender.

Plans for New Defender.
Now that the contract to build the
cup defender has been signed and the
Herreshoffs are fairly at work on the
new yacht, those yachtsmen who take
more than q passing interest In the
coming international races and the
plans for the defense of the cup are
wondering what kind Of a craft Nat
Herreshoff will turn out
No very radical departure has been
made from the models Of the Consti-
tuition and Columbia. These models
have proved to be the fastest in for
mer races and it would not be safe to
abandon them and try to develop .
freak boat that might not be sue
cess.
In model It is understood that there
is very little apparent difference be-
tween the new boat and the Constitu.
ton.
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crssceus ereaks Record.

In all Of his ccnquering achieve
ments Champion Cresceus has never
caused such admiration as was ex-
tended to him at Memphis. after com
pletfng what is regarded by horsemen
~ the most wonderful feat performed
In harness since Cresceus himself
startled the world with mile in
1:O2H. Without single days prepar-
alton for long-distance record break
ing. and with the wind facing him for
the most part Of the journey, the king
Of trotters stepped two miles over the
Memphis trotting track in 4:17 fiat,
thereby clipping more than eleven
seconds OF Onward Silver's American
mark Of 4:2S1k. and more than ten
seconds OF the worlds record made
by Caid, the American trotter, at W.
emma, Austria, last year.
Cresceus made the first mile Of the
journey in 2:10h. The final mile was
made in 2:O6h, but the most remark.
able part Of the performance was the
fractional part OF the first and last
quarters of the Journey. The hrst
quarter OF mile was made in thirty.
three seconds. After completing 4
mile and three-quarters of the die
tance Ketcham called for faster pace
and the last quarter was done in thir'
ty-two seconds, or q full second faster
than he started out. The horse was
not tired and cooled out in q short
while as If unaffected by the wonder
ful fight against time.
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Carter recently. Roots record 70 q
uniformly good one. and though ne
has been defeated his hackers have
never had occasion to be dissatisfied
with his work.
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May Marry American iieiress.

1t is said that brother of the
knedive of Egypt has fallen in love
with an American heiress. who re-.
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ton of Hampstead, L. l., at m aver
age price. it Is said, OF $500 an acre.
On the plot is to be reared the grand.
est race course in the world. Pad
docks, track, club house and grounds
are to be laid out without regard to
expense, and a feature Of the course
is to be the chute" of one mile
straightaway, without hollow or
break. over which it Is expected
worlds records will be made.
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Good Chicago Boxer.
Here is q good picture OF Jack Root.
the Chicago boxer who whipped Kid
Evening journal., 1902-08-09
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

Doctor" she said, did you ever
lose a patlent?"
Lots Of them." he replied gruffly.
We'll I'm afraid | shouldn't be at
all satisfied with you" she explained.
Il must have so much confidence in my
doctor, you know, or will be perfectly
miserable, especially about the baby"
You'd better try young DR.. Jinks in
the next block" advised the old prac-
titioner. Hes never lost a patient"
Are you sure?"
Positive. He's never had one to
lose"
The poetry to recite to a girl in a
hammock ought to have a good swing
to it.
The reason why some people don't
object to the price of an article they
are buying is that they never intend to
pay for it.
Jones' at the club-Hullol here you
are again. Why, you're in here every
night, old man. Wife away?
Brown-No, she insisted upon me
buying her piano-and l did.
A sure recipe for failure; make it a
rule of your life never knowingly to
hurt the feelings of others.
An irate female seeks admittance to
the editors sanctum.
But l tell you, madam" protests
the attendant. that the editor is too
i'll to talk to anyone today"
Never mind, I'll do the talking"
Il isn't always labor that counts;
it's what we think of between working
hours.
That cat made an awful noise in the
back garden last night.
Yes. father; | suppose that since he
ate the canary he thinks he san sing.
When a woman says TITS no use
talking she really doesn't mean it.
The telephone girl says a ring on
the finger is worth two on the phone
There are many things in this world
TO which we must shut our eyes, said
the paternal Gibson.
Yes, pa, and soap is one of them,
chimed in the pride of the family.
He who cultivates his memory in
creases his chances of unhappiness.
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fourteen hours daily and whose wives
and children toiled in the fields from
morn till night. and whose only joy.
If Joy it was, consisted in self-sacri-
fee.
That spot where the philosophers
sat was the center of the universe, and
no other was comparable to it. | re-
member that when one of the old gem
tlemen was discoursing on the theme
one day, | had the temerity to ask him
where he had been during his life, and
finally ELECTED the information that his
trips had not extended twenty miles.
Yet he concluded the argument by the
clinching statement that "--- was the
grandest spot ON earth" And perhaps
he was right, although his argument
to prove was not altogether sound.
9 9 o
Most of these men had what were
locally termed fortunes" These con-
sisted usually in farm or two rented
to tenants. a house in town, and
quantity of negotiable paper. $4,000
was reclSoned as a fortune. The ways
these great aggregations were accumu-
| lated were various. but all were based
Ion the philosophy of self-deniai, which
usually grew into such a habit, that
most desirable things we're prohibited
whether they cost anything OF not
Dime by dime, penny by penny, the
hoard was gotten together, and in
many instances it was literally blood
money.
One had made his fortune" at farm
ling another at making apple brandy.
lShl another had gotten a start in
trapping muskrats and selling the
hides. A fourth had kept grocery
in the days when people bought quinine
by the pound and whiskey by the gal
lion. and kept these "necessaries" on
hand even though sugar and coffee
were regarded as an extravaganza not
Ito be INDUCED in. And so the story
lwent-sacrifice. stint. deprivation
These old philosophers have either
lpassed away, or do not voice their
sentiments so insistently. A newer age
has dawned. in which, if fortunes are
not so common. human life and human
happiness are held in higher esteem.
Bill Parsons.
Evening journal., 1902-08-09

safer for him to furnish his own, even
though he has to cut his tobacco sup
ply little, and curtail a few table lux
uries. But, anyway, we advise every
man who can honestly get hold of a
dollar to register before the books are
closed tonight. AS an evidence that this
is not selfish plea, we still urge the
matter whether you be Regular or
Union, Democrat or Prohibitiohist.
The feeling that one is duly qualified
to register his honest sentiments at the
polls. is worth the cost Try il; we
recommend it.
Evening journal., 1902-08-09
La viguesa Enters

The Spanish bark la Viguesa, Cap
tain Gantes. from Vigo, dropped an
chor in the Delaware river off Marcus
Hook late last night, after a voyage
lasting seventy-two days Nearly a
month ago La Viguesa was reported as
having been sighted off the Delaware
Capes, but, failing to put in an appear
ance, gave rise to a rumor that she had
been lost. La Viguesa is a slow sailing
craft and this. with the fact that ad-
verse weather was met, the entire voy-
age. caused her tardiness in reaching
port. The la Yiguesa entered at the
Custom House yesterday afternoon.
Evening journal., 1902-08-09
Willing to Conform
he Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The rear seat in the open street car
was comfortably filled already when
the cheerful looking young man with
the blond hair squeezed himself down
between two portly consumers of nico-
tine.
them, presently, that when there are
plenty of other seats in the car its an
imposition for a man who isn't smoking
to crowd in among the smokers"
1T isn't my fault that I'm not smok-
ing" replied the blonde young man,
with mis- most engaging smile. IF you
have another cigar in your pocket, I'll
be glad to join you"
II was a superb exhibition of gall,
but he got the cigar.
Evening journal., 1902-08-09

The Government is engaged in a Sc
ries of tests of the various systems OF
wireless telegraphy, the object being
to adopt tn most meritorious for the
navy. Yesterday messages were sue
.cessfully sent between Annapolis and
Washington, and experiments are be-
ing conducted between various war
ships. Should the system prove all
that it now promises, it would be of in
calculable advantage in communica-
tions between independent craft and
fleets in time of war;
Evening journal., 1902-08-09
THE OLD TICKET

There is no doubt OF an all-pervading
sentiment throughout the Republican
ranks of the State that the old ticket
the remnant Of that elected two years
ago. should be renominated. There is
practically no doubt that the coming
Republican convention win heed this
sentiment and renominate the three
candidates without opposition. Any
opposition to this Crews out Of mere
personal feeling. and this element has
already been allowed too great a scope
in party politics. AS public officers,
no one can find fault with anyone of
these men; they have served the party
well and have performed the duties
which were imposed upon them, with
all fidelity. Delaware has never had a
congressman more loyal to the Inter
ests Of the State than DIR. Ball. In ad-
dition to this. his Republicanism has
not been questioned for moment. In
all the measures that have come be
fore Congress he has supported the
Administration. and in return has had
its confidence.
We must not forget that his service
to Delaware has been invaluable. He
has not attempted TO match the great
speakers in debate, but his industry has
been remarkable. and he has the happy
faculty Of making friends, which has
given him power and prestige. By his
efforts the free rural delivery OF mails
has been enormously increased in the
Stata Every farmhouse IN Kent
county now has the mails delivered at
its doors. and many new routes have
been started in both New Castle and
Sussex. DR.. Ball has been so energetic
that he expects in a short time to have
the whole of our State covered, and he
has done this work practically unaided.
His work in securing appropriations
under the River and Harbor bill is un-
surpassed. No section got what II
wanted. it never does, but the aggre-
gate shows that he must have welded
a great influence with the committee.
DR.. Ball was nominated and electet
as a Regular Republican, and has re
mained one Reasonable men did no
expect him to change front, deny hi
friends and stultify himself to secure ;
denomination. Had he done 50. h
would not have been worthy of the SUI
port Of any man. But he has not bee
offensive in his partisanship. He ha
toiled consistently and persistently TO
a reunited party, and he counts anon
his friends many Union Republicans. ]
is said that DR.. Layton and ]. Fran
Alice declare he cannot be accepted o
the Union ticket. but this is probabl
because he did not allow these gentle
men to dictate his appointments and I
control his course. Whatever oppos
ton there is to DR.. Balls renominatio
is personal, and does not relate to hi
fitness for the duties.
There is little to be said regardin
the other names that will grace th
ticket Treasurer Burris has attende
to every duty Of his office, and his al
solute integrity and his ability hay
never been questioned. The same ms
be said OF Auditor Norman. These gei
tlemen by party custom and by reasC
of efficiency are entitled to renom
nation. and it viii doubtless be accor
ed them. We believe, too, that tn
will be endorsed by the Union Repu
licans. despite any opposition from
select few who wish to crafty Pc
sonal spite.
Evening journal., 1902-08-09
CAR WINDOW FIENps

A Pennsylvania contemporary has
taken up a matter which may develop
into a crusade. II invites the natchet
of Carrie Nation. the oratory Of Bryan
and the golden arguments of Addicks.
It is the subject OF the open-window
nuisance on the railway cars. There
may have been times when the editor
has not suffered from this nuisance
when he was travelling, but he does not
recall them. In the winter time there
is always fiend who tugs at the sash
nervously as though his life depended
on a fresh supply of air. He always
sits in the seat Immediately in front
of us, and If we move he either changes
places or by signs induces some pal TO
take up the good work where he has
left off. Now the man who opens the
window opposite his seat neither re-
ceives benefit nor discomfort The
blast of cold air, the cloud OF cinders,
passes him by and afflicts ony those in
the rear.
When the weather is warm, every
window is thrown up, and amid the
smoke, dust and cinders the traveller is
compelled to live. 1t is a nuisance,
and ought to be stopped. II there is
no other way. the windows might be
built in solid. or nailed down. This
would be a hardship to the fend who
delights to make people suffer, but it
would be a boon to all others. There
ought to be some apparatus under the
exclusive control of the conductor and
brakeman for regulating the ventila-
tion. No one has a moral right to in
feet an icy blast on a fellow passen-
ger or to make him suffer the discom-
fort of a deluge of cinders. The matter
Of proper ventilation, like that Of heat
ing, ought always to be subject to the
exclusive control Of employees.
Evening journal., 1902-08-09
NEWSPAPER OPINION
Promise of the Corn Harvest

Promise of the Corn Harvest
From the New York Herald.
Despite drought in some sections and
excessive rain in others. the corn crop.
according to the latest climate and
crop bulletin Of the Weather Bureau.
made excellent progress in the week
ending ON Monday in the principal corn
producing States. and a fine harvest is
promised.
Considering the great failure OF last
years corn crop. the present promise
is very gratifying, and there is no rea-
son TO fear that in the end II viii prove
disappointing. The drought which ter
days ago prevailed from Virginia and
lthe Carolinas westward to Arkansas
has been generally broken. and it il
now too late in the crop season 70
corn to suffer very widely from a de
lhciency of rain.
Il is possible that the yield may b
shortened in the northern sections b,
excessive showers, but il the recent an