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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-01
MARRIED ANOTHER WOMAN
SINCE KILLING HIS Wife
Lee II. johnson Arrested in Seattle Chard-
ed With Commission Of Crime.

Seattle. Aug. s1.-Charged With the
Marder OF his young wife. whose body
Ia Suried In the basement Of his
oshin ct Nome, disinterring 1t In the
sprinE. when he cut 1t in three parts.
orated and later cremated It, Leo III.
johnson. wellto-do mining man at
Nome. Alaska, was arrested In Sc
attle today. johnson admits having
Remembered the body and later hav-
ing burned it, but steadily persists
that his wife committed suicide and
in note requested q secret burial
and gave him all Of her property.
The facts directly leading up to and
suggesting the alleged crime date
back over space Of three years, when
johnson. a well-to-do miner. married
Belle Gilchrist, a young society girl
of Butte, Mont.
In the spring of 1904, he took her
to Nome. On October Of the same
year she mysteriously disappeared
from Nome. Johnson said she had
left for Seattle. Relatives in Butte
and a Mrs. A. NJ. Hedges, a sister
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-01

living at Port Blakely, Wash, received
letters recently from Nome purporting
to be dictated by Mrs. Johnson to a
cousin friend. Johnson came out
from Nome on three different occa-
sions, and each time told relatives in
Butte, it is charged, that his wife was
we'll and happy in Nome, and that hav-
Ing her power Of attorney, he had
come to Butte to dispose OF the prop
erty and get the money. The sus-
picions Of the relatives were aroused
q year ago and last June Joseph War
ron, special agent for the department
of justice for the district Of Nome,
was detailed on the case, together
with Grigsby, district attorney at
Nome. Warren came to Seattle and
had all mail from johnson to his
wifes relatives intercepted.
Later Warren learned that Johnson
was in Seattle living at 1902 Fourth
avenue with woman named Cora
Tasch, who declared today that she
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-01
GUST AVE ARKELL
HELD !. |. | FOR [. | MURDER |. !: !
CONNECTING THE LINKS in THE
CHAIN OF EVIDENCE.
CAUGHT At FIRE HOLE ACCUSED IS SILENT
Crime Was Unearthed BY Dog Dig
ging up the Body Where It Had
Been Buried-Prisoner Refuses to
Discuss he Matter. 81

Oakland, Calf, Aug. 31.-One link
after another Is being added by the
Oakland police authorities in the
mesh Of circumstantial evidence upon
which they charge Gustave Arkell
with the murder of Mrs. Alice Lu.
crecia Donahue, wife Of Daniel Don.
Iahue, motorman. Late today Mrs.
Emma Vera OF No. 1882 Sixty-t1rst
street in Elmhurst. friend of both
the accused and the murdered wom-
an, positively identified a pair Of mud
stained trousers found in Arkell's room
as the ones he wore on the night the
crime Is alleged to have been commit
ted; June IL. In addition she identi-
fed the spade found concealed under
the factory on Saturday with Mrs.
Donahue's clothing, as belonging to
the prisoner.
But perhaps the most tangible clue
in the case was given by Mrs. Eliza
beth Smith, mother Of the boy, Frank
Walsh. who, together with his dog,
first discovered the woman's clothing
and then day later dug up the body.
Mrs. Smith saw man and wom-
an at $3.50 O'clock on the night of the
murder lurking In the SHADOW Of the
furniture factory, where the body was
found. sF
So far as Arkell is concerned, he
has steadfastly, even after twenty
four hours Of solitary confinement.
and continued sweating" ordeal. re-
fused to make any declaration, ex-
cept that Of innocence. He is sullen
and declines to answer the smallest
questions as to his past or as to any
Of his movements on the day and
night Of the supposed murder.
Mrs. Elizabeth Laumeister, wife Of
]. Laumeister, q former sheriff OF
San Francisco. obtained warrant to-
day in one Of the courts Of that city
for the arrest Of Arkell on charge
Of burglarixing her home on septem-
ber Il, 1906. and stealing some valu-
able papers and jewelry. she recog-
nized his picture in newspaper and
alleges she Identified him In the city
prison. The latter il denied by the
Oakland authorities who have taken
the question up with the San Fran.
cisco police with . view Of stopping
it. II ....l
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-01
LIVING MODEL WILL WEAR GAR.
MENT AT HAYHURsT,s STORE.
ATTRACTS THE CROWDS.
Men Caught Piping OF the Directoire
in the Window-MaIe Population
Shows Unusual Amount Of Interest
in the Event.

That directoire gown show was de.
3layed one day, but if the people of
Billings can stand the suspense un-
ti}setonight at 1880 O'Clock they will
See the famous garment on real live
model in r. Hayhurst's window.
Mr.. Haynurst wouldn't have disap-
pointed the curious throng Of men
folks for anything in the world, but
his model declined to wear the gown
at the critical minute and efforts to
secure another were without avail.
Men Of all sizes, ages and descrip-
tions walked through the arcade Of
the Babcock theater times without
number yesterday casting sly glances
at the window where the gown is
displayed on dummy figure ana 1t Is
said that one man was caught piping
the gown from the entrance with q
pair Of opera glasses Sunday night.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-01
WYOMING coLLlERIEs SHUT BYl
THE OPERATORS LAST NIGHT.
MANY N \ Men AFfEC CTE|;D.| T:
Operators Say That Men Broke Faith
With Them and Ordered the PROP
critics Of the Men Who Compose the
Association to Close. a
Especial to The Gazette.)

Especial to The Gazette.)
Butte, Aug. 81. Resulting from the
failure Of the coal mine operators and
mine workers to reach an agreement
at conference which was held in this
city last Friday and Saturday all OF
the coal mines in the state Of Wyo
ming under control Of the mine opera;
tors association Of Wyoming, were
closed down tonight and will remain
closed for an indefinite period. The
order went out this afternoon. About
5000 men are affected.
The Montana coal mine operators
and the Wyoming operators met in
this city this afternoon, presumably
to consider the coal situation. on
Thursday the Montana operators and
the coal mine workers will meet in
Helena to hold q conference concern
ing the revision Of the wage scale IN
this state. Representatives Of the Mon
tana mine operators in the city are:
James Pearson of the Cottonwood
Coal company. stockett; w. w. Tay-
1lor, Of the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul Railroad company. Chicago; G..
G. Anderson Of the New York Improve
ment company, Red Lodge; @. H.
jerks, Of the Nelson-Jenks Coal COM
pany, Great Falls and Thomas Burke,
commissions Of the Montana Coal op-
orators association. The members OF
both operators associations were en-
tertained at a banquet last night at
the Thornton hotel. a+3
= In reply to his telegram Of last Sat
urday, advising that the mine workers
had repudiated an agreement which
had been reached by subcommittee
consisting Of John ]. Hart, represent
ing the Wyoming coal mine operators
and the Union Pacific coal company,
and Thomas Gibson, Mr.. Hart tonight
received the following telegram from
Thomas Z. Lewis, president Of the
United Mine Workers Of America:
Replying to your telegram Of the
29th, regret very much that you fail
ed to agree. It seemed to me that the
miners representatives ought to have
accepted the advice Of President Glib
son. Awaiting details. Agreements
made with our organization cannot be
boken as you suggest. believe you
must have wrong conception Of the sit
uation." I'D
Maintaining that the representatives
Of the United Mine Workers had brok-
en- faith with the operators In refusing
to endorse the agreement which he In
sists was entered into between himself
and Mr.. Gibson. by authority Of the
mine workers. Mr.. Hart tonight sent
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-01
SENATOR TAKES CHARGE OF I'M
PoRTANT COMMITTEE.
HEADQUARTERS OPENED
Missoula Man Has Taken Control 81
\ Most Important Committee for the
Republican National Organization
Assumed Charge yesterday.

Chicaeo Anp q -sana+o To.an,,
!, s..
- " = - nA' "S's 'ouay &c
pointed Dy chairman frank Hitch n
cock' 81 1ne RepuDllcan national con com
mlttee as director OF the speakers bu-
reau OF tne Cn1cago #neadqu arters. The
long service OF senator Dixon as
inehoer o1 me mouse 81 representa-
'lves ana later 81 1ne unlted states
senate mas EQUIPPED MIN lot the po-
sltlon' TOT the reason that ne IS "a
= nlllar with tne .quailncations q mem
pers O congress lot act1ve campaign
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-01
SOLDIERS NAB MAN THOUGHT TO
BEYELLoWsToNE BANDIT.
He Had Considerable Money on His
Person, But Whether He is the Man
Who Held up the Sixteen Stage
Coaches Has Not Been Determined.
Especial to The Gazette)

Livingston. Aug. 81. Reports have
been received here at the sheriff's Of
fee that soldiers in the Yellowstone
park yesterday arrested a man in the
Fire Hole basin who is being held on
suspicion Of being connected with the
recent robbery In the park.
It Is said the man had considerable
money. \.
It is not known here how much he
had. what his name is, or any other
facts in connection with the arrest.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-01
PRISON LEAGUE BRANCH.
Society for the Friendless is Started
in Helena.
(Special to The Gazette J

tSpecIaI TO The GaZette.J 1--
Helena, Mont, Aug. 31.-A branch
Of the National Prison league, or ESQ
city for the Friendless," has just been
started in Montana, with DR.. George
F. Hindley, pastor of the First Con
gregational church in this city, as SUI
perintendent. The society has just
held its first meeting at the state pen
itentiary in Deer Lodge and AZ pris-
oners signed the pledge, resolving to
lead better lives upon their release.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-01
sEReNo PAYNE RENoAslNArEp.

Auburn. II. Aug. l'or thsi
fourteenth time Serene Payne. chair-
man Of the ways and means commitr
tee and leader Of the lower house Va J
renominated BY the Republicans of
the third district today. SEs
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-01
'BRYAN's SON TO MARRY.
viii Wed Daughter Of Milwaukee
\ y Millionaire.

Milwaukee, Aug. s1.-l,he marriage
engagement Of Miss Helen Berger,
daughter OF Alexander Berger, a
prominent millionaire and board Of
trade member Of this city and W. ].
Bryan. Jr., son of the Democratic
presidential candidate. is admitted to-
day by Mr.. Berger, who returned to-
day from a business trip to Colorado
and Nebraska. Miss Berger and her
mother are at present visiting With
friends in Lincoln, Neb. u is said
that the wedding may not take place
for about year. Ss
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-01
ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD eREETs
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE.
.CHEERED TO ECHO.
Makes Speech in which He Discus
ses Economic Questions Popular
Demonstration in Favor Of tiissen
and Hearst.

New York. Aug. 81. There was not
room enough In the new club house.
Of the independence league to hold
the large crowd that gathered tonight
for the dual purpose Of being present
at the notification Of Thomas y. His
4 Continued on Fourth Page.)
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-01
GUARDS ARRESTED. Il , ].
Men in Forestry Service XIII Deer Out
Of Season.

Helena, Aug. 81 State Game war
den Scott today reports the arrest IL
Missoula county of three forestry ser-
vice officials on the charge of killinx
deer out Of season. They are guards
and rangers named Higgins, Chapman
and Sutherland.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-01
WILLIAM RING DROWNED.
Especial to the Gaxette.)

Body Found In tho River Near Great
Falls.
Especial to the Gaxette.)
Great Falls. Aug. 31.-William Ring.
. cook, was drowned In the Missouri
river last night. During last night,
'hs disappeared. and today Ais body
was found in the river. whether his
death Vas accidental er ass aas aot
sbeen learned. @
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-12-30
At the Churches.

At the Methodist church there was
the usual preaching service. The
attendance at this Sunday school is
increasing. A special New Years
service is to be held New Years eve.
The pastor hopes to see the church
we'll field. The Woman's Foreign
Missionary society meeting will beheld
this "wednesday evening with Mrs.
Byron Curtis. Let there be a good
attendance.
At the Congregational church the
castor preached, his subject being
s'The Irreparable Past" John XIX:
g. The Sunday school attendance is
increasing, 178 last Sunday. The
Christian Endeavor meeting at 6 100 p.
m. was led by the president, G. II.
Wood. On Thursday afternoon the
Woman's Missionary union for foreign
work will meet with Mrs. D. M.
Camp. Subject, CDR. Grenfell and
His Labrador Missions" The regular
mid-week prayer meeting on Thurs
day evening.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-12-30
SUGAR AS FOOD.
Used With Discrimination, II 10 On Aid
to Good Health.

Used With Discrimination, II 10 IN Aid
to Good Health.
There Is prejudice against sugar
which is not justified by physiological
seasoning" says the London Lancet
Sugar is one Of the most powerful
foods which we possess, as it is the
cheapest or at any rate one Of the
cheapest. In muscular labor no food
appears to be able to give the same
powers of endurance as sugar. and
comparative practical experiments
have shown without the least doubt
that the hard physical worker. the
athlete or the soldier on the march Is
much more equal to the physical strain
placed upon him when he has had In
cluded In his diet liberal allowance
o. sugar than when sugar is denied t.
him.
Trophies, prizes and cups have un.
dOubtedly been won on a diet tn which
sugar was Intentionally a notable con.
sdtuent. 1t has even been said that
sugar may decide a battle and that
jam after all is something more than
mere sweetmeat to the soldier The
TACT that sugar is a powerful muscle
TODD accounts probably for the disfa-
vor into which it falls, for a compare
lively small quantity amounts to an
excess. and excess is always inimical
to the easy working Of the digestive
processes.
Sugar Satiates; it is a concentrated
food. Where sugar does harm, there.
fore, it is invariably due to excess.
Taken in small quantities and distrib.
uted over the daily food intakes, sugar
contributes most usefully in health to
the supply of energy required by the
body.
land 1t is curious fact that the
man who, practically abstains from
sugar or reduces his diet to one almost
free from carbohydrates in favor OF
protein foods, such as meat, often
shows feeble muscular energy ar an
Indifferent capacity for physical sndur-
ance."
Young Wife-Tomorrow will be II.
birthday, dear. Young Husband
You'll be twenty-one? Young Wife
No; twenty-five. Young Husband
Why, a year ago, just before our weo-
ding, you told me you were only TWEEN.
ty. Young Wife-Yes, but have aged
rapidly since our marriage.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-12-30
G. |. NJ. BUGBER
JeWeler and Optician
Newport, VT.
Renew Now
Before the Usual Rush
the last of December.
THE IDEAL POULTRY HOUSE.

The ideal poultry house is difficult to
describe. There seems to be nothing
about the poultry business i'm regard to
which there is a wider difference of
opinion than on this point. 1t seems to
be the general opinion that the type
of house is not very important SO long
as it is dry, well ventilated. and the
fowls have plenty of the proper kind
of food. Food is the essential thing, aud
OF course certain foods are much bet
ter than others. a. VI. Brown of North
Rochester. Mass. gives his opinion on
this particular point in the following LET
ter. He says: Il have fed nearly all
the poultry foods Oh the market, but
not with such returns as Pages Per
fected Poultry Food gives. Ny hens
have an average Of 80 percent to their
credit. Last winter it was 30 percent.
l know this food is the best on the mar
ket''
If YOU want to know more about this
food and the best ways of using it,
write TO G. s. Page. Hyde Park. Vt,
for his booklet. Profitable Poultry
1t will be sent free. postpaid, to anyone
mentioning this paper.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-12-30

v
Mrs. James Chapman is in very poor
health.
Our merchants report a good Christ
mas trade.
Isaac Keys has purchased a place at
Barton Landing.
VIM. Priest is at work in Newport
on the poor farm. Z
Mrs. Geo. Goodnough has be| b quite
sick the past week.
Miss Mabel Ware of Bun gton is
visiting her parents.
Mrs. Walter Porter of Lyndon is
visiting at Lee Porter's.
Claud Brooks was at home from
Newport to spend Christmas.
Harry Manley attended the funeral
of Mrs. Chauncey Miles at Albany re-
Gently.
The sacrament of the Lords Supper
will be observed in the Methodist
church Sunday.
Mrs. Clara Branch and Walter Cleve.
land were home from st. Johnsbury to
spend Christmas.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-12-30

Mrs. Emma (Wilson) Clark is very
ill at her home as the result of shock
she suffered OF Christmas day. When
Mr.. Clark returned from trip to the
woods about four O'Clock he found
her lying helpless on the floor. 1t is
thought she had lain there about an
hour. Her condition is slightly i'm
proved at this writing.
The newspaper., 1908-01-24
ARE LOFTIEsT OF MINES.
Worked by Incas and Now. to Be
Opened by New Company.

1t is thought that the old Caylloma
silver mines in Peru are probably sit.
uated at a greater elevation than any
other considerable mines In the world.
Their altitude varies between $4,000
and 1900 feet. They were worked by
the Spaniards In the sixteenth century.
and before that, 1t Is believed. by the
lncas. An English company is now
preparing hydro-electric plant for
them. This plant will be situated at
an altitude of between 5000 and 49,.
900 feet. II will derive It's power from
a waterfall on the Santiago river. and
q In dry season from Lake Huaillacho,
one OF the sources OF the Amazon. The
power viii be transmitted by cable
about three miles. At the highest
mines the pressure of the atmosphere
Is only eight and one.half pounds a
square inch, and water boils "a de.
grees below the ordinary boiling point
Youths Companion.
The newspaper., 1908-01-24

morrow, and you'll never see her
again; so fork over"
And you fotch her tomorrow"
"Yes, 1 told you" And so the bar
gain was concluded.
Only moment more, while Chip sat
numb and dazed, then came the sound
of footsteps, as the two men separated,
and then silence over Tins Place.
And yet, what a horror for Chip!
Sold like horse or a pig to this worse
than disgusting half-breed, and on the
morrow to be taken-no, dragged-to
the half-breeds hut by her hated IA
ther.
Hardly conscious of the real intent
and object of this purchase, she yet
understood it dimly. Life here was
bad enough-it was coarse. unloved,
even filthy, and yet, hard as it was, it
was a thousand times better than
slavery with such an owner.
And now, still weax and trembling
from the shock, she raised her head
cautiously and peeped out of the win
dow. A faint spectral light from the
rising moon outlined the log barn, the
two log cabins. and pigsty. which, with
the frame house she was in, comprised
Tins Place: Above and beyond where
the forest enclosed the hillside, it
shone brighter, and as Chip looked out
upon the ethereal silvered view, away
to the right she saw the dark opening
into the old tote road. Up this they
had brought her, eight years before.
Never since had she traversed it; and
yet, as she looked at it now, an in
spiration born of her fathers sneer
came to her.
1t was a desperate chance. fool
hardy step-a journey SO appalling. so
almost hopeless. she might well hesi-
tate; and yet, escape that way was
her one chance. Only moment longer
she waited, then gathering her fcw be-
longings-a pair of old shoes. the moe
casins Old Tomah had given her. a
skirt and jacket fashioned from Tins
cast-off garments, fur cap. and soft
felt hat-she thrust them into a soiled
pillow-case and crept down the stairs.
Once out, she looked about, listened.
then darted up the hillside. straight
for the tote road entrance. Here she
paused, put on her moccasins. and
looked back.
The moon, now above the tree-tops.
shone full upon Tins Place. softening
and silvering all its ugliness and all
its squalor. Away to the left stood
The newspaper., 1908-01-24
White Grape Salad.

One pound Of white grapes. two eggs.
two cups of wine. one dessertspoon
powdered sugar. one-half teaspoon
salt. pinch OF mustard. Stew and skin
the grapes. halve them and remove
the seeds. Then set on ice. Beat the
eggs very light and add slowly the
wine. Cook in double boiler till thick.
stirring constantly. Remove from fire
and add powdered sugar. salt and
mustard. Set Immediately in a cool
place. Serve the grapes on lettuce
leaves. with the dressing added at the
last moment.
The newspaper., 1908-01-24

Tomah's hut. across the river. a shin
ing path bright and rippled.
In spite of the awful dread of her
unpaid. and ofttimes cursed toll.
pang Of regret now came TO her. This
was her home, wretched as 1t was.
Here she had at least been fed and
warmed in winters, and here Old To
NAH had shown her kindness. oh. II
he were only in his hut now. that she
might go and waken him softly. and
beg him to take her in his canoe and
speed down the river,
But MOI only her own desperate
courage would now avail. and realizing
that this look upon Tins Place was
the last one, she turned and fed down
the path. Sixty miles of stony, bush
encumbered. briergrown. seldom-trav-
cled road lay ahead of her, Sixty
miles through the somber silence and
persistent menace of wilderness.
peopled only by death-intending crea-
lures, yellow-eyed and sharp-fanged.
With only a sickening. soul-nause-
ating fate awaiting her at Tins Place.
and her sole escape this almost insane
flight, she sped on. The faint. spectral
riffs of moonlight through interlaced
fir and spruce as often deceived as aid
ed her; bending boughs whipped her.
bushes and logs trIpped her. sharp
stones and pointed sticks bit her;
she hurried over hillocks. wallowed
through sloughs and dashed into tan
giles of briers. needless of all except
her one mad impulse to escape.
Soon the ever present menace OF a
wilderness assailed her,-the yowl OF
a wildcat close at hand; in a swamp,
tie sharp bark Of wolf; on hillside
above her. the hoot of an owl; and
when after two hours Of this desper-
ate flight had exhausted her and she
was forced to halt, strange creeping,
crawling things seemed all about.
The newspaper., 1908-01-24
Banana Recipes.

Bananas may be fried In deep fat for
luncheon dish. This Is n tropical
custom. Do not take those that are
very ripe.
Bananas make delicious ice cream.
II used for cake filling. beaten with
white OF egg and sugar. the cake must
be used speedily. Part apple may be
used. The apple must be fresh aud
grated. Such apple pulp without any
banana. only the egg and sugar and a
little vanilla. makes nice cake filling.
This keeps better than the banana
The newspaper., 1908-01-24
CHAPTER n,

Martin Frisbie and his nephew Ray
mond Stetson, or Ray, were cutting
boughs and carrying them to two tents
standing In the mouth OF bush
choked opening into the forest. In
front of this Angie. Martins wife, was
placing tin dishes. knives and forks
The newspaper., 1908-01-24
Better Than Star Boarder.

You have heard of star boarders?"
said Bilkins. well I am comet
boarder. | have moved eight times
IN three weeks"
The newspaper., 1908-01-24
CHAPTER I.
By CHARLES CLARK MUM

Copyright 1906 by Lo.hrop. Lee & Shepard Co