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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-04
Circulation decreased, s7Gs, 100.
New York Stocks.

New York, April 4.-Following are
the quotations on the stock market to-
day:
U. P. 1S4A, U. s. Steel preferred
97A, U. S. Steel common 331EA,, Read
ing 103A, Rock Island preferred 261a
Rock Island common, 1875, Southern
Pacific IA, N. Y. Central 81, Missouri
Pacific Az, L. & n. 97h, Shelters
G7&, C. F. |. 23h, Canadian Pacific
ISL, Illinois Central 125, Penna 11Gs
Erie 151s, c. & o. 301a, B. r. T. 45A
b. & o. S24, Atchison 74ss. Locomo-
tive 1917, Sugar 1914, St Paul 116ts
Copper 5Sa4. Republic Steel preferred
GSa, Republic, Steel common 173s,
Southern Ry. 1875.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-04


left over, 6,GOd. Light, s5S0@615.
mixed and butchers, $5.S9@6.26: good
heavy, s5.S0@6.25; rough heavy, $3.50
@5.95. "a
Cattle markee~opened steady.
Sheep market opened steady.
Omaha: Hogs, 1000: cattle, 100.
Kansas City: Hogs, coco; cattle,
1000.
Hog market closed strong to 5
cents higher. Light, $5.S0@6.20;
mixed and butchers. s5.S066.27; good
heavy, $5.SO@G.25; rough heavy, $3.50
@5.95.
Cattle market steady. Beeves, s4.GO
@7.s0; cows and heifers, $2.O0@G.00;
stockers and feeders. $325@5,30.
Sheep market closed steady.
Northwestern receipts
Minneapolis: Today, 202; last week
2O2; last year, GAG. Duluth: Today,
46; last week, 81; last year, oil
Liverpool closed-Wheat h' higher.
corn unchanged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-04
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
roday's Quotations on Provisions, Liv
Stock Eead and Eual


roday's Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock, Feed and Fuel.
Rock Island, April A. Following
ARE the wholesale prices in the local
market today:
Provisions and Produce.
Eggs-Fresh, 13c to lac.
Live Poultry-Spring chickens. 10c
per pound; hens, per pound, 8; ducks,
per pound, Sc; turkeys, per pound.
lie; geese. per pound, Sc.
Butter-Dairy, 25c to &c.
Lard-10c.i ~
Vegetables = Potatoes, Csc; onions,
lSL15.
Live Stock.
Hogs-$4.75 to $500.
Sheep-Yeariings or over, $500 to
$500; lambs, 81 so to sG.75.
Cattle-Steers, $3.G0 to 5000; cows
and heifers, $500 TO $500; calves, $4.U0
to $3.50.
Feed and Fuel
Grain-Corn, Csc; oats, &c to 53c.
Forage-Timothy hay, s11 to $13;
Iprairie, $500 to $1,000; clover, s1OO
to $11.00; straw, $500.
Coal-Lump, per bushel, 14c; slack,
per bushei, &c to Sc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-04
Cured of Rheumatism.

William Henry of Chattanooga, Tenn,
had rheumatism in his left arm. "The
strength seemed to have gone out of
the muscles so that 1t was useless for
work. he says. 81 applied Chamber
Elasn's Pain Balm and wrapped the arm
/ In Sssnnel at night, and to my relief
IsfounG that the pain gradually left me
apd the Strength returned. In three
weeks the Rheumatism had disappears
| ed and hasA not since returned If
troubled with rheumatism try few
| applications Of Pain Balm. You are
certain to be pleased with the relief
which It aHords. For sale by all drug
lefsts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-04
PRODUCES HUSBAND WHO
WAS MISSING 20 YEARS
Life Insurance Company Springs De-
nouement When Sued Under
Strange Circumstances.

Peoria, Ill.,, April Am the circuit
court here yesterday the New York
Mutual Life Insurance company pro-
duced James Ellison, dead to his wife
for years. She was suing for 5000, the
amount of policy. and on seeing Eli
son recognized him and the case was
dismissed.
Twenty years ago Ellison and his
wife were living at Curtis, Neb. Soon
thereafter he left the country under a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-04
New York Bank Statement.

New York, April 4.AClearing house
average cash reserves. $2S.34
Reserve increased, S901,7T
Less U. S. increased. $639,350.
Loans increased, S15,S39,0 900.
Specie increased, $6,716,1O0.
Legals increased, $34O, 700.
Deposits increased, S24 ,G2O, 100
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-04
xKAY
EXAMINATION
FREE.

DON'T time trying Others you get
at other place Of appliances
without E -s
x-Ray mac is a
electricity vibration
cheerfully - 4
REMEMBER, treatment
inferior
in
of satisfied
where get the
vestigate, and be heng ahead.
neuralgia
= ~
MEN blood disease
stomach and intestinal diseases
Call address ia
q
4:2e. and $3.50 p, IN. a
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01

became close companion of Adams in
rambles over the burned district of San
Francisco. The two We're together in
vacant lot near Franklin square and
Adams picked up among debris a
short handed shovel. with one side
cracked. Adams threw the tool aside,
but Arkell seized @pon it, saying,
That is just what 1 need"
He then was digging wells and
trenches for odd dollars and Adams
presumed the shovel was for use in this
work.
Mrs. Vera. the neighbor of the Dono-
hues for whom ArkelI dug a we'll.
identified the shovel this forenoon as
the one used by Arkell in that work.
1t was the shovel that actually led
to the arrest of Arkell as with other
circumstances concerning him and the
hapless woman it convinced Captain
Petersen that well digger was the
perpetrator of the crime. ArkelIs ar
rest followed The Identification of the
shovel by two persons is part of the
corroborative evidence the police are
obtaining.
Another clew on which Captain Peter
sen and Marshal Carey are working is
the Identification of Arkell's clothing
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01
MAY YET FIND TRACES
OF ARSENIC IN STOMACH
DR.. Arthur c. Smith Says Ap-
pearanCe. of Body Would
Indicate Poison

"Arsenical poisoning may have been
shown in the condition of a part of
the body of Alice Donohue, said DR..
Arthur G. Smith, one of the medical
men who assisted DR.. O. d. Hamlin
in the autopsy performed last Sunday.
THE lower limbs were less decom-
posed than the upper part q the body
and that in itself looks like an effecH
of death from arsenic. That can only
be decided by the chemical examina-
ton
The analysis is being made by Rich
ard Benzinger, q chemist The report
will not be ready for two days and the
inquest has been deferred until Thurs
day at / o'clock because of the delay
brought about by the tedious technical
work of chemical analysis of the
woman's stomach.
According to DR.. Smith and Ben
Finger the effects of certain poisons
would be noticeable in the body for
some time. The body of Mrs. Donohue
was inferred since June IL. yet the
lower limbs were not in decomposition
as advanced as was expected. Only ar
senic of the pcisons would have that
effect.
Benzinger is unable to tell whether
there is any poison in the stomach as
yet. His tests are now being made and
he will have his report for the coroner
Thursday.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01
ARKELL TOLD DONOHUE
HIS WIFE HAD EL0PED
Police Are Given. Information
About Suspects actions: Dur
ing Absence. of Woman !:

know more about this than l can
tell YOU Arkell said to me just after
Alice Went away. He said he knew so
much about her that it would take a
long time to tell it ALL But he never
got around to it,
With a pathetic catch in his voice
Daniel Donohue, husband of the mur-
dered woman, yesterday tried to talk
about the events following the disap-
pearance of his wife, but before he
could pour out all he had to say he
broke into tears and could not con-
tinue.
When Alice went away it broke my
heart and / went over day after day
to Arkells house to talk it over with
him. He always said he thought she
had eloped and tried to make me think
she was not a good woman.
know more about this than l can
tell YOU he said to me just after Alice
went away. He said he knew so much
about her that it would take a long
time to tell it ali. But he never got
around to it.
He used to talk hours with me
about it. When / would suggest that
she might have been murdered he
would laugh with sly grin and tell
me she had run away all right and
that I was better Off without her"
Donohue again burst into tears at
the sad thoughts he had recalled. Cap
tain of Detectives Petersen saw him
and called him into Ahlstedts house,
where the police We're searching for
clews among the accused slayers be-
longings.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01
AHLSTEDT CONTINUALLY
DOGGED HER FOOTSTEPS
Mrs. Mary Beeke Tells of the
Fear That the Murdered
Woman Had

That Mrs. Alice Donohue was aware
that Gustav Ahlstedt. whom she knew
as Arkell, was dogging her constantly
with no good intent, and that the
woman feared the man. came to light
yesterday when Mrs. Mary Beeke of
Sixty third street and San Pablo avenue
told her story.
81 knew Mrs. Donohue very we'll"
said Mrs. Beeke. and she often used to
come over to chat with me. She very
frequently acted uneasy, and I could
not account for 1t until one day l asked
her outright.
am being followed constantly
said Mrs. Donohue, by that carpenter,
Arkell. 1 do not know what he means,
but 1 am afraid of him. He never lets
me out of his sight when I go out in
the neighborhood, and at night when
ever Dan is away 1 have a feeling of
being watched
This. conversation, says Mrs Beeke,
took place shortly before the time of
Mrs. Donohue's murder.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01

around the edge. On the reverse is the
Lords Prayer in raised letters
This emblem is believed to have been
one of the pins worn by Mrs. Donohue
and may prove, it is thought by the
police, one of the most important pieces
of evidence yet discovered.
. Mrs. Donohue was member OF a
number of patriotic lodge organiza-
tfons, and the bangle is the official en-
blem of the order of The Americans, of
which society Mrs. Donohue was at one
time vice president for the Oakland
chapter.
The bangle is of solid gold and not
in any way similar to the other jewelry
found in the shack The other jewelry
was of cheap character.
The gold trinket was discovered care
fully hidden in small polished wooden
box in the bottom of one of the heay-
lily laden wooden chests. With the ban
gle was broken half of woman's s
aluminium side comb. Other articles in
the box were collar buttons and mems
trinkets.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01

the police have started a search over
the country to locate her. with the in
tention of discovering if she may be
able to throw any light on the murder.
The woman, who is said to be Mrs.
Mary DAILY, now residing in TroutvaIe,
Ore, may prove to have been an ac-
eessory after the fact, say the detec-
tives who have been working on the
case
Tne woman was ousted from Ahl-
stedt's house because she could not pay
her rent, it is declared. She moved into
the tiny blue house at the corner of
Eighth and Sixty-second streets, next
door TO the Donohue place, the day be-
fore the murder. Three weeks later
she left this. place for Oregon and when
she arrived there so well supplied with
money was she that she bought a
lodging house, which she is now run
ming.
The family which moved into the va
Gated house after Mrs. Daily had left
found on the floor trail of deep col
ored stains, which led from the front
door straight to the wash basin in the
kitchen. At first the stains were
thought to be paint marks, left by
careless painters, but when the ordi-
nary paint eradicators We're applied to
the stains they We're found to be i'm
aroused and the spots were viewed by
many of the neighbors and by all they
were pronounced to be blood stains
Investigation yesterday disclosed that
the inside of the house had not been
painted for more than a year and that
the stains had only been found there
after the mysterious Mrs Daily had
left
Mrs. Daily, who is described as an
attractive woman of about As, with
two grown daughters and two sons, be-
came slightly acquainted with the
neighbors nearby, but to the rest of
the section she remained very reticent
as to herself.
To Mrs. Myers. who lived in house
at the rear of Mrs Daily, the woman at
times chatted considerably. On one
occasion, some time before the killing.
Mrs, DAILY told Mrs. Myers that Mrs
Dcnohue was, preparing to elope
She tried to get my daughter TO run
away with her" said Mrs. Daily to Mrs.
Myers. The girl refused to run away
with Mrs. Donohue," said the woman,
and continued: But now, it will not
be long before Mrs. Donohue is 10000
miles away from here"
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01

into trouble" It was unsuccessful.
Ahlstedt remained iAcomunicado.
During the afternoon a charge of
burglary in San Francisco. made on the
strength of a newspaper likeness. was
sworn TO. AS yet no formal charge has
been made in Oakland, and as yet the
fundamental evidence of a murder case
manner of DEATHS lacking. If Oak
lands city chemist does not discover
poison in the stomach it is possible that
the case may die at its present stage
For II the woman was strangled the
marks have been obliterated by decom-
position. And neither bullet nor skull
fracture has been discovered.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01
SHOVEL is POSITIVELY
IDENTIFIED AS SUSPECTS
Two Friends Give Convincing
Evidence of Ownership of
the Indictment

Positive Identification from two diff
ferent sources of the shovel which
was found under the furniture com
pany building was obtained yesterday
from two independent sources.
This most important bit of evil
dence yet uncovered was brought to
light yesterday morning through the
zeal of Marshal Lippi of Emeryville,
who has been working on the case
Mrs. r. Vera OF Sixty-third street
who was Mrs Donohue's closest friend.
told Lippi that she had seen Ahlstedt
using the implement while he was
digging a well for her on her prop
erty. She described the shovel ac-
curately without having seen it. The
other identification was even more
positive and came from II. O. Adams
a carpenter of San francisco, who was
intimate with the suspected man, and
who related to the detectives the his
tory of the implement since it had
come into the possession of the ac-
cused prisoner.
A crack in the spade in its right side
was told of by Adams before he looked
at the shovel, and in other ways he
identified 1T as Ahlstedts, or Arkells
Ahlstedt has owned the shovel since
April, 1906. In that month, a few days
after the San Francisco disaster. he
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01
AHLSTEDTS CAREER HAS
BEEN A TURBULENT ONE
Murder Suspect Has Spent
Much Time in Courts as
a Defendant

or vengeful disposition and know
Ing no law except to avenge himself on
any one who does him a wrong, Gus
tav Ahlstedt alias Allstead, alias Ar
kell, being held by the Oakland police
for the murder OF Mrs. Alice L. Dono-
hue in Emeryville. has had a turbulent
career since his coming to the United
States, a greater portion OF his time
apparently having been spent in the
courts either as 2 defendant in GRIM
inal actions or a litigant in civil suits.
His career is marked by two divorces,
z trial for murder, arrest for attempted
murder. several minor criminal charges
and almost innumerable civil suits.
The man is possessed Of an unusual
shrewdness and in practically all of
his court experiences has been success
tul.
Gustav Ahlstedt was born in Sweden
In 1850 and worked as a ship builder
until 1875, when he came to the United
states and went to work in the mines
Of Shasta county. In 1880 he filed on
q homestead located 80 miles east of
Redding and proved UP on the entry in
1885. In 1888 he married an American
woman and came 10 San Francisco to
live, taking up the trade Of carpenter
and builder,
There were two sons born of this
union, one, Van c., supposed to be a
resident Of San Francisco at the pres
ent time; the other, Alvin c, who en-
listed sn the United States navy at Goat
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01
ACCUSES AHLSTEDT OF
HAVING STOLEN JEWELS
Mrs. e. LaumeiSfer, Who Was
NeighbOr of Murder Suspect,
MakeS Grave CharQeS

His brains were spattered all over
his shoulders. 1t was finei 1t was
great"
These were the words which Ahlstedt
was alleged to have uttered after the
shooting Of Normile, the hod carrier,
according to Mrs. Elizabeth Laumeis-
ter, wife of John G. Laumeister, a
German carpenter. living at 529 An
dover street, and who for many years
was a neighbor of Ahlstedt Yester-
day afternoon she swore out warrant
for his arrest on the charge of bur-
glary and today will ask for a search
warrant to look over his effects in an
effort to recover her goods.
Il do not quite know what the trou
BILE between ArkelL or Ahlstedt. as he
called himself then, and Normile was
as there were a half dozen stori IS about
it. The common one was that Ahlstedt
shot him for making love to his wife
After the shooting Ahlstedt came to me
and spoke in a horrible way about the
murder
The entire neighborhhood knew him
as a dangerous man. There were peri
DDS when he would fly into sudden fits
of anger and. drawing a revolver,
brandish it in the faces of those around
him. After the killing of Normile he
was feared more than ever
In 1906 l purchased some property
from him and placed the deed with my
other valuables in a closet. About Sep
tember 15. 1906, my daughter came run
ming to me, saying that a burglar had
entered the house, and when l threw
open the door of the closet I fouEd
Ahlstedt standing within Before 1
could say anything he put a revolver
near my head and. swearing he would
shoot me If / gave an alarm, walked
out of the house. That was the last l
saw of him. I discovered that he had
stolen the deed to my property, together
with some jewels. Later l found out
that he had forged a deed by which
was supposed to have sold the property
back to him. l tried TO trace him, but
could not do so. 1t was not until | saw
his picture published in connection with
the murder in Oakland that L was able
TO locate him. My only reason in swear
ing out a warrant was to get back the
jewels and deed he stole"
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01
POISON AND FUSE FOR
DYNAMITE DISCOVERED
Shack Occupied by Suspected
Murderer Contained Strange
Assortment of Articles

Dynamite will be among the things
searched for in a second combing down
of Ahlstedt's home. The discovery of
a large quantity of fuse, coming as it
did yesterday in conjunction with the
threatening letter in handwriting SINH
lar to that of the prisoner, is regarded
as significant. The fuse was in two
cabin which Ahlstedt occupied UP to
the night of the discovery of the
clothes. 1t was of the sort which
miners and hard rock workers always
use. and might have been purchased
without causing suspicion from any
place where explosives are kept.
Poison was among the other things
found on the premises-which were so
well filed with deadly agents. A small
vial of strychnine lay beneath the nil
low of the bed where Ahlstedt slept.
Poison seemed to have been Il part u
Ahlstedts thoughts. according to Mrs
Spanier who lives in the Ahlstedt home
at 6007 Vallejo street She gave to the
police watch yesterday This she said
Ahlstedt had showed to her, saying:
My second wife got that. She poi
soned a man..
Ahlstedt was feared by the children
across Seventh street from his house.
He was in the habit of cursing them
.Not "-Aiso ~ etio oeAeStiiSii 70 VI iiSi -
bors, and the police quote Mrs. Spanier
as saying that he had threatened TO her
that he would kill them If they con-
tinued to annoy him. Since the mans
arrest a number of women in the
neighborhood are quoted by the officers
as saying that Ahlstedt had annoyed
them by his attentions.
In line with this penciled note was
found in the mans room yesterday. 1t
said: Come to me when you have
time. From one who loves you"
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01
BLOOD STAINS FOUND ON
FLOOR OF ADJOINING HOUSE
Dwelling Was Occpuied by Mys-
terious Stranger Known as
Mrs. Mary Dafv

A mysterious missing woman, who
formerly occupied the cottage owned
by Gustav Ahlstedt; sinister, dark. red
stains on the floor of a house next to
the Donohue residence, into which the
woman moved the day before the mur-
der; sudden flight to Oregon three
weeks later, and chain of events fol-
lowing the crime, in which the woman
figured significantly, were develop
ments yesterday which may prove to be
Of the greatest Importance in solving
the Emeryville mystery
So closely connected with the princi-
pals in the murder is the woman that
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01
KEPT LOADED
WEAPONS IN HIS HOUSE
Captain Petersen Says Grimm
ais Are Certain to Keep Fire
arms Close TO Them

Four loaded weapons have been found
in the little house at 6007 Vallejo street.
in which Gustav Ahlstedt lived and
from window OF which he spied on
the comings and goings of Alice Dono-
hue There We're two pistols found,
one on table close to the cot in the
squalid room he occupied. the handle
always turned toward the bed, so that
the weapon would be ready to grasp.
At the foot of the cot a single bar
Continued on Page 3, Column
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01
BANGLE IN AHLSTEDTS
ROOM HELD AS EVIDENCE
Gold Trinkef, Carefully Hidden,
Thought to Have Belonged
to Mrs. DOHOhue

A small gold bangle. with its fasten-
ing twisted as though it had been
wrenched away from it's original holder,
was among the clews unearthed in a
search of the shack of the suspected
murderer. Ahlstedt. The tiny disk of
metal bears on its surface an en-
bossed face of George washington
with the words God and Our Country.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01

There is coat, mud spattered and a
pair of trousers which the suspect wore
frequently. A broad, white hat was
found in his room, and these articles of
apparel. Petersen and Carey say. have
been identified by Mrs. Vera as gar
ments worn by the man on the night
that Mrs. Donohue was murdered.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01
Turkey in Mexico-Not an international
Affafr

Thanksgiving is coming, and the noble
bird is getting tanner each day as he
wakes fatter toward the great event.
But his wild brethren In the mountains
OF northern Mexico have nothing to do
with his troubles. They have troubles
of their own. which Will not be lessencG
by the slluring account of them in the
September number Of Sunset Magazina-s
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01
Beautiful Tahoe

Run up and see the great lake over
$500. includes all day steamer trip
around the lake. Southern Pacifc's spe-
cial excursion leaves September 5.
Tickets good for return until the 18th
Fishing. hunting. boating and mountain
climbing Ticket offices, SS4 Market
St. IL Powell St. Market Street Ferry
Depot. and 18th and Franklin Sts.. Oak
land.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-01

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-18
FROM ALL OVER IOWA

speed in cities of more than ten miles
an hour. The city ordinance limits the
speed to eight miles an hour. thus the
autoists have two miles of grace. per
hour.
Laurel.
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Anderson have
started to their old home in Sweden.
1t has been nine years since Mr.. An
derson has seen the fatherland, and
twenty nine years since Mrs. Ander-
son has been there. They expect to be
gone until late this fall and will
go by way of England and return by
way of Germany.
Sioux City.
Word has been received Of the death
of Harry L.. Craig, formerly resident
of Sioux City at Alameda. Cal. Mr..
Craig had been engaged in business at
Alameda since last December. Previous
to that time he had been resident of
ST. Paul, Mimi, for three years He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Craig.
and brother and sister, Mrs. Harry
Sheele, of Alameda, and Eugene Craig
Of ST. Paul.
Abba.
One Of the brick buildings construct
ed for saloon purposes in Abba is used
for carpenter shop, another is used
for making concrete blocks. and still