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Show Murderers' Trail follow of the Northwest Spend Months fa Tireless Search of Men Who Had Com &itted Crimes in the Yukon, Detectives LePect remark-fl- l story cf tlie most In the world a story 'Cectlves of the British North-- y a ho ferret out the n'gtcries of the tangled wild-th- e Yukon. rln detectives of the Northwest Nritl the murder of four men in 'ie wilderness of the Yukon are Victor Fournier Labelle L tcok place on a little Yukon. Q a, the British L Bouthiiette, Joseph Guy Beau- DaBes 3ers "Pete Fournier. lBd Alphonse Constantin or by by Fournier, by Laljelle on the Down below Dawson, eut side, Gilbert Dufors was according to after the murders beta known the most remarkable the American continent, went to work, (orhsps in the world, kijor Wood issued his instructions one of the H. Welsh, William and most experienced 6f radest force at his command, Run were brief. itw instructions said Major Wood. a thing down this order the Yukon police Stay with it until you know tmth and place the murderers un-- j Lnedlately To irrest. lit Whitehorse Welsh ajtantin had arrived found that from Dawson about Jsi pme across the mountains middle of May. This confirmed the Con-uti- n ary of his Dawson friends that was bound for Vancouver, per-Itt- ment bureau showed that he had been sent to a logging camp in the eastern part of the county. Welsh and Rook went there.- Labelle had moved on. Then the pursuers began, a systematic search of the logging camps. The trail was followed to Spokane, thence to Nelson and Rossland in British Columbia; back across the international boundary to Thompsons Falls, through Missoula and Butte, in Montana, to Pocatello, Idaho, and to Cgden, Utah. Then came Welshs triumph. One jump from Ogden to the little town of Wadsworth, in Nevada, and Eduard Labelle, quietly at work in the camp of a railroad contractor, was taken Into the hands of the relentless and Yukon law. Doubly Identified by Welsh and Rook, branded by both as a triple murderer, the captive weakened. He admitted his knowledge of the killing and made his confession, blaming Fournier. He readily agreed to aecompary the detective to Dawson without the formality of extradition. The trio started on the return trip. While In Seattle on his way to Dawson Labelle made what he claimed was a full confession. He told of being at tlm opposite end of the island from where the party was camped and of hearing three shots. He had suspected Fourniers Intention to kill the others and began to fear for himself. He remained away more than an hour and at length ventured into camp about midnight I crept up close and looked around for the men said Labelle. Fournier stood there alone. I had him covered with my rifle, but was badly frightened. Fournier spoke first He came toward me acting very nervously and said: T can pay you that money now. Just forget this. Its all right I was so frightened I didnt know what 1 wras doing, but I took the money, $35, which he handed to me. That is where I made my mistake. In relating his story of the murder Fournier said: When we were in Daw&on this spring Labelle came to me and said, Pete (he always called me Pete), lets go to Whitehorse. We thought there might be some games running there. We went There were no games there. Then Labelle said we would meet strangers and hustle them down the river. I said, Its tough, but I am with you. We got a small boat u for Quebec. Fournier and Labelle wn to the police. were both well were They riling house boosters both at Daw-- a usd Whitehorse. Evil assocla-ta- a and unsavory reputations kept ah tinker the eye of the service. Then Welsh found In Peter Rook, I Whitehorse grocer, a man who sold j snail quantity of provisions to a kJt party and w ho knew both Four-anLabelle by name and by ht And the best part of Rooks nee to the case was his positive gtement that Labelle had returned rat July 16 to Whitehorse. To Rook labelle said he was going to Atlln. He evaded the police and his move-tut- s d were not of i ecord. near the last of July, jtsish Impressing Rook the grocer Ito his service, crossed the mountains Skagway following the trail of LadI le. When Grand Duke Boris was in Newport last summer the following was published concerning him and the richest of American heiresses: Miss May Goeiet is said to be the magnet that holds Grand Duke Boris to this country, despite the repeated intimations from his cousin, the Czar of Russia, that he should hurry home. Reports of the attentiveness of the Grand Duke to Miss Goeiet have reached the royal ear, and there are fears in St Petersburg that the possible heir presumptive might take an American bride. If the Grand Duke should take such a step he would have to renounce his right to succession to the Russian throne. During his stay in Newport the Russian nobleman and Miss Goeiet have been often In each others company. On their rides in Miss Goelets automobile or on horse back the formality of a chaperon has been dispensed with. Miss Goeiet is the daughter of the late Ogden Goeiet, document8, of a bargain entered into three years ago by Prince Hugo von Hohenlohe of Germany, nephew of the late Chancellor, with an agent In London, by which he agreed to pay $10,000 for securing consideration of his proposal of marriage to Miss May GoelOt, a New York heiress. The agent was Capt Ladestas de Porkony, former military attache to the German embassy in London. Porkony employed Lucius OBrien, a London solicitor, as his assistant, and it is thought OBrien, who is now in California on business, caused the matter to come to light Capt Porkony arranged with two leading society women of London to get Hohenlohes proposal to Mlaa Goeiet, who was then in London. One of these women is described as greatly interested in charitable from Ogilvie Yukon, another idy was found. It, too, was conoid to Dawson. No one recognized With the information already In nd Major Wood and his men at and instinctively connected this i body with those of Bouthiiette, jleaudoln and Constantin. It was not lie body of Fcurnier or Labelle. 1 Where were they? Labelle was, In all likellood still Jtive, since he had passed through Whitehorse southward; Fournier, un-- i murdered like the rest, could at just throw light upon the crimes. On Aug 21 Pete Fournier quietly Jtilked Into a Dawson gambling house began to play. He unfolded Imall roll of bills and bought his jdupa Presently he was tapped on the Itonlder. Two men in civilian clothes well-know- n Vi JZPS OGDETT GOELET work and' having been as well known as Miss Goolet. Generous gifts to her favorite charities enlisted her aid, and she sounded Mrs. Goeiet in January, 1899. The result may be seen in this letter: Belgiave Square (S. W.), Jan. 17, 1899. Dear Sir: I saw Mrs. Goeiet yesterday and she begged me to say how flattered she felt at the proposal with regard to Prince Hohenlohe, but that her daughter was still very young and, as she had never seen him she must decline the proposal. Should they meet hereafter it would be a different matter, but without any persona! knowledge on either side the thing would be impossible. Miss Goeiet is a charming irl in every way, but is very English In her feelings and Views and dislikes the marriage de convenance system abroad extremely. I do not think she will ever marry unless she falls in love with a man. The writer of this letter a few days later learned for the first time that the prince was 50. She wrote another letter, saying she feared Miss Goeiet would not consider his proposal at all SOUTHERN BELLE. because he was old enough to be her father. The prince was pertinacious and tried to arrange an Interview with the heiress, but this failed when Miss Goeiet learned his age. Then Hohenlohe returned to Berlin, but forgot to pay his agent. Suit was brought and a portion of the amount was paid, but it was not until proceedings were threatened in Berlin that Hohenlohes aunt paid several hundred pounds to settle the claim. This story has special interest because of Prince Hohenlohes recent visit to Newport, and the reports of favor he found in the eyes of Miss Goeiet, and was entertained by the Vanderbilts. Three other titled clients of Capt Porkony, who wished to exchange their names for good American coin, were Baron Richard von Kappers, who wanted to get a California heiress with $30,000 a year; Baron Eberhard von Duncklemann demanded a girl with $200,000, and Prince Heinrich Haron of Bohemia also decided to secure Miss Goeiet and her fortune, but was also debarred like Hohenlohe by his age. Stumped the Professor. Dr. Jowett, the famous master of Balliol, as a rule was indifferent to Daughter of Senator Sullivan of Mismatters of theology, but hearing that sissippi Very Beautiful. One of the most beautiful women some Balliol men had been unsuccessend we met the three fellows. We is Miss Belle Sul- ful in an examination on Rudiments agreed to take them to Dawson for $8 of jthe South each. We camped at night Every livan, the daughter of Senator Wil- of Religion, determined to examine night Labelle said to me he would kill liam V. Sullivan of Oxford, Miss. the next batch himself. His first Miss Sullivan is charmingly petite, question was, Mr. Smith, what prophthem. We camped the last night on an highly accomplished, and is well et went up to heaven in a chariot of island below Stewart. In the morning known In Washington, where she has fire? Elijah, sir, was the reply. I am astonished that a scholar of this I was asleep. He threw a piece of spent much time with her father, who wood at me and I knew what it meant college should be so ignorant, said Dr. Jowett Then be put the same I heard a shot I was sure one was done for. He said it was a rabbit question to several other students, all of whom gave the same answer. A Then he shot again. Then he fired back and shot the big man (Bouthilibrary boy entered the room and Jowett, intending to humiliate the stuiette). He fired twice at him. I saw dents, put the question to him. Elithe three bodies near the water. We searched the bodies and threw them jah, sir," wa3 the prompt reply. A In. pause. Well, gentleman, perhaps It was Elijah, said the master. No one the Fournier admitted pawning ever was able to learn what he thought watch of Bouthiiette in Dawson, and notes the answer should have been. . stated that the bloodstained found on him at the time of his arrest were given him by Labelle. Valuable Accidental Discovery. The American authorities on the The working1 of dynamos at long lower Yukon found the body of Gilbert distances apart, when properly conEufors just where Fournier said he nected, was discovered by accident was killed. The corpse was picked up Soon after the opening of the Vienna Oct 1 and was fully identified at exposition in 1873 a careless workman Eagle. picked up the ends of a couple of wires he found trailing along the Australias Coal Fields. ground. He fastened them in the terAccording to reports made by the minals of a dynamo to which he Miss Belle Sullivan. government geologists of Victoria and 1s of reason thought they belonged, while they not by well known, only Queensland, there are no less than were really attached to another dynabut the senate, service ii his long 62,000 square miles of coal bearing mo that was running in another part his in sensational episodes several country In the eastern states of Ausoi the ground. The dynamo to which accused once May was by tralia The probable quantity of coal life. He her ho fastened the wires was, not runof slapped Leeton having d Lucy available (after deducting streets of Washington. ning, but as soon as the wires were for loss), in seams ranging from two face on the senator for $50,-00- 0 placed in its terminals it revolved as to seventeen feet In thickness, is not Miss Leeton sued the of promise. if a steam engine was driving it breach for alleged Vicless than 240,448,053,000 tons. In about the Thus originated one of the most revowedded was senator The toria there are beds of tertiary coal Newman. lutionary applications - of electricity. Marie to Mrs. over 260 feet thick, and extensive same time seams of oil bearing shale exists In Royalty Had No Money. Views of Premier Laurler. New South Wales and Tasmania. and queen of England had The acan king The Paris Journal publishes an odd experience at the Thanksgiving Sir which in conversation of a count Minister Balfours Record. Laurler is said to have taken service at. SL Pauls recently. There Prime Minister Balfour must al- Wilfrid On effect that royal to being asked why Canada Is a convention not the part do ready be placed among the record purses when carry the with personages herself not did breakers in' British politics. In a re- United incorporate so was and abroad go literally they Canadian premier States, the cent speech he mentioned a fact that "We it observed in this Instance that when to have replied: is nine-tentreported of came as a surprise to French Canada the collection was taken neither the should disappear, the public. He said he has now led wonld nor the queen could contribute a disappear much more quickly king the house of commons for a longer In His .majesty Is said to have the penny. in than furnace that gigantic continuous period than any uther parthe situation to the bishop All explained n Anglo-Saxoimmigration. flood of liamentary leader of either party sines who love the French language ought of London and made his contribution course of the week. the day of the reform bill of 18$2- to wish us to remain Canadians. .Be- in the to nowadays sides, there is nothing , Regulator of Watches. Making Cocoa Butter. such a change. . Webb C. Ball of Cleveland has re- foreshadow Mr. F. D. Hill, consul at Amsterceived the appointment of chief watch dam, says: Cocoa butter is manufacValuable Gift to University. The In the following manner: Inspector of the Vander ilt roads. The J. Heinz of Kansas City has just tured and after the are watches of all employes of the system roasted, beans cocoa of that city university are required to be compared dally presented thecollection of curios from shells are taken off the beans are a very flnq and regulated as often as may be and the cocoa is pressed out recent tour Japan, gathered during aof them are ground means of hydraulic presses." , by Most of that country. relics of Buddha days. Remarkable Coincidence. American After Honors Abroad. New A. Smith, former assembly-ma- n of a Thomas native H. Seaverna, J. Uses Many Horses. England of Freeport, L. , several days Jersey, is a candidate for parliament Twenty years ago England imported a turtle which, when he found numago In one of the London districts. He now the 9,000 horses annually; he marked with his some ten for a was in schoolboy lived England has ber is $24,000. said Sir Walter Gibley T856. The Inand the year Initials Eng-bad- s years and recently became a naturalrecently at Bishops Stortford, scription was easily deciphered.' ized subject of King Edward. ' one-thir- William H. Welsh, two policemen in uniform lee him. Fournier was wanted surprised, started readily to accompany them. P bllls he had given to the dealer retaken by the police. One of them, outer wrajping of the roll, bore a reddish-black- . iL? 8a'n It was oarnler went nuietly to He protested that i the guard-r- - he did not what he was wanted he had for; itted to offense, and the lnqulsl-.-. he police failed to move him damaging admission. But Pete held, neo-essar- eanwhlie Welsh, truck the trail n6tng to the detective, at Skagway and it with the tenacity 2SCterItIc of the man and his Labelle had not dallied u,. . , Skagway. Welsh followed him and thence to ltttle.C0UTer k Seattle records of a local employ- r be shut, giving the fish a very peon-liathis of male The appearance. fish takes the eggs as soon an the female deposits them and hold them not only until the young appear, hot until the small fry can protect themselves. In Sonth American rivers there In a fish which attains a weight of several hundred pounds which, it In said, protects its young by taking them to its mouth. Quite as singular in the method of the seahorse referred ta The male is provided with a ponch in which it places the egga. where they remain until hatched, when they are forced out by the fish. In n specimen kept in an aquarium by the writer the seahorse was surrounded by ci cloud of the almost microscopic young, which hovered about, only visible in the strong sunlight Many fishes adopt homes or places of refuge quite as remarkable as the man-of-wa- r, y Aug. 1 three miles the banks of the i One of the most singular discussions In the field of natural history is that relating to the question, Do. snakes swallow their young as a proSome years ago Dr. G. tection? Brown Goode of the Smithsonian Institution collected a large amount of data on the subject and gave the testimony 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 a snake with the young in its stomach, or so arrange that a committee of men can observe the act. The writer long ago accepted the story, though never having observed the singular performance, believing that it was not more remarkable than for a fish, or many fishes, to carry their young in their mouths, or for the fish fierasfer to live in the Intestinal canal of a sea cucumber, or the little fishes nomeus attendant upon the Portuguese to live among the death-dealinBut not along upon tentacles. this was the fact accepted but on the and direct statement of a eareful observer, the late CoL Nicholas Pike, at one time our consul at Mauritius. At my request Col. Pike made the following statement, which settled the question conclusively, at least to the satisfaction of the writer: The first time this came under my notice was in 1830. I was roamgood-Elzeing over the fields when I saw a garter snake (Eutaenl sirtalls) very near with numerous young ones around her. As I approached her she placed her head flat on the ground, opening her mouth and making a peculiar noise the little ones evidently understood, for they all ran into her oesophagus, I picked her up by the neck and put her In a bag, and took her home. On examination I found I had about twenty snakes, including the mother. They were kept together In a box, and when I told the story to my friends they ridiculed me. It was not long, however, before every person In the house was convinced of my assertions, from witnessing the . fact themselves. I met with a curious incident some years ago. While hunting snakes in the swamp at Melrose, I came across a male and female striped snake with numerous young ones. The parents were near each other, the family crawling over and around them, was going for them, when on second thought I concluded to watch them, They did not appear frightened, but went on gamboling about for some time. I went a little nearer, when both snakes turned toward me, making a faint noise, placed their heads flat on the ground, and received the young as stated before. It was g A FAMOUS was now It story has just light substantiated by - territorial jail of the Klondike lie two men, whom . the (to death by I.abello, L itite of Fournier. A remarkable come to I-- and heir to his millions. It Is estimated that her fortune amounts to She is now 20 years old, and her fortune remains in the hands of trustees until she is 25 years of age. and vivaShe is petite, smart-lookincious. She dresses well and has a decided charm of manner. On her various trips to Europe her engagement to different English noblemen has been rumored, but always denied, Among those with whom her name has been mentioned were the Duke of Manchester, the Duke of Roxburghe, and the Earl of Shaftesbury. Mrs. Ogden Goeiet, her mother, has given several entertainments in honor of Grand Duke Boris during his stay at 0. 3 mouth of the chromls. Thus e long slender, silvery fish enters the intestinal canal of a sea encumber, comes out and returns at leisure. Another fish lives in the Interior of a sea anemone. The little crab so often found in oyster stews at restaurants is an example of an animal which baa forced Itself upon another, eaya a writer in the New York Times. Tha crab slipped into the open shell of tha oyster when it was an infant, and literally grew and fattened upon tha oyster, lying at its ease In the soft folds of the defenseless mollusk, to lustrating one of the remarkable phases of nature. Origin of Hoosier. An Indiana man at the treasury department, who was being taunted about the name of his state, "Hoos-ie- r, gave this explanation of it: When the young men on the Indiana side of the Ohio river went to Louisville, the Kentucky men boasted over them, calling them new purchase greenies,' and claiming themselves to be a superior race, half horse, halt alligator and tipped off with snapping turtle. These taunts produced fights in the market house and Streets of Louisville. On one occasion a stoat Newport iA Prince von Hohenlohe has been .H bully from Indiana was victor in a since last spring a clerk in the office i.st fight, and having heard CoL of Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New lecture on 'The War of York. When he read the stories to Europe, who always gave martial the effect that he had agreed to pay prowess to the German hussars in a $10,000 if certain persons could get fight with the Russian Cossacks, proMiss May Goeiet to look with favor the nouncing hussars hooslers, on his proposal of marriage, he immewhen the Kentuckian erled I am diately sent out a statement saying Enough! Jumped up and said: the story was a tissue of falsehoods. a hoosier. And hence the Indlaniana were called by that name." This was its true origin. It was In the state WHY DEDRICK LEFT PEARY. curious sight to see these young when it occurred. Washington snakes, not long born, some of them respondence Chicago Chronicle. of Arctic Makes two Physician Expedition a foot or away, turn at the noise Girls Punish Deceiver. Sensational Statement and Instantly seek refuge. I am Dr. Dedrick, the physician of the certain it was a note of warning of A young man living at Heydekrng, Peary arctic expedition, whose sepa- danger. I caught both snakes and put Prussia, was recently beaten to death ration from the expedition in the aro-tlc- s them In separate bags. The female by three indignant girls whom he had created a sensation when the had ten young and the male had swal- deceived. He proposed marriage to news reached the United States, and lowed five. This is the first Instance the three damsels, and by careful mangave rise to reports that he was in- of any notice of a male snake per- agement successfully avoided deteo-tlo- n until recently, when one of hia sane, tells in a public statement the forming this affectionate duty for Its circumstances of his leaving the ship young. I placed the whole family in fiances caught him walking . In the and placing himself in danger of a box, where they lived peaceably country with another young lady. The starvation and death on shore. Dr. for a long time. I could relate nu- young man tried to explain the eltnn-tiobut to no avalL The other night merous Instances I have seen where different species of snakes have thus he was attacked by the three girls, who tied him to a tree and with heavy protected their young. That certain fishes project their whips lashed him to death. They then young and eggs by taking hem into calmly walked to the police etation their mouths has long been known. and informed the authorities of their Prof. Agassiz first brought the fact net to the attention of science when he Women in Journalism. found the little South American fish Women are supposed to be acara with Its gill cavities pressed outward by the masB of young which paratively new featnre of newspaper were held there. Like all noTel or life, hut the following interesting parabizarre statements, even this was at graph from an issue of the Milwaukee Sentinel of September, 1847, shows what Boston was doing In that line over fifty years ago: "A Loss to the Editorial Profession We regret to learn from the Boston papers that Miss Cornelia 1C. Walter, who has for years past edited Dr. Dedrick. the Boston Transcript with remark-abilitDedrick does not go Into details of has vacated the editorial chair his disagreement with Peary, but In favor of Epes Sargent, Esq. tells of the manner of his going ashore, of which various stories have'-beeMay Marry American Heiress. told, and explains that his reaIt Is said that a brother of the son for remaining in the arctics after knedive of Egypt has fallen in love his departure from the ship was to be with an American heiress, who renearby in case of the need of his serturns his affection, and that Abbas vices as physician, which, however, n, the khedive, looks with favoring Peary declined, although many of his eyes on the match. The brothers Eskimos were dying. spent their boyhood together at school In Vienna, where they imbibed freely Would Divide New York State. first was but demondonbted, of liberal ideas, learning among other easily Hugh McLaughlin, the veteran Democratic leader of Brooklyn, insists that strated to the satisfaction of scien- things that women are Intended to be something more than mere caged be is in earnest in suggesting that tific men the world over. In nearly every branch of the ani- nonentities, according to the prevailNew York be divided Into two states. Why not? says be. "Theres money mal kingdom there are fonnd peculiar ing oriental idea. enough and land enongh for four, but methods of caring for young. Some Russell Sages Business. two will do. The fanners of New are taken in the mouth; others are It is said on excellent authority that York demand the right to govern the packed upon the back, where they adstate, while the people of New York here, as in certain frogs; others are Russell Sages street loans are rarecity pay the taxes. If we split the held in cells, as in the Surinam toad; ly less than $20,000,000 and that a state in two everyone would be satis- others find shelter in a pouch of the few weeks ago, when he was taken fied. Let one of then, he established female, as the young of the kangaroo, in, he had $27,000,000 out on call and above Albany and the other below it or In the pouch of the male, as in time loans. This is actual cash which the case of the' seahorse. But the he has on the market all the time, eo Each commonwealth could then govmost remarkable Instances are those that his income from this source alone ern Itself according to Its own ideas. where certain fishes take the young must be somewhere about $1,250,000 Drew the Line at Uniforms, Into the mouths and hold them until a year. His collateral loans are probGen. Sir Charles Parsons, who comthey are large enough to care for ably twice as much. mands the regimental forces in CanA most interesting inthemselves. ada, does not propose that the kings stance of this is found in the chromls, The Ancient Basilisk uniform shall be profaned to adver- of the Sea of Tiberias, a large and The ancients described the hMllnk tising uses in any way if he can help finely formed fish. At times, before as a serpent which could by its it Some amateurs to Halifax were the fact referred to was known, it ap- very glance. It lived In a kill bedesert, about to produce a play by an officer peared to hold its gill covers so that cause its breath destroyed all vegecalled "Gentlemen! The King," in its head seemed swollen, and ex- tation, thus making a desert of any wulch several of the actors were to amination of a specimen place it inhabited. A basilisk was wear mess uniforms. Whereupon the the singular fact that the .developed mouth of said to have caused a deadly pesti-lenc- e general put his foot down and forbade the fish was lined with young, packed in Rome during the Uvet of the performance if the uniforms were to so closely that the mouth could not Pope Leq IV, not dropped. g '1 - |