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10 THE MORNING OREGONIAN- SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1902. TRACY'S BODY HERE Creston Party Arrives on Way to Salem. WILL CLAIM REWARD TODAY Jfanrlcc .Smith, C. A.:Straub and Dr. E. C. Lantncr Guard All Night' tho Coffin of the Dead Convict Story of the Capture. 'The body of Harry Tracy, under tho charge of Maurice Smith, C. A. Straub and Dr. E. C. Lanter, all of Creston, "Wash., .arrived in this city last night on the Northern Pacific train from Seattle. Owing to the lateness of the hour, there was only a small crowd at the depot, which soon dispersed after the coffin had been removed from the baggage car in which it made Its last journey from the Puget Sound City. The party of three will leave this morning at 8:30 for Salem, where the body will be turned over to the Penitentiary officials. "When the train rolled into the depot, the persons who had gathered at the plat form to catch a view of the coffin or the men who accompanied it made their way to the car and waited while numerous trunks, boxes and other baggage were thrown out the door and onto a waiting truck near by. Many of the eager ones craned their necks, but the men Inside kept from the range of vision until the last minute, when the box was shoved Into the light, and the solitary policeman ordered the crowd to stand back and give room. Several messengers and depot hands pulled "the coffin onto a truck and hurried it away to the baggage-room at the north end of the station. The three men who were acting as guards to the body stepped alongside. Straub carried in his hand the 30-30 Win chester which has been made famous in the flight of the great outlaw. It is being carried to Salem to the state officials, who wish to follow up the number, and ascer tain if possible who sent the gun into the prison. Lanter carried a small satchel and Smith had a dress suit case, which he put on the truck with the coffin. Straub Is a tall, heavy-set man, with a small mustache, and with a slow, deliberate manner of speaking. -Smith is a little over 5 feet, smooth shaved; Lanter is tall and rather thin, also smooth-shaved, and has very dark eyes and hair. Tho trio are as determined a set of men as one could wish to see, and are evidently crack shots, if all that Is told of them is true. Each carried a pistol in -a holster attached to a leather belt. Straub stuck tightly to the gun all the while ho was at the station. The box was a plain affair, such as all bodies that are shipped on trains are packed in. It had four iron bandies, two attached to - each side near the ends, one of which was broken by coming in con tact with a car-door Jamb. The top was screwed on tightly with a multitude of long screws, so that to get inside would mean much labor. The most noticeable feature was the way in which the lid and sides were chopped and whittled up in the efforts of the morbidly curious to get a souvenir of the bandit. Inside was a Elnc coffin containing the remains of the dead man. The little caravan pushed its way to the baggage-room, where they were con fronted by the order of the baggageman to the effect that ho would not permit the" body to remain inside during the night. If they wished to stay, they would have to camp on the platform, arid watch the valuable baggage themselves. There was no other recourse, so the truck was trundled out again, and the three guards began preparation for the night. They did not seem talkative, but all an swered the questions that were put to them in a civil manner. The crowd had narrowed down to five reporters, six de pot hands, two baggagemen and four cit izens, beside the three who had charge of the corpse. For fully a half hour they were plied with all manner of queries about the last battle, their trip and their plans. There are five men to share the reward. In addition to these. Sheriff Gardiner, of Lincoln County, has a claim, but the three at the depot last night were of the Dpinlon that his claim was very weak .nd would not hold water at the time of trial. Goldfinch, who first spread the alarm, thinks he has a share coming, but as he would not tell any of the men who afterward did the work anything about the matter, this will act as a damper on any claim he has. It was only by acci dent that Morrison, of the party, learned from Goldfinch that Tracy was In the neighborhood. The trio will claim the $1500 at Salem in the morning, and take it home and divide it into five equal parts, share, and share alike. They will also put In a claim for their traveling expenses irom Fellows ranch to Salem, including all expenses of shipping the corpse, which cost over $100 alone to prepare for the Journey. On the way from Seattle -they met Mts. Waggoner, of Napavlne, who discovered Merrill's body and brought it to Salem, only to be refused the reward. They wero In sympathy with the woman, and all seemed to think that she had been badly treated. It was decided that all of the party should remain at the depot during the night to watch the corpse, for there are many who would be glad of an oppor tunity to make away with it. So the three sat on the truck all night long, drowsing and waiting for the daybreak that was to bring them the money that they had risked life and limb to secure. "We have been traveling for a long time," said Maurice Smith, an attorney from Creston, "and I will be glad to get to Salem tomorrow and get that check. I think we earned it. don't you?" "What do I think of the man? Well, he was one of the greatest notoriety-seekers I ever heard of. He couldn't rest until he .had his name in the papers, and that Is why he acted as he did. I think. At the Eddy ranch he read all the papers, and seemed pleased to see what was said of himself..' "Why did he shoot Merrill?" was asked "Well, I think he was very Jealous of his partner, and thought he would share some of his glory. He didn't like that at all, and took the first opportunity to get rid of Merrill by shooting him. I think Mrs. Waggoner ought to have that $1500. for. even if she did not kill Merrill, she proved that he was out of the way, and that there was no need to search for him any longer. "Goldfinch should have so share at all. for he wouldn't tell us anything about it when we started for the ranch, and we only learned of it by accident. One of the party was a section boss, and heard him dictating a message to Gardner to the effect that Tracy was at Eddy's. We got that news and started for the place at once." . When seen last night, C. A. Straub stated emphatically that the five men who werepresent at the time of the kill ing expected to receive the reward and to divide it equally. "We Intend to give the young man who notified us of where he was something for his trouble, but do not Intend that he shall have an equal share of the reward." "It has been stated .that Sheriff Gard iner claims to have fired the shot that broke his leg," said the reporter. "Yes," said he. "so I have heard. Now I will tell you what right he has to make a claim. After It was dark, I went out for more men and met the Sheriff and brought him to the scene. He fired a shot across the canyon, without even knowing where Tracy was. And I doubt If he shot In the right direction. Then, after he was there, we allowed him to take the body, and after we got to Davenport he said that he and his deputy had done all of the shooting, and that he was going to take the body to Salem. The county au thorities turned the body over to us, but the Sheriff refused to give it up, and said that he would take it himself. For a time we thought that we were going to have to take up arms against him to recover the body, but when he saw how deter mined we were, he gave it up. After he saw that he would have no claim on the reward, he tried to get young Goldfinch to swear that he was leading a posse in there at the same time, and that they, too, had been firing at Tracy. We had a number of witnesses, though, to swear that Goldfinch was not within 12 miles of the place at that time, and that scheme did not work." STORY OF ONE OF THE CAPTORS. Boy Did Not Give Direct Information as to Tracy's "Whereabouts. "We started out from Creston stroryj In the determination to bring the notor ious outlaw to earth," said Dr. E. C. Lanter at the Union depot late last night. "We left the town about 2 o'clock Tues day afternoon, the party consisting of Maurice Smith, Constable C. A. Straub. Sectlonboss Joo Morrison, Frank Hlllen gren and myself. Contrary to the gen eral reports, we did not receive our In formation as to Tracy directly from the Goldfinch boy. but obtained it indirectly through Morrison, who overheard Gold finch dictating a telegram to Sheriffs Gardner, at Davenport. Goldfinch didn't want the people of Creston to know about Tracy's presence at the Eddy place, as he wished to give Sheriff Gardner the 'tip As soon as Morrison heard the startling news, he hunted up the rest of us, and after arming ourselves 'to the teeth' we set out in a rig for Eddy's ranch. We told but few people of our destination, and no flurry was created over our departure." "Are you crack shots?" querrled the reporter. "We are all fairly accurate shots," re plied Dr. Lanter. "We hunt a great deal up around Creston, and we belong to a trap-shooting club. We figured that we had "an even chance with Tracy, and ea"ch man of the posse had the utmost confidence in his associates. We knew we were up against a hard proposition, but we were determined." "How far did you go before alighting from the rig?" was asked. "We went to a point three miles from Eddy's, where we separated and scattered our men In different directions, with an idea of closing in on the ranch. About 4 o'clock we cam in sight of the place. Smith and I were together, and we ap proached from the west We first came upon one of the Eddy men mowing hay in a field. We told him the object of our mission, and he assured us that our man was at the house, half a mile away. Wo approached the place with due cau tion, and to our satisfaction saw Tracy coming out of the blacksmith shop with Eddy's brother. The two men had been repairing a barndoor and had gone to the shop to get a pair of .hinges. " 'This begins to look like Tracy said Smith, and we both realized that the noted criminal was In our presence, not 75 yards away. We thought of opening fire upon him. but as we were too far away to Identify the man positively, we decided to wait awhile. You see, we didn't want to run the risk of killing an innocent man, and Eddy might have been hit by our bullets. AH the while Tracy did not see us, as we were partly concealed. Presently the fi'rst Eddy came in from the field and when he began to unhitch his horses, Tracy assisted him. Suddenly the outlaw caught sight of Smith and me, and Jumping behind Eddy and his horses compelled the rancher to protect him on his quick run for the barn. The outlaw was very impatient, and when he neared the barn sprang ahead of Eddy and soon appeared, rifle In hand, and wearing a black hat. "The other members of our party had Joined us by this time, and we were all satisfied that the man at the barn was none other than Tracy. We all opened fire, and the desperado ran down the valley, heading for a large rock about 150 yards away. He 'paused and fired a. few shots at us. but the sun was in his eyes, and the glare was so strong that he could not aim accurately. However, some of the. bullets whizzed dangerouply close to us. We fired volley after volley at him, and after he got behind the rock ve kept up a regular .fusillade, sending many a volley at him each time his head appeared above the rock. He, in turn, would shoot at us from the ends of the rock, but the sun was full in his face, and his bullets flew wild. He remained behind the rock per haps 15 minutes, and then he crawled into the wheat field. We could see him going through the wheat, and kept up our .firing. As he crawled along be stirred up a trail of dust, so we kept shooting where we thought he might be. About 4:45 P. M. we heard the shot that ended the notorious career, although we did not find tho body until nearly 4 o'clock the next morning. "What became of the Eddys T' the re porter asked. "One of them slipped into the black smith shop and hid, and the other start ed off up the valley at a 10-second gate," replied Dr. Lanter. "He may be running yet. The Eddys are harmless men, and the situation was a little to 'warm' for them." "As soon as daybreak eame," continued Dr. Lanter, "Smith and I decided to make an investigation of affairs. We entered the barley, and soon -found the cold and lifeless form of the outlaw, his faithful 30-30 Winchester by his side and the Colt revolver that ended his existence clutched in his left hand. "Sheriff Gardiner and his sons did not reach the scene until Tracy had been dead more than an hour. He stood on the bluff and fired at random into the barley. Just to say he had done part of the shooting. Gardiner has not acted right in tnis matter. His claim for part of the reward is absolutely ridiculous. The peo ple of his own town do not support him in tne matter, and he can never bo elect. ed to office again in Lincoln County. The row over the possession of the body was a strenuous one, but we are as deter mined as we were when we started on the hunt, and finally obtained possession of it. Governor Geer sent a telegram to the Coroner, of Lincoln County, telling him to turn the body over to Constable C. A. Straub. The District Attorney and Sher. iff 'stood In' on the proposition, and we naa a very hard time getting the body. "When we reached Seattle we were met by a crowd of morbid curiosity-seekers. some of whom went so far as to cut splinters from the outer casket box. We shall present the body to the proper offi cials at Salem, have it identified and put In a formal claim for the reward. We think that we five who went on the final hunt should receive the reward, and that no one else should receive a dollar ex cept Goldfinch, to whom we expect to pay something. As a matter of fact, how ever, he is entitled to nothing. Governor McBride will pay tho $2300 reward offered by the State of Washington, in the same manner and ratio as the Oregon reward. I believe Mrs. Waggoner is entitled to the $1500 offered for Merrill, 'dead or alive " DARING LED TO DEATH. Tracy's Neglect of Usual Precautions Resulted in His End. By his many marvelous escapes Tracy seemed to have established a confidence in his power to escape that at last cost hlm his life. The story of the last man hunt, as told by the members of the party that arrived with his body last night, shows that he had omitted his usual pre cautions, and that he had taken unnces sary chances while at the Eddy farm. He had taken young Goldfinch there, detained him for over a day, and had then let him go. He told the boy that if he told of his whereabouts he would look him up and kill him, and depended upon the force of the threat to keep his presence at the farm concealed. Tracy, however, know ing that his Identity at the farm would be disclosed, did not leave the place at once, but waited and planned to leave on Thurs day. The members of the party disclose a number of new phases in the history of the fugitive since his escape that show his great cunning. The rifle they have that was found on his body is not the one PRESIDENT CAKE SAYS YES BUT HERE'S AX UGLY BILLBOARD. President W. M. Cake, of the Multnomah Club, eald: "We don't like billboards, and deprecate them very much. But as It lies with the city to regulate them, we have no proposition to make about abolishing them. They certainly aro rather hard on the club." A glance at th picture will show the beauty of the boards that adorn one side of the Multnomah Field. Since the club owns its own grounds, a strong spirit for clvlo improvement among the members may result in abolishing the boards. At any rate, th question is up to the club. he had when he escaped. He had traded it to a sheepherder, and on getting the sheepherder's gun had destroyed tho one ho had, saying that the number on it was a give-way, and that it might show who was the man that had smuggled it into the penitentiary. The history of the last hunt, as told by the members of this party. Is Interesting in the extreme, and shows that the men who finally killed the daring outlaw were bold and fearless, and that they knew how to conduct such a hunt. Their story dates back to the first meet ing of young Goldfinch with Tracy. The boy had been passing along a road near the Eddy farm, when he was stopped by Tracy and asked whore he could get feed for his horses. "The Eddy farm Isthe nearest place that I know of," said the young man. not knowing to whom he spoke. Tracy then told him who ho was, and said: "You had better come along and show me the way." Goldfinch obeyed and took him to the Eddy farm. This wa$ on Sunday night, and at the farm Tracy kept every one within tho command of his gun until Mon day, when he decided that he was taking unnecessary precautions, and told Gold finch that he could go, but that if he told that he had seen him before Wednesday he would look him up and kill him if it was the last act of his life. Early Tues day morning went to Creston and wired to Sheriff Gardner. A party of five was at once organized and started out for the farm. "Five were all that we wanted." said Mr. Straub, "for we knew that we could get him. "Are you all good shots?" he was asked. "Wo shoot at grouse In the hills quite often, and the man among us that misses a grouse head at a reasonable distance is a good subject for a Joke," said he. It was not thought at all probable that Tracy was still at the Eddy farm, but they started there at once in order that they might get some clew of the direction that he took. When they came near to the house they separated and came up to the house from different directions. They wanted to be sure that their man had gone before they showed themselves. As Straub and Green were coming up to the back of the house, they saw that Eddy was down in the field mowing. "Surely he cannot be there or he would make them all stay around home so they could not go for help," said one. "Better be careful, though," said an otner. "He may be there." They decided that the best thing to do was to go down and have a talk with Eddy, and started In that direction. They commenced a friendly talk and Eddy did not offer to tell of the presence of the outlaw until they pressed him closely with a question. "Haven't you a visitor?" said they. "I had Tracy here for a while, but he is g'one now." "When did he leave?" said they. "This morning." "Do you know which way he went?" was asked. But he was showing such uneasiness that the men at once suspect ed that there was something wrong, and told him so. "Well," said he, "that Is he there, talk ing to my brother, but if he knew that I was telling you he would kill me bofore he could be killed. He allows one of us to work and makes the other one stay with him. He helps us with the work and wants us to pass him off as our hired man. He carries his gun concealed and never offers harm to any one unless he thinks they are going to harm him. But I will have to drive on or he will be out here in a very short time and demand an explanation of the stop." At this the men left him and started around to tell their companions that Tracy was there, and to form plans for his cap ture. As they left, Eddy drove to the house and Tracy met him and-helped to unhitch the horses. Before they had got near enough to tell their companions, they had come Into "view of the house and were Rooking to determine If the outlaw was there. In an Instant Tracy's eagle eye was upon them. He .was cool and com posed. "Do you know who those men up there are?' asaked he. "No," said Eddy, boldly, "I do not I have never seen them before." Tracy was cooj. and never showed the least excitement, although his conduct a moment later showed that he had taken in the situation at oncel He finished un hitching the horses, knowing, of course, that the men could not see plainly enough from that distance to be able to risk a shot. He then started to lead the .horses to the barn, but when he was about eight feet from the door the strain became too great and be let go of the rope and dashed into5 the barn, where his Winchester was. This convinced the manhunters that they hnd found their man, and they at once started toward the barn. In an Instant Tracy appeared and started on a run toward the rocky cliff along the wheat field. The minute that they saw him the men opened fire, but he was about 300 yard3 away, and it is not thought that any of the bullets took effect. He had gone but a short distance until he was met by Straub and Lintengrecn, who had heard the shots, and, knowing that the fight was on, were rushing to the scene. "Hands up!" they shouted, and Tracy saw them for the first time. Without stopping, he fired in their direction, and they say that It is surprising how close the bullet came for such a shot. They had hoped to get him to stop for a second to fire at them, and they were both such good shots that they felt sure that they could make short work of him If he would but stop for an instant. Tracy realized DOES THE MULTNOMAH CLUB FAVOR CIVIC as well as they the danger of being still for a moment, and kept on his way. They "continued to fire, and tho men behind him also kept firing. In a moment he was seen to fall into the barley field,. and that was tho last they saw of him until the next morning, when they found his dead body. It is estimated that Tracy ran fully 600 yards before he fell. After he disap peared they did not know whether or. not he had been crippled, and did not dare venture into the field. It was a large field, and they say that It would have taken at least 40 men to surround It. They .each took a post, however, and watched for him to come out until It was nearly dark. About 45 minutes after he had disappeared they heard a muffled shot, and this- they think was the shot that took his life. Af ter he had dropped Into the tall barley they could see the grass moving at times, and every time they would Are a fusillade of shots at the place. When they heard the shot they also flred In tho direction from which it had come. As soon as it was dark Straub started out to get reinforcements. He had gone but a short distance when he met the Sheriff and returned with him to the scene. At daybreak Lanter and Smith wen to the place Tracy had been seen to drop into the field and started to follow his tracks. They had gone but a short distance until they found the body, lying In a pool of blood. A hole over tho left eye showed the Immediate cause of his death and explained the muffled shot that had been heard. The body was lying on Its left side. The left arm was folded up under the head, and It seems that it was in this hand that the gun was held when the shot was flred. Two bullet wounds In his leg showed the cause of his des pondency. One had entered his thigh and lodged in his knee, the other had broken his leg a short distance below the knee. Around his leg was a bandage made from the strap of his ammunition bag, with which he had attempted to stop the flow of blood, and a short distance from the body was a place where the wheat was mashed down for some distance around, and It Is here that they think that he stopped to put on the bandage. As soon as Sheriff Gardiner arrived a careful search was made, but nothing was found on the body but an ordinary Jack-knife and a brass compass. A few of the men were left with the body while tho rest went to the farmhouse and got some re freshments and returned and helped to carry the body out and took It to Daven port. When asked for an explanation of the reason for Tracy's bad shooting in his last encounter, the men said: "He could not be expected to shoot very well under such great disadvantages. The sun was In his eyes, and he was running. He was smart enough to know that if he stopped for a second that some of us could hit him, and he kept moving. Nothing but a chance shot could have hit any of us. It is an extremely hard thing to shoot and run at the same time' LETTER FR03I A CRANK. "Wants a Share of the Revrardfor the Killing of Tracy. OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 8. (Special.) Governor McBride Is besieged by letters and telegrams relating to the disposition of Convict Tracy's body, and the payment of the reward. There was evidently a warm dispute In Davenport over possession of tha body, and telegrams have been re ceived from Sheriff Cudlhee and others relating. The chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Lincoln County wired that there was a conflict of orders received by the Coroner and Sheriff Gar diner, and asked for further Instructions, to "save bloodshed." The Governor's secretary wired both Sheriff Gardiner and the Coroner to ship the bod- immediately to Governor Geer, at Salem, Or. A "crank" letter has also been received by Governor McBridel A Tacoma man makes claim for a portion of the reward as follows: Tacoma, Aug. C Gov. McBride: Tracy Is dead. It Is said In the afternoon's paper that Sheriff Steward should have the credit of find ing him.' I do not think, to. For I sent Sheriff Cudlhee that letter two weeks ago. and he followed him up at once. If he had not headedhlm up he would have escaped to the mountains and caused (he city more expense. The reward should be equally divided between Cudlhee and Steward, ond;Jhcn Sheriff Cudlhee will give me my reward. You roust remember tho chose after Tracy was abandoned until. 1 sent Sheriff Cudlhee that letter. He Is a good Sheriff and he took my words for granted and fallnur.! Ihun r fnr trhlph T thlWllt him j heartily. If you pay me my reward I can j thea pay the $75 and secure mother's home j for her In her old age 3. ! I told Lawyer about my dream also. I will help you out again when you are m trouble it you will pay me this time. . y WANT TRACY'S BODY. For a Two "Weeks Lease of It, Show Company Agrees to Pay Reward. SALEM, Or., Aug. 8. (Special.) A not unexpected proposition concerning Tracy's body was received at Governor Geer's of fice today. A show company, in an appli cation, requests the use of Tracy's body for a period of two weeks, agreeing in consideration therefor to pay the total of the rewards offered by the States of Ore gon and Washington, and the brothers of the murdered guard. Ferrell. and amount ing to $4100, and agreeing further to de liver the remains to the proper authorities at the expiration of the fortnight. Of course, the application for possession, of the body by these parties for purpose of public exhibition could not be considered, and Private Secretary Lyon, In the ab- IMPROVEMENT? Fence of Governor Geer, made the follow ing reply: Yours of yesterday's date, asking for an im mediate reply, received. Governor Geer is out of the city at present, and in his absence I feel warranted In saying. In answer to your request, that no arrange ments can be made for the lease of the re mains of a dead convict, and that no amount you may offer to pay the state, nor guaran tee you may be able and willing to put up for the return of the body, will receive any con sideration whatever at his hands. HOBSON AND THE RBER Discourse of the Man With the Razor to an Unknown Customer. Ottawa Herald. v When Captain Hobson was at the Chau tauqua assembly he entered a barber shop where he was not known. He got into a chair and the barber commenced to dis course. "Of course, it was a nervy thing to do, and Hobson did It well enough, but that little trick at Santiago Bay turned out to bo boy's play. And then that kissing busi nesssay. If that wouldn't make a man sick. Any time I pay good money to see a man It'll' have to be somebody 'at ain't made such a ring-streaked " and striped fool of " Just then a man came in and asked, "Is Hobson here?" "Not so you can notice it," said the barber.- "Over at the Marsh House they told me he had come over here to get shaved," persisted the man. Then a great light broke Into the mind of the barber. His knees felt wabbly, and he looked a trifle pale, but screwing up his courage he grasped the hair of the man In the chair and turning his head looked into his per fectly demure countenance. "Are you Hobson?" he asked. "Yes," came the reply in that deep, full voice that belongs to the hero of the Mer rimac, "I'm Hobson." The shave was finished in a silence so Intense that the waving of the midday heat made a strange, whistling roar out side, j A Dog in n Glove. Country Life In America. There Is no question that the beagle Is a very old breed. Early Roman accounts of England contain references to the beagle, even by name. Books published from 'about 15S0 to 1610 descriDe several varieties of nounds, including "the little beagle, . which may be carried In a man's glove." That the miniature hound was extremely popular at that time was evident from Queen Elizabeth keeping a pack, which were also said to be small enough to put in a clove. This statement Is frequently ridiculous when it is not understood that the gloves of that period were not the present-day kind, but gauntlets reaching nearly to the elbow. What became of those glove beagles we may surmise from whatwe know of he results of later at tempts to maintain packs of beagles of eight to ten Inches high, the result, after rome year, being weak puppies that fall short of the fine qualities of the little hunting dogs when they are grown up. George Washington. Chicago News. Mark Twain says that some years ago, when in the South, he met an old colored man. who claimed to have known George Washington. "I asked him," relates the humorist, "if he was in the boat when General Washington crossed the Dela ware, and he Instantly replied: "Lor mas sa, I steered dat boat.' 'Well said I. 'do you remember when George took the hack at the cherry tree?' He looked worried for a minute, and then, with a beaming smile, said: 'Why, suah. massa; I dun drove dat hack mahself " General Fred Grant's eon. XJ. S. Grant, the third, is at West Point, now a first-class man and -cadet adjutant. Earlier in his course his father was somewhat anxious about him, and wrote to an official of the academy, a contem porary of. his own, asking how the lad was getting along. He received this reassuring, if somewhat dissembling, reply; "You needn't worry. The boy stands higher In every thing than you did la anything." The General tells this story himself. NEW RAILWAY COMBINE ST. PAUL AND MISSOURI PACIFIC YOKED TOGETHER. Arrangement Called a "Traffic Agreement'. in Order to Avoid Attack as a Merger. . CHICAGO, Aug. 8. The Daily News an nounces today: "By what Is known as a 'traffic agree ment,' a close alliance has been entered Into between the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway and the Missouri Pacific system, one representing the Rockefeller Interests i ana tne other tne great southwestern railway system of the Goulds. By the alliance the former company will secure a direct line to Salt Lake City and the Missouri Pacific will gain a direct en trance from the Kansas City gateway Into Chicago. This will place the St. Paul system with a terminus more than mid way to the Pacific Coast, and give It en trance into El Paso. Tex., over the Texas & Pacific tracks, which are now owned by the Gould interests, thus tapping the great Southwest, which is gridironed by the Gould lines. It means that the St. Paul will enter the field as a competitor for the traffic between Chicago and Kan sas City. This competition will be made possible by the completion of cut-off lines? "It is understood that the 'traffic agree ment' is entered into rather than a direct consolidation for fear of Interruption similar to that experienced by the North ern Securities Company. It is said that the alliance has come about at the in stance of the Rockefellers, and Is partly the result of the Gould-Rockefeller com bination at the time of the fight against the Pennsylvania. By the merger the two systems control 12,163 miles. Many im portant hauls will be gained by both lines, among others New Orleans to St. Paul, with water connections." Vice-President Harding Not Advised. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 8, At the general of fice of the Missouri Pacific here nothing is known of the announced traffic agree ment between the Missouri Pacific system and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Russell Harding, third vice president and general manager, said this afternoon: "We know nothing of an agreement. If there is an agreement of this kind. It camo from our New York office, and I have not been advised." 910,000 for Descriptive Pamphlets. The idea that prevails In some quarters that Western Oregon communities are "Just a leetle slow" receives a severe Jolt by the manner in which they have taken hold of tho Immigration movement. Gen eral Freight and Passenger Agent Coman. of the Southern Pacific, says Western Oregon towns have taken it upon them selves to supply descriptive matter that will cost not less than $10,000. and most of the money Is already raised and the work of compiling the matter for tho pamphlets is wjoll under way. This does not include what Portland has done. Of course the distribution of the pamphlets will cost much more than the compilation and publication of them, but the Immigra tion department of the Harriman lines will attend to that matter. There Is a good prospect that the world will know more of Oregon before the end of this business. Improvements for Saata Fe. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Aug. S. It has been given out from the office of General Manager Wells that on account of the unusually heavy earnings of the Santa Fe Company during the past year. Pres ident Ripley's plans for improving differ ent parts of the system had met the ap proval of the directors. These plans In clude the rebuilding of 175 miles of track In California, Arizona and New Mexico. The Santa Fe Coast lines will be torn up and the 55-pound rails replaced by 55 pound steel. This will include the main tracks from San Francisco to Albu querque and from Los Angeles to Bars tow. Money Appropriated for Advertising. ALBANY, Or.. Aug. S. (Special The County Court, at Its session this after noon, ordered $300 appropriated toward ad vertising Linn County under the Har riman syndicate plan, with the provision that the amount disbursed shall not exceed half the total cost of the 75,000 pamphlets to be sent from this county. It is thought the cost will be approximately 5600. The balance to be raised will be contributed. $150 by Albany, and the remainder, or like amount, by the county outside of the city. The Harriman plan has met with general commendation here as the best yet devised for bringing Oregon before the people, of the Middle West. Dakota Also Get Reduced Rates. CHICAGO, Aug. S. Traffic officials of the Chicago-St. Paul lines received verbal notice today that the Great Northern and Northern Pacific would reduce grain rates from all Northwest territory to St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth, to take effect September 1. It Is announced that the maximum reduction will be 2 cents per 100 pounds, points as far south as Yank ton. S. D., being Included. The traffic officials concerned were given to under stand today that they would be invited to a conference, at which the new grain tar iffs would be discussed. . Merger Case Postponed. NEW YORK. Aug. 8. The hearing In the Northern Pacific merger cases before Special Examiner Mabie was today ad journed until next Monday, at the request of counsel for Camlllo Weldenfeld, the broker, who was expected to testify to day. Peter Power, the plaintiff In the case, "as not present, but his counsel, George A. Lamb, stated that he had com municated with Power. He assured the opposing counsel that his client would be produced within a few days. Santn Fe's Livestock Rates Met. CHICAGO, Aug. 8. The Western roads today decided to meet the Santa Fe's rate on livestock from Missouri Klvcr, and the trans-Missouri lines will meet the rates beyond the river by making the Chi cago figure the local rate to the Missouri River plus 12. The Santn Fe Strike. TOPEKA. Kan., Aug. 8. George R. Henderson, superintendent of motive power of the Santa Fe Railway, says the strike on the Gulf lines of the road will probably not be settled for a week or more. Omaha Street Lines Combine. OMAHA. Aug. 8. By a deal Just con summated In the East, the street-car lines of Council Bluffs, as well as the We Will Not Ask for n Dollar Until a. Cure Is Effected. inter-city line, the Lake Manawa lines, and the Omaha line, with kindred inter ests, will shortly pass under the control of the Omaha Street Railway Company. Rnllrond Tracks Restored. -DENVER, Colo.. Aug. 8. The Denver & Rio Grande trades, which were washed out at various places by the floods on Tuesday, have been repaired and trains are running according to schedule today on the various lines. , The total damage to the Rio Grande." Colorado Midland. Colorado & Southern and Santa Fe rail roads by the cloudbursts and floods Is es timated at $15O,C00. Change on Rio Grande. DENVER. Colo.. Aug. S. J. M. Herbert, manager of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway, officially announced today tho resignation of Henry Sclacks, supedn tendent of motive power and machinery.? and the appointment of Fred Mertshelmer as his successor. FROGRESS OF IRRIGATION Number of Acres In Oregon Re claimed in Ten Years. WASHINGTON, Aug. S. The progress in agriculture in the arid states and ter ritories during the decade ending with 1SS9 Is shown in the report just published by the Division of Agriculture of the Twelfth Census. As this progress is at tributable largely to Irrigation, the sta tistics relating thereto are of general in terest. The number of irrigators in the United States in 1S99. not including irrigators of rice, was 10S.21S. an Increase in 10 years of 99.9 per cent. The area Irrigated was 7,539,545 acres, an Increase of 107.6 per cent. Of this area 5.944.412 acres were in crops and 1.593.133 acres in pasture and unmatured crops. The cost of irrigation systems in operation, exclusive of thosa on rice plantations, was $57,770.9-12, while the value of the Irrigated crops was $S3, SC0.491. The total length of all the main ditches In the arid and semi-arid states and ter ritories was 44.149 miles. The average number of Irrigated acres in farms in arid states and territories was 71; the average value of Irrigated land per acre. $42 53; the average value of crops produced on irrigated land, $14 81; the average first cost of water, $7 SO; tho average annual cost of maintenance, $0 33. Of the 5,711.965 acres in crops, hay and forage occupied 3.665,654. or 64.2 per cent; cereals, 1,399,709, or 24.5 per cent; veget ables. 168,132, or 2.9 per cent; orchard fruits. 251.2S9, or 4.4 per cent; other crops. 226.SS1. or 4 per cent. The value of tho hay and forage was $34.S34.966; cereals. $14,33S,326: vegetables. $9,627,491; orchard fruits. $8,920,409; other crops, including: sub-tropical fruits. grapes. flowers, plants, sugar beets, etc., $16,712,246. In Oregon the number of irrigators in creased from 3150 in 1SS9 to 4636 in 1S9, or 47.2 per cent, and the number of acres ir rigated from 177.914 to 3SS.310. or 11S.2 per cent. The ditches In operation in 1S99 had a length of 22S3 miles, cost $1.S3S,7S2. and irrigated 3SS.111 acres. There were 199 acres, yielding products valued at $3. 062.926. The area Irrigated in pasture and immatured crops was 9S.054 acres. Shortly after sending the irrigation bill to the President. Congress passed a reso lution authorizing the Director of tho Census to compile statistics relating to Irrigation for the crop year of 1902. With the data now assembled, this work will be comparatively simple, most of it being done by correspondence. To secure thi3 Information inquiries will soon be sent out to Irrigators throughout the United States. The co-operation of those Inter ested in irrigation is earnestly solicited, for upon their prompt response will de pend very largely the value of these ita tistlcs. This Is in part a supplementary work, the results of which will be utilized in the work soon to be undertaken by the Department of the Interior under tho provisions of the irrigation bill. Protection for Immigrant Girls. During the year nearly S00 girls, coming from 22 countries, were transient dweller. at the Immigrant Girls' Home, on tho Battery. New York, and some 5000 have been inmates of It since its work began. The home ministers almost exclusively to Protestant women, ihe Roman Catholic Church having a similar Institution of its own near by. But while the home Is man aged by Methodists, It Is practically un denominational In its workings, and ha3 more than once given shelter and care to needy Roman Catholic girls. "We do net preach to our girls." said Miss MatheW3 recently. "We simply try to live rightly before them, to surround them with an at mosphere of cheerfulness and purity, per vaded with the religious 5pirlt. to show that we are personally interested In them and love them, and thus we seek to in fluence them for good and to strengthen their desire to lead worthy lives." The result of this policy In the careers of the girls after leaving thie place of refuge prove that It has been eminently Judlcious. The home, with its kindly and uplifting Influences, has been the mean3 of keeping hundreds from going astray and of Inducing many to retrace the path of Indiscretion. How its work Ignores the bounds of sects and creeds ia illustrated by the special attentton which has been given during the past four years to the Finnish girls, who are fleeing from their oppressed country in annually Increasing numbers. These yourg women are of t'no Lutheran faith, but they are as heartlly welcomed as If they belonged to the so ciety's own denomination. They are verv responsive to the kind treatment they re ceive. Usually they are bright and tract able, and they quickly learn to speak Eng lish and rapidly become Americanized in appearance. The contract between one or them on her arrival and the same girl after she has been in the country for a short time is sometimes very marked. Leslie's Weekly. Early Morning Blaze. The fire department was called out at 2 o'clock this morning from box 69, Nine teenth and Wilson. The fire was located In a pile of sash lumber belonging to the Hand Manufacturing Company, and lying in a lot directly across from the mill. The fire was very hot for a few minutes, and crsatcd quite a -blaze, but outside of tho damage to the lumber no harm was dbne. The loss will probably be between $200 and $300. Better Still. Chicago Post. "The man who can drive with one hand is the man for me." announced the girl In gray, gayly. "You're easily satisfied." returned the girl in blue. "For my part I prefer the man who asks me to drive." The Drawback. Baltimore Herald. "What Is the greatest objection you have to gambling?" we asked the re former. "Why, er losing! ne stammereu. DR. TKLCOTT Sfc CO. 250& Alder Street, Strictly Reliable Specialists Men Exclusively An Interesting Statement. Ey far the greater number of patients seek ing relief for so-called weakness are strong, robust men In every otlwr respect. Loas ot vitality, prematureness. etc. are not weak nesses, but the symptoms of inflammatory pro cesses In the Prostate Gland Iso-called neck ot bladder), caused by contracted disorders and too-often-repeated and too-lung-contlnued ex citement. Under our local plan of treatment, directed toward reducing the enlarged and swollen Prostate. Immediate results, as Indi cated by Increased circulation and renewed atrength. are observed. Our colored chart of the organs, which we send free on application. Is interesting to any one wishing to study the anatomy of the male.