The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, July 12, 1902, Image 4

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    DUTWITTED .THEM
GUARDS SURROUNDED
TRA.CI IN A HOUSE BUT HE
ESCAPED.
Happened but a Few .Miles
From" Seattle No Shots Fired
Four Men Are Now
Kdowd to Be AidiDg
Tracy in His Flight.
'Seattle, July 9. Convict Tracy added
another sensational escape to his list of
sxploits yesterday afternoon, when, sur
rounded in a faroi house by armed dep
uties to the number of a score, he gave
ris pursuers the slip and escaped from
their almost certain grasp. Not a shot
was fired during the encounter. Tracy's
exit from the house, into the brush ard
across the country having been accom
plished without giving his pursuers op
p3rtunity to use their weapons. Imme
diately after his departure bloedbounds
put on his trail, but Tracy sprink
ei red pepper in his tracks, and this the
Joga inhaled, and iO minutes was lost in
extricating the pepper from their nostrils.
"2: hey were again put on the trail, but
ooa lost it, and Tracy . in the darkness
dint soon followed, got another long start
af his pursuers.
Ilie seneational escape happened at
fckeGerrell's house, a mile from Eenton.
"SXie .news of the convicts presence there
", S teought to the sheriff's office in Seat
tle fcy the eight een-yer-old son in the
Swell's home. Deputies and blood
ihounds were taken out on the car line,
J3nd succeeding in surrounding the house
salmost before the inmates became aware
ef their presence.
'ITracy had appeared at the house about
csoon. He and Anderson, the man whom
'ITracy forced to embark with him in the
white boat at Madison island, had been
testing in the brush in the vicinity
fchs&Eghout the forenoon. After leaving
i IMadvson Island house, they had
creased back to the outskirts f Seattle,
arrocCng in the early hours of Sunday
jMOtaiq:. The interim up to Tuesday
rroas, -when they appeared at the Gerreli's
Eiossses. had been snent in the viciDitv of
JSe&tSe. a portion of the time with .four
iiuesr. who appeared to be friends of Tca-"C-yls.
.One of the men Tracy called
"FfeS," &n& a portion of one day was
t3j?E with three of them, while the
tseurCa -watched Tracy's prisoner, Ander
tso n. '
"fDr-fccy had been at the farm house three
hours when, the first of the deputies
appeared, and was there an hour there
:rfift9r "before making his escape. Three
xzozien and several children were iu the
Si-acfe with him, and with these he was
diEtting and joking up to the very mo-.
Eftecttsat fae slipped out of the house
rsnd -sjed away. Two of the womeu had
faeas. picking ' blackberries across the
trailrea-2 track near the house, when Tra
'Cy accosled them. vHe told them that he
'was Tracy, and that he would not harm
them. He said that he would spend the j
ilay. -with them, and together they went
tio thfe house. Before entering, Trac3' took
iiijsjirisoiier, Anderson, into the brush
crear 'the liouse, and bound him securely.
ajersoa was still there when the depu
raiies arrived, and alter Tracy's flight he
was released. -
.Tracy's escape from the house was
quickly made. Two deputies had entered
the front door and asked if the convict
was there. At the moment, Tracy was in
the kitchen. His rifle was leveled at the
I 1 pad of the woman, and under his in
JStructio'.is, the deputies were told that he
swas not iu the house. The deputies re
tired, and a few minutes later, Tracy
leaped, .from the kicthen door, and with a
'few .quick steps entered the brush. He
ran down the hill to a stream, along its '1
banks for a short distance, then crossed
iit, jyjd hurried out of view past points
(Uat the deputies in their excitement in
itite mement 01 iiia convict appearance
;had deserted and left unguarded." It was
all over in the space of a few moments.
"The hounds were at once put on the trail,
but darkness soon set in, and with anoth
er night's start, pursuit again is as diffi
cult as though the newest adventure with
the resourceful fugitive had never hap
pened. Seattle, Wa ,h., July 8. Surrounded by
morbid crowd of men in the Reiuoti sa-
1 a t mlfUr! cr ( t TT1 -
panion of Tracy, thr outlaw, related his
experiences eince t!ie night he leit Port
Trlicmi ill Tohusoi;'s white boat until
ii is rescue at the Gerrells' house at 0 o'
clock tonight. From his story it is evi
identthat Tracy has aciorrplicss who are
'lending him material assistance iu .his
-flight through the country. He ssi:; :
-"We left Madison on Saturday oihtat
l3 o'clock. We went to "West Seattle and
arrived at daylight. I pulled the boat.
Tracy held the gun over me all the way.
We landed south or the West Seattle ele
vator under a trestle, and went directly
to the woods. We spent Sunday in the
woods at West Seattle. When it got dark
we came across the bay in our boat, and
Handed a the sawmill at South Seattle.
we then started on the railroad track to
ward Black river. We turned off the
track to the left shortly before we reach
ed Bl act river. We crossed a large hay
field, and went into the woods. This was
Monday morning. When we got into
the timber, we cooked breakfast. We
then rested until afternoon. At 3 o'clock
we started through the timber toward
Renton.
"Just before we reached the railroad
bridge over Black river, we met four men,
and Tracy said 'Hello, Fred,' and jumped
down the bank to where , the men were
standing. Tracy tallied to the men for a
few minutes. After the talk, Tracy left
one of the men to watch me. He and
the three others, after blindfolding me,
went off and stayed about an hour. When
they returned, they brought a bottle of
whisky. Then we started out. Tracy
forced me to walk in front, and he follow
ed behind accompanied by the four men
we met on the bridge.
"We arrived in Renton about 11 o'
clock and we Iked up the railroad track
through the town one and a half miles
east of the brickyard. Here Tracy tied
me up and be, accompanied by the four
strange men, leftme. They returned at
daylight this morning and we went back
further into the brush and cooked break
fast. After breakfast Tracy told me he
would go away for awhile but would
come back in an hour. When he returned
he broughr a little boy from Gerrells'
house, and we walked down to the Ger
rells' rjlace together. We were m
the bouse about three hours when Tracy
took me out into the brush. At the riv-
bank, hesaid: 'Lie down.' After look
ing up and down the river, Tracy tied
me up and cautioned me to keep still. I
lay in this position until called to by
Mrs. Gerrells, when I hobbled out of the
brush into her backyard where this man,
indicating a newspaper man, untied
the leather straps which held my wrists.
Summer complaint is unusually
prevalent among children this sea
son. A well developed case in the
writer's family was cured last week
hy the timely use of Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera. and Diarrhoea Rem
edy one of the best patent medi
cines manufactured and which is
always kept on hand at the borne
of ye scribe. This is not intended
as a free puff for the company, who
do not advertise with us,' but to
benefit little sufferers who may not
be within easy access of a physician:
No family should be without a bot
tle of this medicine in the bouse, es
pecially in summer time. Lansing,
Iowa, Journal. For sale by Gra
ham & Wells. -
Seattle, Wash., July 8 Tra
cy, whom May Baker, an 18-year-old
girl of Seattle, will - remember
for the lest of her life, is a gallant,
tender-hearted man, with a prodig
ious love for little children, a 'con
versationalist of brilliancy, a merry-hearted
"josher," a man with
decided respect for womanhood,
but above all, a man with an iron
nerve. Miss Baker, Mrs. W. J. Mc
Kinney. Mrs. Charles Gerrells and
the latter's little children v ere with
Tracy in the Gerrells' house for
more than four hours. The last
hour or so the house was sgrround
ed by armed guards, but Tracy nev
er showed the ltast apprehension.
Miss Baker complained of being
cooped in the house all. day. Tra
cy proposed they should dance to
pass away the time. '
The story of Tracy's visit to the
Gerrells home reads like one of Al
exander Dumas' romances. Noth
ing that Jesse James ever did in
the way of daring and audacitv
could equal the calmness of the now
famous outlaw while in the "house.
He treated the --women with the
greatest of courtesy. He entertain
ed them' with- his conversation,
soothed Mrs.' McKinney 's 6-year-old
child, Ada McKinney, whenshe be
came frightened. He carried water
for the dinner, chopped wood and
made.... himself " generally useful,
when the posse had formed an al
most complete circle around the
house. He carried on a mild flir
tation with Miss Baker, and the two
for several hours wrre engaged in
hn intellectual battle.
FADS AND FANCIES.
Voung men oi Pittsburg, Kan., have
forniecj. .aclub on an agreement to keep
their heads shaved during the summer.
London society was startled on, a re
cent Sunday by seeing half a dozen
jinriclcashas drawn by coolies at the
church parade in Hyde Park.
Forty Carthage, Mo., girls have start
ed a local fad by having a breakfast
picnic' and wading party, as exclusive
as Diana's bathing parties before
Acteon's advent.
The German empress possesses a
unique tea service. The tea tray
has been beaten out of an old Prussian
halfpenny, the teapot is made out of a
Tfefnian farthing, and the tiny cups are
made from coins of different German
virincipalitieis.
A Hungarian chemist, Johann An
tal, has discovered a new mineral, the
nitrate of cobalt, which is believed to
be an effective antidote in case of pois
oning by cyanide of potassium or priis
sic acid. Tried upon a number of an
imals, it has been used in this way suc
cessfully in over forty cases, most of
them of accidental poisoning.
A special mouthpiece for public tel
ephones has been introduced in Ger
many with the object of avoiding the
spread of diseases carried by the con
densed moisture of the breath. A pad
or a large number of disks of paper,
with a hole in the middle, is inserted in
the mouthpiece, and the upper disk of
paper is torn pff after every conversa
tion. Electricity.
' Japane Women's GoUcs.
The rich Japanese family Mitsui has
presented an extensive piece of ground
near Tokio for the purpose of founding-
a women's university, writes a
Tokio correspondent. Three- other
Japanese gentlemen have subscribed
the sum necessary for erecting uni
versity buildings. The work has been:
started, and it is hoped that the uni
versity will be opened in the spring o
this year. Many lady students are ex
pected to join, many young Japanese
ladies of good family having assisted
at the medical and polytechnic le
tures at tne existing Japanese urn,
versify.
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When two furtive, lightly-garbed
figures stole back to their respective
beds, the sky was shivering towards
the dawn. As Amherst crept into his
bed, the next man to him moved, and
muttered in his sleep. "We beseech
Thee to hear us, Good Lord." He was
the second tenor in the choir, and had
been practicing some new music the
day before at the squeaking har
monium. "Amen," said Davy, fervently, as he
drew the blanket over his had.
At the same moment the bugle rang
out ".Reveille," clear as a bell reson
ant as the last trump each note ris
ing and falling on the still air. It was
echoed from cliff to cliff, from fort to
barracks, till the whole island rang
with the news that" another day was
born.
And the gunners of Tigne woke to
reluctant life, and grumbled them
selves into uniform and pipe-clayed
helmets once again. But there was
gladness in two rough, honest hearts,
for a shadow had rolled away with the
purple line of night-cloud into the sea.
Black and White.
A Mosquito's Teeth.
A mosquito gets its growth In a
short time. It is fully developed and
equipped for business in three weeks.
It Amweteil the Purpose.
"I can't see," said the visitor, "why
you have your genealogical chart hung
so high. Such things are extremely
interesting, but no one can examine
it where it is."
; Here Mr. Porcine took him gently
by the arm and led him into the library
where they co"3ld be alone.
- "Mrs. Porcine," he explained, "was
bound to have' one of them things,
and as we didn't have one right handy
I just." framed my' prize greyhound's
pedigree and nung it- Juga." Chicago
Post. - V :,..;:A',;.-r- -
Ail previous records in the fasting
1 ne1 have been," broken" bjr a. queer rep
tile -called a. cycled us,, owned' by Jo
seph St. Clair, a cigar merchant of 104
Hudson street,' New York city.: AfteT.
a seven months' fast, during which the
c j-clod us. took nothing in the shape of
sustenance, it died last Sunday night.
In the seven months it increased from
ight to .15 anches in length and grew
s touter iu proportion. '
The eyclofrtre us, a. syajiea -of -satA
1: zard, belonging to the family of sein
cidoe. In color it is silver and 'gray,
nl-iti VrYWTi c-prrts and dark fray rings
around its' body, and is- foundon the
rcchy 'shores of Australia. The most
peculiar feature of this reptile is that
it is double-headed. The four legs are
jointed so that it can walk in either
direction without turning round. The
cyclodus is. web-footed. The foot has
four fingers and a thumb, while the
joinfcB -on the legs are made on thesame
principle, as a man's elbows.
DESCENT Or THE BARINGS.
History v of a Great Commercial Family
Extending Tlirougli Centuries.
Two centuries ago there lived at Bre
men, in Germany, a pastor of the Luth
eran church named Franz Baring, or
Baering. . In those days, says Spare
Moments,, the ministers of his order
might be . men of great learning, but
their circumstances were at the best
moderate. His son, John Baring, went
to England and established himself as a
clothmakcr near Exeter, in Devonshire.
From the ranks of the cloth drapers and
the linen drapers, quite as often as from
among the goldsmiths, the merchants
and bankers were then recruited. John
Baring's son, Francis, born in 1740, was
sent at an early age to learn the "art,
trade and mystery" of a merchant, and
before he died he made himself, by con
sent, the first merchant in the world.
He was a director in the Honorable
East Indian Company, then one of the
highest rewards to which a merchant
might hope to attain; for a time he was
the great company's chairman;, for
twenty-two years he sat in parliament,
then a far more exclusive body than it
has' become under the extended suf
frage; in 1793 he was made a baronet;
in 1S10 he died. But his first title to
honsr is that he founded the house of
Barings. His sons were the first Baring
brothers. .
At Klogs Yalley.
The Fourth was rather moist
here and caused most of the valley
people to stay at home.
Considerable hay cut here has
been damaged some by the heavy
rains, but the rain has been of great
benefit to grain and gardens.
F. Frary was in the valley last
week.. His daughter, Flora Chen-
.aloth went
home with him for a
! visit
Some unknown attraction also
took M L Frantz bay ward to spend
the Fourth. Others that left the
valley to celebrate generally went
to Corvallis.
Ed Plunkett has been very sick
but is improving very slowly.
The new mail carrier, Cal. Kams
del1, is now on the route with his
buggy ready for passengers.
William Miller is on the Yaquina
and the P. O is
in charge of Old
Uncle.
Henry Stone has comDleted
the
bridge at Hoskins.
A. C. Miller i3 running a beef
wagon to the logging Camp.
Link Chambers has moved home
from the Spaulding camp.
Uno.
It a Man Lie to You,
And say some other salve, oint
ment, lotion, oil or alleged healer is
as good as Buckien's Arnica Salve,
tell him thirty years of marvelous
cures of Piles, Burns, Boils, Corns,
Felons, Ulcers, Cuts, Scalds, Bruis
es and Skin Eruptions proves it's
the best and cheapest. 25c at Gra
ham & Wortham's drug store.
Chautauqua Association.
The Willamette Valley Chautauqua
Association will be held at Gladstone
Park, near Oregon City, July 8th to 16th;
reduced rates via Southern Pacific lines
on the certificate plan,
Special attractions this season, Chem
awa band, base ball every afternoon,
Chas Craig, the noted impersonater,
Dr Robt Mclntyre, the great world paint
er of the West, and Thos McClary, the
entertaining lecturer,
July 10th, the Hon Henry Watterson
will speak on "Money and Morals" and
on July 11 will deliver his celebrated
lecture on Abraham Lincoln.
July 19 the entire programme will be
furnished by the pupils ofthe Chemawa
Indian Sdhool Music, vocal, and 2in
strumental, recitations, base ball, and a
grand closing concert by the Chemawa
Indian band, should make this day one
of interest,
For programs and further information
call on nearest Southern Pacific agent.
Notice of guardian's sale of real property.
In the matter of the guardianship of the es-
tae of Luther S Woodruff. Ira B Woodruff,
minors,
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to an
order of the couoty court of the state of Orearon.
for Bent-.m county, made and entered on the 7th
day of uly 19a2, 1 will on Wednesday, the 13th
of August. 1902, at 10 o'clock a m at the front
door of the court house in Corvallis, Benton
county, Oregon, fell at public auction for cash
the following described real property of said
estate and U the right title and interest which
said Luther S Woodruff and Ira B Woodruff have
herein toirit: th" undivided 9 -28 of the East
nf of tee West 1-2 of the Southwest a of
Section 4 1 13 a E 6 West of Hill Wes, In Benton
county, Oregon.
Catherine P, Woodruff, ,
Guardian of th person and estate ot Luther
Woodruff and lfa B Woodruff, .minors,
STOHIA.
Bears the
Signature
! of
I j ThB Kind Yob Have Always Bougfff
; Notice to Contractors.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
Hiunittee on sewers of the city of Corvallis
will receive Geared bids, up to twelve o'clock p
it J.uiy 14, 1902 for the construction of seven
separate lateral sewers In tbe clty of Corvallis
as provided by Ordinances 108, 109, 110, 111. 120,
121, 122, and the several pi;.. i and specifications
relating thereto, said Ordiuance plana and spe
cifications being now on file with the Police
Judge of said City. -
Each of said bids roust be separate and com
plete and accompanied by a certified check
payable to the order of the Police Judge in the
sum of fifty dollars as provided in said Ordinan
ces. The right to reject any and all bids is re
served by the (committee.
Dated this June 21th, 19.02.
E ALUM,
- DC Rose.
W O Hkckakt.
Com . on sewers
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given ti all persons concern
ed that the undersigned has been duly ap
pointed administrator with the will annexed
of the estate of Elda J, a Elliott, deceased, by
the couuty court of Beuton county state of Ore
gon.All persons having claims against said.es
stateof Elda J. Elliott deceased, are hereby
required to present the same with the proper
vouchers duly verified as by law required with
in six mouths from the date hereof, to the uu
dezsigued at his residence iu Lebanon, Linn
county, Oregon, or at the office of E E WUson. in1
Corvallis, Benton County Oregon;
Dated: this June 21st, 1902.
Ernest Elliott
Administrator with the wUl annexed of the
estate of Elda Elliott deceased.
Timber Land Act June 3, 1878 Notice
for Publication.
United States Land Office, J
Oregon City, Or., April. 2, 1902. j
Notice is hereby given that in compliance with
the provisions of the act of Congress of June 3,
1878, entitled "An act forthe saleof timber lands
in the States of California, Oregon, Nevada and
Washington Territory," as extended to all the
Public Land States by act of August 4, 1892,
Henry Hildebrand of Port I and .County of Mult
nomah, state ofhas Oregon, this day filed in this
oilice his sworn statement No 688 for the pur
chase of the W K of SW SE X of S W , and
SViof SE4 of fcectiun No. 2, In Township
No 13 south. Range 1 west; and wiU offer proof
10 show that the land sought Is more valuable
lor its tim Ber or stoue than for agricultural pur
poses, and to establish his claim to said land be
fore the Register and Receiver of this office at
Oregon City, Oregon, on
Saturday jthe 28th day of June, 1902.
He names as witneseps: Michael Flynn, ot
Philomath, Oregon; JW Hyde orj Philomath,
Oregon. Eugene Harvey of Portland, Oregon;
0 M Hildebrand of Portland, Oregon;
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
nbnve-described lands are requested to file their
cliilins In this oilice on or botore said 2b day ot
June. 1902. CHAS, B. 1IOORES,
f Register.
for !nfap.ts
The Kind You Have Always Bought lias borne the signa
ture of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his
personal supervision for over SO years. Allow no one
to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
" Just-asfcfrood" are but Experiments, and endanger tho
health of Children Experience against Experiment.
The Kind Yon Have Always Bought
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gains in stock, grain, fruit and poultry ranches,
write for my special list or come and see me . .
shall take pleasure in giving you all the reliable
information you wish, also showing you over the
country.
HENRY AMBLER,
Real Estate loan and Insurance
Philomath, Oregon.
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Picnic Goods
The time of the year has arrived
when picnics and excursions are in
order. And we've prepared to sup
ply all wants for a dainty cold lun
lheon. We have just the things you
need for such occasions. Our stock
ncludes choice brands of canned
meats, chicken, lobster etc., jellies
jams, delicacies, conditions, fancy cra
ckers fruits, Fine3t goods. Lowest
prices. Speelal inducements to par
ties. P. M. Zierolf.
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