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Newspaper Page TextJttomitw mk 0 rirtwtmti .4 - ' . VOL. XLIL !NO. 12,950. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 13,- 4902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. j. .. YELLOWSTONE FOR THIRTY DAYS Has a place on every -well-appointed sideboard. FOR SALE EVERYWHERE ROTHCHILD BROTHERS Agents. OUR IMMENSE STOCK OF PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS with the exception of contract goods, will be sold at I ao LESS than any advertised prices i Jo on the Pacific Coast. BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. "Wholesale and Importing Druggists DSSE SUP Convicts BreakTh rough Strong Cordon. IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY Terrorize Farmers en Route and Secure Meals irn ll'Il llHJUi n A A m Safe and sure without the possibility of it ever shrinking: Is best provided by one of the latest forms of life income policies Issued by the Equitable Life, strongest company in the world, issuing the most liberal contract, at rates no higher than charged by other companies. L. SAMUEL, Manager, SOS Oregonian Building, Port land, Or. tUUi 2IETSCHAN, Pre. O. W. ICNOW1.E3, 2Ssr MORE MILITIAMEN CALLED OUT Dnrbin ThroTrs Guard Around Fugl- tlves' Hiding Place, and Goes io Aurora With Bloodhounds lor Kest Sheriff Cooke at Head. SEYEHTH AMD WASHIH3T0R STREETS, PORTLAND, OREG01 CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT. European Plan: $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per Day f SHAW'S PURE America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today BLUMAUER & HOCH 108 and 1 10 Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon MALT MAGIC GAS LIGHTER STOP IN AND SEE IT. IT WILL INTEREST, YOU. Tracy and Merrill, the escaped con victs, "elude their pursuers at Gervals in the night and make their way Into Clackamas County. They are now be lieved to be surrounded near Molalla Corners. The men appeared at two farmhouses yesterday, and secured meals. The Oregon City mllltla has been ordered out by Governor Geer, and Is now on the scene. Sheriff Cooke, of Clackamas County, with a pc6!e has has also Joined In the search for the-xnen. -o-4 NEEDY, Clackamas County, Jtinc 12. fSnoHal rniT(nondsnce.W With something like 250 militiamen. Deputy Sheriffs, Con- the streets of Portland had been up earlier. One of the guards, j unaries -run, or xnree line name a ui -tie moment),, noticed a dark form, climb over the fence during the night and shot at it. The form went on, and the guard reported the fact to headquarters. With a determination to Investigate all rumors, Durbln set his bloodhounds on the field as soon as morning hroke, and they found several scents, but failed to express much enthusiasm about any of them. Then Durbln heard that the men had taken their morning meal a Monitor, and, ordering all hands forward," went on ahead to see what was doing. The Monitor message proved to be cor rect Mrs. Barney Aker, who lives at that village, was somewhat annoyed- early in the morning by'-vfelt from two gentle men, who frarTklyV-told .her that they were the terrible escaped convicts, and that they syanted.vbjeakfast. Mrs. Aker got it. While theJmeal was in course of preparation the visitors locked Miss Aker and a neighbor, who'Was at the, house, in a roomto Insure against their going out and routing a posse, and when their in voluntary hostess went: forth to the cooling-house to get milk Tracy followed her with his gun on his arm. The men ate breakfast with tfieir rifles in their laps, and appeared to" be agitated and nervous. While they were In the middle of the meal the whistle of the, mill near by was blown, and both of them Jumped up like rockets, and, hastily seizing the bread, took their departure, to the relief of all the members of the household. The men did a good" deal of talking while they ate. They said that they did not want to harm anybody, birt that if brought to bay those who brought them there would have to look oat. They also said that they had been trying to cross the Pudding River bridge for three days, thlch was a lie, a circumstance which may not have occurred to them at the time. The country round about Monitor was apparently built for the use of escaping convicts. A straggling flr forest, broken here and there by clearings, low hlls, with deep gullies between them, and creek bottoms filled with thick undergrowth, afford continuous cover for miles. There is an occasional road to cross, but it is the work of a few seconds to do so, and, again plunged in the wilderness of shrubs and second-growth firs, the fugitive Is as safe from detection as if he were walking THE NASHVILLE FAIR Another Successful" Exposi tion About "Our Size." ECONOMICAL BUILDING METHOD Review of the Motives Leading: to the Nashville Enterprise In teresting: Points on Pro.. -" -V 1, motion. (By a staff writer Second letter.) NASHVIL.L.E. Tenn., June ".The posi tion of the State of Tennessee has never quite matched the ambition of her peo ple. They are of a good old Southern stock crossed with the Scotch-Irish, and have the social spirit and the political propensity which belongs to both breeds. Tennessee would like it mightily If she had a large position in the world of busi ness, not because she is especially ambi tious for wealth, but because of the gen eral rank it would give her and the figure It would enable her to make In the political world. But neither business nor political distinction is for a state which is hopelessly land-bound, which lies away from the great trunk railway lines, which has no great city and no means of making one, which Is too far South to be' of the North and too far North to be of the South. A metal tube no bigger than a pocket-knife; hold It over the gas Jet, turn on the gas, and the gas will be instantly ignited. No taper, no match or electricity. The little wire inside the lighter Is a chemical compound, that is acted upon by the gas when you turn It on. In an instant the wire becomes red hot and sets Are to the flow of gas. Presto! The gas is lighted Just as if you had applied a match to it. Pocket size, S5c; two styles, with extension handles. THE JOHN BARRETT COMPANY SIXTH AND ALDER STREETS A well-known maxim in the fur nace trade, that "a furnace always heats better after it's paid for," is most true with the majority of furnaces. But we are glad to say we have never found it so with ours. We will give anybody as long a trial as they want with ours we know the results. w. g, Mcpherson Heating and Ventilating Engineer 47 FIRST ST., bet. Ash and Pine ORIENTAL SPLENDOR... In colorings nnd designs vrlll he found in onr nevr nnd Iienntlfnl display. of Floor Coverings etables, City Marshals and private detec tives in their wake, the outlaws Tracy and Merrill today proceeded on their way over hill and dale in the direction of Portland. They were last seen near this truly rural village, where they took din ner and Ave pounds of bacon at the resi dence of a farmer named E. D. Graves. Sheriff Durbln, who alone of all the motley throng has been pursuing the fleeing con victs, has kept within reasonable shoot ing distance of them, threw out a line of depuUea and soldiers tonight around what was supposed to be'lbelrposlUpiC Then he and-hla trusty bloodhounds went to Aurora to rest, for three days of marching vigil have proved wearing on both men and dogs. Sheriff Cooke, of Clackamas County, has now assumed command, having hurried to Molalla Corners this evening at the behest 'of his brother officer from Marlon. He is backed by the Oregon City mllltla company, which left a 8:30 tonight, and as he has the advantage of being ahead of the fugi tives. Instead of behind them, he ought to be able to bring them to bay; that is, If he ever sees thorn. Just at present the desperadoes, who aro now In Clackamas County, are either sneaking through the undergrowth that adorns the hills in this vicinity, or aro taking a quiet sleep, perhaps within easy range of 250 45-70 Springfield rifles, a bat tery capable of firing a broadside that would mow down the forest like a cyclone, and leave not a tree standing beneath which the fugitives could hido their shaven heads. For some reason or other the convicts did not care to stay In Mr. Ellis wheat field near Gervals, where they were sur rounded last night There was a good deal of firing by the surrounders, who kept seeing things at Intervals, and the noire probably disturbed their sleep. So, about 2 o'clock In the morning they got up and left, and when, at 7 o'clock, a telephone message was received from Monitor, five miles away, that the con victs had breakfasted there, the militia men began to conclude that perhaps their birds had flown. Sheriff Durbln, however. So Tracy and Merrill went their way, through the Butte Creek bottom, up over the hill on the eastern side of it, doubt less down the county road, and on to Graves, where their stomachs told them It was lunch time, and they went In and fed fat on all the delicacies the table afforded. But they were not without pursuers. Durbln came on in a three-seated rig as soon as he heard that they had been at Monitor, and it was not long heforo his posse and the bloodhounds, in charge of Guard Carson, -were exploring th-? -creek bgttcin Xb?fiL' frcsh.scent Other posse foftowecf after, and It was not later than noon when the Salem and Woodburn com panies, commanded by Major Leabo, in charge of Lieutenant Kurtz and Captain Finzer, respectively, and with Surgeon General GIUIs as medical advisor, were mobilized, and began' to arrive, singly, and In detachments. The Salem company proceeded to Mon itor, where they stayed until the dews began to fall. In a state of Innoctfous, but enjoyable, desuetude. The "Woodburn sol diers', clad In khaki, and with a Spring field rifle mounted on each man. turned to the left at the railroad crossing Just east of the Pudding River bridge, and soon swung into the winding lane that leads to Butte Creek, where they came to a halt. It was here that a thriving episode oc curred. Jack Luherman. otherwise known as Wright, a former resident of the penal Institution at Salem, where Tracy and Merrill had been confined, was one of a posse, of which there were limitless num bers, dotUng the country for miles around. There were five of them at the bridge waiting for Durbln to chase the convicts down the creek in their direction, and one of these five olaimed Luherman as a mem ber. Luherman led Major Lcabo up tho hill on the east eJdo of the creek and pointed to a bend In tho road. Major Leabo could not see anything partlcularly strlking about the bend, but Luherman said that around and beyond it wa3 a house, and in that house lived a woman Mrs. Koontz Tracy's sister! There began (Concluded on Page IS.) The fates have written it that Tennes- v see Is to be a domestic country a, rural country; that her development, which is bound to be considerable since her resources are very great, "Is to be along rural and domestic lines. Her fortunes are comfortable; the average of her citizenship Is surprisingly good; but for 40 years she has had no great business or political figure no distin guished citizen. She has men of ability enough, but her position in the modern world yields to her sons no backing of the kind essential to political or other form of greatness. Her capital comes largely from the North arid in its moral weight It still supports Northern, rather than Southern ideas and men. Her per sistent Democracy keeps her representa tion in Congress on the minority side and denies to her statesmen the opportunities J which come only to those who associate and work with contemporary ruling forces. Teqnesseo Is not, l think, to be condoled with on account of the cir cumstances which hold her to a" second-' ary status In the world of American affairs. In the comparntlvc isolation of her situation and In the domestic char acter of her people there are many very many advantages. Those who live In Tenncsseo may enjoy scenery as beau tlful as any to be found on the American conUnent; they escape contact with those extremes of fortune which make so much of the world's pathos; they may not hope for wealth on the one hand nor fear poverty on the other; they may live in the social comfort which char acterizes a little world not corrupted by floods of Immigration nnd In which do mestic and friendly senUments and man ners hold sway from age to age. These are undeniable advantages. They sweet en life at many points. In Tennessee, where SS per cent, of the population Is home-born and bred, man can count upon man and neighbor upon neighbor; and one who has spent much of his life In this homely but gracious atmosphere does not easily find any other country he likes so well. low the outpouring of 20,000 people. In stantly the gentleman to whom this request was made rose and, addressing the great audience, said: "The formal exercises are now done, but I have to ask that the wife of the President of the United States, who sits upon the platform, be ' allowed to pass through the aisles and from the building before the audi ence leaves Its present position. No person, I hope, -will leave his or her place unUl Mrs. McKinley shall have time to pass beyond the entrance doors." The then Secretary of State, Hon. John Sherman, hearing this request remarked to ' Director-General Lewis, who sat next him: "That's all right, Lewis, but I'll bet you something handsome that you'll never restrain that crowd!" "I'll bet on 98 per cent of them, sir," was the reply. "Why OS per centZ" I asked the secre tary. "Because!" replied the director-gen- eral, with rising pride, "98 per cent of 'em, sir, was bo'n in Tennessee." The great audience rose respectfully and stood in absolute silence while the wife of the President slowly walked through the aisle and out the front door. So much for being "bo'n In Tennessee." The motive of the NashviUe Exposition of 1S97 was one with which we have be come familiar. Nashville was afflicted with the dry rot. "Our people," said .a leading banker to me yesterday, "had lost courage. They had suffered heavily In the hard times, and In four years nothing had been done to restore confi dence and keep the wheels of business In motion. Our people had not only ceased to pull together, but they had ceased to pull at all. We were gliding down stream with no power within our selves to stop the retrograde movement All there was of public sentiment or feeling was on the negative side of things. Everybody cussed the town and It did. Indeed, appear to be dead on Its feet. There was not one ray of sunshine In tho situation. The sterling qualities of good citizenship appeared to havo abandoned us." But the example of Atlanta in Its successful fair was Immediately before the people and every now and again some hopeful man would express the wish that Nashville had the nerve to under take some large enterprise which might bring her people to a common purpose and restore something of the old spirit lost In the stress of the long period of hard times. In this way the notion of a fair got in the public mind; and some time In 1SS5 It was seriously proposed to celebrate the centennial anniversary of tho admission of Tennessee Into tho Union. The suggestion came happily. No stato had ever celebrated its ad mission, and It was thought that such a celebration would come with special grace from a state which had trle.d to leave the Union and had lived to rejoice that the . effort .failed. The project was discussed a little in the newspapers, and it "caught on." The state was for It. It was up to Nashville to carry out the suggestion or show the white feather. TONGUE UPHOLDS IT Proves Irrigation Bill Is Constitutional. QUESTION WAS RAISED BY RAY Shows the Necessity of the Leglsla ' lion, "Which la Expected to Dis pose of Many Acres of the Fnblic Domain. " f HI That the Constitution does not limit the power of Congress In making regu lations In regard to public land3, was clearly proven by Representative Tongue In a speech for the pending Ir rigation bill. Ide and Crocker are confirmed, and the long flght over the Federal patron age of Washington Is at an end. The Impression Is growing that Con gress will adjourn without doing any thing for Cuba. 1 --T An Incident of the Nashville exposition of five years ago will illustrate the spir it which gives Tennessee so strong a. hold upon the hearts of all who know It well. At the end of his speech In the crowded exposition auditorium Presi dent McKinley turned to the presiding officer and asked If a way might be pro vided for Mrs. McKinley to leave the building and enter her carriage before the break-up of the crowd, her wish being to avoid the confusion bound to fol- A false start was made; the wrong people led off In an. Impossible effort; for a time It looked as if the project were doomed to failure. But it had reached a point where "the credit of the city was at stake; a little meeting of responsible citizens resolved to take hold of the movement. Organization was not easy, for no one among the busy men of Nashville wished to abandon his business and take hold of a duly that could not fall to bo difficult, and which could not in any possible way be turned to personal profit. But by dint of persuasion Major J. W. Thomas, president of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad, an old citizens and one of the most respected men in the state, wa3 induced to tako the lead In the enterprise upon the stipulation that the selection of minor officers should be in his hands. By similar process. Major E. C. Lewis, another well-known and highly respected clUzen, was made director-general. These two men, supported by a representative board of directors, organized and put the fair through. Never were iwo offi cials more fortunately chosen. The name of Mr. Thomas at once gave standing to the movement and gained the good will and confidence of the whole tier (Concluded on Page 8.) WASHINGTON. June 12. In. an able speech today. Representative Tongue, In answer to Representative Ray, of New York, clearly pointed out the constitution ality of the pending irrigation bill, and forcibly showed the necessity for the leg islation. He said in part: "The Constitution confers upon Con gress the full and absolute right to dis pose of and make all needful regulations in regard to territory of the United States. In dealing with public lands, there Is no provision of the Constitution limiting the power of Congress It Is absolute. This view has been upheld by numerous de cisions of State and Federal Courts. The absolute power of disposal Implies the ab solute power of disposing of the proceeds of the lands. The pending bill is designed to dispose of public lands. Millions of acres now worthless cannot be disposed of under any existing laws. This law proposes irrigation solely for the purpose of disposing of the lands. The United States having power to dispose of the lands, may take such means as In the Judgment of the legislative authority Is best adapted for that purpose. This view has been repeatedly upheld by the de cisions of the Supreme Court of the United States." Mr. Tongue cited a number of cases in State and Federal Courts, lncludlpg the Supreme Court, to show that the United States, with or without the consent of the states or territories, may exercise the right of eminent domain and condemn pri vate property wherever it is necessary to carry out any of the powers conferred upon the General Government. If It has a right to dispose of the lands, it has a right to condemn private property and ac quire necessary water. The bill, however, provldts that this right shall be exercised in conformity with the laws of the several states and territories, all of whose con stitutions contain provisions authorizing the condemnation of water rights. Theso provisions, he says, have been repeatedly upheld In the courts, which also hold irrigation to be a public use. He denied Ray's statement that the Government has no Constitutional right to apply proceeds of public lands to irrigation. He added that this very principle has been carried out In numberless Instances. Congress has authorized the use of such proceeds In the Improvement of streams wholly within a state, for the construction of uni versities, agricultural colleges, normal schools, state penitentiaries, state asylums, mininz schools, etc., and in the bill re cently passed admitting three new states, readopted these Identical provisions- Hla argument was received with loud ap plause. Prostrations at Chicago. CHICAGO. June 12. This was the hot test day of the year, the mercury touch ing 91 deg. There were four prostrations, one proving fatal. A violent wind storm swept over the city tonight, blowing down trees and signs. EXCLUSIVE CARPET HOUSE . 0. Mack & Co. 86 and 88 Third St. Opposite Chamber of Commerce. GAS AND ELECTRIC FIXTURES Latest Designs Most Reasonable Prices OUR PARQUETT FLOORING MUST BE SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED. ONLY THING OF THE KIND IX PORTLAND SEE OUR SELF-LIGHTING GAS MANTLES. American Tank & Fixture Co. : 175 Fourth Street, Y. M. C. A. Bldg. e6tts9teeooeoeteetttetieittte(et(ittctiti POOL'S HASTE IS NAE SPEED." DON'T HUjRRY THE WORK UNLESS YOU USE dr Jr a m 3 ffeHH " MF The Pianola Manufactured and for sale only by THE AEOLIAN COMPANY, 21. E. "Wells, Sole Nortlrrreat Agt. 353-355 Waaniasrtea t., cor. Park. i v " iyJtnk "" r-i -vf '?v-;i& aaaaaaaaai&i rx n.tB "aaaamV jLfca"j?iail HHwaStiSKv 5fe?sBfj3? gfJit v- , - - -rfWawl, t -"$ s2? W''5aaaaaafJM!b ,irJIIKJAJfiMnlt&SWl9iJtClSPa &z$iiiit JiW r , 3B)ir E3K: aat a aaaaVHa ! lSBrvBLSK&ckV 1 .TTP J I faBlJBT (ffJaT-C- ILl0. Jiflilljilf ?tj6jPj3 jfjK ? jft ajK. aaavap x jraaaaaaaaaaEL ft Jaa PHr tlHJkrvw . tp hAw9lXi nf22 Bij9E9ix E3Eaaw glJBBBK'lBwBHSI!ffjPaxSaoiHBBMM SaBaakvHBHSi. j!T aVaKaaaBB TaHtBTt fTTJr wSnuJPi-i'1 9-V9 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBBaanv9tauKfiBBBBSiaBaBSB jflBaaaBaaJJffiflBFTT'Wlr?' SfPlSsSfe''' 9S8SaSKSjlili;S'. 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Pago 3. German warships were sent to Venezuela simply to safeguard German Interests. Page 3. Domestic. Militiamen are In charge ot Pawtucket. R. I.,, owing to the street-railway strike. Page 3. Violence Is reported In the "Wyoming Valley. Page 3. Narrow escape of the gunboat Manila In cross ing the Pacific Pago 3. Pacific Coast. Tracy and Merrill, the escaped convicts, elude pursuers at Gervals, and are now In Clack amas County. Page 1. Superior lodges of Workmen and Degree of Honor visit Astoria. Page 4. First actual move made toward San Francisco Manila cable line. Page 4. Commercial nnH Marine. Many American-built craft going Into the for elgn lumber trade. Page 111 Steamship Cymbellne given very quick dis patch. Page 11. Steamship Oceano had a rough voyage from the Orient. Page 11. French bark General de Sonls chartered for new-crop loading at Portland. Page 11. Stock market again lapses Into dullness. Pago 13. Wheat opens strong In the East, but breaks before the close. Pags 13. Portland nnd Vicinity. Corner-stcne of Scottish Rite Masonic Cathe dral laid. Page 10. Judges and clerks named for school election. Page 14. Charles W Brlcker, well-known tall man. Is drowned. Page 7. Utah Press Association arrives. Page 11. Port ot Portland Commission will send old dredge on trial trip. Page 10.