Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1902)
' v - h 1. m , . f. VOL. XLIL NO. 12,972. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC TAKERS ur cnc reason are POCKET POCO a pocket plate camera $ 9.00 . $ 7.20 SNAPPA "Magazine" $25.00 $20.00 The new Photo Miniature tells how to make enlarged negatives from small ones, price 25c Bluma'uer- Frank Drug Co.' "Wholesale and Importing? TOrugfflsts. .- Off fTABLE LfF in Its latest policy furnishes the Ideal life Insurance con tract, backed by the strongest company In ihe world. Assets, $331,039,720.34; surplus, $71,129,042.06. It will be greatty ta your advantage to investigate this policy before signing an application for life Insurance In any company. L. Samuel, Manager, 306 Oregonlan Bldg., Portland, Or. PHUi METSCHAIT, Pres. - SEYEKTH JLKD-WASHIHOTOn STREETS, PpHTUNOf, OREGQI CHANGE OP MANAGEMENT. European Plan: SHAW'S PURE Wav3 BLUMAUER & HOCH 108 and 110 Fourth .Street Sole Distributers for Oregon A story (almost) without words. You've seen it! You want it ! We sell it I The "Perfect" French ftange. With The most superb piece of cooking apparatus ever made. V. G. McPHERSON Heating and Ventilating Engineer 47 FIRST ST., bet. Ash arid 'Pine Established ISO: t I 1 itB'exi The price Is the mngnet drawing on to our SUMMER SPECIAL SALE No. 1 BRASSES Genuine Russian Cut, Including Candelabra, Lamps. Lanterns, Candle-Sticks. Old Hebrew Emblems. Large Line. Thousands of dollars' -worth. Prices this w eek be low cost. Buy now. "We Bhall clear them all out. i oo o GAS AND ELECTRIC FIXTURES Latest Designs Most Reasonable Prices OUR PARQUETT FLOORING MUST BE SEEN TO BE APPRE CIATED. ONLY THING OP THE ' KIND IX PORTLAND ' SEE OUR SELF-LIGHTING GAS MANTLES. ' American Tank & Fixture Co. j 175 Fourth Street, Y. M. C. A. Bldg. otoe6oeo(tieeiiiieeiieit8ti Pianola -The JTHE AEOLIAN - n. Wells, Sole NoVthrrest AsU Foi122 Years JAS.-E. PEPPER Has been the favorite whisky among connoisseurs. ROTHCHILD BROS., Agents tne Maker' Price Our Price O. W. KNOWLES, Xch $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per Day America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today MALT 4 removable wrought steel oven. Established 1807. ORIENTAL SPLENDOR.;. In colorings nnd designs vrlll be found In our new and beautiful display of Floor Coverings EXCLUSIVE CAKPET HOUSE J. G. Mack & Co. 86 and 88 Third St. Opposite Chamber of Commerce. WUVEff Manufactured' and for sale onlyHjy ' COMPANY, 353-3CG Washington, st cor, Park. TRACY BOBS UP Officers Surround Him, ,But He- Escapes. SPENDS DAY AT RENTON Slips Away From Farmhouse -Under Nose of Posse. CAPTIVE ANDERSON RESCUED He Gives Information Which Maltes It Certain That Four Men Are Aid ing the Fugitive Anderson's Terrible Experiences. Convict Harry Tracy eluded the Wash Inston officers again., and Is once more heading or Seattle. The posse pressed him hard at Benton, In fact, hla escape seemed Impossible. Bloodhounds were placed on hla track wltnla 10 minutes. They were soon close'on the heels of the fugitive. Pressed to desperation, he scattered cayenne pepptr In his tracks. The doss soon came upon this, and once their nostrils were filled with the fiery substance, balked until It could be re moved, which required 10 minutes. They again took the trail, but coon lost it. Anderson, the man Tracy made ac company him from Meadovp Point Sat urday, was rescued at Benton, lie was tied to a tree hen found. He had been subjected to this experience before on his trip with the outlaw, and It was In a very feeble voice that he made hla presence known to his rescuers. --4 SEATTLE, July 8. Harry Tracy, the fugitive convict-outlaw, has, fof tho fourth time since his arrival at Meadow Point, given the officers of Kins County another chance, to bag Ihelr quarrj a chance which for a time promised posi tive results but-his phenomenal good for tune, togetner with the delay In getting the pursuers onth& ground, has again re sulted in giving 'him his freedom, at least for the timo being. While dozens of officers were in hot pursuit In n vain endeavor to locate the phintomllke murderer on Bainbrldgo Island and In the Hood Canal country, the now famous outlaw appeared almost within the corporate limits, of Seattle, struck, a trail In an easterly direction, and was definitely located in the home of Charles Gerrells, one mile north of the town, of Renton, at 2 o'clock this after noon. Tracy landed at West Seattle in the open boat taken from the Johnson family at Port Madison, shortly after daylight on Sunday morning. He spent the day in a ravine a few hundred yards south of t,he wheat elevators, nnd at dusk caused Anderson', whom, during the whole time, he had treated as a veritable galley slave, to row him across to a point near Jewell's mill at South Seattle, where the boat was beached, and where the first in timation of his return to King County was had by Its finding and identification this afternoon. Tracy Appears at Farmhouse. " Close upon the (heels of the boat's recog nition by Deputy Sheriff McKay, of Port Madison, came the information, conveyed direct to the Sheriffs office by 18-year-old Charley Gerrells, of Tracy's presepce in the home of his father on the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad, one mile from the town of Renton. The news was acted upon with vigor by tho handful of depu ties who chmced to be quartered In the Sheriffs office when joung Gerrells ar rived. Deputy" Sheriff McClellan, accom panied -by two other guards and C. B. Yandell, a newspaper reporter, left the cface within two minutes, accompanied by young Gerrells, and boarded a Renton car. Tne car, which had been promised for the exclusive use of the deputies from its down-town terminus, was crowded, and though an effort was made to prevail upon the conductor to obey the Instruc Uons which the management had pre sumably given hlmand cle'ar the car, he declined to do so, and more than half an hour was lost In the run to Renton. Officers on tile Scene. 'At this point the deputies and Yandell boarded a caboose, which was quickly at tached to an engine, and the party started up the track toward the Gerrells home without further J6ss of time. The engine was run under Instructions to a point one half mile north of the Gerrells house, where two of the deputies were dropped off and the train slowed down. The engineer then proceeded back toward Renton, and wlthn 300 yards of the Gerrells house Deputy. McClellan and the reporter dropped Into the brush. The two men carefully crawled through the brush within 150 yards of the spot where Tracy sat unconcernedly chatting with the three women n the house, and se creted themselves In a position command ing the roads and premises from the north. The two deputies, who left the engine farther up the track, came down on the west side of the river to points of vantage, and the four men, calculating that the outlaw would be forced by the Sheriffs posse, to break from the Ger rells home, lay in ambtftfc for almost two hours. They took up their positions at 8:30 iq'clgck. and with every faculty strained to prevent Tracy's escape toward the north, they anxiously awaited the ar rival of reinforcements from Seattle. At 4:45 o'clock Deputy Sheriff Cook ar rived with a fraction of the posse and ad vanced up the track toward the Gerrells home. -Hardly had the men got distrib uted along the several points of vantage to the south of the place when Sheriff Cudihee and Guard Carson, with two bloodhounds In leash, arrived. Tracy stood In the re'ar of the premises, now thoroughly aroused to his imminent pexil, and overheard a conversation between one of the women Inmates of the house and two young Idlers from Renton who, without any conception of the disastrous results which would follow their action or of their imminent peril, deliberately entered the Gerrells home and inquired If Tracy was there. Prompted by the outlaw himself, who stood at the kitchen door with his rifle leveled at the heads of the irresponsible news-seekers, one of the women occupants of the premises denied that Tracy was there, and the men re tired to the railroad track. Tracy Makes His Escape. No iwoner had they done so than the outlaw carefully threaded his way down to the fiver bank, meantime taking careful note of the surroundings, and remarking about his pursuers as he left the premises, plunged Into the brush and for 10 minutes was lost tbiVlew. " At this juncture, deputies who had oome out from Seattle, Instead of remainlng--in their stations along tho river bank be tween Renton and the Gerralls home. fairly swarmed towards the latter point, and, although Sheriff Cudihee used every effort to enforce obedience, pushed for ward, leaving an almost unguarded retreat in a southerly direction. Tracy wa3 quick to note this lack of organization, and hastily retreated down the river. Captive Anderson Rescued. When Guard Carson, Governor's Secre tary Lyon of Oregon, half .a dozen depu ties, including Deputy McClellan, and Yandell, who had lain concealed with him, arrived at tho Gerrells premises, Mrs. Gerrells stepped to the river bank which skirts the rear of the premises; and called to Anderson, who. up to this moment had lain bound to a tree not -iO yards distant He answered feebly. The thongs which bound him were.prOmptly severed, and he tottered into the 'group of deputies, trem bling and unable to speak. He soon re gained hls faculties, however, and before his freedom had extended over an hour gave Information which establishes beyond a doubt tha tfour. unknown men are lend ing 'Tracy every-aid within their power In his efforts to elude his pursuers. Where Tracy Met Friends.." Tracy first met the men- on therallroad bridge leading to Rentdn, and,' greeUng one by the $iame of Fred, held a hurried consultation with them. Later he left An derson bound and gagged on two different occasions, while he disappeared with his mjsterldus conferees, for what purpose Is not k'nown. When Tracy disappeared from the Ger rells home, the bloodhounds were hastily brought un frqm the rear, and after being scented with a piece of the con vict's clothing were turned loose on the hot scent. Both dogs struck the trail down the stream, following it for a quarter of t a mile and cross ing ,the track only to double back ana swim the river. It was afterward learned that two newspaper men saw Tracy cross the track at thfc point fi,ve minutes ahead of the dogs. He evidently forded the river, a few minutes afterward, for hardly had the posse been redistributed than both dogs picked up the trail on the west side- of the river, and giving tongue in a I manner which left no doubt but that they were close on their quarry trailed almost due west. They did not follow long before 1 the keen-scented brutes underwent a severe ordeal at the hands of the man who again demonstrated that he is capa ble of pitting hi s wits against dumb brutes as well as human trailers. Uies Red Pepper to Stop Dogs. Half way between Cedar River and Bur rough's boathouse, both dogs ran into cayenne pepper sprinkled In the outlaw's retreating footsteps. Their nostrils were filled with the fiery substance, and fully 10 minutes were lost In relieving the dogs so that they could again exercise their powers of smell. On and on the hounds sped, making the wooda and foothills ring with ielr deep -voices, brut testimony that Ne most wonderful faculty in brute creation refused to be blocked by the w its of man. The dogs were once so close upon Tracy's footsteps that both hounds fairly bellowed out their instinctive warning that they were fast gaining upon their quarrj'. Pressed to desperation, Tracy here made a circuit, headed due north and plunged into the outskirts of the lake, where he finally succeeded In casting tne scent. It was now dark, and Guard Car son returne'd to Renton. Aain Heading; for Seattle. Hardly had the animals arrived in Ren ton than John Atwood, a woodsman, ar rived and told of a conversation which he had had with Tracy in the timber over looking the lake above Burroughs' bath house. Tracy Inquired concerning tho roads, and asked If the thoroughfare lead ing into Seattle skirted an isolated dis trict. After meeting Atwood the outlaw disappeared for the night, and the several posses of guards and pursuers were forced to abide the dawn of day be'fore renewing the chase. Two things conspired to defeat the ob ject of the chase this afternoon. The late arrival of the posses from the Sheriffs 1 office on the scene, and the failure of a large number of men to obey orders, once they were stationed along the railway track, a,re generally admitted to be direct ly responsible for the fugitive's escape. When the handful of deputies who left Seattle at the first news of Tracy's where about stationed themselves at the north of his rendezvous, it was confidently ex pected that the next car would bring rein forcements sufficient to completely sur round the premises. That four men were unable to do more than guard the outlaw's retreat to 'the north Is apparent, and they chose their several stations on the sup position that the arrival of reinforcements would preclude the fugitive's retreat toward Renton. Sheriff Cudihee was unable to exercise that control over the men which is invariably lacking In bodies largely composed of volunteer members, and Tracy Is again at large. ANDERSON TELLS OF HIS( TRIP. Captive Makes It Plain Thnt Tracy Is Being Aided by Friends. SEATTLE, Wash., July S. Surrounded by a morbid crowd of men In the'Renton ealoon, John Anderson, the unwilling com panion of Tracy, the outlaw, related his experiences since the night he left Port Madison in Johnson's white boat until his (Concluded on Second Pace.) GREAT STRIKE FUND Ail Organized Labor Wiii Be Asked to Help Miners. PUBLIC WILL BE CALLED UPON Plan Devised by President Mitchell and Harry "White, of the lvlc Federation Gompern Gives It His Support. WILKESBARRE. Pa., July 8. A Na tional defense fund, to which all organ ized labor and the public in general will ' THE LATE JOHN J. "WELL-KNOWN OREGON DEMOCRATIC POLITICIAN AND LA"W - - - ,YER. DALLAS, Or.. July 8. John J. Daly, who committed suicide at Pueblo, Colo , Ennday, was not only one of the best-known men In Polk County, but In the State, of Oregon. He gained his prominence as a lawjer and Democratic politician an grand master ,of the Faclflc Coast dlUMon at the Ancient Order of TJnlted Workmen, when it embraced Oregon. Washington and British Columbia. He left about three jears ago, going to Demer, where he practiced his profession for about two years. For the past 12 months he had made his home In New Mexico. Mr, Daly was born In Rochester, X. Y.. In 1S42. He receled a classical educa tion at St. John's College, at Fordham, In that state, and afterward read law. He came to Oregon In 1870. and taught school at Btxna Vista. Polk County, for two years. He then opened a. law office In Dallas. He followed hla profession here continuously for 23 jears, and was recognized as one of the leadlrg attor ney of Western Oregon. He was a charter member of the Oregon Bar Assocla lon. He was prominent In the upbuilding of the Ancient Order of United Work men on the Pacific Coast, and In 1800 was elected grand master of the Jurisdiction embracing Oregon, "Washington and British Columbia. He took an actle Interest In politics, and was a delegate to the National Democratic Contention held In Chlqago In 1S02. He was a; member of the lower house of the Oregon Legislature In 1SS5, and In 1894 was the unsuccessful candidate for Circuit Judge of the Third Judicial District. His wife and one son. Flod, of this city. sunle him. They left for Pueblo, Colo, yesterday, to convey the remains of Mr. Daly to New York for burial. ' be asked to contribute. Is the latest prop osition placed on foot to help the striking anthracite coal miners If they need assist ance In their struggle for higher wages and a shorter work day. Henry White," of New York, secretary of the National Garment Workers, and members of the conciliation committee of the National Civic Federation, had a long conference with President Mitchell today, durlhg which the plan was approved by the min ers' chief, and Mr. White will at once begin preparations to carry it out. Presi dent Mitchell wants It understood that the Miners' Union will accept no aid un- x til Its own resources are exhausted. Mr. White came here authorized by sev eral labor organizations to place the proposition before President Mitchell After the conference President 'Mitchell had nothing to say about the matter be jond the brief statement that he approved the plan. Mr. White gave out the follow ing statement: "Prtsldent Mitchell says that, before so liciting outside support, the miners at work must set the example themselves by contributing a considerable portion of 'their earnings to sustain their fellow members In the hard-coal fields, who are fighting their common battle. This will be determined upon at the Indianapolis convention. Mr. Mitchell also welcomed the aid tendered by men of means and in fluence outside the ranks of organized labor. "Efforts will also be made to originate a movement throughout the cquntry so that the unions and others may be prepared to collect funds when the time Is propitious. "Public men will also undertake an In dependent movement and solicit subscrip tions from those -not connected with la bor organizations. Thl3 movement will be Inaugurated In New York City, and the labor organizations and sympathizers In all the principal cities of the country will be called upon to appoint committees to carry on similar work. All friendly news papers will be asked to co-operate. "The scheme In brief contemplates the concentration of the energy and resources of organized labor In behalf of the miners' cause, a result which has never before been achieved. It Involves the raising of a given amount of money each w eek with which provisions and other necessaries of life will be purchased. The plan has the approval of President Gompers, and it will be placed before the executive council of the American Federation of Labor for Indorsement at its sessions which open at San Francisco next week. Mr. Gompers, in his letter of approval, said: I beg to say that jour action meet3 with my hearty approval, and you can say so to President Mitchell. Any thing which I can do toward bringing about the end desired will be cordially done.' "Of course, it Is understood that the entire plan Is contingent upon the Indian apolis convention of mlneworkers voting down a motion for a general strike, as in that event the aid which the soft-coal miner will be able to render would be cut off, as It would be out-of the question to try to maintain the vast number who would be involved. "The operators are counting upon the means of the miners soon becoming ex- hausted, and when It Is demonstrated to them that the funds will be forthcoming to prolong the contest Indefinitely, it need be, the situation will be changed ma terially." The Lehigh Valley Coal Company suc ceeded today In starting Its Henry wash ery at Plains. The coal thus taken from the cotil banks Is not sent to make trouble, but Is used under the company's boilers. The Associated Press Is able to an nounce that the National Civic Federation, which tried so hard to prevent the an thracite coal miners strike, has not ex hausted all Its means In an effort to bring about peace In the anthracite coal fields. The Investigation, which was started soon after tne miners laid down their picks, is still In progress, nnd it is understood that the Federal Government, through the Department of Labor, is assisting In this work. A few weeks ago Walter E. Wyet. a statistician of the Department of Labor, at. Washington, and Professor John R. Commons, of the Civic Federation, made a tour of the anthracite coal regions In quest of Information. They paid particu lar attention to the questions of the cost of labor for mining coal, the selling price of coal, and also os to whether the In- DALY. 4 crease of wages of the mlneworkers has kept pace with the Increasing price of the necessities of life. These men inter Wewed all persons who are familiar with conditions In the coal region. Their work was done quietly. While in Wilkesbarre Professor Commons held a long confer ence with President Mitchell, during which he was shown a copy of Mr. Mitchell's statement ropljlng to the let ters of the coal operators. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Foreign. The Czar will reform the existing police sys tem in Russia. Pase 2. Don Dickinson suggests Choate as a Presiden tial candidate. Page 2. King Edward insists upon an early date for the coronation. Page 2. Domestic. A National defense fund will be provided to help the striking miners. Page 1. Chicago teamsters refused to aid the striking frelshthandlers. Page 2. The National educational convention was for mally opened at Minneapolis. Page 5. One of the missing Cebu teachers turns up In Japan. Page 3. Sports. Seattle defeats Butte, rcore 8 to 1. Page 6. Spokane shuts out Helena, score 3 to 0. Page 3. Titus, of New York, won the fourth heat for the Diamond sculls at Henley. Page 5. Jeffries and Fltzsimmons In training for the big fight. Page 5. Commercial and Marine. Gates' coterie squeezes shorts In July corn for $00,000. Page 13. Expected exportation of gold was not neces sary. Page 13. British bark Wynford ordered from Puget Sound to Portland for wheat. Page 12. February grain fleet Is making slow passages. Page 12. Monthly summary of June customs business shows enormous transactions. Page 12. Repairs to French bark Asie nearly completed, rage 12. Pacific Coast. Convict Tracy appears at Renton. "Wash., but easily eludes his pursuers. Page.l. Strong indications that another outbreak at Oregon State Penitentiary has Just been frus trated. Page 1. Outlook for Oregon hop crop continues favor able. Page 4. La Grande, Or., sugar factory consolidated with two Utah factories. Page 4. Portlnnd and Vicinity. Delegates arrive for National dairy and food convention. Page 10. Box factories combine to sell products through common agency. Page 14. New scheme to light city presented to Board of Public Works. Page 10. Street railways spending ?200,000 for better ments. Pate 11. Governor Savage and party spend a pleasant day. Page 10. Dean W. A. Henry, of WlconsIn Agricultural College, advises diversified farming In Ore gon. Page 11. Bishop Thoburn lectured on Eastern situation. Page 8. Another Outbreak (s ' Planned at-Salem. MAN ON THE PRISON WALL Guard Discovers Intruder and Opens Fire. TRESPASSER MAKES AWAY Appeared Near "Where Armi Are Be lieved xo Have Been Smuggled Into Prison for Tracy nnd Merrill. SALEM. July 8 James B. Simpson, night guard Inalde the penitentiary, at midnight last night, while making his rounds, dlsccnered a man on top of the prison wall surrounding the jard. Slmp, son watched the Intruder for a time, then fired at him. when the mysterious stranger disappeared. The shot aroused the other officers, and a search was made outside the wall, but to no effect. SALEM, Or., July 8. The man who tried to gain an entrance Into the peniten tiary Monday night at midnight, accord ing to Guard Sampson, appeared on post No. 5. on the south wall of the prison yard, and appeared to be watching the night guard. It Is believed that Tracy and Mer rill received their rifles o,ver this wall, and that the weapons were brought over at night and secreted In the foundry by accomplices. The appearance of the stranger on the wall last night is taken to indicate a further plan for an outbreak by the prisoners, and that the fellow intended to smuggle weapons Into the prison for the use of the convicts. Before the outbreak of June 9 only one guard was in the prison yard at night. Now an extra guard Is there, and the mat ter of smuggling in arms is somewhat more difficult If the guards are alert. Just before the discovery of the stranger Simp son had walked down to the south wall, and Inspected the ga'te where the Southern Pacific track enters the ard. He then started back across the yard n6rthward and when he entered the shadow of the laundry building, about 200 feet distant, he turned and looked back at the south wall. At that Instant he saw a man's head above the wall, but It suddenly disap peared. He waited a moment and the head reappeared, and after a few seconds went dow n out of sight again. Simpson dropped a cartridge Into the barrel of his rifle, and when the head appeared again he fired. Instantly the figure was gone, and when the other two guards arrived no trace of the man could be found. The surface of the ground near the wall is "hard and cov ered with grass, so that no tracks would be visible In the morning. The guards did notIare leave the yard at night. Fooled by Ncvr Guarding System. .It Is apparent that the visitor was fa miliar with the system of guarding In force prior to the Merrill and Tracy out break, for at the time he appeared r-e would have-found bis way clear to enter the yard If the old system had still been in force. The prison officials decline to say Uwhat the rulea observed by the night guards are at present, but they are such as to make an entrance by a stranger very dlfilcult. The man who appeared on the wall last evening stood on the walk attached to the outside of the wall about four feet from the top. He could therefore conceal him self easily, exposing his head only long enough to observe the position of the guards. The prison jard is divided into two parts, the shopvard In the rear of the prison and the lawn being inclosed by a steel paling in front. The shopyard is about 200 yards long, and isj guarded at night by two men. In this jard are lo cated the shops, laundry arid two small outbuildings. Only by constant watching can two men prevent the entrance of persons who have the daring to attempt an entrance. One man guards the front yard at night. No guards are kept on the wall after the prisoners are locked in their cells In the evening. Prison ofllclalo are reticent concerning the attempt to enter the prison vard, and there has been an effort to keep it quiet. The facts were related by Guard Gam bell, who was on duty In the front yard last night. No attempt, so far as known, has been made to run down the culprit. Guard J. B. Simpson Is an uncle -of Mrs. Frank Ferrell. widow of Guard Ferrell, who was murdered by Tracy. MISSOURI DEMOCRATS. Convention Meetn to Nominate Three Supreme-Court Judges. SPRINGFIELD, Mo , July 8. The Dem ocratic judicial convention, which will nominate three candidates for the State Supreme Court bench for 10-year terms, met here at noon today, with Governor Dockery. Congressmen Cowherd and De Armond, and most of the leading Demo crats of the state present. A convention to name the remainder of the state ticket will be held at St. Joseph within two weeks. William. J. Stone. National com mitteeman from Missouri, 5s not here. Of the four Judges holding over, three are Democrats and one a Republican. A Re publican victory this Fall would give the Republicans a majority of the court at least for two jears. There are 12 candi dates for the three Judgeships. Gavon D. Burgess was nominated for Supremo Judce. the only nomination made today.