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riety, Style, Kind and Color
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FISHER BROS.
sous a; i:ntn.
TRACY AND MERRILL
STILL IN THE LEAD
(lave Again Eluded a Large Force
of Pursuers Near Van
couver. MEMBER OF POSSE WOUNDED
MlNiukeii for Convict and Fired
I poii-Old Man Forced to
Contribute to Kiitlle
of Ieur.
VAN COUVBIt, Wash., June
Convlj's Trvsey and Merrill have again
eluded the tiring force of purure
which, under the llrwtbm of Sheriff
J. L. Marrfh. guarded tho ronds lie
iwifti Vanouvw and fourth Main
but night, and are mill at large In
thi wood to the north and went of
Fourth Haiti.
Th-y added another to long tint
ft ilrtl timn charged against them
this tnninlug. when they divaled the
hu of If, Teede, a '.nan 60 year old.
who lives alone In the. wool uboiit
nii mile umiihwcst rf Fmir.h rialn.
They jitrfm nd tied him on hi own
bid n! I Hn proreed-d to felp :hin
selvcn ui provisions, clothing and mon
ey after which .hey locked th old
man In th.- h. tied dun to the
lied, and departed, This occurred
about i o'clock this morning In a
nclKhliorhofi'l fairly trwarmlng with of
llrri. detectives, militiamen and arm
ed rlilxinn Along th road leading
from Vancouver to Fourtlh' Ttoln mili
tiamen under the command of Captain
Sparks wer posted In pair every few
rods, and thin road the convict must
ihsve rroiwM some time during the
night In order to reach Teede's place.
Old man TVeile managed to free htm
ft from nle bonda and made hie way
to the Fourth Plain irtore, arriving
there about 8 oVIock. after the omron,
o, wrary of frultlear vigilance of
h nlrht, had departed for Vancou
ver. When wen, the old wan waa
very mu-h frlghts.id and nervoun from
the .ff.vte at hla encounter with the
desperado, but after much quetloii
Inr h managed to tell the following
utory:
".shortly li.-(ore 4 oVIwk. while I
wan t tl 1 In bed. 1 henrd a loud rap
m my doir. I got up and opened
th- door and waa confronted by two
mi n carrying gune, They rd rel me
to Riund add", whlcii I did. They en
tcil IV i'xir and ithen told me to go
over to my tied. Then they proved me
lo'vn m -hp onl and tied by hands
and feet. Then they built a fln In
my Htove md frld eome bacon, and
ate breakfnxt. liey then cooked nil
the biiMn I hail In he 'house, about
Ave or alx inmnila, and put It with
what bre! I had Ir.to a aack. Each
of the mn put on a ault of clothes of
jmin?. nerore itwing tney tooK is.
They mien put a gag In my mouth nnd
went away, locking the dcor behind
them. Haying they would send aome
one ta release me lit ft ahort time.
I managed to free myself nfter hnrd
work."
Teede miye the convlcttt taJked ln
ceesantly while In the house, telling
him they were Tnu-ey and Merrill
pair of old rimes fnm '. hl.h '.he aalea I
were worn almoat entirely away, a
pair of overall with several Inches of
one leg gone, acoat tolen from Dr,
White at Oervala, and two old hata
were found In Teede's cabin ,by '-her
Iff Marah and the detectives. The
country surrounding h cabin and the
roads tn the vicinity were thoroughly
patrolled by officers today, and Sheriff
Marsh I convinced that the convicts
remained all day In hiding In a strip
of timber surrounding the cabin. Ml
roads leading out of the neighborhood
were carefully pntmlted od.y oy a
force nearly tut strong as tihwt which
had them surrounded near QervnH lat
week. Deputy Warden Corson, of
Wnlln Walla penitentiary, was tekv
graphed for yewterdny end was ex
pected to arrive here with blood
hounds this morning, but he hnd not
put In his Appearance tonight.
liate t'hls evening a majority of the
ofllcers and other searchers enme to
Vancouver for rest and to await ihe
arrival of the hounds, when Mie search
will be resumed In earnest tomorrow
morning. In the meantime it would
not be surprising to many If the con
victs would Attempt to reach the house
of Morrill' relatives.
William Morris, a member of the
dtlsens' posse from here, was brought
to the hospital tonight wvt.h a shat
tered thigh, by a rifle ball fired by a
member of the searching party from
Portland. . Morrla wJth a companion
wa watching the bridge across Sal
mon creek when they were mistaken
for the convicts by another party . a
quarter of a mile away. Two shots
ncre fired with the rsult that Mor
ris Ml wounded. Morrbt wan sitting
In a crouching position when the tall
1 ruck him In the front part of the
thigh, crushing the Iwne.' It la thought
Innlnht t!iat the limb may have to be
anipntiiied. Morris was well known
here, 1 a painter by trade, and ha
a wife and several pmall ohJIdren,
KI'IDKMIC 18 BPIU5ADING.
California Convicts Break From Guards
and Make Their Kecape,
8A.V FHANC1W0. June l.-Two
military prisoners who had been tak
en from the army prtaon at Alcatraz
Island to work on the construction of
a road at Fort Raker, near Lime Point,
escaped from rtielr guards this after
noon and a company of soldiers la
now pursuing Uiem In the ravines
back of Bausallto.
Shortly after noon the two men
were ordered to do some work a little
apart from the rest of the gang. Two
of the guards of 10 men were detailed
to wnjtifo them. After they had gone
short distance the two prisoners
suddenly attacked the soldiers. They
knocked down the two guardu and,
taking their rifle and ammunition
from them, fled Into the brush.
As they went the rest of the guard
tired at them. At the brow of the
Mil one fleeing prisoner fired a shot
at his pursuers, then .dodged from
view Into the ravine.
BILLS PASSED
BY CONGRESS
FAN NIK KKItlt ABANDONED.
SAN F1UNCI8CO, June 1.-Sleamer
Aletneda. which arrived from Honolu
lu tonight, brings the news that the
ilrlllnh four-masted bark Fannie Kerr,
Cantuli Charles Gibbons, was aban
doned May 29, about 800 miles mirth
if the I.dund of Kauai, the vessel be-
iik on Ore. Her deck blwe up short
ly ufli-r .th; left, and she to now either
dangerous dor.'llot or has gone to
the bottom. Th-i crew waa saved.
SANTOS IN NEW YORK
TIXLS OF TIIK KKYOLLTIOX
IS COLOMBIA.
Siijh IJheraU Are Xot ItebeU,
but Patriot Fighting for
Their Ulght.
NKW YOHK, June 16.-General Ga-
briel Vargas Santos, at the head of the
Liberal party of Colombia, and , -ader
of the Liberal army now engaged in
trying to overthrow the Conservative
party which Is in pomesaion of the
government, is in this city. The ex
act nature of the general's busines
here has not been deflnittaly learned,
but It is believed lie came north to con
fer with his ehicf-oi. staff, Foct jn Soto,
on the progiesa of the revolution In
the Panama province and in the Casa-
mere 'territory, ''p-aking of even..g In
Colombia, he mild:
" It our troops can conquer In the
isthmus of Panama we ahall be able
to make much better progress against
tin; Conservative 'orces. We have
many crtned men in the Cas.imro and
San Martin territories in 'he M.igda
lena provinces. If we had Panama we
would lie able to raise suflhleiU funds
to etad the war In our favor. At pres
ent we need warships In 'the .Atlantic
In order to take Cartagena and Bar
ranqullla. Now we get arms and am
munition only through Venei'iela and
through the O.rlrto;?o river. We are
suffering from some of ihe recent vie-
torlea of our opponents, but their euc-
oesses are only temporary ind in no
way disheartening to us. We are
inued rebels, whvn we are real pa
triots who arj lighting to obtal.i our
share in the government and the Initi
ation of tvfrms whU'h would make
our country progressive.
" We are fighting for principles. We
do not wish completely to drive the
.?onervaUvea from ponvr, but we in
sist that our party be Ulowed proier
repreesntatlon In the chamber of dep
uties. Stfnc 1S83 we have not teen rep
resented, excjpt by two men, though
we are half the population. We ad
vocate modern monetary standards.
Wo have cried out for years for a
system of 'Mucatlon which will bring
our children up to a higher apprecia
tion of life. We hav; fought for im
provement In our national life and if
we can gain adequate representation
in our parliament, we shall begin at
once on these changes. The foreign
ers with Interests in Colombia and all
the progressive people of the Island
arc with us. . Of course, the Panama
canal is a gr?at factor In th present
war, "
General Santos is "0 years old. He
has been Agisting since 1854 and has
taken part In 22 batles.
Costly Monument in Memory o
Abraham Lincoln for
Washington.
WIDOWED WIDOWS FAVORED
Itevoliitionary Heroe and Mar
tyr to lie Honored at This
Late Day by Expensive
Monuments,
WASHINGTON, June 16.-Houe to
aay transacted some miscellaneous
business under suspension of the rule.
It included the adoption of a resolu
tion appropriating $25,000 for the prep
aration of plans for a memorial In this
city to Abraham Lincoln, $100,000 to
ward uie erection of a monument to
the martyrs who died on a prison ship
oft Brooklyn aa the result of the
cruelties to which they were subject
ed by the British during the revolu
tionary war, and $10,000 for the erec
tion of a monument at Fredericksburg,
Virginia, to the memory of General
Hugh Mercer, who was killed during
the revolutionary war. The resolution
,i ..... j . . i .
auju-u iouay waa to carry out an
authorization made for this purpose In
1777 by the continental congress. A bill
was passed to amend the general pen
sion law, providing for the restoration
on tne pension rolls of widows of
soldiers who aubeequemtly married and
were again widowed.
A resolution calling on the secretary
of war for his reasons for tho dismis
sal of llebecsa J. Taylor, a cierk in
me var department, was laid on the
table by a vote of 109 to 84. A bill to
authorise thd secretary of war In hhi
discretion ta favor American vessels
In -On rra-nportatlon of government
supplies to the Philippines was de
feated.
LONDON DOCK CHARGES BILL.
WASHINGTON. June 16. After dis
cussion exetndlng over parts of ev
era! fays the senate today passed
what Is popularity known aa the Lon
don docks charges bill.
Opposition to the measure collapsed
and It was passed without division.
Consideration was continued of the
Isthmian canal project, Cullum, of Illi
nois, and Kittredge, of South Dakota,
delivered speeches In adrtwacy of the
Panama route.
INDIAN WAR STOVIVOnS.
WASHINGTON. June 16.-House to
day pased the senate bill granting pen
sions to survivors of Indian wars of
1S35-5.
PRINCE HFNRY AS GODFATHER.
NHW YORK. June 18. Priace Herry,
f Prussia, has made glad the hearts
of Mr. and Mrs. Bluine, of Newark, by
consenting to act as godfather by
proxy of their twins who wie born
the day Emperor Williams yacht was
launched. Mrs. Blume wrote to the
prime saying ehe would like to name
the boy twins William and Henry nnd
asking if he would stand as sponsor.
She has just heard from the German
onsul at this city that vPri tee Henry
has consented and expressed the hope
that the twins may some day do honor
tn WiWr names. The prince also srnt
a check for a good sum for each bow
great trust, doubtless are mercenary,
but there may be a ' selfless altruist
ic and spiritual trust. There may be
an Imperialism of love which one day
may dominate the world. God Js raid
ing up a love trust to offset the ' self
trusts' which are menacing our civ
ilization. On the basis of the Golden
Rule a federaton of the whole world
will one day be accomplished. We are
approaching such a federation today."
COLLfXIB MAN'S CHANCES.
CHICAGO, June IS.-fiw college man
Is unfit for the practical affairs of j.fe,
accoring to Prof .Oscar L. Trlggs, of
the University of Chicago, who deliv
ered an address before the graduates
of the Jewish training school in Sinai
Temple last night. Prof. Triggs ad
dress was a plea for more schools of
technology and fewer colleges where
the literary course Is the principal
course. He declared that the college
man went into the world unprepared
for the conditions that surrounded him.
That the Ideal of culture whieih had
been so strongly urged upon htm can
be of no service to him only in a state
cf comparative idleness.
PARSON-HANNA NUPTIALS.
CLEVELAND, O., June IS. The
marriage of Miss Mabel Hanna, eldest
daughter of Senator and Mrs. M. A.
Hanna, to Harry Parson, of this city.
took place ?his afterroon at the Han
na residence on Lake Avenue. The
groom lias for tome time past acted
as one of Senator Hanna's secretaries.
JAMES BDGERTON LARKED DEAD.
NEW YORK. June 14. James Edg-
erton Lamed, author and newspaper
writer and manager editor of the Ey
eing Post from 1832 to 1S32, Is kad
at his home In this city. He was 64
years old and was bora at New London,
Conn.
LINSEED SUBSTITUTED
WANT ROOSEVELT
TO VISIT THE WEST
Invitations Are Pouring in on
the Chief Exective From
Many States.
WILL ACCEPT IF POSSIBLE
BEAUMONT OIL MAY
USED FOK PAINT.
BE
Large Company Organized
Manufacture and He fine
The Texan Oil.
to
RESERVATION OPENED.
FOCATRLLO, Ida., June 16.-Fort
Hall Indian reservation will be open
ed tor settlement at neon tomorrow.
There are some 2000 miners and hornet-
seekers lwre tonight ready to make
the run.
CITY SHOULD HAVE UNION CARD.
NEW YORK, June 16. Resolutions
have been adopted by the Ctnlral
Federated Union of '.his city setting
forth th.iit as " labor unionism " is the
Influ jnce which has done most to im
prove the condition of the workinsman
and has increased the rate of pay to
men In the various departments of the
city government, and that It la ,-ssen-
tial 'that those who toll shiull be
united In the effort to obtain for the
working classes a Just share of the
products of their labor, that the board
of aldermen should by ordinance re
quire Win all city employes who are
engaged In callings' represented by or
ganised labor be members of the un
ions of their respective craft or trade.
BEAUMONT. Tex, June 16. Beau
mont oil is daily finding new fields of
usefulness. It has proven its excellence
as a substitute for coal and other
fuels; It has been shown it Is a practi
cal and economical agent for the
sprinkling of streets, county roads and
railroads; It has been demonstrated
it possesses rire qualities as a sub
stitute for asphalt Jn road and street
building- its susceptibility to refinement
Into excellent iilumating oil Is made
manifest by the success of experiments
at the GulTw refinery, and It has been
proven that from the residue can be
manuftrtnr?! and excellent substitute
for rubber.
No'v a company has been organized.
with $100,000 capital, for the manu
faature of a colorless substitute for
linseed oil. It Is claimed that experi
ments loiducted for esveral months
at Dallas have demonstrated that' this
iil can be produced at a cost that will
cause Its universal substitution for
linseed oil as a mixing asent for puint,
and in many other of its commercial
uses. The claim is made that the oil
Is perfsotly clear, and that It posses
ses all the qualities of pure linseed.
A factory for the manufacture of the
substitute Is to "" Eeaumont.
To begin with it will employ' about 40
men. The pomtjrs are now trying
to decide between three sites, ind as
soo.i as that Is done they promise to'
begin the work of construction.
Has I'romiNed to ;o to Musko
gee and There Meet Some
of His Friends in the '
Rough f Cider.
WSHINGTON, June l.-Invltation
ars pouring in on President Roosevelt
to visit a number of points in (he
West this autumn . Senators Millar
and Deltrich of Nebraska, today urged
him to take a run from Omaha to
North Platte. Representative Bower
sot k ,of Kinsas, urged him to visit
that state.
Sjnator Quarles, of Wisconsin, also
extended an Invitation to the president
to visit LaCrosse on the occasion of the
intjr-staite fair.
Representative Crum packer, of Indi-'.
ana, asked the president, on behalf of
the Dinwiddle Clan of the United
States, to attend their annual reunion
at Hebron, Indiana. In each case the
president said he would he glad to ao-
reept ,'f It can be arranged.
A committee of citizens of Indian
Territory today secured from the pres
ident a promise to visit Muskogee dur
ing; his southwestern tour this autumn.
It was at Muskogee where Captain
Caprja recruited trcops L and H of
the Rouh Riders, and the president's
determination to stop there was Influ
enced by a desire to sec some of his
comrades again.
. . PERUVIAN BARK. V.
NEW, YORK, June 1. The corona
tion committee of the British colony
here has decided to r.old a grand ball
at the Revolver club on -the night of
June 26, says a Lima, Peru, dispatch
to the Herald, be -ew secretary of
the Peruvian legation in London, Senor
Carlos Alberto Key de Castro, sailed
Saturday via Panama tor his ; ost. Ttra
government has appointed Senoras Ar
tura Asphlblaga, August Legula and
Alexander Garland to propose meas
ures to Improve the sujar Industry
which is In a wretched condition.
.1
EXPLORING AMERICA, ;
CHICAGO, June 16. Dr. A. Donald
son Smith, of Philadelphia, an African
explorer who Is crossing the continent
on horseback accompanied by his va
let, also on horseback, has arrived
here. They left Philadelphia May
17 and omitting periods of rest have
averaged 30 miles a day. They will
rest In Chicago four days and then re-
sumo their pourney to the Yellowstone
Park, and thence to Seattle or Nevada.
PE-RU WANTS BOER IMMIGRANTS.
NEJW YORK, June 1.-The Peruvian
press is urging the government to
adopt energetic measures to get South
African Boers to emigrate to that
country, according to a Herald dis
patch from Lima.
KILANA ACTIVE.
HONOLULU. Jule 10, via San Fran
cisco. June IS. Further reports from
the Island of Hawaii Indicate that the
eruption of Mount Kllaua is continu
ing.
SEES BRIGHT TIMES AHEAD.
NEW YORK, June 18. Dr. McAr
thur, preaching in the Calvary Bap
tist church, has declared the ushering
in of the mlllenlum already has been
partly accomplished. He predicted fed
eration In the near future of all na
tions on earth on the basis of the
Golden Rule and with this country and
Great Britain as the dominant factors.
" These are days," he said, " of gi
gantic enterprises, of large mergers
and of world-wide undertakings, Many
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