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ASTORIA. OHWiON; TIIUKSDAV, JUNK 10, 1902.
NO. 113
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CONVICTS HAVE
AGAIN VANISHED
Men Last Seen Near the Nichol
son Farm on Tuesday
Afternoon. ;
DOGS FAIL TO TAKE TRAIL
Proof Clvfti That They Have
Not Crossed Lewis Klver -Crossroads
Are Behifr
Closely Watt-lied.
VANCOUVER, Wub June 11-
Th w-a-'h for llarry Tracy and David
Morrill, the escaped convict from th
Oregon penlten'lnry, no far at bast
a the armed poe which made ihiit
city their headquarter fur the past
three ily are concern'-d, ha been
shandon-d for the time ! i-liig and the
majority it offlow. detective and
mllll'.mvn have returned hvrf lhl
evening. Nothing ha bn ne-a of
I ho fuirl'lvn seen yesterday afternoon
iWii'ii they piwd the Nicholson (arm
near Pioii.-,-r m horebick. The gen
eral opinion among the puMtfit I
l hut th- outlaw are (till In the wood
south of Lewi rlvvr, A clone iiatrh
has txx-n kept at all the rroasl.us of
th riif, a they are reruni the
desperado tint not croas the stWrn
lit any of th points lat night or
today Proof that th convict are
located In the timber along Lewis
River came today In a report liy a
man named UndsU-v. who runs a lon
ging camp In tlmt vMnl'y in J who
Inform;! the oflV- '-t tCte Miivlets
hiul appeared at hla place In the woods
lute nt evening anil dftnnml;.l a mip-l-r.
which waa gHvn them, after
which they weit away, but In which
direction ih Inforniant nulil not tell.
It in nl .-riiortiHl by DetecMv' Ker-
rlgl of Portland, who returned here
lonlirtfT thv. Sheriff ilunllngton, of
""owllts Ciunty, bi'tween which fliirk
County and the upper fork of 1-ewls
Itlver Is thw dividing line, ?ia li ken
up the seflj-vh on the norlih slile of
the riv -r and (hitt he haa postel guard
at nil th-3 croaMnga, while Sheriff
Marsh 'lll maintalna armed '. atchirs
on the Clark County aide of the river.
As to the hunt. It Mill licks good
mating mti nt. Judgment and concerted
action. The ohnn-;e of capturing the
convicts is am.ill, and the final get
away ;io,m almost a certainty. While
the oltle-'rs In charge, Sheriff Marsh,
assist! by Detective Day and Wel
ner. of Portland, have figured out a
score of tUusihle theories, none seem
lo hold water. Co-operatl n tn the !
part of fanners could be Improved on.
The stiantre-rs, aa a rule, do not noti
fy the posse with dispatch when they
have Information. The country H wild
and !n,--rcJ with mllea upon t i'lts of
llmb'-r. ajid Tracey and Msrrill rl ould
have no ti-ulile keeping out of alfht
for wi cks or eve-i months, should thy
ao elect. Even members of the posse
supposed to be thowushly fanillhir
wltll country are round at rault, fcnd
during the tramp through the woods
there were times when Mw man hunt- ,
era were pr.u ti I ' M-ine
bax-kwootsman would mt them i.rlght
with new .llrcrtlons. There are about
30 gritty men In the posse leter.nlned
to bring Tracy and Merrill back to
clvlHaution, dead or alive. Among
these axe Sheriff Marsh, Sheriff Tot
ten, Detective Day and Welner,
Charl.'s Ferrell and J. L. Hklpton, of
Salem: J. Prettyman and Mr. John
son, of Portland; Captain W, W.
Sparks. Hurt Smith, of Vancouver, and
others. Many f these people are
dead shout, and are here on busln?ss.
if any on Started out wltJi the iiioa
that hftilng convicts Is it summer
outing, this supposition haa long since
been eliminated from their winds, it
Is work, wnlk and ride nard fiom
morning until dark, and there Is no
time for rest. Meals cannot le had
on the "tree ,and tin poss occasional
ly haa to fonue In wayside stores,
buying out the entire itock of provis
ion. Where Merrill and Tracy secured
either brakfant or dinner, to aa
nothing of supper, la a mystery, as
no reporta have been received of their
holding up defenaelesa farmers' wives.
The hunted men probably left the
military road, turning into the forest,
after leaving Salmon creek bridge,
but were too hard prelsed bv tho
posse to delay their hike long enough
to satisfy the cravlnga of hunger.
Guard Carson, with his hounds, haa
again demonstrated the usefulness of
those Intelligent- brutes. The trail
through the woods was correct, aa
outlined by the hounds, and they Old
f'uw of tli'" heat work l l-y liv yet
al(-tn)l-.1. Tliow: honn'U have been
reniHitudlile f.r rjulte a nulHiiti.'f, in-aanim-h
ak (l i'im of popl-! fo.low
the for no ottir re.mon than lo
oeo the iVw, take th aent,
1A OKNTKJt, June 1.-N tract- of
tho fugitive nulla wa lia liwn found,
allhotuh m iMxtonllnnf-d rcjiort la In
clnuli-Hoii to the efrpot that llu-y
wer Hi-f-n crocking a ervwk near
lan'l. mIx mlli-a below here. Guard
CaiMtt and hla tiloodhotinda and (Vm-
atalilo Tinillnaon hava ben dlaptched
to that point to try to pick up a trail.
The remainder of th pomw la Juat
atartlng on the return lo Vancnm-r.
where they will await fivjh clue. Tt
la generally conceded that unleaa the
convict are ha-ated at once they will
eat-a entlily fnn thla tiart of the
country.
Bf'UAMBUJ Ftlt COWtm MINK.
"SomiTii" Hii-ured IJ?at Land and
M ail Promising Proapecta.
POCATiOIIA Ida.. June IS. The
day afu-r the opening of the Fort Hall
India:) reearvatlon haa bt-en notalily
quiet. An the reporta cam? In thla
morning It became evident thai " Hoon.
era" had aecured both- .the beat land
and the moat promlalng prospects.
Thla hiil left an undercurrent of bit
ter 'eall.ig for nhfch tbx-re. will lie
Innumerable conteaU, both for land en
trtea anl for mineral loctlon.
D-t.illH were received ihli morning
of a ,a.'at race for the IJelle-Marah
upper mln. It la believed .o be the
be.t pronpet-t on the reaervatlon.
There were mo.-e cnan one hundred
men after it. Se.iator Clark, of Mon
tana, had a party 'n tho race and bo
also 'ul Jus. 'A. Murray, the llutte
mllllumUre, aa well as Dr. DuiUse,
brother of Setutor Dutola, of Idaho.
The Cl.uk nv?n ot to the mine first,
but found some of the Murray men
In pws-sslon, and they wtre driven
off by them. The Clark men will con
teat. ONE THOt'SAXD PIONEERS.
rOHTLASli, June IS. Fully one
thousand OrJgon pioneer martvbed to
day, 'n a proceailon from the Portland
Hotl to the , Exposition building,
where the :0 1 ti annual meeting of the
Ploneera AaiookiUon waa hld. Many
have paaaed four score yearn of life,
but they ma-ched in the ranka with
men 30 year th-elr lunlors. The ven
jerablc George H. Wllllama, niayor-
elect of Portland, now in his 80th year,
delivered an addrea of welcome to the
Pioneers, nearly ewry one of whom
he hla personally acquainted with.
J. C. Moreland. of Portland, was elect
ed president of the association. At
the conclusion of the business meeting
a banquet waa servd ana more than
1000 ogad men and women sat down
at the tables, which were waited upon
by the Native Daughters of Oregon.
ARRIVALS FOR CORONATION.
NEW YORK, June 11 Colonial and
Indian contingent for the coronation
proceedings now in London, cables a
dispatch from that city to the Trlb
une, already number nearly 2000 on
foot and horse. Tthe Canadian force
Is in excelent form and Major T. Ly
ons lliggar, as chief -of-ataff, made ex
celUitu arrangements for vitertalnlng
ihe troop at Alexandria palace.
Lord Mlnto has returned to Eng
land from Canada In excellent health,
fir Wilfred Lauder and Mr. Barton,
with their wives, will be in the first
carriage on 4lie second day'a proces
sion and will be escorted by the Ca-
nadinn and Australian guards of
honor. Special ambassador Reid will
be in the carriage with Admirals C.er-
vais and the Tuktsh
special Hmbusmdors,
and Dutch
FORD'S WIFK TAKES MORPHINE.
DlRAN0. Col., June is. Mrs.
Margaret Feeney, wife of a horse
Jockey, has committed suicide by
taking morphine. She was separated
from her husband. She was the -widow
of Rob Ford, the slayer of Jesse
James, and lived with iMm at Creede
during the wl d days of that camp.
She bore the scar of a bullet wound
on her body given by Ford In one of
hla outbursts. Her second huwhrind
wus killed in a mine accident.
NEW LINK TO BE UCILT.
GUTHRIE; 0. T. June 18.-lovernor
Ferguson haa ibeen notified by the
general solicitor of the Rock Island
that the company will abandon that
part of the Choctaw Northern track
though the ihllls between Geary and
Salton, Oklahoma, and build a line
from Salton to Hitchcock, running
both the Chocti"- nnd Rock Island
trains over the same line from Hitch
cock through Wa tonga to Geary, Thla
became necessary on account of dan
gerous treaties and a grade of 80 feet
to the mile in the hills.
APPROVES IRRIGATION BILL.
WASHINGTON, June 18. The pres
ident today approved -the Hansbor-ough-Ncwlands
irrigation 'bill.
DEBATE ON THE
CANAL MEASURE
Senators Jones and Teller Are in
Favor of the Panama
Route.
SEN. HANNA FAVORS PANAMA
Chil Service Committee ! 1U-
qucstcd to Inquire Into
the Caws of Ml
Taj lor.
WASHINGTON. June IS.-Th- Re-
publican aena'or held a conference
tonight on the subject of the Cuban
reciprocity and after a Hood of short
speeches they adj-jurned until next
Friday, without action of any sort.
Seventeen senator, one after the oth
er, announced unalterable opposition
to the reudi-tion of the tariff on Cu
ban sugir and the bnnouncement was
made that the two others, not present
stood will. them. Piatt and Spooner
took the lead In behalf of the propos
ed legislation and endeavored to con
vince the beet-sugar senators, that
the measure they had framed Jointly
would not injure any American inter
est, but their speeches made no Im
precision on the opposition and the
conferene adjourned until Friday at
a desire of the friends of the Cuban
reciprocity, in order that the beet su
gar senators will accept. It was the
general opinion, after a caucus that
this session of congress would adjourn
without the Cuban reciprocity legis
lation of any sort.
WA3HINGTON, June 18. When the
senate convened today Alllsor. called
up th? ho'tse resolution providing- that
the conference committee on the civil
sundry appropriation bill be authoriz
ed to consider and recommend the in
clusion of necMsary appropraltions to
carry out the several objects author
ised in the omnibus public buildings
bill, and it was agreed to.
Report of the isthmian canal com
mission waa laid before the senate.
Jonei, of Arkansas, believed It to be
the duty of every senator to vote for
the canal at the best location. He
desired Spooner, who was about to ad
dress the sena.e, to explain away the
charge that the purpose of adoption
of the Panana route was to have no
canal at all.
Teller said as between the two routes
the Panama was the better, and that
he would vote for ttie Sponer amend
ment. Hanna dellv?r.d an extensive ad
dress !n advx'aojr of the adoption of
the Panama route, and Pcttus advo
cated the selection of the Nicaragua
route:
A $200,000 FIRE.
CREED. Col., June IS. The second
terrible fire in the history cf Creed
occurred this iiioming and as the re
suit fully $;00.000 worth of property
was burned, two 'ives are believed to
have been lost and many persons ore
injured. The fli-e occurrd In vhat Is
knou-n as Poor Creed, and all of that
section of the town Is In ruins, mak
ing 60 families homeless. The names
of the missing ar William Stewart
ind Frits Zlnt. The fire tarted In a
vacant building and is supposed to
have been jf an incendiary origin.
GIRL COMMITS SUICIDE.
SAN FRANCISCO. June li. Adah
Castello ,aged 20 years, commited sul-cld-
last night in a lodging house on
Eddy street, by turning on the gas.
The girl's hom was In Medford, Ore
gon. Scrawled ' In almost Illegible
characters was a note addressed to
Corporal George Brown, at the Presl
die. biding him farewell. In May, her
mother cam;; here to find her daugh
ter. She called on the police, whose
search ended today In the discovery
of th? girl's dead body.
DEATH Dl'E TO NARCOTICS.
NEW YORK, June IS. A man par
tially Identified as Mark J. Speyer, of
Charleston, S. C, who was found un
conscious on the sidewalk on 23d
street near Seventh avenue, la dead
at the New York Hospital, apparently
from morphine poisoning. A young
woman known under several names
and who is said to have been employ
ed at the Charleston exposition and la
ter became a travelling saleswoman
for an Atlanta, Georgia mineral water
company ,was found weeping over the
unconscious man when he lay on the
sidewalk, f'he accompanied him to
the hospital and remained at his lde
until he died. Then she Is said to
have returned to a room In lth street
which liave been occupied by the cou
ple, packed their belongings and dis
appeared. From fragments of letters
In the rooms R appeared that her
former home was Ithaca. At the hos
pital the man had been registered as
" Harris ." His supposedly true name
was learned when a man giving his
name as Marquette visited the institu
tion early today. He said a telegram
had been received at the Hotel I'.art
holdl addressed lo Mark . Speyer,
and It wa in view to delivering this
that he had set out to find the address
when he recognised the dead. Speyer,
It was learned, registered at -the hotel
on June 4, from Charleston. He quit
the hotel on Sunday, The woman
who .gave her name at the hospital
aa Mrs. Sarris, told the physician
that her hutband was subject to heart
disease, but a coroner's physician who
performed an autopsy, could And uo
traces of organic trouble. He aaid
death had been due to opium or mor
phine, but there was no evidence that
he had been addicted to the use of
the dray.
TO MEET IN SAN FRANCISCO.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 18. The
Junior order of American Mechanics
decided today to meet next yar 4n
San Fwnetaco. George B. Dowsrs, of
Pennsylvania, was elect--d national
councillor.
KING TO HE-MAIN QUIET.
LONDON. June 18. It was officially
announced today, Uia In view of the
strain of approaching coronation. King
Edward's physicians have decided
that his majesty shall forego sll pub
lic engag-mnts for the next few days.
BASE BALL
SEATTLE AND BUTTE ARE
TIED FOIt FIRST PLACE
Mary McLeans Walloped Queen CKy
Aggregation to the Tune of 14
to 4 Yestirday. .
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
. 'Won.'-Lost;' P. C.
Seattle . 23 15 .593
Butte 22 15 .595
Portland 19 li .559
Spokane 18 21 .433
Tacoma 15 !1 .417
Helena 11 21 .400
SCORING WAS BASV.
BUTTE, June 18. The Mary Mc
Leans today took Seattle down the
line to the tune of 14-4. !n a contest
that proved highly satisfactory to lo
cal fans. Seattle was completely .at
Butte's mercy, and the slaughter ''as
awful.
GOOD GAME AT HELENA.
HELENA. Juen 18. Helena again
beat Portland today in a remarkably
fine exhibition of the national game.
At the end of the ninth the score was
tied 5-5. but Helena won out in the
tenth i to 5.
SPOKANE BEAT TACOMA.
SPOKANE, June 18. The home
team had no difficulty today In attend
ing to Taeoma's case. As the score
indieatis, Spokuie slugged Tacoma's
twit-ler, winning out 9 to 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Cincinnati Chicago, 2; Cincin
nati, 0.
At Philadelphia Brooklyn, 5; Phil
adelphia, 1.
At Boston 'Boston, 9: New York, 4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Boston Boston, 8; Cleveland, X
At St. Louls-St. Louis, 9; Balti
more, 6.
At Detroit Detroit. 4; Washington, 1. 1
The Eclipse
Plumbers and Steamfitters.
Steam Boat and Gasoline
Boat Work a Specialty. . .
Stoves and Tinware
527 BONDSTREET
BABE MURDERED
BY ITS PARENTS
Terrible Crime Thought to Have
Been Committed at
Haines.
POLICE TAKE UP THE CASE
Couple ISHievt'd to Have Killed
Child and Thrown Away
Body Wa Found
in Bushes,
BKER CITY, Ore., June lS.-Th.
authorities are looking for the mys'.er- .
Inus man and woman wha are us-.
pected of murdering an infant uhild
last Sunday night at Haines. The cou
ple went to a hotel ubout 11:30 Bun
day night and asked for a room. When
requested to register the man declln- .
ed, saying It was not necessary. ,
They had a young baby with them .
when they were Shown a room. ; The
man left the hotel about 3 p. .ft., car- .
rylng a bundle wrapped In a cloth,
which he carried down to the railroad
track over a half a mile and then
deposited it in the bushes.
He returned to the tioM and, with,
the worn in, left the town, walking;
down tth? railroad. The man went In- .
to the bushes and secured the bundle, '
which be took with him.
It was reported here late this even
ing that the did body of nn Infant
Wis found near the rallroal between
Haines and Norrh Powder.
JL'RYMAN ROBS JURYMAN.
ELDORADO. Kas., June 18. Dell
Beker, one of the Jesse Morrison csusa
Jurymen, was .arrest! toaay, charged
with the robbing of Walter Warner,
another juryman, of $65. The two
men slept together last night and
this morning Warner missed tt'm mon
el. He Jerked Bakar'a hat o ffand one
of the colas dropped out Selection of
the jury has not bean finished.
A RELATIVE OF CHAS. HILL.
BATAVIA, N. Y., June 18.-Mrs. A.
Sarah Haus, 66 years old, claims to be
a relative of Charles Hill, who died
at Los Angeles, California, June 7.
leaving $142,000. It was believed Hill
had no relatives living. Mrs. Haus
says Hill waa her mother's uncle and
that she has documentary evidence to
substantiate her claim.
RIOT IN NEW JERSEY.
PATTERSON, N. J., June 18. This
city was in the hands of a mob today,
and as a result a number of persons
were shot and two at least will die on
account of the riot.
DECIDE UPON ST. PAUL.
PORTLAND. June IS. The supreme
lodge A. O. U. W. today selected St.
Paul as ,he n?xt place of meeting.
The vote stood St. Paul J13; Cincin
nati 255. .
TO BE PARDONED.
MOBILE. June 18. A relative of
Mrs. Maybrlck has received word that
she will be pardoned by King Edward
during coornation week.
Hardware Co.
ASTORIA, OREGON