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WBGm 'DAILY -30URNAIF THE-- .0 THE WEATHER , Fair tonight and Bun-' day; continued warm; northerly winds. i . ' PORTLAND, ' OREGON,': SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9. 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. I VOL. I. NO. 131. THE WORLD'S EYES ARE TODAY ON EDWARD CAREER 0: TRACY END k r u w GRQWMEDM OLD LONDON 5 Edward VII at Last Anointed King -Britain's Capital Resounds With Joyful Acclamations. Both King and Queen Greeted With Volleys of Cheers and Both Looked Welt and Happy Cool Weather Kept Crowds Comfortable LONDON, Au. (.-Kins Edward VII. after seven week battl wltb deatn, was triumphantly crowned ruler of the world's mightiest empire at Westminster Abbey at 12:21 o'olock today, and a the crown was placed upon his head a signal vat flashed from the Abbey to Hyde Park and th Tower. At these places artillery fired salute after salute, aijd the reports, joined with the ringing of bells, made the whole city reverberate with ac clamations of Joy. Surrounded on all sides by scarlet-robM peers and white-satlned . peeresses, Ed ward solemly swore to govern according to the laws of Parliament, whereupon the Abbey rang and rang again with shouts. The most republican spectator must have been Impressed with the sol emnity of the occasion. The King left Buckingham Palace promptly at U o'clock, and arrived at the Abbey at 11:25. En route two of the royal carriages in the procession collided and Lord Edward Pelham Clinton was slightly Injured. The -morning opened with brilliant sunshine, but later the sky became overcast. No rain fell, however, and the chilly breese made the conditions for the densely packed orowds quite com fortable. - - As the state carriage appeared from A DEADLY STRUGGLE l Walter Scott, a Chicago Millionaire Killed in His Office by Walter L Stubbing. t(Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) -f CHICAGO, Aug. Walter A. Scott, president of the Illinois "Wire Company, was killed in his private office today by Walter L. Stubbing, - a civil engineer, during an altercation concerning tho payment of a bill -f 4-" for exhaust fans Installed In the company's plant. f The desperate fight was not witnessed by any one. Stubbings, however, says Scott refused to pay. "Words followed and Scott kicked him. The 4- men then grappled and struggled back and forth. Finally Stubbings seized 4- a paper knife on the desk and buried it to the hilt In Scott's body. Scott 4- felf dead almost Instantly. Scott was a reputed millionaire, and moved In 4- the highest social circles. Stubbings Is also well-to-do. 4 4-f4 BREWERY BURNED Pendleton Suffers From a Big Blaze Early This Morning PENDLETON, Aug. .-Sonult's brewery was burned to the ground hers about I o'clock this morning. The fire' was discovered on the out side of the east end of the build ing, but Its origin is unknown; The loss will reach 120,000. The ytCiV.xf wsu Insured for about $8000. INJURED BY LUMBER. Henry Ordway, employe . at Smith's aw mill, foot of Harrison street, was Injured by a truck load of lumber fall Ins; upon him at S o'clock this morning. He was taken to St- Vincent's Hospital, where It was found he was suffering from a fracture of the pelvlo bona. He will be out again shortly. WHEAT MARKET. CHICAGO. Aug. 9.-Wheat-Cah. 680; .' spot, " . i BAN ' FRANCISCO, Aug. 8y-Wheat-V Cash, $LUj spot, fLtttt. Buckingham Palace gates, the throng sent -Hp a mighty shout of welcome. His Majesty appeared to be In excellent health, and with the Queen bowed and smiled right and left, and appeared to be much gratified. Beside the carriage rode the Duke of Connaught and hla son. Prince Arthur. A llose scrutiny of the Kin after he left the palace didn't bear out the fa vorable Impression of his physical con dition, and although he walked erect and without assistance hi3 pnee was very slow. Despite these signs that his con valescence has not yet end.nl, Kdwarrt bore himself with great dignity. When answering the oath questions his voice was distinctly heard through the Abbey. A magnificent effect was produced when the King put the crown on his . head. The moment the glls'tenlng gams rested on his forhead electric lights were turned on, making the crown dazzling.' Some excitement was caused during the admin istration of the communion, when the Archbishop of Canterbury wa3 nearij overcome by the heat of the room. The entire ceremony occupied two hours, and the King left the Abbey for Buckingham at 2:09 o'clock. At that time It was offi cially announced that he had borne the ceremony well and suffered no fatigue. ANOTHER HOLDUP Clyde Evans, of 408 East Main street, reported at the police station that he was held up on Union a'enue near Haw thorne while going home from his fruit store last night. Ho lost $22 In cash and about 100 trade checks. Tlie po lice are working on the case. A STRANGE CASE j (Journal Special Service.) FITZGERALD, Ga., Aug. 9. Under a self-Induced hypnotic spell Slgel Smith Is sleeping a perfectly normal sleep that promises to break all records. Mr. Stnlth is a night engineer at the city water and light plant, and has lost considerable sleep of late. He very nat urally became, sleepy In the warm months in the southern climate, being from, a northern state. He related to his family and friends early In the week that he had a pre sentment that he would sleep 10 years. He did not wake Wednesday," and has slept soundly ever since in spite of the efforts of all local physicians to wake him. The opinion generally expressed is that ha became Impressed with the present ment, and being naturally sleepy from loss of sleep , he has succumbed to the suggestion of ..perpetual sleep, and is making fair progress in carrying out iha contract for. a 10 years nap. BOUND FOR LANE COUNTY. A tourist car from Wisconsin arrived In Portland this morning, containing 66 persona bound for Lane 3ounty. ' They expect to became permanent Battlers in that section of tks stetsv i-V - "i m 1 f. ...... . :fm' if?, jr L h hZ ftl Will ,-. !' ' 13 i f I Mli ISM iWl ! ' - MSl-lll!lAlMMMMMII !! ! II i I' August 9. -Today King Edward VII. of Enjclahd drove In state to Westminster Abbey to re ceive the crown which marks his assumption of the British throne. Although the ceremony, , which took place today, had been considerably curtailed and deprived of its spectacular side, the peculiar circumstances surrounding the delayed function give to it a news interest that even the original ceremony could not have invoked. "How will the King go through it? What is Edward's real condition today?" are questions that were asked the world over, in many cases with appre hension. When the cables flashed the news that the King had been successfully crowned, the in telligence was received with eagerness and In many instances with a sigh of relief by people of all five continents. , TO HOLD THE REINS Teddy Keeps Control of NeiPacif k Cable Scheme. (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) OYSTER HAY. Aug. 9 -An a'uthorizsd statement setting forth the conditions laid down by the President to the Pacific Commercial Cable Company waBNslven out this morning. No exclusive franchise has been granted. The Government has retained the priority and the right to buy the cable at i fair valuation. The lines are to touch upon-none other than American soil from San Kranclsqo tu China. The rules are not to exceed those already agreed upon.' The Govern ment' Is" 1.1 eotnrol it in war time, with thr: power to seven, at any time. All ope rators are to be citizens of the United States, and the company is to maintain a speed of 25 wordx a minute from San Francisco to Luzon. BAD CLASH Strikers and Police Meet at Scranton (Sripp'-McRae News Association.) SCRAXTON. P.. Aug. 9. A big mob of strikers marched on the Pancost col liery early this morning and aftPr stoning the colliery engaged in a hot fight with ll lie police. It it reported that three il..UPo n... ehnt 11ml th strikers strikers routed. STILL HELD BY THE RAILROADS The Oregon Charleston Exhibit ' Tied p Through a Series of Errors. The Oregon exhibit which was at Charleston Is still in the hands of the railroad authorities. The exhibit was to have been released yesterday when there cam anot her hitch In tlie way o a tole gram from an Eastern railroad company who hauted the exhibit by mistake. This is unfortunate as .there are a great many tourists In Portland, who, when they visit the permanent exhibit, ate met with a hard-luck' story of railroad negligence. It Is probable that the exhibit will be re leased today a the O. R, t N, Company is tailing a great deal of interest in the matter and are working hard to have the exhibit released w Quickly as possible. L'Jr i ; , . . PALMA SORRY Because Paper Says Mrs. Squires Wis Gay. (Scrippt-McRae Nws Association. 1 HAVANA. Aug. 9. President Palma find his cabinet deplore the insults of fered to Mrs. Squires, wife of the Ameri tnn Minister, yesterday in the newspaper l4nnlon Espunola, which accused thu Minister's, wife of Indecent conduct at the President's diplomatic dinner on Wednesday night. The cabinet hus de cided to place the matter In the hands ol the police for prosecution. SHOT DEAL Bad Man Is Downed in Old Kentucky. (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) PINEVIU.E, Ky Auk. 9 -KIchard Bailey, a noted desperado, who is s:iid to have killed 11 men, and who has Ion;; held this district iu terror, was shot dead here yesterday. Whlk drinking in a saloon with John Owens, who Is als credited with lioing a triple murderer. Bailey became quarrelsome, and after a few wrtrda had passed reached for his gun. Owens, however, iwas too quick and brought down his man by a shot through Bailey's heart, and fie fell to the tloor. his pistol exploding harmlessly In the air. Owens then fired three more shots Info the dying man's head "to make cer tain," as he said, "that He. was good ami dead." Owens lias escaped to the moun tains. BATTLE COMING Haytien Rebels May Be in a Death Grapple Before Night (Scripps-McRae News Association.) WASHINGTON, Augs. The Navy De partment has recelVed 7 dispatch from Commander McRea,. of the gunboat "Mi?'' chlas, at Cap HaJ'tlen, stating that a Haytien gunboat landed a force near Cape Haytien on Friday land an engage ment Is hourly expected. ; j BIG" ASSIGNMENT. (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) NEWARK, N. -J.I ' Aug. 9. Robert Bal lantyne, of the Ballantyne Company, of this OUT, has assigned tor 42,000,000, kit ' t , , ,i , ...... ... . ... Tl"y- r JZ ' J. Mil . ni. - . . ..T...:.Ar. J.jfasA rahlis 1 ' - J ------ ASSAULT ON A GIRL Chinaman Tries to Bribe the Officer Who Ar rested Him Won Wing, an .ugly Chinese washman of Fast Aukeny street, was arrested by Officer Hawli;y and charged witli assault on lli-year-old Collie Whiter at a house (.11 East Sixteenth street on Motnlny. The motlittr of the child is dead and her father is in the stjte penitentiary. She had nen taken into tho home of a r-pec ii-1 Fast Side fam!i,'. On Monjay, while there alone, the Cli'naiiuHi culled for the washing, and - ta'i' iff advantage of clrcumslanceti. commute i the crime. Whep arrested Won W'n;; off-red " the officer a t.ilbe for his release. When search?! ni the jail ho had $1 In his pocket. BLOWN UP Boiler Explosion's Dead ly Work in Michigan. i jScrlppffvilcRae News Association.) ADflAIN. Mich.. Aug. S -The holler of Orura s laundry exploded here this raorn Idk, Wiling Jams pi'iim, a son of the proprietor, fatally Injuring Engineer Hall and badly wounding several oth er?. IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. Maud Monroe, who was badly burned by the explosion of a coal oil lamp In the North End, and was taken to St. Vincent's hospital In the' painil wagon, is In a critical condition. The police, who were Inclined to believe that the affair was not wholly accidental, have made an investigation and found no In criminating circumstances surrounding the case! BIG CHINKS Chinese Princes Arrive in New YorL Bcrlpps-McRaa News Association.) NEW YORK, "Aug. e-Prlnee Chung, China's representative at the corona tion, arrived here this morning on the St.Pa.uL He was met by Assistant Secretary of State. Pierce. With htm 1 Liang" Chen Chung, .who Is to succeed Wuj The prince sails for China on Aug ust is.; Convicts' Dead Face Burned by Vitriol; Before Burial 4 Crowds Met the Train The Body Deposited fa the Earth Without Ceremony (Journal Special Service.) SALEM, Aug. 9. The last act In the prison tragedy which was Inaugurated or. the morning of June 9th, two months ago today, was had this afternoon when the remains of Harry Tracy, eight times murderer and principal actor In the tragedy, v. ere laid away In the prison cemetery after a complete Identification by the officers of the prison and the con victs generally. The body was received on the 11 a. m. Southern Pacific train and taken in charge by Superintendent Lee, of the prison, who immediately sent the box to tho prison by trusties. The three Washington men accompanied the re mains and Mr. Lee followed in a cab. When they arrived at the prison the cof fin was taken into the turnkey's room, opened, and the body at one. positively identified by Superintendent Lee, Warden Janes, the other officers and all tho trusty prisoners as that of Tracy. The body was in a. good state of preservation though tho face was slightly discolored and thero was a jagged hole Bver the right eye, where the convict's revolver bullet had entered the head. Efforts had been made to sew up the hole before the body was embalmed. AfterTBe identifi cation by the officers the box was trans ferred to the chapel of the prison and the convicts were passed by and allowed to see the remains of their former fellow prisoner and fellow worker. At 2 P. M. vitriol was placed on the face to destroy it and thereby prevent any attempt at stealing the remains for exhibition purposes. The body was then taken to the prison cemetery and burled in a ginve already prepared, without ceremony,, " . Tracy's famous 3CJ-30 Winchester rifle was brought by Constable Straub and delivered to Superintendent Lee. The weapon received almost as much Atten tion as did the dead convict.. A good-sized crowd was at the" station when the body arrived, and efforts were made to cut slivers off the box, but that was promptly stopped by the authorities. At the prison the crowd was small, con sisting principally of officers of the state and city, the prison and asylum offi cials and members of the press. X feel ing of general satisfaction prevails In rtfe city , over the result of the chase and the final disposition of the remains, but in the prison among the convicts tho day is a solemn one. BODY IN PORTLAND Tracy's Corpse Guarded at the De pot by the Captors. The body of Harry Tracy, accompanied by three or the man-hunters. Dr. E. C. Lanter. Maurice Smith and C. A. Straub. of Creston, arrived in Portland last even ing on the Northern Pacific train from Seattle. Tho three men who accompa nied the body and two others, Joe Morri son and Frank Llllengreen. are the only ones that were present at the time Tracy was killed. Sheriff Gardner and son, C M. Gardner, arriving some two or three i.ours later. When the body arrived at the I'nlon Depot FEW PEOPLE WERE PRESENT, and tho rough pine box was left on the depot platform for some time, as Night Baggageman Smith was not Inclined to have it moved Into the baggage room for fenr that some of Tracy's confed erates might show up and start a Ihoot Ing match. After a few hours he was reassured, and the coffin was moved in- Woodard, Clarke . Co. DO "'. you r ' PERSPIRE? DO YOUR FEET HUM? AHINiS' i COMFORT- POWDER Destroys the odor of perspirstlon and keeps you cool sd sweet. . Dust in the armpits on the clothing end in the shoes. V Price, 20 Cents side, where It was guarded all night trj, the three men. The men lit charges ofl the remains were very sociable . an4 chatted freely about the thrilling; - chasst and capture of the notorious outhrw, ; STORY OF THE KTI.T.TNO. -' '- The story as told by one of the cap, ' tors in a brief way Is substantially aSJ ; follows : j . "After hearing that Tracy was at the) . Eddy ranch we quickly organized a posse ' composed of tho five mentioned men, and) hurried out from Creston fully deter mined to bag our game. Dr. Lanter and Smith were in the lead when we arrived) at the ranch from different directions, and engaged the elder Eddy In conversation who rather reluctantly admitted thatt -Tracy was at his home. Just then w , noticed Tracy saddling a horse near' the) barn, and after walking a little closeit called to him to throw up his "hands. Hat aid not reply, but hastily jumped, behindt 1 the horse, and the younger Eddyywha, . was helping him to saddle up, nd made) his way into the barn. Where ha hail left his gun. He reappeared In few!,; moments to make a bee-line- downa.Uu valley, amid . y . A -VOLLEY OP SHOTS. . 1 By this time Straub, Morrison and X&eO green, who had made a detour arottttfl the ranch, appeared lined up at Intervals! on a ridge to the west side of the Talley); t and opened Are on the fleeing; convict Tracy did not return the fire until her reached cover behind a large rock, where) he took a rest with his gun and pumped lead at us. His ekn, however, was not accurate on account of the sun shining over the ridge Into his eyes, and,. none of his bullets took effeot, though s numn ber of them came uncomfortably close striking the ground In front t us and ' ; throwing sand la our faces. - BREAKS FOR LIBERTY. When Tracy found that the rocsl would soon be surrounded and tbavt hat was at a disadvantage on account' of the ' sun, he made a break for the barley field with the evident Intention of oobm . ceaJlng himself until he could escape into the brush" beyond. As soon as he left thsf rock he was again followed by jj. volleyl of shots, and it Is supposed that thai bones in his leg were broken at thlsj time, as he fell just before entering; th barley and crawled on his hands and; knees. The field was immediately sur rounded, and whenever the grain ; was! , seen to move we" would shoot intqi thsj field at that place. J ,' THE JrlNAL SHOT. ' : " "In about an hour we heard a shotJbt . the grain which Is likely the on Tracy? fired, to kill himselt This was at ScSfJ In the afternoon. About an hour later! Sheriff Gardner and his son, C. H. OartU ner, arrived on the scene. Then about two hours later In the evening- two Wat' ervilleA deputies cams and took up po siUotKon the guard line. During all this time nothing was heard of Tracy, and it was feared that he would elude asy and we dispatched Jack MoGlnnls) M Davenport for reinforcements. ' j THE POSSE CAME LATH. ' "A posse was formed of about 30 men but they did not arrive until an houA after the dead body was found the next morning. Just at daybreak, after guard-i ing all night. Dr. Lanter and Maurloel Smith decided to go Into the field tol learn what had become of Tracy. This was a bold move on the part of thessl two men, as an ambush was expected a . every step, but nothing of the kind oox curred, and In a short time the body ofl the convict was discovered lying; upOB( its side in the grain. Farther Invests tlon showed - A TRAIL OP BLOOD, , " leading from the rock behind whlcU Tracy' hid to the place whore he shot himself in the barley field. This leads tat the belief that the' wound In his) thighf was received while running; the gauntlet of fire, or else while hiding behind the! rock. The Winchester rifle, clasped ln his hand is thought- to be one that he had taken from a sheep herder. And not the one smuggled into prison foe htnx The one found in his possession Wham killed bears the number 72884, and was made In 1S?4." V riff