DARINGJAIL BREAKING.!
DAVE PADDOCK'S REMARKABLE
CAPE FROM JOLIET.
km AlnioKt Superliumaii Display of In
genuity Kxercised by a Convict to Get
Out of Prlsonr-VVorklns; Few Minutes
t a Tiino for Over Two Years. -
A section of iron bar was cut from the
cell door of Dave Paddock by that re
'doobtable knight of the dark" lantern
and "jimmy" on the occasion of bis sen
sational escape from Joliet. For over
two years Paddock has schemed and
worked to effect his purpose. He was
uUt r T 1 r..i 1 . : t
one . of the shoeshops, . "where during
eyery minute of the working hours in !
the shop he was constantly under the j
watchf ul eye of his keeper. There was
i not tbe least chance to plan an escape
from the shoi. But, not daunted at
this, he determined to find some meansi
of getting out of his cell at night. ,
To fully appreciate the difficulty of
catting out of a cell it must be remem
bered that three times every hour during
the night, at irregular intervals, a guard
"wearing padded slippers called "Eneak
shoes" by the convicts makes his rounds,
. peering into each cell to make sure that
all are secure and in bed. Paddock first
appropriated a couple of thin bladed shoe
knives from his shop, and, concealing
' them from the guard, took them to his
- oell, where, by using one as . a file, he
converted tbe other into a fine steel saw.
Then by slow degrees he collected a large
amount of shoe thread from the same
shop, with which he, braided the rope.
. All this required months of etealthfnl
work, but in the course of time he had a
slender, strong rope, fully fifty feet in
length. This he kept carefully hidden in
"the mattress of his bed.
Next he began sawing the bars on his
door a little at a time. Night after night
he watched for the passing of .the guard,
and as soon as that official was beyond
bearing distance he would cut a little
and then fill up the space with, black.
wax, which ire had also obtained from
the shoeshop, so that the prying eyes of
the guard could not discover by daylight
that the door had been tampered "witlj..'
. When the bar had been cut through he
carefully wedged it back into place with
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vfumi iron suipies auu uns oi leau.
KEMAltKABLE CLEVERNESS.
He could now get outside of his cell,
bat the hardest work was yet to be done.
His cell was .located high up on the
third tier, some sixty feet-away from
. the tower door through which he hoped,
to mane ins way. Watching Ins chance.
when the light guard was on the op
posite side of the block of cells, he re
moved, the bar from' his door, crawled
through the opening, and, with ,all the
agility of a bat climbed down the facing
from tier to tier, ran across the corridor
to the tower door, and, with a piece of
shoemaker's wax, took an impression of
-.the lock, regaining bis. cell before the
guard appeared on that side of the cell
bouse.' , , . '. " i 'V''-. ..
By caref ul working he made a key out
of lead pipe that a plumber bad dropped
near his workbench, in., the sljop. ... Sev
eral trips fromrfeiaell to-the tower door
. were made during , the next few weeks
before bis key would fit, and' then, it
took him some time to get together
enough material td make a "dummy" to
put in his bed to prevent his absence
'toeing discovered before be could get be
yond Twcn : On ' the;vry day that he
Intended to make his escape, while re
turning from the shop to his cell, he
. slipped upon an icy-stairway and badly
sprained his ankle. TThiS almost dis
couraged him. His months of anxious
toil had come to naught His scheme,
would surely be discovered.' After three
- weeks in the prison hospital be was sent
" back to work, and, when be reached bis
oell that evening was , overjoyed to find
-that his rope, key and "dummy' were
still safely . concealed in the mattress,
and everything as he had left it.
ESCAPE AND CAPTURE.
Another week elapsed before his ankle
-would permit his making the attempt.
The night came, however, and, along
. . about midnight, be was safe inside the
tower. A single iron bar still stood.,, be?,
tween him and freedom, and it would
take long hours of hard work to cut
through it. Just as daylight. began to
1. 1 1 . . : mi
came into good use, and with its aid be'
slipped down upon the prison lawn and
harried away to the vpods that line the
bluffs east of 'the prison. Here be found
a thicket or underbrush where he lay
bid , all that day, and when darkness
eame again he got away.
His absence was not. discovered from
prison until the guard went to unlock
tii 4-1. m.i
- .' oat doubt the cleverest escape , that had
.' taken place at Joliet, and stamped Pad
Extraordinary effortaldown,a11 leave8 nPn the tracks. The
dock as a genius.
were made for his recapture. Large
, rewards were offered, and his descrip
tion was ca.it broadcast. A year later it
- was discovered that Paddock had a mis-
' tress in Chicago. A watch was set on
her bon for aVAr1 alr n A r,
enough one. night Paddock put in an ap-
pearance. .Captain Simon O'Donnell, of
-the police department, had the place
-surrounded And the daring convict was
-again in the toils. ; He was taken back
to bis old quarters at the prison, where
be finally completed his sentence, not,
however, until he had tried several other
- schemes for .escape, bat' he . was too
closely watched to .ever again .succeed.
-Johet (Ills.) Letter.
Osa for an Uld rasUoatd Caster.
. ' xIf you happen to have among the f am
ily silver an oi l fashioned .caster, don't
frown at it uncompromisingly Mid won
der if it "can't be melted up Into some'
. thing nsefnl." Take it down, from its
out of the way nook -and unscrew the
long handle which holds the cruet frame.
This will leave when taken out as hand
some a table jardiniere for ferns and
flowers as your soul can desire, with the
trifling addition of a tin basin, which
any tinsmith will fit inside. New York
Times.
Mulf linHlins in Oh lea c"-' 1
Sont'ti Side citizens had an exciting
cliase after a . wolr yesterday morning.
Just, where the'animal came from is not I
known, but he was evidently new. to I
city lrfe. The first intimation tlwt the-.f
residents of that portion of the citv "had
of the arrival of the stranger in their -j
midst was tlia sight cfji strange looking
oia'lrupedrsomething like a dog. worry
ing a Final I dog near Indiana avenue nud.
Twenty-fifth street. Something in the j
savage manner in which the animal !
snarled and showed its teeth at the ap
proach of a xedestriaii warned those
whose cnrionity prompted tliem to try to
investigate not to venture too hear, and
they quickly retired, to watch develop-
i incuts from tne shelter and safety of ad-
Sncli was the fitate of affairs when at
10:0 o'clock the dogcatchers' . wagon
came in sight. Louis Schlcsser triel to
throw a noose around the supposed dog's
iicck, but it leaped to one side in time to 4
avoid the snare, and started down lpd
.ana ' avenue, . closely pursued 'by the
crowd, with Officer John Joindt and tbe
dogcatcher well in the lead; - "" -.
Wlien Thirtieth street was reached the
wolf sought to evade the shower of mis
cellaneous missiles thrown at him from,
every side by turning the corner. Dnwn
Twenty-fifth street the chase was con-
tinned to Cottage wove avenue, down
Cottage O-rove avenue to Twenty-sixth"
ftrf et 1 lien through alleyways and va
cant lots to Lake avenue. Then across
the Illinois Central railway tracks to the
hike shore, where the wolf took shelter
iii a deep bole just behind the breakwa
ter. The wolf was finally captured and
taken to the dog pound, where he 'was
accommodated with a compartment all
to himself. He is of a grayish color and
the size of a large mastiff dog. Chicago
Tribune ' .-. .
TheCfrt" Weak Poiut.
The township commissioners iu Look
ing Glass township, Ills., are being sued
by a lumber firm for the small stun of
$2.48. Two trials have been held before
justices of the peace, aud the' case has
now beeu taken to the county court.
-Mucisill feeling has been engendered,
and tlvt costs are assuming large propor
tions. The first trial was called' before
a German country justice of the peace.
After the evidence -was all in, and the
eloquence of the attorneys employed in
tlieoaHe . had subsided, the honorable
court arose and delivered the decision:
' ".Slientlema'ns','1 vas in a pox. I pe
lieve . you both Vos right. Von of yon
show all your poqks nnd prove -it vo.i
dot. "The other von show all his pooks
and prove it vos not dot. The lawyers'
mule poth goot speeches, und tarn me if
the court knows how to decide."
.. After a moment's-silence the judge's
face brightened rp and he continued:
, "Shentleinans, I dismiss this., case
Squire Dniicau, as fie knows more Eng
lish as I do.'--Cor. St. Lonis Republic.
l'opular Colors This Winter.
In colors this season the blues are
rather gray in hue, , while tbe grays
either have a tinge of lavender or lilac,
o? else show, a greenish - hue, deepening
into mignonet or sage. The heliotropes
are more, than ever snited to those bra-
neUXb have a.fleaf. complexion, but
the woeaan whtt is -unfortunate ..enough
to be sallow should. never wear or per--nit
to-be near her any shade of the deli
cate hue. But the glaring emerald green
is not only at once trying; but loud, and
cannot be. commended even for the much
quoted, lady who has the skin of a peach.,
The, poniUarity of, black i"very great
The soft wools or mixtures of silk and
wool being shown especial favor.., A
black wool gown is 'always refined and
ladylike. Soehewbocan get only one
gowuwill.be wise m choosing that it
shall be entirely in the fashion by, being
black: Ladies' Home Journal.
..-' T) Ice; Crop.' Threatened. "
Maine's ice crop is seriously threatened
by droughts ' The water supply has been
gradually falling, until now the small
riyers are nearly dry and the larger ones
are lower than for years. ' In the Kenne
bec the water has- not been so low for
years. At Augusta one can easily wade
across, : The Audroscogginis practically
without water,, and the mills at Lewis
ton would be shut down were it not for
the fact that the lakes have been tapped
and a supply thus obtained. 'But. the
lakes are several feet lower than for
years. In the Penobscot the water is so
low that, the current i not powerful
enough to keep- back . the' tide, ,and the
water accordingly is so salt that, should
winter set in suddenly, the ice would be
entirely unfit , for consumption. Boston
Transcript-. - ' ' ' ; . -..
Trains Delayed by Anturan Leaves.
' Engineers on the railroads in several
parts of the state have experienced mnch
difficulty in running their trains, on time
during the past week owing to the large
uvuoaHiuw -. iiMu , Quuerai .- UlUBfc
through tbe long stretches of. woodland
which the road passes. ,' It has been im
possible for the section hands on the dif
ferent divisions to keep the tracks - free
ttfroo them. The result is that when the
wheels, of the locomotive pass over them
the. sap from the leaves makes the rails
slippery and the obstruction is. as bad as
hail, snow or ice. It is even worse, as
the leaves refuse to melt or ' freeze, but
stick to the rails - until dried, up. New
London (Conn.) Day. ... . ...
A Famous Tree Destroyed.
The famous oak under which Tasso is
supposed to have spent the' greater part
of -the day daring the-last. year of his
life, when he had retired tqjthe convent
of Sant QiiofVio, was biOWn down, it is
said.'dnring a violent gale recently. The
tree, which alt visito'rg to Borne used to
Visit, was kept standing , for years '. by
supports ; of fii:asonryoti all sides. . The
trunk,' it i3 reportedV'will lie kept as a
relic in the convent of Sant Onofrii).
Philadelphia Ledger. . ; "
'A Volume iu u Word. '
Friend What became of that youug
juan you were engaged to last summer?
Miss Cathem (innocentl v) Which one?
! New York Weekly. - - .
Across tbe Continue; Harry and Didn't.
. ..Settle contains -today.a ..disappointed
young couple who . believe not that mar-
"fS 18 u v1? be a failure,
!rhA.man18 Basil Suporiska and the girl
w Miss Florence B. Bathrick, of DeKalb,
His. They became acquainted through
correspondence resulting from thd an
swering of an advertisement in a Chicago
paper, and the acquaintance' finally, re
sulted in an agreement-to marry if upon
meeting each was satisfied. Miss Bath
rick came out here, her eager lover met
her at Puyallup, but the wedding has not'
taken place and will not. Miss Bathrick
says: - . ... . .
."I came out here to marry Basil Supo
riska, but have found that he is not the
man I thought he was; I was led to be
lieve that be owned about half of Seattle
and was a capitalist I think I'll go back
home, for there are plenty of men there
that ' I can marry. . Indeed, I've just
had a telegram from a fellow who has
wanted to marry me aU along, and I will
go back and take my old bean. I have
some money,' and I think that is what
Suporiska is after, but luckily I did not
bring the money with me, but left orders
to have the check-sent to me after I was
married."-: . :-, ;
jiss Bathrick brought a large trous
seau, including a white wedding dress
with a train eight feet long, white hat
and gloves.-Cor. Chicago Herald.
Hot Watv foot Warmers.
A commission sent by the directors of
the French railways to England and
German v to report upon 'the means
adopted in those countries for warming
railway carriages during the' winter
finds that France has nothing to learn
from ber neighbors in this respect, hoi
water foot warmers similar to those in
use on French railways being employed
almost everywhere. On the Northern
of France railway, however, an import
ant experiment is about to be tried on a
large scale. " , -'"....
. All carriages, even ou short distance
trains, are to be warmed, and the warmth
is to be produced by means of boxes of
acetate of soda. The chemical is put in
a solid state into the boxes, and these
are then plunged into hot water about
1 00 degs. The effect is that the soda be
comes liqnid. On being taken out of
the water the boxes are wiped dry and
are put into the carriages. By degrees
the soda solidifies, and as long as the
operation lasts thatJs, for about five
or six" hours it gradually gives off the
heat it has absorbed in the melting pro
cess. London News.
A Mighty O an tec's Triumph. ,
"There was one-incident in the woods
this season," said a North woods guide,
"which was amusing, to say .the least
A wealthy Albanian, . who spends his
summers in the vicinity of Lake George,
and who, by the way, enjoys a military
title, came into the woods with. -great
pomp when deer was in season, and re
quested that a deer be captured, for him.
This was done and the animal tied to a
tree. Then the military gentleman, who
is a member of . a society for the protec
tion of fish and game, brought his gnu
up and blazed away at the tethered Ani
mal, it required six shots from the. gum
of the Albanian to mortally woani- the
deer. VWbat do you think of , that. ot
hunting? . The guides in thewoQd.?fhen
they beard of -.the : affair .yowed they
would lynch the man if he came -np
there again." Albany Journal. . v . ; " ; v ,
Sarprlse at at Sarprlse Party.
A surprise party was given J. .O'Don
nell and - wife, of Beaver. Falls, by a lot
of bis. neighbors. , Mra. Bridget Dona Van
was. one : of the - guests.;,. She weighs
about ax ponnds, and when she essayed
a skirt dance it truly -. was a surprise
party. The floor was weak, Mrs. Dona
van was heavy, and in the middle of la
difficult figure the. floor gave way, and
the fair dancer disappeared into the eel-'
lar along .with: the kitchen stove.. She
was quickly extracted, f rohi her perilous
position by the men. of .the party, by. the
aid of. levers and ropes, and. was found
to be but little injured. The -stove,
fortunately; contained no fire,-and did
hot fall "upon her. Cor. Pittsburg Dis
patch. - . - -
A Canine Hero. . . ".
A case illustrating - the sagacity of the
canine, race has ooenrred at Jackson,
Miss. Several negro children were play
ing on the banks of Pearl river, near the
bridge, when one of them, Robert Jack
son, a boy, about seven .years old, slipped
and f elf into the water. He was being
borne rapidly away by the current when
his dog, a little black setter? plruiged
into the. river, and, seizing the child by
the clothing, swam safely to shore with
its heavy burden. The boy was pretty
full of water, bt't soon recovered and
ran home with his dog following, at his
heels. Cor. New Orleans Times-Democrat.
-
- Better Than a Gold Mine. "
- The steamer San Jose, f rom . Panama,
brought the report of . the discovery of
an important deposit of that rare metal
known as vanadium in the province of
Mendoza, ""Argentine Republic.1 This
. metal is one of the rarest and most valu
able known, and is used for setting dyes
in silks, ribbons, hosiery and other fine
goods... The principal source of supply;
until recently, has been a small deposit
in the Ural mountains, and it - has been
held as high aS $1,500 per ounce; This
deposit in Mendoza will therefore be
recognized as of great importance. San
Francisco Examiner.
In the pockets of clothing discarded by
a burglar at Crawfordsville, Ind., was
found a translation from Caesar's Com-,
mentaries and an example in algebra, in
dicating, that 'the-night prcwlerwas a
student. :
' The Duke of Westminster has again
this year given to the Chester infirmary,
the sum of $3,500, being the proceeds of
the shillings charged upon visitors for
admission to Eaton hall and gardens. -
Miss Maggie Donger, of Shelbyrille,
Ind., began a unique course of treatment
for consumption last week. Under the
advice of her doctor she uses a diet made
op exclusively of young dog flesh.
Blown Oat of Hla 'Ottee. :
- Mr. Nathaniel Paige, the lawyer, had
a remarkable experience during the re
cent storm. .. He was sitting at tne desk
in his office on the second floor of the
Corcoran building, and at the southwest
corner when the storm broke. The door
opening into the main hall was open,
but the door connecting with a small
anteroom' was closed.-' The upper part
was of glass. The strength of the wind
.broke in the corner windows, and, pick
ing Mr. Paige up bodily, carried him
through the door, and with the frame
hanging around him deposited him out
in the main ball, fifteen feet, distant.
He was not cut by the broken glass nor
hurt in any way. -W ashington Star.
Was This' Parrot a Bad Friend?
A friend of mine once had a gorgeous
African parrot, a bird so handsome And
bo accomplished that everybody petted
him, but so 6ure as we held ; Out a lump
of sugar, a bit of fruit or candy with
"Here, Polly! Pretty Polly? want some
sweeties!" he would dart his head aside
and savagely nip not the lump of sugar
but the fingers that held it. It seemed
to rouse all his worst temper to feel that
he was obliged to receive the gift from
one who had the power 'to withhold it
I have often, fancied that if reincarna
tion is a possibility, that parrot , had
been one of . the jealous and venal souls
some poor - innocent .had taken for a
friend, and from .whom a wound had
been received not in the fingers, but in
the heart-i-Mrs. Frank Leslie.
. i Fisherman's Lock.
No sooner had the disappointed herring
fleet sailed away from Biddeford pool,
with empty barrels, than a- wonderfully
big school of the fish struck in. : Nobody's
there to catch em, ana they're having a
great frolic. Lewiston Journal.
fa just 2k horns J. V. 6. relieves conttipaUon
and sick headaches. After it sets the Bystem
under control an occasional dose prevents return.
We refer by permission to W. II. Marshall, Bruns
wick House, 8. F.; Geo. A. Werner, 531 California
StT a V.; Mrs., a Melvin, 136 Kearny St, & P.,
and many others who have found relief from
constipation and sick headaches. G.W. Vincent,
of 6 Terrenes Court, 8. F. Writes: "1 am 60 years
of age and have been troubled with constipation
for 25 years.- I was recently induoed to try Joy's
Vegetable Sarsapariila. I recognized in it at
ouco an herb that the Mexicans used to giwns
in the early ISO's forjsowel troubles. (I came to
California in 1839,) and 1 knew it would help me
and it has. For the first time is years I can sleep
well and my system is regular and in splendid
condition: The old Mexican herbs in thUremcdy
are a certain, cure In constipation and bowel
troubles." Ask for - ., , ..;
wSaraa par i I la
For Sal by. SNIPES & KINERSLY
THE DAU.E8. OREGON
Say theS. JS'.,CoHsix axe is- the best
thing they.. ever Lsaw.". - -, We . are hot
nattered for we. k now n Ks al Mzeit wilt
Win. All we ask is an honest tual.
' For sale by all druggists, --; '
t. . - . S. -B. MEDicixsvMrG. Co., ',
, - v v Dnfur. Oregon.
Severe Law.
Tbe. English
pie look soe closely
'to the (enaiDeness
. of these staples than
we do. In fsct. they
Have a -lw under
' Which they .'make
' seizarer - and" . da.
stror adulterated'
products that sr -
not what they are represented to fce. - Under
' this itstute thousands of ponndsxtf tea hare -beea
burned beranse of jheh-wboleasJe adB
teratiou. . , ..- w
Tea, by the war, i one of the most-notort
ously adulterated- articles of commerce. Not .
. alone are the bright, fchiny green, teas irttS-
cially. colored, but thouands of pounds .'of &
s'ubstisutcs for tea leaves are used to swell
tbe bulk ot cheap teav, ash, sloe, and willow :
' leaves bclns -those' inoat ' commonly -used. ,
' Agaiuv sweepings, from tern . warehouses are
colored and sold as tea. - Even exhausted tea -leaves
gathered from the tea-house are kept,
dried, and made over nd find their way into
tbe client p teas.. - . i '
The English government, attempts to stamp
this out by coufixeatiun; but no tea is too
poor far u-, nnd tbe result is, that 'probably ;
the purest teas iised by any nation are those;
. consumed iu-America. .. . ' .:'
llcech's Tea is presented with the goar
au'.y that it is uncolored and unadulterated;
In fact, the snn-curca tea leaf pare and aim
. pie. Its purity insures - superior strength,
atiotit one third-loss ot it being required tor
an Infusion than of the a,iilIal teas, and its
fragrance and exquisite flavor is at once ap
parent. It wilt be a revelation to you. In
order that its purity and quality may be guar-.
anteed,' It la sold only rn pound packages
bearing this trade-rnark':
BEECHvE TEA
rPureAsWdhood3
Price SOo per pound. . For sals at
Xteslle Btitlor's,
Just
Joy
.C-:'.s'.wsiAiiiiitte'.-..-. . . .
A
g Dalles
IS
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Of thelLeading City of Eastern Oregon.
During the little oyer a year of its existence it
has earnestly tried to fallfil the objects for which it
was founded, namely, to assist in developing 6ir
industries, to advertise the resources of the city and
adjacent country and to work for an open river to
the sea. Its record is before the people and the
Phenomenal support it has received is accepted as the
expression of their approval. Independent in every
thing, neutral in nothing,
-. 1 -
for what it believes to be
Commencing with the
vclume the weekly has been enlarged to eight pages
while the price . ($1.50
Thus both the weekly
; '
more reading matter for
published in-the county.
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just and ri ht.
first number of the second
a year) remains the same.
and daily editions contain
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less money than any jpaper
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