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About The Coast mail. (Marshfield, Or.) 187?-1902 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1902)
fit L" ' i ' COAST VOL. XXI' Cream of the Published livery Day In Spokano, Aup 0-Harry Traoy.Ui butlaw murderer who has Icon defying tltu authorltl'.H of two ttfttoi la dead. A t.ol battle with a posso lu which tlio bandit was sovoroly, perhaps totally, wounded wai followed by his nulcido. Tbo bold murderer wan found at nn onrly hour thin morning In a wheat field near thn town of Follows on tho Central Washington iBllroad, UMiijn found thu doad body of tho much feared convict lay face upward while firmly grasped In hla right hand was tho now famous ,'KHIO. In hla loft ho grasped a -in call. bre Colls rtvolvor, with which ho had ended hit lawless llfo. A posao ot cltUens from Croston will bo gtven tbo credit of capturing tho do porado and will claim tho fSOOO. Yoa tcrday morning young (J. H, fJolJflnct came to Crcslon with the nowa that Tracy waa in hiding, at tho Kddy ranch. 1 ho boy aald that Tracy waa there nt . 7:10 Monday morning, at tho timo tho fV, posso weio working- anothor section, m'forther tu'uth. Thujvpid,apit,qulQklj. and a powe of four citizens was qulck . y maJo irp. Tho tncmborri of tho posso wero 0. A. Btraub, Deputy Bhorlff, Dr. K. V. I.an lor, Maurice Kmtth, Attornoy, J. J. Mor- ileon, Hallway Beet. Foreman. ' Tito posco mado all possible- Bpecd to tho Kddy much. Thoy camo upon tho proprietor work ing In tho Held. Whllu engaged in con versation with IMdy, n man waa eccn to eomo out of tho barn, and Kddy Inform ed tho hunters that thla w.ia Tracy. Quickly tho party divided, Lnntor and Hmilh accompanying Kddy n short dis lanco toward tho barn, while- tho other men went in n different dirontlon. Whon Kddy reached tho barn Trncy camo out to assist in unharnessing tho team. Ho carried no rlllo but lmd a 10- vo Ivor. Ho caught eight ot tho strangers car ry rlfloi, and turning charply asked Ed iiy who thoy woro. Kddy Informed him and tho men stop, pud closer and commanded tho outlaw: "Hold up your handB," Trncy Jumped hdiiud Kddy and placlni! man and lioraoB botweon himeolf and tho hunt ore, commanded Kddy to load tho horsos toward tho barn. Kddy compiled, and whon nearly thoro Tracy inndo a dart for tho barn door, which ho reach od wifely. A f ow minutes lator ho again apponred. mum lug hiB :iO-:tO rlllo. Ho started on Uuod run down tho valley. Onco ho luinrd and Urod uncouple of shots at the olleo to no, effect. . MAKSHFIELD, OOPS COUNTY, OBirffON, Week's News. the Daily Coast Mall. Tho posso kept up a ntoady flro, and Tracy ran behind n rock and lot looso a volley on his pursucni,who saw that Id's aim was bad. Finally Tracy mado a dash for a near by wheal field. Ho stumbled and foil on hla faco na ho entered v tho field, but crawled out of sight. Tliolpotsc took n commanding position and whon ever tho grain wn BOcn movo a allot waa placod thoro. Itein forementa woroBtnt for and Sheriff Uard- nor rushed aevoral tnon out and tho field surrounded by men waiting for their waa gamo. About 0 o'clock a single shot was heard in tho Hold and that was all. In tbo morning tho ontlro hunting' force plucked up courago and raided the field whoro they camo upon tho llfolcsa body of tho desporado. Hla leg had boon brokon lu tho fight and an aitory waa severed from which ho would havo bled to death. Tracy had attempted to stop tho flow of blood by binding a7ilrt?raboat tne-leg butiraid llttlo good. Though acolng doath looking him iu tbo faco, ho doliboratoly ended his llfo, Jn tho entertainments of tho stranger by placing tho mutzloof a 15 colts closojwhonro 0rca,iy on tliclr way from the to his head and pulling tho trigger. J Ktf Tho advanco guard of visitors Is This was tho sloglo shot heard at 0 cxpcctcd to put in an nppoaranco by o'clock. An inquest was hold over Tracy j tomorrow nfghtnnd from that time on at Davenport at ti o'clock, and tho body ' tbo opccU, Rml rCRUiar trains wlllar- .... i a 1 will bo held until tlio nrriva; oi omciais to Identify It. Shenandoah, Aug. 7 William Stein, etato mino Inspector at tho Shenandoah region anuouncos that flvo colllorlea un dor that jurisdiction which have an esti mated valuo of f l.GOO.OOO havo boon rendcrod usolesa by reason of being Hooded and havo been permanently abandoned by tho companlea owning thorn. 1 nopector Stoln soya : "Out ol 30 col llorlea In tho district, only 11 aro In con dition for immodlato operation if tho Btrlko Is ended. Othorsaro in such a condition that It would requlro from ono o four months tlruo to clear thorn of water and mako tho repairs." Uo said tho ayorago time would bo about two months. Tho abandonmont of tho flvo colliers would coraptl 20,000 mlnernto Book employment in othor parts, This regton may havo eomo tronblo In finding them If tho thousands ol mon who loft tho region during tho Btrlko ahould not roturn. Tho strlko situation this morning was nractlcally unchanged, Tho disorderly olomont havo eomo to tho oplulon that O'BRIEN ARRESTED CHARGED WITH PERJUBY - Washlngton.Aug. 7 Corporal O'ltrlen who was arrested 'at North Admsfaw., charged with perjury, was today indUted by tho District of Columbia grahd JrTry. Tho fact was kopt from tho public uitll tho arrest was mado. 0,Bilan'Mi AS charged with giving also testimony';-! foro tho- fionato Committee, regardfeg tho allejed outrages of Filipino; wotaen by American soldlors. O'Brien waa ap parcntly unconcerned aud says ho can produco witnesses to provo the state niont Frisco Preparing for Sir Knights i; San Francisco, Cal., Ang f Arrange ments aro fast ncaring completion for tho reception and entertainment of the thousauds of visitors expected In San Francleco next week for the big Knights of Pythias gathoring. Tho Indication are that tho crowd will be of euormoss proportions, but so woll have the local commltteos done their work that every. visitor Ib assured of ample accomoda tions, plenty to cat, n piece to sleep aM s" entertainment enough to fill In every hour of the entlro week. All CwHbL JobnF Hall and J, W. Kruse and has taken an Interest in tho arrange- ..,.,! tT- .-" - - monta for tho convention and many parta of tho stato will contribute a sharo rivo ftt 8hort ntervMj until by Sunday it is oxpected thoro will bo an army of vast proportions on hand. Tenmile Items Tho past weok has boob ono of extra ordinary happenings in thiscommuuity. Things havo been running from one ex tremo to tho other. Eomo have had a Kny niul i,iarjou, tendency while othera havo leaned toward sadnesa and calami ty. Ono of tho moat serious accidents that ovor occurred In our vicinity woe tho burning of tho homo ol J. W. Ben son shortly after noon on Wednesday whon about 1500 worth of property was dolrroyod in less than an hour. It Ib Indeed a sad picture to seo the fruits of nearly a lifetime's toll and gathoring go up iu a cloud of smoke; to' bo loft with nothing but a low worn out clothes whon the hair is turning gray and tho signs of old age appoaron ovory hand. Tho causo of tho accident is not known but evidently tho firo had started noar a terra cottn pipo leading from tho kitchen stovo whoro a small firo had boo 1 kept about an hour before. . Auothor dark spot in the history of tho eamo weok remaiuos to bo chronicl ed, though this Ib moro In forth of a ilia appointment and causod uo groat finan cial Iosb, Bomo of tho most high of the cdunty'a sporty ualciliHy woro hav ing an outing, tho principal object being I:VxJJLxJLJ, AUG. 9, 1902. fishing; but oh what an awful thing! thoso beautiful speckled trout had gono on a strike J. W. B,, the veteran fish erman shook his J head saying: "Thoy wont bite, Wonder if thoy can hear tho rumbling of tho express and frcfeht trains on tho Great Central Railroad or If they canbo afraid of our white shirts?" After a llttlo meditating onoo! bis con panlons remarked:. "I think the. J trouta wont blto because they know Iber are llahlo lo bo packed in old coal oil cans or crackor boxes and shipped to town and not being accustomed to city life tboy prefcre to stay liore." The launch Hannah Quick was launch ed in tho waters of tbo lako last Friday. J. W. Bennett and party wore among tho distinguished visitors; also Bear Admiral Steven l'. Johnson. No cham paign was wasted in the ceremony, be cause of its valuo fn cases ot snake-bite. By rcqueBt of people of national reputa tion a bottlo ot water from tho Lincoln Springe, Kentucky, was used instead. Saturday night tho greatest blowout in the history of this section took place, in the way of a social ball at tho Tcmplolon Opera House, The Hannah Quick mado her Initial trip, bringing visitors, and they also arrived as pedestrians and equestrians, in wagons and boats from the fonr quarters of the globe. Tho dance was kept up all night, to the mu sic of Frof. E. A. Staufl's orchestra. vnt..i "f.n. .t-vr..-rtwo-.i - IIIU iiuiuin iiuu ! j. in imsifUHi came out for an outing on lakes, Wed nesday, E. A Stauff. tho landscapo photogra pher, of Marshfield, is established in a tent in Templcton. Ho is taking vciws to bo placod on exhibition In tho art galleries of Paris, Vienna and Munich. Thos. McDormltt, the well-known sailor, is ttopping on his farm. Aldrldgo Benson went out to North Bend Tuesday. Mr. Krlck, who has rented J, H. Hib bard's plnco is establishing himself BJaBSiSBBSSBtBBSJBJBJBSMSSMaBSlSSBSSSSBSMfK riOES FOR HIE SUMME XvQ 32 thoreoo. Mr. Krlck came to this sec-' tlon this spring and has been employed by A lor Carlson on Dig creek. Frrd Adams who has been working on tho night shift at North Bend has been laid up a few days with a felon on bis hr.nd. Arthur Walker ol Sampson, has been -tin the Douglas county section o! Korthy. M$k& I lake, looking up delinquent i6advt9 ; in his capacity of road supervisor. Mrs. E. . Itlgge, of Marshfleld is vis iting friends lu this neighborhood. J. E, Poterson, of May, acd E. E. Biggs, of North Bend, are out for a, hunting trip. Hospital Subscriptions Father Donnelly reports progress la tbo subscriptions to the hospital fund' aud expects in tho near futuro to havo the amount raised. When that is ac complished he will begin work on Hie structure Immediately. In the meantime all minor plana and arrangements will bo mado, so there will bo no hitch, and when work is once begun the building will bo nuehod to complotion as rapldly as possible. Father Donnelly expects to leavo for Portland In tho near futuro to complete some necessary arrangements, Tho list now stands as follow Li. J. bimpeon, Dean & Co.. 250 00 250 00 J60C0 100 00 100 00 100 CO 100 CO 100 00 E. O'Connell, Dr. J. T. McCormac. J. H. Wall, Jonn Jfreuss, E. G. Flanagan, C H. Merchant, J. L, Fertey, Flanaxan & Bennett Bank ' 100 00 100 00 H. jswjssw,,, jsaisjfjuyajj,. 700 MagM Matte -iuiT"i73T0Q. 75 00 McPhereon k Ginser. W. P. Murphy, John Bear, P. L. Phelan, 0. A. Moore, W. A. Woollover, Dr. E. E. Straw, 76 0 60 00 GO 00" DO 00 50 00 50.00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00" 25 Od 23 00 25 00 25 OQ 25 OQ. 25 00 Thos. Hirst John Golden Dr. A. G. 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