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y land I . . 1 II ' II.. II V. vol. tto. io5.:; PORTLAND, OBEGONr THUIiS DAY, JTJLY10, 1902, i f UPRKtB fflYE CENTS. BATTLE ROYAL THE KINGS PROGRESS ) Expected Soon ; j Be tween Gates and the The . Date of the CororiatibriWill , BeAnnounced. Verv Soon. Armours. : V 1 , Si Fort u' mm 1 ' l.i i. i i i i i ' i .i n. '. i i iii. nil' i ' ' j'i . .I. . i 1, i. .."V . .,: v - r s-i - ; - ..e .V A J. Tracy: Holds Ub Another Farmer, Takes Mbneyahd Es- ci . ivv' ! A SKATTIJ5, oly K), Convict Trcy bat committed notlr nold-up ana U " T i ' . - ' t ' Neaping towtrt Falmer wid tb Cm- saar MounUn. H i probaWy 10 mllea from' Seattle by thU tlm. ; Bntrlff Cudl- bea and hla'poua. ara In pursuit, but are away behind the murderer.'? ' "J ' ELUDED PQSSa." ' ' j. ; The daring convict eluded .the .- powe . V, "'.! " ' yeeterdayr mornlnf and on reaching the home ct a farmer named Johneon, five mllea front Kent and'iuly H miles from ; v - i j , i - Seattle, went through hla uaual escapade . . v . ' n t .'.irf iH- i - i holding up the famUy and ordering them to serve him. food and stealing all the money they bad. :' ' HELD UP FAMILT. On . reaching Johnson's house i on tbe Kent road, he saw the farmer In the baok yard.) He threW his rifle to his shoulder and commanded the farmer to march In to the house. He said he was Tracy, and that he Intended to remain all day; that he wanted all the family to gather In the kitchen and to make no disturbance about It. ; FRIGHTENED CHILDREN. There are five or -sis . women In athe : family, and they were frightened almost intp hysterics,' though-obeying the. ban dit's command to remain In the kitchen. Johnson, being covered by the con vict's rifle all the time, was afraid to make any move that might lead Tracy to think he would try to resist the coiv. vlct. ' ORDERED TO BE QUIET. Johnson waa himself frightened on ac count of his family, and he simply obeyed every order of the murderer. . ' Tracy threatened to kill the family If RUIN MENACES DES MOINES j , 4. 1 r, t( " 4 . ' J - s i 1 THROUGH RAGING FLOODS Hundreds of MeniWorkirig Like .Demons to; Save Their Homes Many Thrilling. V ; Rescues AH Central Jowa v - . Threatened. r-. . , ' (Scrlpps-McRas News Association.) ' , DBS MOINES, July 10.TThe floods' in Des" Moines 'and throughout Iowa con tinue. ' If the river here rises another foot the fires jln the boilers at the pumping stations hera will be extinguished and the entire city -will be without water: supply, ' loaing every factory In the city. Mllea of waier stretch In three directions as far as the eye can sea. -- - HUNDREDS OF MEN ,. are employed building improvised leveea at the water, works, but It Is feared their labors are In ; vain..- .The flood situation reached its most alarming state-early this morning when a section of the levee broke forcing hundreds of the residents of South Dee Moines to y. Many thrilling rescues In boats are reported. , 1 -, ' THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS f ' worth of .property was lost In half an , SHIPrCARPENTERS V ARE' WINNERS All Companies Have Signed Their ' Agreement Except 0.R & N.: The - ship carpenters have practically,! won their strike,' the O. R. A N.' yard being the only one which- baa not signed their aareement Anktnv S3. SO for an eliht- hour day. ' The flrma to sign are the4 Joel Paquet, the 8uppU yard and the Portland Shipbuilding Company. "y f . At the .0. R. & N, yard no work In the shipbuilding line Is dona farther than re pairing" the' company's own boats. ony two man are employed there at present capes Toward; any undue noise was made that might at tract traveUPVon the road. ' " TRACT WAS CALM. ; - v i . - ; Tracy did not seem at all ill at ease or frightened-that ,the .posse . might be In pursuit of him., but be seemed tired, , ' . " v . - r and waa evidently holding the family as , - i f prisoners untU he bad, eaten well and -.,- "'', , rested up. f n . ' He also wanted-to wait until dark to start ' out "again on ibis ; course ; toward , - ' 1 , ' th mountains, frs.' Johnson prepared a hearty meal for the outlaw, and he. made the family all remain in sight . ' ANOTHER HOLD-UP , - - v - M ' '' ' When be bad !thorowgniy rested him Self,' after keeping the family, prisoners most ot the day, he Warned them to say - fit, ' " ' not a word thai he had been there, and 1 , , ' ' disappeared along the road tb ward Pal- mer, warning Johnson If he reported his movements , that' he would return and kill. Mm. i This was late In te afternoon. He took as much as he could carry and started across the 'country toward the Palmer Pass in the Cascades. :x. " ; NEWS GIVEN. . ' Johnson, the farmer held tap, osm nto Sheriff Cudlhee's office this morning and .fve the story in r detail,; He saw I that he was afraid to notify the' officers last night for fear that the bandit would kill him. . . Two other robberies , were reported at the same time, but Sheriff Cudlhee said he would hot give out any more nes because the newspapers might get ltito the convict's' hands and aid him to get away. .,- t ' Only One Holdnp. SEATTLE, 'July 10. Sherlit Cudlhee on J lnvesUgaUon at Kent finds that Tracy did not hold up Anderson and McCulloch, hour In that section. Hundreds of men are working" desperately along the levees to save their homes and property, but the water' is sloWly driving them from their positions. In South Dee Moines - ' -' FOUR FEET OP WATER is rushing through a district of 20 blocks occupied by residences. ' The flood Is now at the highest point since 1851 when the river was six feet deep over what ts now oorirpled by thousand of residences, busi ness house and factories. The Raccoon River has advanced three feet In as many hours this morning. In, North Dee Moines a ' Wide break in the levee occurred this morning, driving 400 residents 'from their homes, - Street-car, traffic ' is , partially abandoned and. similar conditions prevail throughout, the central - section - of the state, all tha principal' rivers being out of their banfts. Railway traffio Is badly crip pled. 4 ' . i . " ' ' . It la ielieved this company will also Sign as soon as it receives an order for any extensive work, r .. -Iw' The Portland Shipbuilding Company la at work On the new city dredge and re pairing wo steamboats. Supple is build ing a government boat and repairing the steamer Albany. Paquet is at work on 10 pontoons for the Port of Portland.,,; ; :-'' ' '. ' .iw-rj..,.;.,:.. -'",.-. .'.-.''''jVf'??.V ( . Baths "Are Crowded. ,: trith a few days ot real summer weath er the Portland free swimming baths are again being Invaded by a large number pf boys tangs and small. '.During the cold, rainy epey, the bath Were closed and. with thf flrst ray- tf sunshine the doors wera again- thrown openV Messrs. Holman And Samuel, the promoters of the Institution, are wall .,- pleased with the popularity of tha bath.1- i i ; ) .. . fc -'-, .'. : ';' .-.. '. ,v i -.-'-'' ' -. -V A' w t M the Cascades, '.... .. I rV i as reported 'this morning. The convict was seen by these two, but waa not r '. ' "' -K garded with- suspicion. . ' , -. The Johnson hold-up, as reported to - - i the Sheriff's office, was absolutely, cor- ' ' . i '" rect Tracy made himself agreeable to the family. He took seven women of the . - . - . - - household up on the hillside back of the ? " . " -bouse, helped to milk the cows at dusk, . , .. -' ,s v . r.. 4 :- ' and on leaving them thanked them' for their kindness, .... -n :.. '-. : He took 15 from Johnson, which be said f he would repay. n ft ; , Stories Wer Fale. "v SEATTLE, July 10. Some; ejfettement was caused- last night by the word aent the ShenhTs office that a man thought to be Traey eTiWed th home of O. B. HUI--man'at,Kenwood station at t o'clock and asked to use the telephone. ,Mraf JiUI man waa alone, near the telephone. In-the kitchen, and the man pushed bar to 'one side and took' down the receiver. -$ Mr. Hlllman says he did not' call for a .number. She went outside to see about her 2-jrear-old baby, anti the man followed 'her out and" went down ithe street-car track to ward -.Kenwood station. v- Whn - he - cams Into the house he was carrying a gun by thr barrel, with the stock 'down, but when he left he was carrying the gun under his arm,' with -the muzsle. pointed, to the ground. ' " ... . """"""STORY A FAKE.' ",' s Thewbdl sforyVspWitiell in great de-f tall in some newspapers, baa - proven a fake. The story that Merrill has rejoined his partner in crime has also, in the light of recent" developments, proven to have been manufactured out of whole cloth. During the time that rumors of hla pres ence here and there were flying thick and fast, the desperado has wasted no time. Not one incident of all those expatiated upon by would-be sensationalists has had any foundation in fact since the story ,of his escapo from the Preeke ranch was re. lifted in The Journal on Tuesday right. MAY BE MERRILL SALEM, July 10. Superintendent J. IX EDITH 151 ri' ; 001 Jill . ' Frisco Libel Suit; of Gov. Gage Grows Warnv ; (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) SAN FRANCISCO, July 10.-Th Superior Court this morning , dis missed the habeas corpus proceed ings brought by Spreckels. and Leake,. and remanded them; to the , custody, of the. Chief of Police. -. . f ' - A ..stay of proceedings of one day was granted, to permit their taking an appeal to the Suprema Court. The jidltors jmust go toj Los An;4 geles Couhty for trial In tbe Gov ernor Cage libel s suit unless . the Supreme Court grants the , writ. if FIRST claim: ' '' THE HONOR ".. ' ' y t '(Scripps-McRae News 'Association.) , ; BOSTON. Mass.. July mTha Chief of Police of Boston saya ftarry .Tracy, :;tMa Oregon desperado, is a Boston man. Ha lived here years ago - in tb tough dis trict, and served a . term in the state prison... - 7 ' Will Circulate Petition. ' ? An effort will again" be made by prop erty owners oa East Sixth street to im prove that thoroughfare and to erect an elevated , roadway between East -Washington and Eaat Oak street a. ( A peti tion . waa .in circulation soma . time ago, but everybody waa- busy', with politics, so nothing was dona In the matter. The street la In a good condition from ast Washington - Street ta -tb-' Stephen Slough, ' X't fa" i t tee j-ecelved vaVelegrm from Sherlit Thomas Rohey of South-Bend, Wssh., Isst '-night, tor the' effect that the South Behd officer -had a waff In Jail who an swered the description of Merrill, one of the' Oregon' cohvlcts" wanted in this city for murder, and be asked that a maa.be spht to ldentlfy'tbe prisoner. Mr. Lee anr ,wred that a man would leave for South Bend' today. ' An office will be sent to pacific County," In 'accordance with the above request, and should the-captive of Sheriff Rdneiy' provefto 'be Merrill, he will be promptly extradited and returned hers for trial C t " 1 ' Sheriff Honey has one of the circulars sefir 'out 'by the' prison 'authorities here. ' giving a complete description of Merrill, but the latter has Very few scars or dis tinguishing marks' by which he can be reoognlsed,- and Identification by sn offiv oer who knows him-personally will be re Quired. : v . V- . 4 . WAS .THIS MAN MERRILL The Incident at tbe penitentiary lent Monday night continues,: to attract con stderable artentlon;hc, 4and the pulHc generally, believes ( that Guard Simpson, shot at a man whdl was anxious to curry I arms into rhe inatltutioif for use of con victs. Many, among .them lomo officers, believe that the -(midnight visitor was none other; than Merrll. Those taking this view hold, that, here ts an explana tion for Tracy's erratic conduct at Se attle. That thf two separated, Tracy to attract the. attention of the pursuers and the officials, while Merrill returned se cretly to, Salem, here to carry through another outbreak at the prison, thus re leasing aomeconyiets who would Join the two In their nefnrtauA work. Taking thla view of the cask tt 4 easy to see how Merrill woild appear; on the ferlce. in un effort to amuggle arms Into the prison. Governor TT.. Geer, In speaking of the matter last -night, said that additional precautions' must ,be taken, at the peni tentiary, and he favors placltt a perpet ual guarQ on the prison' wall. "'VHe iow guards are posted oniys durji.fi '' . hours prisoners ur In "rt5'jrlitd or in th shops. He favors a dbubllng of the guards for the prison as the only means of safety for the -officials, and for the best interests of the Institution. It ' has been- decided to arm the prison guards with new guns, and Winchester 30-30 rifles will he se cured for that purpose. ., ...' s '. MARION PASSES BILLS. 'In the County Court .yesterday, bllfs aggregating 12B0 were filed,' Incurred on account of the chase after Tracy and Merrill, when those worthies were In Marlon County. The bills are for various mounts, and the Items of expense named are as varied as the amounts. One man filed a , birr for 12, for tobacco furnished the posse; another charged 11.40 for m-. munition, and a third a farmer at ar Quam had a charge of 5 for horse feed. The court has hot yet decided what to do with the bills. RooseveltRebMkesTwb : New York Corre ; spondentsJ (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) f OTSTER BAT. L. I., July 10.- -f f President "Roosevelt has Invited a : number of friends to visit him dur- -f f. lng his stay here, but their visits f will have no political significance . wnatever. f T , Jt la announced that the Presiv 4 dent will make no appointments ot 4- any Importance during .the ; sunt- - -f f mer, He ifialted" two , New' Tork 4- -f correspondente to his office last -f f night to rebag them for writing -f f smsatlonal stories about .bis home f "life and his children. j ; . J , f ; Baths Well Patronized. The Portland, free baths on the . East 81de are well patronised these warm days. Sine the recent change was tn,ad in the time schedule the men "are given more time In the baths, and tb women's time waa reduced. Th reason for this Was that the women did not patronise the Institution In sufficient numbers to make the directors feel that their! efforts were appreciated. The crowd . of boys at the institution still continues very large, and Is Increasing every day,' Soma Of the boys stay in the tank nearly all day, and they now say that tt la preferred very much more than the old "swimming bole. ' The baths are located at the foot of Belmont street' $ A t ..Italian Identified. -'-Jit ' The body of the, Italian who died from Injuries 'received , in a railroad, accident at Oneorita last Sunday waa identified as that of Carmina Datullo, aged W. years. Th remains were burned this morning. SCRIBES? ITRDITED (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) : CHICApO, July :10.-rTba' Armours are said, to. be preparing the way fori a great corner in September ' corn which will ccllps .th Gates deal in July. 'The Ar mours are now said to be long over a million bushels, while Oates Is short. A battle royal in September, with the Ar mour millions on one side, and th 'Gates millions on the other. Is expected wrfon the July daL, Is closed. - .' ENGLISH PROWESS . . -y T V . 1 .. ' 1 1 ". '", L-S- -j. Vj. 5 '. Holds Both . the Grand ChaUenge Cup tand , " Diamond Sculls. (Scrlpps-MvRae News Ansoclatlcn.) HENLET. England, July !0.-The day for the finals In the regatta' dawned with a heavy . down-pour f rain. Fair crowds witnessed the contents. in, the final race, for 1 the grand challenge cujy the third Trlniiy, crew from Cambridge won from the Leanders, the winners of last year's cup. Ttao diumond sculls were won by Kelley. He rlcfsnted Ether Ingtoo Smith by a length ana a half. Seven Firemen Meet a Fearful Death in Toronto (Scrlpps-McRae News Asnoclatlon.) TORONTO. July 10, Seven foronto flie men were killed In a Are at MclntoKh'a Cereal Wcrks this morning. The firemen were on a bullffing lighting the Tire when the collaapslng Walla crushed . them. The killed Include David Lee, Adam Kerr. D. O. RuKsell. Joseph Vollard, and William Taggurt. "'. The fallen building covers a whole block.. There may have been some ettl-st-n killed, , but It is Impuible to tell until the debris has been removed. The loss will reach hundreds of thou sands of dollars. ' While going to the Are one of the fire men was thrown from a reel and his back' waa broken. The men who were killed JumpeJ from the roof, as., a wall bulged, butj fiefore they ' could' Bel to i point Cf sapty' the wall fell on them. D01P DUBQLAfl A burglar is making life miserable for the res!denta.ln the vicinity of Fourteenth and Columbia streets. Several of the res idences within a block or two there have been entered within .the last 48 hours. The residence of 11. Jeffries. 313 14th streetT Waa entered: 'Tuesday night at 12 o'clock, and three purses and 'two val uable stick pins were taken. Fortu nately there was only a small amount of money In the pursea. The presence of the man was' detected by a young woman, whose room the burglar was searching. The young woman gave the alarm, and the Intruder fled. . A few moments later he was heard to be endeavoring to enter the building ad Joining the Jeffries residence, but . took fright and again disappeared. SUNSTROKE 320 Soldiers Overcome Three, Dead. f , PARIS, July; 1ft --During the ma- f- neuvers Of the One Hundred and f Eighth Infantry 'ilt Bergerac to- -f if "day, 320 of the men were overcome -f f by sunstroke. ' The maneuver -f f were stopped. Three of the men are -f f already dead, and many of the -f f others are In a serious condition, -f f ' 'Short Liberty.,. In company with 11 others on the way to th rock-pile this morning,' Ed .Taylor and Tom Spencer made a break for lib erty,' Th offloers ipould not leave their prisoners to give chaae. but two citlsens caught Spencer. " Taylor escaped, ,bnt was recaptured later in the day and will now break rock, for So days, He la a very hard case, ' and ' give the polio much trouble. H "talked back", to Judge Hogu tn' court' yesterday, . . CilBT (Scrtppa-McRas News Aasoclption.1 LONDON, July W. The King's condl tloa continues satisfactory. : ' The British Medical Journal says 4o dayt v.' fit , ! .. "His 1 Majesty t will leave.; Buckingham for a change of air shortly, r The cor onation date will be announced almost Immediately as the King's, progress ydur-Ing- the weefc jia been mer rapid than it THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY STRIKE People of Oregon.Xify ing Tonight The p. C. & Co Is now operating four cars Instead of thre. as It badNbeen doing since the strike was declared. Two of them are on the Oregon City ran, mak ing the trip every hour. The other two r.ro on the Mount' Scott- run, leaving- th Madison-street bridge every 5 minutes. Business over the road" remains prac tically tbo( same. It" Is stated by those who are In a position to know that th entire receipts over the road ..,wlll' not ismount to over Jl.W a daj., No. one fa miliar; wttfi the conditions Js patronising the line! ihd here are but very few In the city and tributary country who do not know all about It. , ',', Tiffany la running, the sprihkUng car and breaking iw new men! Th company is evidently preparing, to get th entire system im operation again wiflil other em ployes, but When the road is boycotted by the public It seems that as a busihess proposition such a course will prove an utter failure. K ";: ,,'1"'. '.' The strikers are not losing courage' but on tho contrary express, themselves aa wch satlsfled with tha,' situation. ; "We are undoubtedly in a better shape at present," said one of them this morn Inir, "than at any other period since the walkout. All of us ar standing togethei to a mun." "'. '. ".: OREGON CTTT. MASS MEETING OREGON CITT, July JO.-At 9 o'clock this afternoon In th court house square EIGHT HUNDRED MEN' -' ' ENTOMBED (Sorlpps-McRa , JOHNSTOWN, Pa., July lO.-By aa explosion la tb Cambria coal mine -f v here about noon, it Is reported that tOO men ar entombed. Tba loss of - life will be terrible.! - . ,- . v j. . -P4-'s, s " "..,' . - " TWO HUNDRED DEAD. - - - ,s t i; JOHNSTOWN, Pa., July IdAt 'clodt a fw men who escaped from . ; - the mines reported that many were already dead. Th last report received Is that the fatalities may reach 200. , - . v ? A $1500 BLAZE. - Fire In the basement of the two-story frame building on Morrison street. Beat Chapman, called out the department this morning at 6:30. Th lower -floor of the building was occupied by ths', Portland Oyster Company and the -dressmaking parlors of Mrs. McKibben. The building Is owned by Kelley & Blythe, and tbe loss to the occupants of ' the lowejr floor Is estimated at, JlaQO. . A small building adjoining, also "occupied by ' the. Portland-Oyster Company, was. gutted. WHEAT MARKET. - (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) CHICAGO, July Wheat WH&SSe: WOODARD, CLARKE SL COMPANY I IMPERIAL - WINES, LIQUORS MAGAZINE CAMERA Thompson's ec. f a.-" , Cabinet Blend.... 03C ' ,.f....wf ju...., , . , Walker Canadian' 'V I ' ' Regular $10, Special $6.40, spciail.r....i$t.05 ' Dewar's Bcotch J I f A -v1'1 1 . vj 1 - Liquor, special... .3) I I vl .SPECIALS HahlWai..;..$1.15 TRIPODS, Regular il, special ..47c Mrrs0ufar , , e r; RUBY LAMPS, reg. $1,' gpecial.'... h' . ! . " VcBrayr"s Cedar ' ' PRINT FRAMES reg. 25c, special.lSc Brook (Sour c n. r Mash), -quart.. ..D litU Our new Photo Catalogue FREE. Hunter's Baiu- .. 1 ie . - mora Rye ....4lilJ WOODARD, v f sub-station posTorrictt I WOODARD, " CLARKE MMtmOrim Issued CLARKE Barifield-Veysey Fuel Co; 4 t SLAB p, Get your orders in early and V - Office: No. CO ORE. FFTONE. AtAlN fc3 COLUMBIA. - j I 1 ' ' 1 r -V J -4;;'4 wa apparently reasonable to expect. . The wound Is granulating' weli,- an the matter "formed' is diminishing in quantity, but, tha wound la -sUll deep,'; and must be' dressed from the bottom."'"5 His majesty lias gained-strength, but ' I stlll eonflned to his bed or a couch. T He ha a good appetite, and the dootor ' are satisfied that hi constitution 1 thor- '-t oughly sound."' ' "'.' Will; Hold Mass Meet to Discuss It. a mats meeting of citizens will be held for the purpose of arranging a settlement of tbe strik on th Portland City Ore gon Railway. A call has been Issued,, which is signed by such well known men as Mayor G. B. Plmlckv W, ft, iTJRen. B.. a Cauneld, Pr, , M. C Btriokland. John W, Loder, V. (X Latourette, Georga A- Harding, W. A. Huntley,- C. H." Dya and Holden Hargreavea - Tb -object Of tb meeting will be to try and get at tb bottom of th troubl and to ascertain the real facta tit tba case, ; A commlttea will U appointed In furtherajye of that purpose. The meeting win ba of a' con ctlatory natur and sot; with th Inten tion of denouncing either aid.' .It Will no doubt be largely attended a the, peo ple of this city are anxious for a settle ment of the strlk and are of th opinion that If both, aide would maka reasonable concessions a termination of tb difficulty corld be brought about.; Tha eal reads; "The citlsens of Oregon City and vicin ity, and all patrons of th Portland Oty & Oregon Railway, are reqnted to meet at the court house squar In Oregon City, Thursday evening, July K, at 8 O'clock, to take such action if any" can b bad, as may assist in bringing about a fair and Just settlement of tba difference between the officers and employes of the' rail way company,' and if possible, promota a mora harmonious and cordial feeling between .th corporation and the people it should serve." ; , ' . j .. ,.' ,'. :..'.:--v t - AT JOHNSTOWN -1 News Association.) Tfl.5(H01K (Scrlpps-McRa Kws) Association.) .' MINNEAPOLIS, ' July ' ia President Charles s ElUot of Harvard was elected President of th1 NaUonal Educational Association . this iornlng, ' and W. N Davidson Of Topeka, Kan was elected treasurer. Tb retiring president. W. M. Beardshear, of Ames,- la., la tba new first Vic president' . Charlea' Reeves of Seattle la third vice president ' WOOD give your rvood a chance to dry. THI.1DSTr.E2T. rcr.TL: 1 i t -1 1 i - ' ".S , t t
