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About Portland evening journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1902 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1902)
, I. t - . 1 THE '' iBVEKiy G SOTTBlXAi PORTLAND, ORJEGOK t SATOBDAY. JTTLTf 12, 1903 sbsbbosbsbbssjbbs ' WW r'M4 wp ' 'kl''7 FP - - - ? t-- If TMMV 1-.. - t." J WITHIN 12 MINUTES BY CAR AND 30 MINUTES' WALK OF THE BUSINESS CENTER OF PORTLAND. 4 I 1 "f .- ' . s,zsar.irTS:cmsj.xssr ' i .i - , DE A I Vr t'f W II, TV-. 1 1 ; ' ' " ' ' , ' v- . Choice TITLE .WJARANTEE AND) TRUST COMPANY oT TRACY'S,: CAREER OF CERIM History of the Outlaw Who Has Terrorized People of Several States. . la All tii taiuOa of vutUtwnr of tba ' last deoftdo there bu beeo no bolder orim . lnaT than 'Harry Tracn th detperately cool, Mrllo-wltted, toxily-cunnlm and bru. tally murderous convict who hat for the laat few nU terrorited the entire Northweat. ' t ': From prlaon records hla crime or. at least part ot them are known. From the oman who married him and for several . months followed the varyln fortunes of a crook's wife, Comes the only Informa tion regarding hla birthplace and early ytars. Traey is 51 years old. He was ' born either la Louisville, Ky or In Mew Tork. , , The officers who have bean most fa miliar with him Incline to the latter placet Tracy once 'told a sruard In the Oreron penitentiary that no was born In Uuchaas County, opposite" Newburg, N. T. He certainly, has a (Teat familiarity with that country. On tho other hand, he also knew Louisville, and told ot aaso- elating with a crowd which he called the "Deer Creek gang-" la Cincinnati, O. In Chicago he claims to have been first arrested and served sentence for some petty offense.- Certain It is that he came West In 1896, for even then bis name fig ured on the police records of Penver as a bad character. The life of the frontier was attractive to such as he, and the next time : he was brought Into notice as an outlaw was when the famous "hole-in-the-wall" band of cattle thieves, known in Western parlance as "rustlers," precipitated what for a time was almost a border war. To - the west of Grand Junction, Colo., back : of the Book Rocks, known to all trano ' continental tourists, with others of bis ' Uk, be made an abode, - . . i SCHOOL OF LAWLESSNESS. - ' Short shrift came to that desperate ., band and almost all of Its members fell beneath the crack of the Western official rifle. It Is probable that In this school of lawlessness Tracy learned that deadly ' coolness and utter disregard for human life. in,.l887, the first official record of death was made against him. in the kill ing of-Valentlne Hoge, Colorado cattle- ; man, . The killing was In the course of a : running fight. He followed it by the un provoked killing of William Strong, a mere boy, and resident of the same state, Then be became known as a tbtid man, and from that day on the officers were on the alert. Deputy Sheriff Valentine Hay undertook to arrest him for the kill ing of Strong and fell dead from Tracy's i aim. But the arrest was made and Tracy was taken to the county seat wherein --Ihe-Offlcer was killed, 'was placed In the Aspen. Colo., Jail and beld for trial on the charge of murder. While awaiting bis trial he Wed thVpheriff Into his cell on an excuse, struck Hto over the head, bound and gagged birr., took the keys and , made bis escape.. The hue and cry fol- ! lowing availed nothing, and through the bills be rode toward Ouray. T"" COLORADO TOO WARM. Tracy himself says that he decided Colorado was getting too warm for him, ' so be decided to make a clean Jump to the Coast. By a aeries of daring hold ops and One hotel robbery In Salt Lake Cltyy Otab. ho gained money enough to, INITIALS ON . : THEIR LOAVES WASHINGTON, July 11 .The City ' of Montreal lias Just ' passed' law to -im rrove Its bread supply. . All Montreal loaves hereafter must be stamped with a number Indicating their weight and with the initials of the baker. ' V iWfins and two months' Imprison Lots Small Cash Payment, Balance on ride "like a gentleman'' to Seattle. While In that city his rendezvous was -the tenderloin, his Intimates thugs and thieves of the lower class, and his rec ord one of quiet skulking from ..officers. His Ufein Tacoma, whither h drifted, Was similar. But In 198 he again came to the fore as a desperado. In Portland he committed two' highway robberies with his pal and brother-in-law, Dave Merrill. When arrested he shot twice at Detec tive D. Wetner, held 'up a locomotive engineer and rode away on the engine. Almost .by an. accident he was wounded by a butcher and captured. Undaunted by previous records of failure in the West, he, In 1899. after conviction, held up his jailer with a revolver, and after exchanging a' few shots with a. Deputy Sheriff, was forced to surrender.. His murderous escape with Dave Mer rill from" the Salem penitentiary is now a matter of sueh recent date that -It has attracted : the attention" of the entire United States. PERSONAL , CHARACTERISTICS. Tracy is a man of medium build, close mouthed, pleasant when with men or wo men for whom he feels no apprehension. Inclined to boyish outbursts of laughter' and gaiety. In the hold-up of the Oer rells family near Seattle, he .whistled a waits and asked one of his captives 'to dance with him. He reads newspaper 'ac counts ly himself and secerns highly amusedj He is fond bf children, and whenever be comes 4n contact with them caresses them. He has the speech and manners of a man of some education; he evidences at times some signs of re finement in action and on occasion can be courteous. But withal, there is ,deadly cold glitter of a pale gray, .eye. the viciously resolute Jaw, the seamed face of hardship and the general appearance at- murderous brutality. Hla killing of Merrill because he became suspicious of the latter, by shooting him through the back, and the kicking and choking of the inoffensive farmhand, Anderson, whom he kidnaped, are evidences of his brutality. No"better Illustration of his carelessness for dan ger could be given, or, in fact, no better character demonstration than that at the time When he coolly Btepped from the Gen-ells farm house, Jokingly told the Imprisoned women that he had visitors coming, and stood with rifle In hand openly laughing at the posse of fanners who were breathlessly run ning toward him. His boldness Is al most that Of Insanity. His generalship has been sufficient to enable him to open ly defy all law and order and escape easily from the meshes Spread by a thou sand men," all seeking revenge, or the thousands of dollars' reward offered for his dead body. During all his long flight he has steadfastly refuged Intoxicants. His Iron endurance, his perfect coolhess and deadly aim, added to" his fearsome record, have terrorised tho residents of two states, and at this time the end Is not yet. For days at a time he has mer rily given his defy to all pursuers, al though at times within the city limits of Seattle. He is here, there, everywhere, traveling from 20 to 60 miles a day back and forth, a living example of the futil ity of law when a man of hla mark is In volved. , . ment. Rre th alternative penalties pro vided for eacHi violation, and all bread not fulfilling requirements Is to be seised, pesldes this It Is provided also under heavy penalties that all rooms for the manufacture pf food products shall be at least eight feet high and floored with cement, tiles, or wood broperly saturated" with ' Unseed olL' " 'a , ' o:;;:'-: The walls and ceilings I must be White waetuifl, at least once in six months, and no animals, except cats, shall be allowed In any rooms used for the manufacture or storage of bread or pastry, f- $ Improved Streets Sewers, City Water, Electric Lights, Fine Car Good Schools, Churches, Stores, Delightful Surroundings. ill (MM eaSSSBSBSSSSSSSSSBBSSSSSS Grand Duke Constan tine Assaulted His . Emperor. (Journal Special Service.) PARIS, July 12. It has leaked V out that Grand Duke Constantino 4- has gone Insane, and gave his nephew, the Czar, a terrible beat-4- ing Just before he was placed un- der restraint . N 4- Nicholas was upbraiding his un-4- cle for the latter's slipshod admln- istration of the military academies, when Constantine, without warn 4 Ing, gave his Majesty a rap on the 4 head. Nicholas called for help, 4 but before his adjutants arrived 4 Constantino had knocked the frail 4 monarch down' twice. When the 4 officers' rushed in Constantino was 4 pummellng his imperial nephew. 4 Constantine was the most gifted 4 member of the Imperial family and 4 translated Shakespeare's foremost 4 works. Into Russian. The transla 4 tlops are considered classics. Since 4 being under restraint he declaims 4 "Hamlet" continuously. .4-r -r:T- BOLD ATTEMPT AT ABDUCTION 4 BUTTE, Mont., July 12. An at- 4 tempt was made to chloroform a 4 family of seven persons with the 4 object, it is presumed, of abduct- 4 ing Eva McCarthy, a quarter-breed 4 Indian girl. 4 The perpetrator Is ' believed to 4 have been Peter Dempaey,- a con- 4 demned murderer, who escaped 4 from the county jail a year ago. 4 Dempsey was enamored of the girl 4 prior to his arrest. 44444444 44 4 4 44 HOG PEN ON ' VESSEL'S DECK The reputation of the French bark Jacobsen, which left down 'the river," grain larderi, In tow of the Harvest Quee,i. at- 4:80 .ttu yesterday, is that she ts the "dirtiest" French craft that ever en tered Portland harbor. A professional caulker, who has been filling up the cracks and seams ,of the deck and cabins, says that he has been on board of many Frenchmen, but the Jacobsen takes the cake for uncleanll net (v. . According to his statement, the decks are roamed at will by & bevy of bdistling pigs. They rolled on the freshly tarred decks until .their backs became smeared with It; every part Of the deck where the hogs worked was a sight to behold. ; ' . "The bloomtn' pigs bad their nose Into every thing,'? said the caulker. "I Ieft.my dinner bucket on deck.' The hog ate the grub and I got nit. ' ' "The forecastle of the ship leaked like a sieve, and the bunks of the crew were flooded with every rain. I hung my coat up in. the "cabin one day and it got soak ing wet ' ' from the -. raindrops seeping Uirough from above, Ife.V"' The Jacobsen .wasrdispatched by Bal-foor,.-Quthrle A Co. to, Falmouth for orders. ' She shipped six sailors from Port land, and two others will ' get on at Astoria. Nine of her crew left bar after arriving In port. - - - REAL ESTATE The record for tho. last half of the week shows:. Real Estate; Transfers. Thursday !179.7Ol0 Friday 16.804 00 Saturday 22.677 0 Total ...1211.221 49 Building Permits ,'.'.-. s Thursday 15600 09 Friday 8400 00 Saturday ...'......v.... 800 00 TotalT... ....19400 00 Tho friction between labor and capital, or In other Words- the disagreements be tween the. members of the building trades and the contractors has been happily adjusted ;jmue 'to 8h relief of the public. The, disagreetrfents between the plumbers and the jnasW-plumbers happily haB.no impending effect upon building, : things now moving on quite satisfactorily. To be sure, there is some delay notice able due. to the tact that there is some thing of a shortage of building material. Aside from f hla one would hardly realise that but a short time alnce the pleasant sound oil hammer and of saw and the link "oftmr mason's trowel In s minor key, were atHt and silent, i The East Side still leads in the matter ot both sates, and building Improvements, although these are by ' no means con fined to that portion of tfta city. The way Montavllla Is filling up with new houses Is a matter of tommenW At Woodlawn, at Piedmont. t Woodstock, In Upper and Lower Alblna, at Sunnyside, at Mount Tabor, in North Portland and in fact In every direction there has never been so much building going on a at present Trades in acreage are excellent . The strike trouble did not-seemingly affect them. Even with the great number of dwellings going up In every direction ihe1 growth in population seems to exceed the supply. It is no easy matter to pro cure suitable places to live in. Rents have advanced to a figure that Is often unreasonable the class of accommoda tions offered being considered. By the very logic and force of events) this can not continue! . ' A Building Is certain to be stimulated to such an extent that a time will soon come when those seeking t get" houses will not be forced to accept the first thing that is offered them at a rental they can not afford to pay. The advance In the price of life's necessaries and the lack of a corresponding advance In wages makes the conditions , of t living hard enough to bear without the price of rents going up. But these are. conditions that cennot last Under the inexorable laws of supply and demand and general aver age, they will' be eased. - ' One encouraging indication In the mat ter Of prices of real estate la the fact that they are still reasonable and really lower titan In other cities of - less population and "even less" ravoredr'TJhJsouTd"seem a good reason why those contemplating the purchase of 'homes or lots- for perma nent Investment for this purpose,' cannot possibly do better than buy now. An other thing, building material of .most kinds Is not high compared with other ci ties, and the cost of .building here Is far less expensive than It Is Jn very cold localities. Portland : has . entered upon an era where her progress and prosperity canno b stopped or turned aside." - . . - August 1 will see the commencement of the Harvey Bennett brick building at the southeast corner of West Park and Mor rison streets. Had It not been for' the trlke Intervening; the Improvement would have been under way before cow, ' The building wilt have .an, elevation of three stories and a. frontage on both streets of SO feet The ground floor wUl be utilised for stores, and the upper floors- for offices and, apartments. ' -. fe- O T One of the most considerable? deals that has found Its way upon the records of lata waa .the transfer of a parcel of land In Stephens' Addition by David Raffety and others to Fred a Morris, for l,0W. Tho'porchase of the Commercial block, formerly known as the Portlandavlngs" Easy Monthly Payments. We Furnish the Houses built on the installment plan in Hawtlhiorfufe This Tract is the finest suburban property in Portland. Only 15 minutes oii E. Ankeny car line to Morrison and Third Streets. IF YOU WANT A-HOME. CAIvjL ON 701 Chamber of Commerce .Bank building; for a consideration not positively known as yet, but presumably between $50,000 and $200,000, is a recent matter. The purchaser is the Commercial Trust - Company, and the ulterior object of the transfer- Is believed to be the re modeling of the building for the new Great Central Railroad Company's gen eral offices. Henry Welnihard has decided to ..expend $225,000 in the erection of a brick build ing on "Oak street, between Fourth and Fifth. When completed the- building will be Used as a warehouse. A few recent sales follow: Rhoda M. White has' sold lot 6, block 63, East Portland, for J2800. - Bertha U ForBtner-hw sold lot biock 101, Couch Addition,. for H60O. v Virginia Wilson has' sold to Jane A. Perkins a lot also in Couch's Addition, for $1350. -v.- ' . '. 4 The. Hawthorne estate made a recent rale in Hawthorne Park Addition, to Rose E. Daniels for $1400. , . One day this week the total, value of transfers reached' the respectable figure of $55,H0. On ,the same day mortgages wero released ot record to the amount of $l4,45(),while, those placed on the records the same day amounted to only H22S. A' permit has been Uken out. by A..C. Brush for the erection of a $1000 two-story dwelling at the corner of' Rodney avenue and Russell street' He has also taken out a permit fora two-story, dwelling at tho corner of Rodney avenue and Sac ratriento street to cost 1240. ' ' : .ForEarly Mail. 1 . Postmistress McColl 'has been . author ised by the Post Office Department to receive bids for the 'establishment Of a star route between Cleone and - Gresh am. ' It is the Intention to provide, an earlier mall service between tho towns, Cleone Is on : the . O. -irt , ft llney about three miles from here, , . . Service; Lot and Three-fourths of the Money t.:v... :y.. . . St AN ANTIQUE WAGON ' V J ','SSSSibsJWiSsiSi SBSSSSSBSSB1' Vehicle With an Interesting His tory Found in Pueblo In - dian Village. DENVER, July 12.-PIcturesque among the relics of ancient Indian days, dating tack to the Introduction of cattle In New Mexico, Is the old carrefa, or ox cart which; Is probably the oldest vehlo'e of native American origin .n the world. This carreta'Was' found in the posses sion of a native Indian Iii the'anaient pueblo, Rio Tesuque, situated about nine miles from Snea S", the'oapltal of Now Mexico. The; Indian, who was S& yeais old, said It had bee the property of his great-grandfather,, audi,', the. traditions of Rio Tesuque,': when -.taken . In -corclatlon with known s hlstorioal ..events, ydearrv establish, the data of Its? making in the latter half. of the 17th. century. , .. The ancieni vehicle shows, ths primitive conditions of past modes of travel. The great wheels are made of the cross -sections of the sycamore tree, Tho bubs are of one piece with the body of tb wheels; they ar secured' .by wooden pins' driven through the! axle, No,lron , or . metal figures in the make-up, wood and rawhide alone being used in the construction. ; The body" or the carreu Is an open rack Of cottonwood eight, feet long, , Upright slats four feet htgh.fornt this rack, .The frame rests upon the axle and the tongue. The tongue 11 feet long, Is a twisted and gnarled . trunk of a mesqnito tree. The oxen which .drew this ancient cart pushed with their- heads assort of yoke in the shape of bow of wood bound uposi tho horns With rawhide, which may be seen -today in some parts ot France u4 srnuny, 5 y.; ; V ' GATE, "- - ';'-' Phone Main ISO imj ow Two Actresses Only Occupants of a Pull man From Denver. BAN j" FRANCISCO, July 11 1411a Bond and Maud Dean,, actresses, who bad a Pullman car , allto themselves .from -Denver to this city, arrived hero Tues day -morning. They bought .tickets af Chicago for Ban Francisco in a tbroughj Rock "Island and Rio Grande Pullman. and, 'on reaching Denver last. Sunday) night the twd women were tho only oo cupants of the car. The Rio Brands of ; ficlals wanted to cut off the ca and give them equally good berths' In anothe Pullman, but the fair passengers had ro tired and refused to get up. When thg railroad people' consulted with .lawyers about the matter they were advised, bs let the women alone and send tho car on to Ban Francisco if they wished to avoid, suits for damages. ' ' - v-1 ' 1 - r BIG MAN DEAD! (Journal Special Service.) i MEXICO, Mo., July 12.-Bx-CounclImai J Thomas Board, tho largest man in ' ths? section of' Missouri, Is dead. .Tho coffl Was top large to be 'taken in tho hous and the body was taken out of tho wla flow. 'It Weighed about 430 Pounds. Th( " deceased was born la Calloway County (I ysar -,, , . . -j ? ;
