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ISSUED IS 8X3U-WZXKI.Y 8JCCTI02TS. XaCH TUESDAY A3CD JTKlIXaT. I2d YEAR NO. 12. SALEM, OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1902. FIRST" SECTION EIGHT PAGES. V WILL REDUCE THEJ SALARIES . . - - - 4- -. . Special Session of the' Oregon Legislative Assembly - WILL BE PETITIONED FOR li Will Convene on the First , ; Monday in Jan ; , uary TUB PURPOSE IS TO HAVE A WEEK'S I WORK . BEFORE ; THE REGULAR SESSION CONVENES PAT OF STATE OFFICERS TO BE REGULATED. .- (.,- :-'- Petition: will be circulated In every part of the state within the next few days, asking Gov. T. T. Geer to 'call an extra. session qf the Legislature for the First Monday In January, 1903, - there and then to pass a bill for the regulating of the salaries of the-, state ' officers In accordance with the pledges made by both, political parties during the campaign just closed, and the pe titlons1tre assured of warm support : JHrt. I : r?. If the petitions come In signed nu-. merously enough and It Is known that they were j prepared In this city and sent out last night to truated, men in every, county. In the state for circula tion it is' safe to predict that they will have the effect desired, that the social cession will be called ' on the firfrt Monday In January," 1903, Janu- the preefU officials are serving!. TY Gov. T. T. Geer, who will be asked to call the special session. Is-believed to be heartily In accord with this new move, ?nd K Is expected that he will lend bis aid. when the time comes, to make the desired changes. The first Monday in January, 1903. is chosen for the date of the special session is that wilt work a great saving oVthi state, In that members of tie Legislature will only draw mlkvge to and from the Capitol once for both sessions, las the Special session will be at work until regular session convenes pn the Second Monday in January, I ' WHOLLY , INEFFICIENT '-.-v.. : ::--. ; SCATHING CRITICISM OFJ THE BRITISH ARMY BT THE COM ' , . - MITTEE. ' . ' ! ary &th-- nnd the Legislature will be called u port to adjust the salaries of the rtate pfneera. v This wfH give an opportunity to change salaries before the new officials elected at the last election are inaugurated, and when the Inauguration takes place. It Is ex peclel that the new officer -will go In en a different basis from that on which LONDON. June 7. The report of the committee on military! education, and training Jssued today,; . furnishes . the; strongest official corroboration of the inefficiency of the officers .of the Brit ish, army. -. The report ; fills . ;-forty-eigfct printed pages with a, caustic criticism of the existing system. :; The witnesses "were unanimous In saying that the Junior officers were lamenta bly deficient in military knowledge, desire to acquire knowledge, and in seal. The committee finds that young officera will-not work Unless compelled to do so.' ; The report condemns the system of both Woolwich and Sand hurst, where education id far from sat isfactory. fne Instructors having no In ducements to teach the cadets, and still less to work, r- A BIG FIRE LOSS -yy:-'::: "oJ'T-. ' -': 1 -. -rf'i ' " f -y A NEVADA TOWN SWEPT j BY, A : CONFLAGRATION VERY i LITTLE INSURANCE.,1 f WADSWORTH. Nev.. June 7. Fire started thls afternoon in the kitchen of LathrOp's, hotel and- saloon, . and swept the row east up to the annex of the Nevada HoteL The railway de pot was on fire many times, put the fire department saved It by hard work. There was little Insurance. The total loss will not be less than J 50.0 00. : . :' o ja'sB "x o .-rs. 3C Bosxi tl - .ThslUnC Yea Han Ahrcrs BrcsJi SENSATIONAL'.OUI ON LT1 IV It's About Time to Think of" "- i Theroi)o U30 roasting a few weeks. befc buying it Ladles White Sleeveless Vests, foil sizes 10c , finer Grades at !5c 20c, 25c, 3Cc : ; Kvcryonc of tticm is better for th rico than you can finlfnt "regular stores." . ' Itlics Ii)g 6kevo While BunnneE Vests at 20c, 25c, 48c. j ' . They're cool and coin forlablo. ' Men's Summer Underwear . ; . at 23c, SOo, 45c, hOc. Yon ought just to com lit ro it with otliers. ' - , . .! 40 -W to sco Iho 15c lino Of course your outfit Isn't complete without .;:Guiniiier Clothing t Gummcr Ghirto ' . i Summer KlatG ... i .vr . . . r. r j i. , f -i v t . . - .. You should' look at our liiio before you .buy. ; AVVnv willing to trust to yourjutlgracnt after you have seen our tooth and Wheo Yea Cay 1 rsOcs 'sii4)BW) Yea wsnt tfcefcest V That's the kind wo sell, uiid'at such rca- "sonablc prices that you'rc'.'pnj ing 15 to 20 per cent moro for tho eame quality fl" you trado at "Itegular Slores." ' few. yJorfc MM Iiiccs. a" ; V' 2 . rl, , f CP w r 7 Keeps Rrowmg. fialct There's soino reason for it. 1 a Chcnpcjt Ono Prico Cah .Store. BREAK at jit mjt rais Three Guards Killed by, Two Desperate Convicts Early-Yesterday Morning and the Murderers Scaled the Wall and Made Their fscape. narrr Tracy enl OsyW R!em:i, the Two' Slayers of Their Keepers, Rfake a Daricg tffcrt to Secure Their Liberty, enlSscceei In Gettlai AwayPcsses Are ba;the Hunt fcr the Men mstca Killing of UzzM 0. Ferrell, S. D. T. Jcces tzi B. T. Tiffany. THE LATEST. , y At a late hour last (Monday night ! the escaped convicts held up id' took the slothes front J. W. Roberts, stole ait overcoat; from the wagon of W, fi Welch,' the expressman, and a pair of i overalls belonging to Roy Ohsnart, all of South Salem. Later they stole two Horses from the barn ': of Felix La Branch, East Salem, and were seen as they; rode out of town carrying their-' guns at 11:30.' They were going north r east. They , passed the place of F. B. Southwick, on the railroad, in the eastern part of the city, 1 " Salem was thrown into a fever of ex citement early yesterday, morning when the report came from the Penitentiary that an outbreak of prisoners at: 1 o'clock had resulted in the escsDe. of two desperate criminals and the death of three, ruards. Crowds hastened to the prison, and poeses of armed men. headed by officers, Immediately started, in pursuit of tne. escapes;, and all day posses, headed by Sheriff F. W. Dcir- bln Sheriff-elect B. B. Colbath. 0hlef of , Police D. . Gibeon. and oftcers from the prison, searched forthe es capes,! . The ; men killed were Shop Guard! Frank Ferrell and Guards R. T, Jones and .It. T Tiffany and the es caped prisoners are Harry. Tracy and David Merrell, convicted of assault and robbeijTr and servins; kng terms. i The.) outbreak was one of the most desperate ever planned and carried out In thel Oregon -Penitentiary, and so far as the participants were concerned was a success thouch it cost the lives of three brave men ho - died on their posts of duty, while three families are plumsed. Into the wildest rrief over the suddep loss of their loved ones. ' At? o'ekwk 165 prisoners were sent to the-foundriKrn the prison yard to be pin their, day's Vork. & Among them were Harry Tracy a 2Q-year man,: and Da vid Merrill a 13-year man, both serving; for assault and robbery, from Multno mah county, and the men were- under the care of Shop Guards Frank Ferrell, John fStapleton; and Frank Glrard. three trusted and careful officers. . . :f . Ferrell entered .the . moulding- room with the prisoners, while Stapteton and Girard stood near thit entrance (o the same room talklnB about their work, when, without warnlnif. Convicts Tra cey.'and Merrill sudanly apieared with Winchester ritU In their hands, Tracy shooting Guard Ferrell through the heart. The shot- aUnwte4 the atten tion of- Stapleton and Girard, and has tening through the door they saw Fer rell fall forward on his face with the exclamation: Oh! My: God!" He ex pired immediately , ' ' ' When the two prisoners-appeared In the ehop armed with a Winchester rifle and revolver each, Frank Ingram, a life-timer, made an attempt to wrest the rifle from one of he men when'he wan shot in the left les;, shatterlnir.the llmbX below, the knee. As Ingram fH to the ground the two men, having killed Ferrell, began, "shooting at John Btapleton and . Frank Girard.- the pther two shop guards, and these, unarmed ave for V club, escaped through the tin-shop adjoining, and gave the alarm. Meanwhile, the two, prisoners Cred through the'indows of the foundry at the guards on tb west, north and east walls, shootlngOuard S. it. T. Jones, on post No, 1, through the abdomen and. narrowly missing! Guard Lidlnger on post No.l. , . j ' -. On post No. a. the east wall. B. T. Tiffany, an old guard, was about to go off! duty, as he waa ordered to take! tne turnkey's place, and Duncan Ross, who had been employed yesterday morning to take Tiffany's place Was with the latter on the wall, receiving his In structions as to his-dutlesi The two men were nau way oeiwwn houses i and 4, and immediately back of the foundry, when the Arst shot was fired. - In instant a number of pris oners rushed out of the foundry, and the two guards. Tiffany alone; armed, ordered them back. At this Instant a couple of shots were fired" through a window of the foundry.-; Tiffany Jump ed off the wall with bis rlne and took a stand beneath it expecting the pris oners to come over the. wall, when an other shofv Xrom the foundry struck Ubas in the right temple, cutting a gash two Inches long, In his hat, and gras In hi .forehead- Rost, unarmed, aiso jumped off the wall, and though stunn ed, started with hl armed companion to the northeast corner. :: ' In the meantime Assistant Warden Al C. Dllley and Guard Jay McCormiek, had aetised rifles-and -rushed on the wall going-to post No. 2, When they saw two armed prisoner running with a ladder to the north wall near the northeast comer, and placing it against the wall, climbed over. Though ? repeatedly by McCorrnitk, and IDIIUly the-buliets evidently did not take effect, as the distance w as over 150 yards, bvt the prinoners returned the fire when on the wail sending two buU-; throujh on Coor of post No. 2. Jumping off the waU they ran around the northwest corner, where with the rt,'1"a at aim. they came mm Ti.Tany arl Rosa, aal on the eoavlctg' demand t surrender. unarmed, and both were made captives and were rapidly, led up to the ditch, east of the prison 'wall, where It is crossed by a small bridge. : Whenon this bridge, Guard Oscar Ilatr, on post No. 4, began shooting at the two con victs, - and ; the murderous fellows im mediately shot and killed Tiffany. Rosa also dropped stunned by the concus sion of Ue guti. and thetwo escapes rapidly ran. up the ditch, behind the. embankment, and disappeared in the brush In Mill creek bottoms. Meahwnlle the prison authorities took prompt stepsto quell any further outbreak, and ait prisoners were at nee , locked" in their cells, while all guards that yrould be spared were sent in pursultOf he escapes. Sheriff F. W. Durbln.. Bheriff-elect B. B. Colbath and City Marshal D. W. Gibson at once hastened out to the prison, and organ izing posses promptly '.. started in pursuit-of the two. murderers about fifty men' taking part In-the man-hunt. and ail day long the search was kept up. The presence of weapons In the pris on is a mystery. ' The. guns In the hands of the two prisoners two Win chester rifles' and two : six-shooters-were evidently smuggled In by a pal. and Supt. Ji D. Lee thinks they were carried in over the prison wall at night, and cached in the foundry, at a place where the ' two ' prisoners Would Sad them. " ; - . . . vtnen tne oreaic nrst occurred It was thought it was. a general mutiny and outbreak, but when only two men made an attempt to leave the prison. It was thought that the conspiracy was confined to these two. The authorities were strengthened in this belief by the fact that the two men. after climbing up to the top of the wall, drew the lad-; der up after them, thus indicating that no other prisoners were in the secret An examination of the premises, how ever, showed that the windows in the nickel-room and tin-shop bad been broken out, with an ax. The ax was found in the possession of the prisoner working In the nI-kcVtToom John'WU liams, a 23-year man. As it Is'agalnftt the rules to have an ax In there, it Is h:fd that this Is evidence that Williams was Implicated. It is believed by the authorities! that a general outbreak Was planned, but the ordinary prison ers d W not think that any killing was Intended?; but that the shop guards were to be used " as shields merely When, therefore, a shot was fired and one man killed, the prisoners With one acrord backed out, refusing to be im plicated In the murderous outbreak.' The prisoners are knoJn to He well armed, each havtng a latest model, 80 30 Winchester riflev carrying a steel Jacket cartridge with smokeless powd er. Kach hag In addition ja six-shooter, and the way 'they;handld their rifles makes it certain they shoot and -are formidable especially since each has awaiting him. , " V Reeowis ef-Prisoln' - i ' - Tracy and Merrill both have had had records. 5The former served, a term In the Utah Penitentiary ind he killed an officer in Colorado, a crime , ror which he has hot been tried. mltted several robberies know how to antagonists, a worse fate He rom- in iPortland, and' while In Jail there made a aensa- but was foiled once aervea a Oregon Penl- one term In ,1 Merrills tlonal attemptat escape. by the officers. Merrill three years term In the tent la ry for robbery, and Montana; Tracy' .: wife sister. Both men are known as destjpr ate criminals, and they have demuftM strated their ability to shoot and shoot I. , - -. toailL s. V y TL. U - li., www wwmi X Several times-yesterday reports were received that the 'escapes had been Been. The last time, about 3 V- m., a farmer saw them near - the Reform School; Where they pass ed through the brush hear his barn. ;t seems, from these. reports, that Tra y. the -more deeperate of the two., is Iradly wounded, as he wa limping and Was supported by his companlon.x -The search was continued last night and every road, bridge and culvert was watched by armed men. lt was f cur ed that the men might secure hotrn and escape. Up to a late hour no word was received froini thesearchera, and it Is thought that their search wag fruitless.- ;;':'.- .-. : - . . Supt. J. D. Lee yesteraay Issued aft circular letter, calling i ttentlon to the break and urging offices to' watch for the men. He offered $ 100 reward for their capture, dead or alive, and last evening he increased this to $1500, and also offered a reward tf $509 for the arrest and ; conviction of , tha party placing: the guns . within the prison. The circular" offering the reward for the escapes, follows: ; " y , $1 500.00 Re rard. " For he -capture, dead or . alive,, of Harry Tracy and Dav Id Merrill, or t"50 for each one wh. escaped from the Oregon Stat Penitentiary ,n ' the; "morning of June 9,' 1902. Following Is the description of each : ; HARRT TRACT iAge 27 years, height B feet S inches, weight 160 pounds, complexion medium, 'hair light brown eyes ,blue. ' MiedTum built pit scar above' the outsido corner of the left eye, pit scar back hair,' pft scar itC front scar right side bridge scar below right emple. dim cut scar above outside corner right eye,, dim pit smr right side back base or neck, small brown mole left side back b.is of neck, cut scar on nw anuc nie r.Fi thumb, two 'cut scars on sxonl knuckle right Index, cut scar third knuckle right Index.ut scar between' third knuckles right third and fourth finger, Jl wo vaccine marks ouIkKIi left upper arm. two cut stars on. first knuckle .left aerond. linger, cut f r third knuckle. l rt setond f5ns r. I It scar on right knee cap, small pit n;ir on left side; burn sear on top left in step, varicose veins-hollow both kneos, email pit scar blow lefj hip"-and one above left hip. Also t50 reward for, the rapture of the man who furnished ; the guns for the prisoners. . Report to ;;-:';-. y "y7 ,J. D..LEn. . fiuperlhtendent Oregon State Peni tentiary. : - '-y Ingram the H Frank Ingram, serving a life s n teme for, murder . Is the-hero, of the outbreak, yesterday; When the two desperados suddenly appeared with ri fles in their hands,jngram -grappled-with MerrlU.1 thus-saving the life" of Shop Guard; Frank Glrard. and re ceiving the bullet Intended 'for Glrard. In his. own timb, while Glrard escaped from the room. Ingram is In .tho prison hofAiitat. and the. oflit'ers Lnr).l friends of the man will .pet Klon Gov ernor Geer to 'pardon the man, n. a reward for his loyalty to th. officers. ' Ingram has been a mlel primmer for about eleven years, since he came to nrimn. tnd a pardon for him would aeem an. act. of 'Justice, 1 mark outside left upper arm, cut scar inside second joint left scars second knuckle soar second knuckle .left fore finger. small cut scar above pit scars on left ear, edge of of right 'ear, 'pit of nose, vaccine thumb, wo cut left IndexV cut right knee,' two right knee cap, small pit Rum sea r four scar helow right' lehee, Inches long on left hi . small cut rar front left upper leg, snjisJI pit scaf out side and below left i nee dim brown stain bottom right ' shoulder blad; brown ts in m" back near spine, varl- hHght 5 fe-t 9-lrKhes, weight pounds, complexion medium! " hair brown, eyes blue or gray. Medium built; slightly stoop Bouftjers,1ilnt pit v The Officer Speak. Supt. J. D. Lee, In speaking of the escape, says : '':''''-. . -- "Th outbreak was entirely uns peeied, and' under the ..clmimM.inc- could not b prevented. The two tn.-n were supplied With rifles from the out side, probably brought over the wall dring the night, and secreted In the pUo w here the tools were kept In th foundry,' and where the prisoners se cured them. 7 This would be poaxIM during the night, a there Is but on guard Inside the yard at night. I was not In f he prison when the outbreak occurred," but came soon ; aftr, and have directed the pursulu I have sent for a brace of bloodhounds to Walla Walla and they will arrive at 11 tomor row', when the trail will be" followed and the murderer run to earth. It ! an awful affair and" I will never, rest until I run the fiends down,' ' Deputy Warden A. C Dinejr-Wltlt .At -"7 o'clock this morning' we sent the rnett Into the shops. Warden J. T. Janea and myself counted them before they Went In. Mr. Janes and I stop ped In the yard, after the men had gone' In to jthe shop, and .discussed busl nesa affairs of the prison when the firt shot 'was. heaTd--when Farrell wns kiiled. This was followed by sever il . a.. W . S miJt 4tt atarm a A m r W f V nil 1rv Vnvv s-ivx ir e wc a ' v " " Jan. Guard McCortnick and myn IT hastened, to the arsenal, secured rifl'-a and went on. the wall.ixp:tlng a e n- eral outbreak; When -we reached the wall- at first posj," MTormlck flrwl live shots at one of the tnn cllmliJng the wall. I hastened to post no, i, wnTff iu Mjum. t-i this time the men had roumb-d th cose veins hollow lef t-knee. DAVID MKRRILXj jAge years3fn,i n1 nHn lJrre; t HI 1 iwrore we eouia gei v w,m,,Tv.',l disappeared In'the brush." -John Ftaple'ton; one of the !; ". (Continued. n page .) Shp White Ipayo White Day 1 V7hitc Day . .' . - ...... . -...I June White Days We have inaugurated a said that will prove the greatest-drawing Card the Big Btoro ha ever had. Il'a a general sale of white goods throughout the Orr Geerfs md no liolding back of white sluffts tcatise It 1 the cnon wlijcn you should le bo ring and we should be selling i''' y' s . j at the Big Store Ladles' Readyf-Wear Depart meats. '.There will be WHITE PARASOLS This N Ibc season for daintiness, and every lady will carry a pretty parasol to complete ; her coa tame,; New the for Ladles gag " ' CaHdres AT SALE PHICES White Shirtwaists Very extenni re assortment of Ibc season's best styles at : - SALE PRICES -y. We want y tu to see thenj, they arc exquisite fti the extreme. : . Szlc Prlcc9t 4Sc to 5,85 ' White Dress Shirts PIQVe 04 DUCK A very styllb line to select from. ; i;ov AT SUE PCXES White Day, 0 Under Muslins Kverything Jn this department la clean fresh, new (dock, manufao tored In JI ,etit lated, sanitary factories. Ve will make a big dis play of them tilt wt-ek, wbfch yoa should be sure and sev." ' 1 ; SUEJPniCECN ML Dainty Fabrics ' For Summer Dtcsscn y At Sale Prcca ; "- . f .' s ' .. , Fine in texture, artistic in pnltt ru, cheap in prlre. . Js'omt to by had :vt SALE PRICES IJecause of these Jane White Days : KNIT VESTS, KNIT DRAWERS, KNITTJNION SUITD If pure white you will . get them SALE THICKS U-eause of thewj June Whltt Days Auk to see SI erodtf Ui i der wx-a r, -tb teat on tarii.' . " V Hi White Dw White Day, TiSasT, tSxe w a way U uo ; IVjk w as