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- i-v- T f T PURSIER S Duties anJ Bloodhounds Un- ' abl2 to Fit! Him hahy nur.ioKs are rife Tt2 Stcry cf a Bbcdy Fight Is Tcli in Seat- tie . fIXKB SEARCH THROUGH THE I J RUSH WHERE TRACY FOUGHT , THE GUARDS OX . THURSDAY KJGIIT DID NOT REVEAL. A TRACE OK.IIIM. ; j - ' ' , - ' - - I ' ' i ' . y . .. SEATTLE. Wash..Ju!y llThe Moo, hon nds and score of deputy- sheriffs were unable to stir Outlaw Tracy from: his concealment In the brush nfear Cov ington today This hound were started on the trail- earlythis morning:, j and were worked In ( every direction throughout the .day without, success. . Darkness rfelt with less' encouragement for the hunters "than were "the condi tions of Wednesday evening. - Every kind of a rumor was received from the scene of the. search today. At (one time the report, was started that a bat ue naa Deen rousrht. resulting- in the death of seven deputies1 and the wound ing of the convict. Diligent seasch for the source of this rumor met with fail ure. It Is believed to: be absolutely groundless, yet It cannot be branded so until every part of the pursuing- crowa has been heard from. tlx! roKe'lo lake tle i. i ! nt i . iij t.! - ir calculations.' It is ct n -.ii- red probable -J that Tracy and Merri i have a more or j less understood I 'an e f action. In oth er words, that Herri:! mar be one of the men whom the oCicers believe to work with Tracy, as outlined in tne special dispatches from Auburn. AX JOHNSTOWN i Fugitive Wounded. "fte.atme. Wish.; July 11. At ' dawn this morning the sheriffs and deputies of the several Counties started for the country ( immediately I adjoining- .the place where Tracy was fired upon by four miarda last night. Every; part, of the district .for Several miles 1 around was carefully' gdne over, by men who expected at any moment to hear the Fear of the convict's Winchester. ThV wiley fugitive, however, was not to be found, nor was there a trace of- him Tha description of .last; night's battle, given today, brought put the belief that Tracy was possibly ; wounded ' In the .affray. It appears that the convict was within a few feet when, he was -challenged by the jruards. lie jumped into the brush at the sound, of voices, but ton Id have grjne but a very short dis tance before sixteen shots were ; 'fired from the rifles. Alt' the deputies n- gaged In the encounter are good marks men, and though but an. indefinite Idea of the convict's location "could be, gained it is thousrht 'that at least one;- of the rule balln must have found tha, mark. jr.it Uns .develop that the fifglUve wa wounded, this; will add largely to the chances of bis early capture. Is His Life Charmed? SEATTLE. July ll.Doea Tracy bear a charmed-life? Is some supernatural power ever present with him? If not then why does he have such phenomen ai escapes from the numerous posses militla.revenue cutters, launches, tugs. eta.? - - ' -. . V ... , -. There are many people in Seattle who have expressed their belief that Tracy was In some manner'aided by spirits or some "pmnl-present psychical, power, Xhey, cannot otherwise explain the "many narrow-escapes be has had from his pursuers. There Is a man In Seattle who, according to his own story, pulled his rifle trigger-four times, having a perfect bead on Tracy's head, but,; each time tne weapon refused to , work. "That," said he. "could not happen un less some mysterious force was wuu uracy. ever protecting , him-from, tne men who have been, hounding him since he left, the Salem prison," "But." ar gued the writer, "might not that be due to some' fault of the firearm?" "Well." he replied. it Is possible, but with what aireadv believe relative to unknown forces. of the occult world, I am firmly convinced. that Tracy bears a charm life. So firmly am I . of that ; opinion that I have determined never to go out after him- again. ;': I prophesy that Tracy will never die by bullet, and also venture to say . he will not be cap tured by the' offlcera. The sneaker said he knew of 'o filers who thought as he did, and that there were ohters who were almost ready to believe that- such was the case, t " 4 -i- - - i j . i i'-.i : ' CONVICTED OF TREASON t-t - Two Filipino Generals Sen tenced to Imprisonment AM) TO PAY HEAVY FINES the body of Ciirtaln- Ward, of the Fttamtr IUu de Janeiro, whic h sank in iie' t-ntra.ncc. of ,"C1 Sen Uate In Feb ruary. 29 Jl;" causing; a loss of many Iivs A tid wawh found on the body has bfen I'-ntifled as the captain's watch. Nearly One Hundred. Dead . Bodies Recovered FEV LIVE flEN ARE FOUND Heroic Wcrk Vas Done By a Small Rescue Party MctAURIN WILL RESIGN- V VS SENATOR' FROM SOUTH CARO LINA toNacvkit a federal, JtlUGESiUP. OYSTER HAT. N- BBAVD MEN FACED DEATH IN ITS MOST HORRIBLE FORM TO SAVE .THEIR FKIENDK, WHO HAD BE COME RAVING MANIACS IN THE MINE. The Gradual Withdrawal of the Philippine , . Friars JOHNSTOWN ra:, July 11. The im pression prevails among- outsiders and certain employes of the Cambria Steel Company that '150 Is the lowest esti mate of the death list of the Rolling Mill mine. Eightyseven bodies and four teen live men were brought from the mine today, v The mine officials will make no estimate of dead. - V The heroic work was done by the res cue party of forty today. : It is difficult to picture, with any degree approach ing Its full worth, the work ofv rescue. How brave men went Into' the laws of death in Its most horrible form," and encountered their fellow, men. trans formed into raving maniacs by the hours of waiting in the' pitch darkness of ' the earth's Interior, lifted . them moaning from their beds of fallen rock and then,' bending and crawling on all fours,, carry Irg them a quarter of a mile under ground to where the cars could be reached to take them to the outside. .- : t. ' One of the volunteer rescuers - who came out y.lth a load of dead stated that fire was raging in parts of the mine. Most of those who wtre brought out . alive j had saved themselves by crawling into a chamber, and turning u: valve on the compressed air line which runs along- the entry, , v : j J July 11. Sena tor McLaurtn. of South Carolina, after spending nearly twohours with the Prtident.. left tbla afternoon for New Turk." While be decline lto discuss his appointment to the bench f the United States Court of Claims. It IsNinderstood that such has been agreed upon. The probability, is that, although. .McLaur in's term in the Senate will expb-e on the fourth of next March, he wilKno complete the term, but will reslcnvfo acccit the offers judicial position. ; . WIL.L, END STRIKE. ' CHICAGO. July llj-Mutual conces sions by the freight handlers and the railroads have paved the way for con rerences between the; managers and employes, which, it la hoped, will lead to a settlement of the freight handlers strike. These conferences will be held tomorrow morning. . v- O ; for Infants and Children, Castoria is a harmless piibstltnto fr Caor Oil, Tawu Koric, Irops ium! S.Ktbtu-r .Syrups. It is Pleasant, It contains neither Opitim. Morpluno nor titer JNarcotlc It ciirVs Iiarrlira and AVtnd CoHe. It relieves Teeth, in" Troubles nutl cnres CoustiiKilioiu It .rejrulates the jstomaeli and lioweis smut,' ,J -Jv' The Children's lauacea Tho Mother's iMlcud. The Kind; Tou Have Always Bought 7 Jicars ino oignaiuro 01 0 UZS&tttCs In Use For Over 30 Years. BIO MINING DEAL. ' TACOMA, Jnly 11. A half Interest in the Klondike States Corporation, own ing thirty-eicht rich claims In the Klondike districts, has been sold for I7M.0CO to a London syndicate, which will ' expend 1500.000 in development work, i .- 1 THE VATICAN GIVKS ITrf VEJtnAL. ASSURANCE THAT THIS WILL . DFi DONE-PRKSIDENT HOOSC- VELT TO PECIDK Till! QUESTION AN bwiCER THIED.: ' , ' . Fight With Traoy. Tawma, JuIvaII. -A specral to the News this monilng ssiys: - After mid nigh, at Covington. last night, Tracy performed his wonderful vanlhlng act once more, but not until there hnd been a llvelyxchange of shots. In the lighting no one' was hurt; though when the outlaw fired twice at, T. E. Crowe, he was st close that the deputy could fetik the; burning powder as It was blown- from tlm gun. ' : nen oaritness s ren,i . Tracy was thought to be ecur,y penned on the liint or the weatern bluff, where he had laHi concealed tall the afternoon. . pnerm Zimmerman " ami : a reporter were on the peJtrtgof ffnother bluff 100 yarns away, each party watching the other rrom ambush. Guards came up, but did not ascend either eminence, as uracy s position commanded both hills. Keveral hours after dark, though the ,guard?i were stationed thlcklr, one te Ing osted every 60 feet, heisuccess fully eluded hem and traveled up the roadbed of the I'almer cut-off toward Covington, nve miles, distant. At midnight Tracy-arrived I at "the saw mill plant of the Covington Lum ber Conitwiny, a mile from tills plae. Dirtily Sheriffs J A. Bunce, Fred C. Hunce, Calvin and Crow?," were guard ing this rlnt.;. Deputies Crowe and Bunees. father and son," had posted themselves on the railroad near the saw mill ist he entrance of ? the big cut. through a rise' of ground, the Itunces being on the outer jguard line. x v wrr unruly 'Seiiiea wnen tney lieard footsteps approaching .from the Auburn- side, but remained quiet until the unknown had almost come abreast Of them, when the challenge to halt wtn given. - i ' ; . "Itello,' responded the stranger. "What's your iiamer demanded J. A. Bunce. - . "My name Is Anderson." i As he cave, this reply, Tracy, for. it was. he. smarted to run. ' The deputies' ;:Mn. called upon hlni to lialt, but he! kept going, and they opened fire, shoot ing four times each. Tracy ran up the track, and a few yards farther encoun tered Deputy Sheriff Crowd' : ""Vho goes there?" challenged he of iu-er. , . ' - . A deputy," i coolly . responded .. the outlaw. . -. s . - Crowe, thinking It "was th elder , ...... -, ' ! I I'i - .V ... in t . Tracy at close range fired two shots; The bullets Rarely missed Crowe. Tracy turned ami entered the brush alonr the side of the track, where he was lost In the blackness of the- night. I The depu tes made a hurried circle through the woods to Covington to head Tracy off. but on their arrival found that he had ?ol passed the station!; ; - MANILA, July 11. Ceiieral Maxilin, Who has been convicted of 4n'ason.at Cebu, Island of rCebu. has K?cn Seri teneed tor 10 years'. Imprisonment and tft pay a fine of $2900. "! " ' ' ' : ' General Noviso,' who was" ..-Jointly" cnargea with aiaxilin, -was sentenced to seven years Imprisonment and to pay a small fine. . . " - FLOODS IN KANSAS BREAK ALL RECORDS IN MANY PLACES RAILROADS COVER ED FIFTEEN FEET DEEP. BLOODY DEED m IN PORTLAND Bartender Kills His Wife and .'. Two Other People v FATALLY WOUNDS FOURTH And Then Surrenders Himself to a Police 0f- . ficer W II Withdraw Friars. : 'Rome, July 11. It is underi.or.Iii,-it the question of the withdrawal of friars from the Philippines could . he settled Immediately, If - AVashington would accept the oral assurance of the Vatican (thar they will b withdrawn gradually. It is believed hereM that only President Roosevelt can decide whether such a promise shall be ac cepted.-. ; v .;. . - ', TOPEKA, Kans., July 11. A special irom Alanhattan says: , - - The water is 12 feet high on the Union , Pac ific "tracks here. The rail road bridge over the Blue river is cov ered to a depth of live fi-et and th? water is rapidly rising. William R. luckey, a soldier in the Eighth Cavalry Horn Fort Riley, was drowned here rt his evening. ... All trains are blockaded. . The Kansas rivpr has been steadily nunp, and has reached, the hlgbog! fl nt. The gauge shows over 15 feet tdKher than the ordinary high water m:irk.N A tibmbf-rof families have been obliged to leave their houses. j. "Will Be Acquitted, y Manila,; July 11. The court-martial of Captain J. A., Ryan, Fiftieth Cav alry, on the charge. of unnecessary se venty to natives, was concluded today. i: is believed he win be acquitted. . Sumner in Command. t ; t' i Manila, July Hi General Da Vis has turned over the command of the Am erican troops in Mindanao Island (to General Sumner. ' 1 ' The Cholera. : Manila, July 11. -The spread of the cholera has slightly decreased. The totals since the outbreak are: Manila!. Z151 cases, 1715 deaths; provinces, 12, 476 cases. 9357 deaths. PRIESTS IN PRISON RESULT OF A CLASH AT. THE TOMB 6F THE. SAVIOR LAST FALL. Merrill Again Shows Up. v Foattte, July 11. A special to - the Times from Covington. Wfh ays: A man answertne the description -of Ti-acy's partner in the SaU ra outbreak. Merrill, .appeared t Rawnsdale; yes terday urtcrnoon. The man showed up at a hou&lff- miles east of that plnce, n. id up the, family for dinner, and later returned tiv the house -.from the woods and procured a supply of provisions. The man bad revolvers with him. and n d two front Uh th out. and in other d.is. ly reteiiible Merrill. -Details f all that tds plate are larking here. l"H the Kourre cf information Is con- l!y. fculhviilic ta. '-caue jkhusalkm,; July 11. A sensa tional trial here, the result of a clash .between the Greek and, La tin Monks in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.- sur- mountlnc Christ's tomb In November . has resulted In the: sentencing of 3 Greeks. Including It priests, to terms of Imprisonment randnif from week to nine months. 1 The most In teresting point; which developed after the disturbance was the fact not gen erally. known.' that Germany and Italy,- In support In n the claims of ; their wounded Monks, obtained an Irade from, the Sultan recognizing: their right to protect helr subjects, and that thus Frapcc'a claim ta ' an exclusive protectorate over all the Catholic clergy in the East is no longer ad ml Wed. "' -.; ' ': ;. .' "'.':T '" . ; 7. . The dispute between ths Franciscans and the Creek arose on the Question s5to which eommunitr had the right to sweej the church. Troops had been postedlln the vicinity for several days previous, to the outbreak In order to preventMhe 'anticipated collision, but they were suddenly outnumbered and overpowered by the contending replies. There vre several casualties oh both sides. " . .; . BOUGHT ROOSEVI'-L-rS BOOKS., NEW YORK, July II. Jueen Alex andra, at the coronation bazaar In the botanical gardens, which she opened, paid an c-xceedingty delicate "compli-. ment to pridont" Rosevelt, ays a Herald dispatch from London. , After being received at the American court by Mrs. Chcwte and Mrs. . Whttelaw Held, she carefully examined the ar- tlclt on sale and selected a volunie- of Iresident RoeveIt"s writings, saying she -anticipated 'much pleaeure in read- ins it. ' : -'""-.. ' . - '. f .- Flood Sufferers. , 'f IVo Moines, la., July -11, Hundreds of homeless flood sufferers spent the niglrt in schoolhouse yards ; and in downtown parks without so much as a. blanket to cover them. Some had to be for food, although 'every, possible effort is beipir taken to provide for them. The charity societies and city officials are becoming, belter organized today, and i Is believed the wants will be generally met. The smallpox hos pital" and the !ty. hail and jail have been filled with cots. These can ac commodate, but a small portion of those who need shelter, however, and there by are being distributed. ' Neither the pes Moines nor the Rac coon river has receded much.: The net decline since the highest?, point was reached yesterday Is but itwo or three Inches, and the DesS Moines actually rose half an Inch during the night. It is believed the situation In the flood ed district cannot "be materially reliev ed for several days, and that when the waiter finally reaches Its former chan nel an ephiemlc of malaria and 'typhoid fever will prevail. . ' v An est. mate of the damage at this time is practically Impossible. It is expected to reach $1,000,000. ' , WILL END ONE . TRUST . POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT CON SENT TO ALLOW ANYBODY TO BUILD RURAL MAIL BOXES. - MURDERER WHO DID NOT" LIVE ' with .ms.wiFK; entered her . PARENTS' HOUSE AND BATHED IT IN A SKA OF ULObD FOR RE VENGE. jJsBsSsORssssTiSsssfcig aii, -sSsMmmsbssSSsssssKV A real ffep WASHINGTON, July H. At last the PostofBce Department has consented to break up the iniquitous "14 box-makers' trust. This Is a combination of 14 manufacturing' firms which have had a concession from the Department to be the exclusive purveyors of rural free delivery boxes to the farmers." Only certain styles of boxes Were permitted oy me uepanmenv ana these manu facturers had . a monopoly of these style. No competition was permitted The farmers had 4o buy boxes of a cer tain approved pattern and they had to pay the certain approved price pet by the trust. Hereafter anyone may com-, pete so long- as the box meets certain requirements prescribed by the authori ties., . ... .... -. : .i ivUTbAWU. Dr., July 11. In a "mad desire for revenge for real or supposed wrongs. A. LI Bciding, a bartender- to Oignt Bhot , and " killed bis wife, hia f iother-tn-Iaw. Mrs. L. McCrosker. and Frank Woodward., an Inmate of i)e McCroskey house; and fatally wounded his father-in-law. I.' McCroskey. The shooting occurred at the McCros key home at Fifth and Flanders streets. tieiamg naa ; not lived with hfar wife for some time. This evening he went to the home of her parents, where she was living and demanded that she pro duce their son, : a boy of eeven. Mrs. tJelding informed him the boy was In beil, but Bciding Insisted on seeing him. and entered the bedroom where the child lay. He remained there for m. time and then kissing the child start eo to leave.. On reaching the hallway TTe met Woodward, whom Beldlng Suspect ed or intimacy with his wife. Whipping Dut two revolvers from his pockets, one in each, hand, he said to Woodward: "Too first.- firing at the same In stant. Woodward fell dead. Mrs. Bcid ing, who had rushed forward, was, next shot, dying almost Instantly. - Her parents came upon the scene, and Beldlng shot them both,' Mrs. McCros key being; killed, and McCroskey so badly wounded that he cannot recover. After the bloody work was finished. Beldlng walked across the street to a saloon and coolly Invited a man to take a drink. . He then Went out to find a policeman and gave himself up. When questioned at the police station, all lie would say -was: - I am sorry l did not kill them all. 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A d dress Statesman Publishing Co., , , Salem, Ortgon ir- SOUFFRIERE IS ACTIVE VOLCANO ON i ST. VINCENT IS AGAIN THREATENING THE - .' ' ISLAND. ST. THOMAS. D. W. I.. July 11. On Wednesday there were three loud detonationa .from the' Soufriere volcano on the Island of St. Vincent, between g arid 10 o'clock at nisrht.: ; i . Advices from Barbados say that loud detonations were heard there Wednes day night from a westerly direction. HEADLESS BODY FOUND IDENTIFIED - AS THAT OP CAP. TAIN WAIJD OI THE ILL-FATED RIO pi) JANEIRO. - TRAVELING EASTWARD. - r Tacoma. July 11. A special to the Evening. News from Covington at 10 a. m. says: AIL Indications ; are. that Tracy is following- the Palmer railroad cut -off up the mountains, keeping; In the Umber 100 feet or so' from the rail road tracks.; . If he started at dayClgrht.' he had ? five - hours '. start of .. the posse now following -with the hounds. It would have been Impossible for him to travel through, these woods last night. The country Is mountainous with the higher woods burned over. He la following. tKV only avallabhi route except a back track, which, would be dangerous, as he would be forced to river. Sheriff Cudihee has a big' force across the long-' bridge over , Green at this point; , - "- ; ' Tracy's trait was picked op, leading from Covington toward Lake Tapps. This route leads through a seven-mile stretch of dense forest, without a duel ling, and would bring hlni oat in thai White River 'Valley. nar Buc klev. The pursuers think Tracy will turn I PacK. however, to the railroad further up In the mountains... I t?AN RAPAEL, Calif., July 11. A hcadl.-s body was found on the bar.h Legil E'auks at L'Uteoniaa Jtb Once uxt Furt Baker. It la believed to be TO IGNORE SEATTLE. ' MINNEAPOLIS, July 11. The execu tive committee of the National Educa tional Convention today begun the con sideration of where toehold, the next convention. This Is never rput tola vote of the delegates, but is decided by th? 2 executive committee and -dhe bjard att direclorsl Boston probably will be lected. Beattle. Wash, is the only oth er city seriously considered. - - - - ... - - C 3 "XT' O .-c zz a. n A Dissertation on Twine ': y--; n ". . ' . .... ''-..-" ..'-.' . -' - - ' :- The Yl) rxioutU Twine lias Lecn sold by this hduse for fcrur years, and in that time has built up"a steadily' increasing line of users from the ranks of farmers who have made 7 their own tests In the ficld,,of this and tbe Portland : twines The Plymouth Twine is the evenest that's on the Salem markctj and you need take no one's judgment for this but your own; We are always glad to make comparisons, and many a man prejudiced against every thing but Portland twine, has admit ted the above fact after a trial. Length of twine is an im portant factor, but if you buy FEET at the sacrifice of QUAL ITY and EVENNESS you're borrowing trouble. FEET, and feet only will not eorapen?ate for the losing of 25 bundles in onebll of twine, as has been done in various brands. PLY MOUTH STANDARD is ; longer than other standards and so much better grade that there's no comparison. It is not as long : as Manila twines, neither does it cost as much. It is eveoer than any Manila twine sbdwn tri Salem. There are o many "standard ' - twines sold that jou suouia-m puyin ways require specific information - as to the quality of the twine,' and moreover, be very careful to inspect tlie tag at- tached to every ball." The Plymouth Standard has a ou 1 of I Se-P 3th- f .'.' - t -We are selling quantities of this Already, and as there is likelihood of a shortage, the early buyer wilr make no mis: take. It is extremely hard for o man witli his hands -irefy taking Ids own time to it, to unite ia a knot a piece of twine as largo as a lead pencil with one about the size of a knitting needle. That's whaV you ask your - binder to do. on sme twines. So don't bless the machine if it fails. , , V v ".- S ' ; GET PLYIiOUTlt V , ;.. - I Legal Blanks, Statesman Job OQee,