OCTLAAV TRACT’S CAREER

A Life and D*aih Chaia Arrott ronnlry ATblch Laalrd rin>-*l(hl l>mf aad »'»• landaJ (*».r 1 wo Moloa—A I'wwollnl Mon It.uush ut Vorjr Ku.U.

r by lit*

d* perhap* lUo mast rei hum Id Uio anuals of

PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

, of (enluR.—DUrttcII. Aapiretion see* only one aide of i cry question; poaaeaalon many.—lx>w

ell.

the water of the awampe afid doubling back on the trail. It waa at Ula point In the man hum that another Tictim fell, thla time one ot> the' puiiulhg party being shot by hla own frlenda In mUtake for one of the omiawa. While (ho puranu atlll waa making a dragnet search thrcugh the awaaipa. the fusltlrea. traveling with Incredible awlfmesa. made their way 100 milea porth to the line of the Northern Pacific railroad, which connects Port-

land with Puget Sound.

At this point In the night Tracy and Merrill were known to hare been to- , .

gcther. but when Tracy next was heard but ourselveB . '* e preparing a of he waa alone and In the cloae neigh- I of Uw soul where the divine

Do what yon can. give what'you | have. Only atop not with feelh

with

carry your charity into deeds. Do and give what coat* you something.—J. H.

By rcotlng out our aelflah dealrea. even when they appear to touch no one

let wound In his back.

orery, rill ca

Vacy. who

be had suspected Mcring betrayed him at Port•y had agreed, ho said,

adltio

>ur eyi

things that

hour

The death ct outlaw Tracy own hands ends perhaps the ti markable man bum ID Uie an

crime, and closes a life and death chase wnlch lasted wltaout cessation for 5S days and extended over the

greater part of two stt'es. I borhood^f^lmnnia. A few dlv«~iater ' Presence may dwell.—Ellen Watson. I f! nCe , JUn k 9 lm *i 1 Tr ^' V : lho tlead f>ody of Merrill waa found 1 No “*0 >«rn what he has not “T .fluonH-e | b dS^TrftLe law i furthf,r barlt oa ^ trail with a bul- preparation for learning. Our eyes are

m -d ' '« ^ b*ck. fcolden that we cannot aee f*® v ._j ’ Alter this discovery, the facts of ‘twre us In the face until I

unnumbered volunteer ®f J* ' i the kllUn(? of Merrll | c>me oat ln the , rivea when the mind Is rlpjncd.

bpasting of Tracy, who sold he hC3

Filled him ■ rill of havli land. They

duel, the strange <

showed in a striking manner the na-

ture or the outlaw.

Accoriing to Tracy the quarrel arose over the fact that Merrill was rated as his equal in newspaper roports of the escape and flight, and ns he held Merrill to bo tho Inferior, they :ad come to words and agreed to ft-jlit. They were to walk, back to lark, a certain number of paces and

s of which

] a ptii

amounted to a fortuio. traveled oveh about fifteen hundred miles of wild country, and defied capture to the

last.

From the moment of his daring escape from the Oregon state paalleatiary to his last stand In the swamps of Lincoln county, near the easlern border of Wa.-hiriglun. he killed ‘ six officers of the law. slew his fellow fugitive. David Merrill. In a duel fought while men and hounds were, on his heels, wounded nearly a

dozen other’officers fit pursi ties, and terrorized il^e poop I Bta-es. v

horses without number, robbed farm- eMn^ba* «rs*of food, clothing, and money need- : ‘ . oivditfla Trace v

ed lor his flight; czagsed- and r^

crossed rivers, hiding wnen he could ■ . S« Unn ho .joi hi. ... pro.!., ..to W, ....loo . pnrhulufi p.rtl« .ikh ^.itundod •‘‘J*”" 1 ’

h,„. „d .h I, hu d..«„.: d0.1.1 lor libOTdh - | °^u*

The criminal exploits of Frank and | hi _ „ .

Jesse James, the Younger Bros.. Mur- j . and all the horde cf desperate ■ . s of the west pale beside the ' -

. noblj

Emerson.

Think of yourself, therefore, nobly. !

and you will live nobly. You will *° c P ns [ realize on earth that type of ihafac- | (1 Brnl

ter and faith which la the highest Ideal r( j . alike of philosopher and h< 1

COMMERCIAL REVIEW. OcDcrsl Trad* Coedltlont

f R i'rade^ U n ^ ‘'Weekly Review "Gradual resumption of anthracite coal mining is encouraging, although the output is not yet sufficient to have any commercial value. Business conditions are unsatisfactory at the strike center, but reports from all other sections indicate unusually prompt reviva 1 SKcr the summer vacation season with exceptionally large operations among dealer, in the agricultural regions. "Notwirtitunding some bad weather large crops are now practically assur ed. although the most sanguine results may no: he attained. Manufacturing plants arc now fully occupied as a rule the least gratifying reports coming from furnaces jji*t cannot secure coke owing to railway ^blockades. The transportaproblero is becoming scrums, ai factor 91 crop mifving is awmt tc

inch coal

ThomaiH. Taylor, the popular boot and shoemaker at No.' 418

t, does all repair-

ughtly an

Washington street, .

ing neatly thoroughtly at reasonable prices. He has been doing business in Cape Mb

elven yeai oy machii

or broken eve]

e **. ,n C a P p May foi Rip* in uppers tewed

. in U|

une. with silk to match. Lost

Jets

the factor of crop be added, and

must be

moreover, mu _.

moved by rail that usually

•naces * e and ca. .

saint—Charles W. AVcndte.

To Him who has a can be no fairer s;

| then tun\and Are. but.Tracy, fearli 1 treachery bn Merrill's part, stop] | short of the agreed number of att

berately ahot the otb-

of moral beauty in his-soul wlih outward beamy of form, corresponding and harmonizing with the foimcr because tho same great pattern caters Into both.—Pla.o. ■eas la without doubt the law Individual, cf nntloca, of the whole human species. To grow towards perfection, to exist in some tort In a higher degree, this Is the task which God has !mpcs«*d on man. thl 1 it the continuation of God's own work, the completion of creation.—Demo-

geot.

•s by lake and

arc suspending pro-

lion because coke cannot be securand it is evident that the rate o! ^ jutput at the opening of the new mouth

j will show a serious loss.

; "The dry goods jobbing trade re- ' ports a liberal d*stribu-ion. and supI 'dies arc only moderate in the primary | narket. Changed conditions in the ' 'aw material have accelerated inquiri—

tanged

v material have acc

:ton goods, buyers seeking figures

and pfacinf * '~ : ‘

ard contracts and placing a fair

tmount of orders. Slightly lc?s activity ]

in men's wear, woolen and :

ALL ABOUT BUTTONS.

s Ken in men's wear, woolen a worsted fabrics, but fancy worsteds ; . n better request. At last footwear | nakcr, have been able to secure a mod- i irate advar.ee in price in response to j die recent sharp rise in materials. 1 Leather is strong and active, while j tides made higher record prices, but ; n the L nited States, against 202 last 1 /ear. and 14 in Canada, against 21 a

/ear ago.”

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convenient for excursion, etc. Contains all tL.

of the best whiskies out the deleterions effect. Msde from the pure vegetable matter, and guaranteed to contain no poiaou- , oua or narcotic drugs of any

> description.

| If a beverage is not de- ' aired, a Bean may be taken ! in the mouth without water I and the most exhileraling j effect will be experienced. BOX or 13 BEANS 60:. The Beans retail at 10c '1, and can be procured

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May Point.

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JOB PRINTING That brings results Is tile kind done at THE HERALD OFFICE

the launch and take

Mur- ' Ilim out t0 *' ard Tacoma. The launch,' I —- e t), e 8 i ann a! pccn pj he

rell. auu an tue uorau ct atrspwaie ■ , .„, ... , ,

onU... ol .h» *c.t nl, *Mt ti- 2”^,

i.tormlnH a.rt.s -od r-.-kleo «>«- ‘™ ri w “ , " 11M “ “ u »

The sheriff of the county. Edward

then serving n sentence of 20 years' | Cudia . e€ ; a,noted raan huater. was ab-

Their Mislorjr Trere.l from Time VTlieD

The original button waa wholly a

product of needlework, but was soon Improved by the use of a wooden mold, over which a cloth covering was Hew-

ed. From tills R was only a

LATEST QUOTATIONS.

Imprisonment for robbery anil shoo:- : chlor depuly. '

Ing & sheriff'slofficer who hed atiei

on. Me:

aided by his fellow-criminal. Dat

was

ompll

i Hams, took up the i-urauit. and with

twill who was serving a term of

13 years for complicity in the robbery

of which Tracy wp convicted. That there was aid for the two des-

perate men from the outside la certain, for oh the morning of the day of

their escape, two repeating rlf

i Jail ennidots. whet

his fingers, after h»vi; more murder to the

of Detective wounding Willi

When Tracy renewed tloddhoundfe again were track, but the crafty outlai vided himself with r< this he Strewed over

slip

Jving added one list by the killing ink Raymond and

is hlmaelf.

put

iw had propepper. and

tund

step to

the brass button, which was Introduced by a hardware manufacturer In Birmingham In 16S9. It look 200 years to improve on the method of sewing the cloth on the covered button: then an ingenious Dane Invented the device of making the button In two parts and clamping them together with the

cloth between.

In 1750 one Caspar Wistar set

is par v

on his manufacture of brass buttons

set up ’n® i in Phll-

c Tracy

aiy could reac_

as they marched with lue other pris- j brd ,b '‘ !r nos * s fi Hed with peponers from their cells to their day's P er ar-1 ^ were thrown off the scent, wort I until Tracy had, time tc get to water.

he obliterated his trail effec-

rill. w

r believed all along

t was a

beries they

land In Februai him to the officers cf the law. but nev-

ertheless he consented .0 plot with Merrill to break prison, and their plans

were carefully mad".

As they passed the guns left for them each seized a weapon and made a .rush for the walls around, the penitentiary. TSc guards atiemp.ed to stop them, and Tracy, a dead shot.

killed Guard F. B. Farrell and wounded Frank Ingraham, a life convict who attempted to aid the guar-.

tee of a

•Then. In the face of a heavy :

from other guards. Tracy and Merrill raised a ladder and escaped over the wail, stopping long enough to return’ the fire directed at them, a third shot from Tracy's rifle killing Guard S. B.

, Then the escaping des-

i. Jones., men me escaping uesperadoes made a rush for the prison aster gate, where they encountered two other guards, whom they made prisoners, meaning to keep them as hostage? should the other guards not

cease firing.

The latter, however, kept

WIteman began making thei

ground as York. The buttons of George WashIt that the 1 ington and most of the continental

at my were made In France. Connecticut presently came to the front and began making buttons of pewter and

e^prosent center

Wbent-New York No. 2. 74J<e; hllnileluliia No 2. 72Jfs73c; Baltimore

’o2, 70s.

Corn — New York Xo. 5

CIGAR EMPORIUM, Ocean and Hughes Streets, Caps May, N. J.

. 2. 66c; FhilaBaltimore No. 2,

IMPORTED', Key West and Domestic Cigars,

Turkish and Domestic Cigarettes. BRIAR AND MEERSCHAUM PIPES

High grade smoking and chewing tobaccos, And all articles for the Smoker

Hay—No. 1 timothv, $I8.00al8.50; No. 2 timothv. »nAOai8.00: No. 3 tim>tbr*15,00aiG.00

Its and Vege'able*.—Beets

per 100 $1 -OOaS.OO; Wakefield, per 100, $2 OOaS.OO. Cantaloupes-per crate SOrafll.OO. Cucumbers—per basket 12a2dc. Eggplants, per 100. $100a 12.Y Lettu-e.pcr bushel box 30,50c. Onions, New, per bushel 75i80c.

rite*, per "box 85a45c. Pineapples, Florida, per crate. 8!.75a2.f>0. String

ok up t

lehraod of the disastrous defeat nf his deputle?. and promptly with the return of the Sheriff, Gov. McBride of Washington ordered out the Washington National Guard and set 200 soldiers on the chase in addition to the numerous ban do of county and state officers who already were hot on the murder-

er’s heels.

The story of the pursuit of the out-

law af .er thl/ Is a long and excKing

only a few Incidents can be given?. Tracy was run to earth on July 10 in a thicket near Corii on Green river. *w when the

latoes. Pot "Mine, per >

sk-t currier, fancy, 40n50c do, £

good 25tt30c.

making i

un at Waterbary, tne present center i bask,, of the button industry. ! t0iUMUC .

Button^ are now made of almost or- | fWloe*. Potomac, per brl. No 1, erything fromscawced, and cattle hoofs f 1 00al 15; do, seconds, 75.185c; do, mother-of-pearl and vegetable ! culls. fiOaiWc; do, Eastern Shore, per

lent buttons are made | brl. No 1, $1 OOnl 25.

Ivory- Excelle:

from potatoes, which, treated chemically, become as hard as Ivory, buttons factories make their product from various mixtures of gu:ta percha, skim milk and blood; others from celluloid and b*rn. The

Jent office has' Isso making buttons.

cue. o: en bet

pal.

for

s issued 1353 patent*

m portal

button industry In the United Bute* CT ,cx^., Ington U the making of pearl buttons, toe ] i2alS3<c, young stags, llalTxs. Ducks

‘ pursufcrs material being obtained from shells | UnlSiu

he burst j gathered along the Mississippi river. ; llides, Henry steers, association and

in- The Industry hss practically grown ■ sailers, late kill, 60-lbs

rSsS-SSKt

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Is a Clean Family Local Paper, Published for the betterment and advancement ol Cape May

Issued every Saturday Morning

, Fresh-laid eggs.

23a24c.

Eggs,

1 ha 19.Sc

Cheese, Large. 60-lb, 10.Val0}fo; medium, 3"-lb, 103^al0j{; picnic*. 22-lb

lOtfalOjfc.

Live Poultry. Hens, < llMal3

hum. lOtfall

Live Poultry. Hens, 'IDfslSc; < j roosters, euob 25a30c; spring chickens.

SOS 'Washington Street SUBSC&IPIION PSICE $1.00 PEB YEAB.

lines, a .1 shot* s

The trail then

anolher cutlni and Indian, t tame roftilts,

for four di

away, leav- ■ behind him. st fer two | p called for ,

ictically years, a

reduction Is due entirely to J. F.

The Herald

within the last te’n years, and

ind° its

days, and when picked ng for the blood-’ioqnds trackers, but wl.h the

Merrill

iLe nty i

irsuit.

nlng grew she famous chase which

Bocpple of Muscatine. Iowa, a native of Germany, who had learned tha

trade abroad.

He-eaw that millions of dollars were going to waste In the shells known as ' nlggerheads,” of which ’ tons were plied up on the banks of the river. Thousands of people are nbw^ employed In turning these

shells Into bnltons, the HtUe plant* the nature cf tne being found all the way from Minni

lection, 12Jtcl3c; cow* and light steers

itXnlOXp.

Provisions and Hog Products.—Bulk

and Hog Prodi

clj-or rib sides,. 12, l *c; bulk shoulders

lO.Yr; bulk bellies, ‘Sc; 1 (!,**<■; W.n clear rib sit elimilders, IJJfc; sugar-

Job O£0.ce

days.

a Fhare in the reward in-

ner. however, kept up the | ,orn,ea the sb'friff s officers that Tracy

bail of bullets, and Tracy, who had ; 8u‘>n«lt“‘ d to «'surgical operaUon compelled his captives to walk before I P”**™ 3 ^ oa ^of his companion.

him. shot dead B. F Tiffany, while , wilh a raior - bu ‘ nature cf tne j being found all the way . Ill Sired at the second captive. • wound that was to treated wat not I sola to Missouri. Muscatine Is still the i ?tenJlng to have known. There was a lang break In great headquarters of the industry. ]

the hunt thereafter, and It was but a j a has forty factories. The value 61

few days ago tha: he was heard from I t b e shells’ has rls

rooting toward, the point )n -eastern ' ■Washington where he was run down.

Tracy's real name, or at least the

name 'ffT his father. Is said to have been Garr. As a bey of 12 years In

lltfc; i sogar ci

bnmr.canrased or uncanvased^ 12Jbs. and over, 14Xo; refined lard tierces, 6ris

’ refill ”

dropped, and. preti

Tbei

y guar

‘sent In pursuit, and from that begin-

closed with so dramatic a setting. Binding their pursuers, the two outlaws captured an Involuntary host.

J. W. Stei change clot hi

pressed Into service on expressman -whose attire they likewise approprlat-

Both Stewart and the e held captive until the next day.

irtable

when after having spent a comfortabl t night and been well fed. tbe fugUivtt stole two horses from another Salem resident and started for the north. On the' second day of the pursuit

and the chase grew hot./ Within a there was set on tbe heads of the fugitive pair a price of $S9K'. Neither of the bandits was braid of for

days, till, at a plate called Gerrals

they further

robbing i clothing.

e by f his

through after at. interrhaag* of shot*.

after tbe escape, when they held up a compelled him to row tb Columbia river, 'ffije

tb# runs'

risen from 50 cents to

! lean buttonmaking Is in its Infancy, i ’tls said.—Rehobolh Sunday Herald.

since has been criminal. In 1897 he | stonecutter drove a horse up to tha

and left It standing

e of the clt

appeared In Cache county. Utah. In i star off c-Wipany with a robber named Dave j front of Lane, and the two -togcCher commit- | cans, ted many thefts, the burglary of a 1 appearand store in Cache county flnslly causing ! would Us tbe arrest of both and their conviction i the attention

and sentence to the Utah (

/tone With a Taste for Nows.

A horse feeding complacently on a diet of old papers was a sight see.i at Eleventh and Grand avenue. A

up ! tndl:

Ity's garbage

i were risible or

mnty

arrest of both and their conrictlon ^ _

penitentiary ; The animal moved up t/^tho garbage

its.

for terms of eight years. j can and began nosing its content Tracy escaped by taking a revolver i The can was filled to

and50 lb cans, grots, ll>fic; refined lard, second-hand tube, UXc; refined l^jd. half-barrels and new tul a, UK6-

Uve Stock.

Chicago, Cattle, Mostly lOalficlrwer; hmI to prime steer* .88 00a8 75; mediam 1 CG»7 25: atonkor? and fo<?di-r* d'2 . r >0

81 <l0a7 25; atookor* and feeder* 83 50 ■w 25; ooitb, 81 50*5 50; ha fer* .82 25d 6 U0; Texas-fed stects 83 00a500 Hoc*, Mixed and bulcbeni 86 50a7 35; good to

. la oqupped with New and Modern ^Type. Ideas thoroughly up-to-date and practically handled. Can turn-out first-class Work at short notice, and at reasonable prices.

Paint! Paint! Paint!

HY DON’T YOU PAINT? Bat when you do, n»e. N^, nothing but the .bent material*. I mi* pain'.»t——i *“

properly, apply thton thoronghly and rapidly, and exerdse J taate in the selection of color*. Gnxrantee all work, ch* Ttiah eatimate*. and promptly attend to all orders. A en Une of Paints, Oil, Stain., Putties. Finer.. Brushes, Varnish tod other Coloring Material* of highest quality.

choice, heavy 87 60u7 90; Sheep, sheep and lambs slow to lower; good to choioe whether* $3 5da4 DO; Western sheep

J2 50o3 50.

East Libertr, Cattle steady; choice (7 75*8 00; prime 87 15a7 20. Hogs, prime heavy 87 15*7 20, medium* $7 20; heavy Yorkers 87 30o7 35. Shoep steady, Best wethers $4 10*4 25 colls sod. common 8150a200; fcbolc* lamb:8575a600

LA BOB AND INDUSTRY fexarkana (Ark.) barbers and linen have organized unions.

* » drit

'Or work in the mines at Sonora

Mexico.

Sydney. New South Wales, ha? 43 laxir unions, with a tota! membership ol

work before be released him. He next ; other kinds. The horse began ntlK was connected with two notorious ‘ bUng on a piece of old gray wrapping bands of yoang robbers In Colorado. , paper. Jt appeared to be paUtablc. In a fight between officers and tb* i a bite followed the nibble and soon Robbers Roost gang, headed by | the horse wa» eating the paper as 0eor Ke Curn'. Tfary and a companion : voraciously as an Angora goaL

V.urry, j iwcy oua a companion : voraciously as

shot and Wiled a deputy sheriff named | newspaper followed tbe wrapping pa-

Tbe horse appeared to relish the

Valentine Day, but both were wounded j per

and their capture followed. i different pieces of news. ,When They were taken to Aspen. Cat. owner flaally appeared the old roan and placed In Jail, but in a few days was Just pulling from the bottom of overpowered tbe Jailor and regained tbe can a luncheon paper with a pink ...... That waa in June, rtrlng Tbe driver did not

iway convicts In

Salilngton near Vancowvar, faiaS^jy tb# bom* of Mnr - r*

1 j 1897. and for tbe next two yean Tracy 1 kept out of Jail, though wanted la sev-

eral state*.

1 or notice

?ral stale*. ; gtr^t with tb* ^iia conrictlon to the Bair* peahen- 1 ptr. Tb* ‘bore*

id meal c

for fa* drove down tb tb* hone chewing tb* p*

thsry.wa* obtained m April., 18M. for ;

robberies committed in Portland

srwy of j'

In consequence gf the depression in

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rill ipsist on a reduction of cbeir workjtg hours to eight a day. • Scavengers, at Oakland. Cat., strnck ocean?# the place for dumping the gar 'tage wa* too Ear away. Under its old pension sj-a’.em :h« EnPgineers -Unkm cd EngUad now maiaThe Cook*' and Waken* Uuio* at Peovra. Ul. has dssmtod to permit .orate to iota the ergaaixation.

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