The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-12-30
C CHASED. BY VOL YES. s:
AND FORCED INTO A TERRI
BLEFLIGHT FOR THEIR
LIVES.
They Were Big Timber Wolves in
Remote Settlement of Mime
sofa, and Five in Number
Lunch Basket Saved
the Travellers.


! Lunch Basket Saved
/ the Travellers.
| Duluth, Dsc. 2O.-C. K. Chap
man, of Duluth, representing a
! wholesale drug company, and Frank
Perry last Wednesday evening lett
Pile River, Cass county, to go IL
miles through the woods to Backus.
Four miles from Backus i've savage
timber wolves attacked the sleigh,
but were kept off by free use of the
whip. The snow was SO deep on
the sides of the road the wolves
could not run we'll, and they kept
in the road behind. A mile and a
half from Backns the horses were
| badly winded and the wolves began
trying 10 get ahead and stampede
/ them.
/ Perry then prod duced well-stock-
ed lunch-box and threw a few mors.
els of flod to the wolves. They de-
voured it, spending little time fight
! ing over the donation. Again they
came on, and again they were treat
ed to sandwiches. These delays
enabled the horses to slow down to
save their strength and wind.
Half mile from Backus the last
morsel of food was thrown out and
the lunch-box with it. When the
wolves came yelping fercely again
the horses were whipped to final
effort, and, Feekisg and treunhling,
thy dashed into Backus, the wolves
following and Perry plying the
whip to prevent them from Lea ping.
into the sleigh. One horse was ru-
ined in the race for life.
San Francisco, Dec. 26.-L. B.
Small, recent arrival from Port
land, is in the city prison here
charged with assault with deadly
weapon and carrying concealed
weapons. He had a brief conflict
with some strikil G restaurant men
and in tasting of the adversity that
comes to the SO called 'sscab' who
collides with unienism under the
administration, Small, in an inter-
view, said:
s'I arrived from Portland, Or, on
Thursday with my three children,
the oldest of whom is IA. I saw a
notice in restaurant on Market
street, We give our help $12 a
week and. thinking I might get
come work for the children, / went
Inside. The proprietor told me he
had all the help he wanted, but to
come around In a day or two and
there might be vacancy. AS l
went out of the place the crowd
hooted, called me 'scab' aud ask
ed me where Fgot my whiskers. l
told them that they were my whisk-
ers and that / always paid my own
way. At this one of them jumped
onto me and pushed me out of the
doorway and on to the sidewalk.
Then two came at me, one from
each side at the same time. One
OF them hit me heavy blow on
TIE nose and the other struck me
On the jaw. backed up against
the wall of the building and pulled
little 32-calibre revolver from my
vest pocket and stood the crowd off.
l was bleeding profusely and was
alone, but not one of them came
nearer me than the orter edge of
the sidewalk. I usually carry a big
Cslt's revolver, but left that at
bone in. my valise.
After two or three minutes
couple of policeman came up and
arrested me. I pointed out the two
men who struck me, but the police
men refused to arrest them. The
crowd followed me to the police
station where I again pointed out
the men and asked that they be ar
rested. This the police again re-.
fused to do.
Small is in search of his wife,
Who eloped while the couple lived
| at Oswego.. Or, some time since.
Paris, Dec. 25.-The Dreyfus de-
cis.on has created very little excite
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