Boost the Development of the Rogue River Country by Subscribing Liberally to the new Medford Pamphlet UNITED PRESS DISPATCHES By far the largest uud best uewg report of any pdfer iu southern Oregon. D1Bedfrd Daily Cril&uiw The Weather Th wtthr man Myi: Indications promise fair whUn fr tonight and tomorroT, with aoi wind.. W armtr. THIRD YEAH. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 19. 1!)0!). No. 310. MANY WANTIRESERVOIRS DYNAMITED; LIGHT VOTE BEING CAST; BOTH SIDES CLAIM PALM PLACE OF FLOOD OVERWHELMS CITY COUNCIL ENDS WHOLE MATTER Grants Pass Puts End to Petitions ol Telephone Company GRANTS PASS, Or., March 19. Two petitions of ttao Citizens' Telephone coin puny asking the city council of this place to grunt them a permit to place polos and wires in alleys and ti string wires on electric light polos, were turn ed down without a dissenting vote. This ends the telephone war in this city as far as the council is concerned, although the people have the right under the stato law to referend the matter. So far no steps havo been taken in this direction. OAME IN PLENTY AWAITS ROOSEVELT MOMBASA, British East Africa, March 19. Mombnsa is preparing al ready to welcome Theodoro Rooaovolt r.ext month, and his coming has given e ciocldod impetus to the interest in the present hunting season. The governor of the Protectorate, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Jnmos TTayes Sadler, is getting up a program of wel come and entertainment, but Mr. Roose veil will bo troatcd as a great sports man rather than as n former president ef the United States. East African sportsmen wore highly grntlfied to lenrn thc.t Mr. Roosevelt had refused tho offor of the authorities to grant him a special hunting license that would have permitted him to kill ftamj in an unlimited extont instead of confining himself to the two elephants, Jwo rhinoceroses, two hippopotamuses, etc.. of the reeular license. Lions and leopards are classed as vermin, so no license to kill them is required. COOPER JURY ASKS TO BE BROUGHT INTO COURT NASHVILLE, Tonn., March 1!). At II o'clock this morning the jury in the Cooper trial sent word that it wanted to ho brought into court. Rumor has sprond to the efft-ct that th" jury has agreed on a verdict. JEFF GETTING READY TO ANNOUNCE TERMS NEW YORK, March 19. That ,Tef fries is prepnring to announce the terms upon which ho will fight Johnson is tho statement made today by Jeffries' friends. It is reported that Jeffries will demand that the purse be split "" per cent for the winner and 2i) to the loser. . The fight will occur on American soil and not before November. WILL SPEND OVER 1100,000 TO RECOVER LOST CHILD SHARON, Pa., March 19. Frank Buhl, the millionaire steel man, an nounced today that ne will spend $100, 000 in searching for his nephew. Willie Whitlnw, tho son of Attorney .Tamos Whitlaw, who was kidnapped from school yesterday. The kidnappers sent a mossnge demanding $10,000 for tho return of the boy. The mother favors paying it. DANIEL SULLY DESERVED A MUCH LARGER HOUSE Danie) Sully in "'flie Matchmnker" nt the Medford Thursday evening de served a much larger house than was present. As Father Daly he is at his best and is mere of ,- success than he has ever been. His support was equal to that of any t'how making th" smaller cities of tho west. It is to be hoped that he visits Medford cgain nox; searon. FREEMAN ORCHARD IS BOUGHT BY ERNEST WEBB Ernest Webb and his father. W. B Webb, have purchased the Freeman or c-bsrd, near Central Point, consisting nf t.) I I acres or n year old Newtown and Spitienberg trees, for ln,ooo, or ap proximately 7"0 an acre. The orchard is one of the finest of its age in th. county. It is situated on Boar creek bottom land, opposite the Hunt Lewis tract, and will hear its first crop this season. Mr. wehb is a well known Portland clubman. His father is a di rector of the Balfonr.Outbrie eompanv. Talk with Dr. Page should you desire orchard tracts or nnsinest. propers. ELECTION QUIET; . NO EXCITEMENT LEADERS ON BOTH SIDES STATE THEY ARE SURE THEY HAVE WON BATTLE AT POLLS FIGHT HAS BEEN CLEAN. The vote cast on the telephone fran ohico at 2:. 'Ill p. m. was: First ward 57 second ward 87 Third ward .'; 97 Total 241 Interest in the tel -phone war in Med lV.nl, which is being settled by the vot ers of M ed ford today, is ono of the tamest affairs that Ins ever been known 11 .Medford. No excitement prevailed tit any part of the dav and he vote bids fair to be one of the smallest ever poll ed at a municipal election a decided contrast to the regular election in Jan uary, when !l2li votes woro cast. At a late hour today tho representa tives of both sides of the question were sanguine of success. W. K. Merrill, special agent of the Pacific company, stated that he was certain of the re sult, while Bert Anderson for tho now company was equally certain that his company would get n franchise. The ante-election fight was clean cut. On neither side did questionable method!-, find toleration. All tho fighting was above hoard, the individuals hand I'tig the fight for the companies each ickiioH-lclging the rules of the game. APPLEGATE ISSUES HIS FIRST OFFICIAL LETTER Peter Applogntos' first official circu lar as state land agent is the offering of stut land for sale as follows: "Any vacant, surveyed, non-mineral government .'and in Oregon, whether ttinibered or otherwise, may be secured through the state in the manner here in dicatod. The maximum area that can he sold to one pe'son is 320 acres (in case of an irregular section X'M acres). Tho tracts need not be contiguous nor the applications be presented at one time. "In filling the blrnks tho applica tion to purchase is to bo completed in fui:, containing a correct description of the tracta to bo selected and with affidavits sworn before a notary public or county clerk within this stale. On the indemnity list blank each smallest ligal subdivision of the hud desired shruld be separately described under the heading " Seleci iocs. " Tjc non miueral affidavit is to be made by some competent pe:i:on who is familiar with the laud in question oi.d may be either the applicant or another. The date of per:-!in:il exneiinat i in o." the land bv nffnnt should be -vitliin three months prior to the filing of the selection list. Ol this blank nothing else i to be filled. "The present price of base for in- leeinity selections i:: .tS.70 per acre. At iensi one nitii ot the total purchase price must accompany th' application an" non-mineral fffidnvit. Notice of er.oh selection is published for five uccessive weeks in a prpor tn be des ignated by the register. The state pavs filing, publication and ether fees. If the Invd applied for is cov, red by any form of entry or filing, relinquishment of same should aee-mpany the applica lion. "A receipt- for the first payment is 1:0. issued until the selection is approv id in the local I'nited States land of fice. Should a selection be rejected, the application and money are returned. No interest is charged in deferred pay oienls until the selection is clear listed in -he general hod office and the land patented to tie- sta;.. At that time - certificate of .,le is issued. Ill the event of failure o secure patent, all mercy paid to ;he state on recount of the purchn-e pri f the land will be repaid to the pun-lmsi r on proper ap plication to the slate land hoard and surrender of th- ohrk 's rvoipt. "With the issiinne-' nf the certificate nf sale the applicant may pay in full r nd take 0 deed; or nniv pay one fifth "i one year with interest at s per cent, end one fifth in two years at 7 per cent. Th" remaining d -f rre-I payments are on d'tnend with interivt at ft per eetf. A iiwrtificato of sole cannot stand for a los'.-r period than five y.,n from ''is date of issuance. Intip-'t is pava ble annually and n-it.-s on deferred pav r'ents sre not required. ' 1 Itespecfllllv. "PETER APPLEGATE. "State Land Agent." Fri-d f.orklev. business manager of the Pacific Monthly, spent Friday in Med ford in the interest of his publication. Sheriff W. A. Jou.s .pent Thnrdv in Medford. BURGLAR i FIGHT; ARREST 1 Rufus Edwards Takes a Bold. Bad Midnight Ma rauder Into Camp Ross Wren, erstwhile n furniture r.. pairer with a shop just north of the postoffice, repineth in the city bastile today, and thereby hangs a tale iu which Wren was the dark, durk villain, Rufus Edwards the hero, with a goodly sprink ling of neighbors nobly responding to the cries for aid. To begin with, Wren started out early in the evening and took unto himself a number of those worst and lively, straight and cheap decoctions dispensed on Front street. Then upon the night officer's orders iio started homeward. He missed, however, his domicile by nine seven blocks and butted in on the peaceful slumbers of Rufus Ed wards. Mr. Kdwards was awakened by a noise in his home and called to the marauder what ho wanted. No reply forthcoming, he leaped from his bed and put one over. Wrrn went down and took the count. Edwnrds summoned neighbors, who nobly responded, bound Wren up and turned him over to the 110 I 1 Wren says it is all a mistake. lie will have a chance to explain it this afternoon before Judge Canon. AIL OF THE OPEN CLAIMS ME LOCATED RAILROAD LANDS LIMIT RICH HUMBUG DISTRICT NEAR. , YREKA. YREKA, Cal., March 19. Because the railroad company owns the remain ing gronnd, no more mining claims have been filed in Humbug, iu the vicinity of the Inyo claim, since tho 7i report ed previously. Those are supposed to cover .".II land open to location, although not all that is supposed to be rich. The railroad ground surrounds the now discovery in Humbug, it appears, and unless legal steps can be taken that will open the land to the mines tho preront boom may he limited, although it will be of immense importance any way. No further big strikes have been made on the Inyo claim since yesterday's re port, but gold continue!; to be taken "lit in chunks, free from rock, and needs simply to be melted down and refined. It comes from a decomposed quartz formation and needs no milling. As fast as it, is taken out it is put in bags and shipped out by express. The Inyo claim is in but a few feet, and 100 feet of the gold-hearing forma tion has been exposed. It is pay dirt all the way. The find was made by Charles A. Mitchell, one of the owners. Walking along the road he stumbled on a piece of rock from the ledge, James L. John stun, one of his partners, followed his directions and opened the ledge 50 feet away, on the side of the hill, follow ing it from the road. Johnston thought it was but a pocket, when the first strike was made, it is claimed, and was for quitting there. J. B. Fair child, partner of the two, bought John "ton's interest and now Johnston is working as a miner for Mitchell and r'airchild and is getting 5 a day. Min ers are still scarce and will he imported to open up the new claims. It is claimed that .tl.000.niio in gold has been taken from this part of the county in the past, vet the mining done has all been on the surface, except re cently, when the Mono mine, near the Inyo, got into the ground a short dis tanee and is reported to have profit ed by doing so. There has been no deep mining done there nt all s far. The lovo discovery will canoe .so.fs , be sunk ami tunnels to be bore to "pen up th.' riches under th surface. It has been a pocket country and has been mined onlv as such. JERRY HAS WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF NUOOETS N". .b-rrv is in Medford with a won dorful collection nf virgin golld. fiver Ifioo of the precious metal is being shown by him in the most wonderful shapes. He will leave for the east on Sstttrdnv. (J MILLER Secretary Will Resign at Next Meeting, and Ap plicants Are Buzzing All About (or Jobs A. H. Miller, who has served as sec retary of the Commercial club, having announced that he would tender his resignation nt tho next meeting- of the tub, a wild scramble has been started by a small army of iipplieuntu fur hia .)b. Paying, as it does, $101) a month, a number ol' men in the oily seem to think that Mr. Miller's shoes would just fit them. Honeo wires nro being jnilled in every direction in an endeav or to land the job. Mr. Millers resignation follows his investment in the Medford book store. which will require his time henceforth. Me has served the club well and could continue in his place indefinitely should lie refrain from resigning. Among thoHO who nro after the job m V. M. French, M. R. Worrell, U. h. Conrad and J. E. ARton. A number of men from Ashland would also like to get the office. There is n great deal of work to be luiie at all times in tho vear bv the secretary. A tremendous amount of cor- lespondencn is to hp handled in the of fice. No less than 4.r00 direct requests Tor the new hooklet are on file and one nnd it is that which is attracting envelopes nro being juldresr.ed so that they may be sent out immediately upon the arrival of the pamphlet. While the place is not one wherein loafing can he done, the salary is a fair the many applicants. SOLDIER STOLE STUFF FOR THE COMPLEXION SPOKANE, Wash., March III. An unexplained passion for face .-r Slid other beautifying lotions has re sulted disastrously for Ves Pittsford. rolicr from Fort Oeorgo Wright, and tor some time he will have to forego the use of the powder puff, having been sentenced yesterday to tho penitentiary for from one to five vears for stealin'i. $10 for a drunken man. When arrested Pittsford 's pockets were filled with bottles of hair oil, face creams, rouges, powders anil perfumes of many varieties. The soldier admitted that he stole the money so he could purchnsn the loilet preparations, but he declined to state whether he wanted them for nor sonal use. RACE TRACK WILL BE BUILT ACROSS BORDER SAN DIKflO, Cal.. March 19. That the much talked of rnce track at Tin .Inrna, Mexico. 1(1 miles south nf this city, is to be built seems certain from information obtained from an authori tntive source today. A 350-acre tract has been secured by the horsemen in terostcd in the scheme and the second instalment of the purchase price paid. The men hack of the venture are con dlictinir oticr.'lf inns under 11,. nnn.A c the Tia .Inana Jockey club and the plant is to he a duplicate of that nt Santa Anita park. MUSICAL PROGRAM AT DEUEL & KENTNER'S The following musical program will be rendered Friday evening by Hard rigg's orchestra at the Deuel i- Kent eer opening: March. "Harvard Spirit;" mazurka. "Birds of Spring:" flue nolo, selected. Mr. Dorrence; selection, "The Grand Mogul;" danse antique, "La Morsa rin;" vocal. "A Dream," F. T. Fisk ; waltzes. "Flowers of Italy: " sextette' "Lucia;" tone pnnm, "Apple Blos soms;" intermezzo, "Cnvnllerin Rusti ennn," Mrs. C. D. Hnzelrigg; selection (by request). "The Alaskan:" anvil chorus. "II Trovatore; " vocal solo. "The Magis Song" (Meyer Ilelmund). Fred W. Hashlnnd: waltzes. "The Sil ver Brook:" barn dance, "Cv an4 Sue;" march. "Society Swing." PAVOft erOVFKRENCE ON THE BALKAN QUESTION BERLIN. March l!i. Information re eeived at the foreign office today indi cates that the powers are all in faror of the Italian proposition to summon at once a Kuropean conference to act on the Balkan question. The confer ence will have a strictly limited pro gram, and will merely ratify accom plashed facts. All Servians living in flermany have received orders to return home for militarv terries. TRAIN WILL BE GREATjEHEFIT Due Here on Monday, and Will Instruct Local Peo ple as to Farming More elaborate than any former farming demonstration train in this ter ritory will be a ' ' farmers' special, " juHt announced by the traffic depart ment ot the Southern Paeitic to b opcruted through southern Oregon Into thin month. Tho tram will start fron. Arihlaiid and will arrive here on Mou lay. A feature of the trilin will be n model poultry ranch on wh.'ds. A flutcar will be enclosed with poultry netting and a model poultry raising plant shown, with live fowls, regulation nests and houses. Much is expected from this ob ject lesson in encouraging thevpoultry industry in the section of the stato to be covered. Poultry raising, horticulture and truck gardening will be the subjects of the deinoiist ration and lectures on the trip.j I'rolessors lrom the Oregon agricultu ral college at Corvallis will accompany the train nud will have charge of the cducatiunal work. Officials of the South ern Pacific will bo on board to repre sent the railroad nnl to see that the tram is operated satisfactorily. The train will carry seven cars. Two will be used for poultry exhibits and two others will house horticultural ex hibits. There will be a day coach, a deeper and a car occupied iiy railroad officials. The exhibit cars, it is be lieved, will he the most i iplolo of their kind ever operated iu this terri tory. Dr. .lames Wilhycooilii', director of tho Oregon experiment station at Cor vallis, will be head of the staff of col lege instructors on hoard. Professor C. I. Lewis will have charge of the hurt i cultural worll. and Professor II. Drvden. who directs the work of poultry hus bandry at the Oregon agricultural col lego, will have charge of the poultry lectures ami exhibits. Other professors from tl Ilege staff are also expect- i lo g. C. A. Malboouf, diitriot freight agent for the Southern Pacific, will have harge of the train as the representative f the railroad eompanv. The visits to be made are as follows: Monday, March -2, Ashland. Talent, Medford; Tuesday, .March 2,'t, Gold Hill, Woodcville. Mer- bn; Wednesday, March 2-1, (Hcnilalo, Riddle; March 2.".. Oakland Von... ' Drain, Myrtle Creek, Hosebtirg. "No other section of the country is better adapted to the poultry in, Ins try than southern Oregon," said Mr. -Mallioeur, in discussing the objects of i lie trip. "Oakland, Oi., shins more ooul try than liny other point in the United States. This demonstration traia is the second to he run by the Oregon lines of I he Southern Pacific, and it is planned to make it more complete than the first. Stops at the various stations will be so lined as to be convenient to tho people f the various places visited and to in lire a large attendance. Tni, oarlicu. lar time is selected so that orchardists may be enabled to get the greatest amount of beenfit from the lessons taught on board the train, ns they are eot now busy with orchard work. The result, we expect will he n groat bene fit to them in the cultivation and care of their orchards this season." Another farming demonstration train will make a trip through the wheat growing territory of eastern Washing- i"ii Hie same weeK 1110 Southern Oregon train will be operated by the O. H. 4 N. A. A. Morse, special agent of the freight department of the Hnrrimnn lines, will be in charge. FAST MATCH SEEN BETWEEN TWO NOVICES AT OAME In the wliestii,t. match null,., I off Inst night in Walters' gymnasium hall etween I' red Byington the lightweight hampion of the middle west, and Kid Gordon, tho lightweight champion of nritisn i olumhia. wis the most speedy match ever nulled off on the Pacific coat. Byington woo the first fall in 1 1 minnies ny too squirrel hold. Oor don won the second fall in It minutes by the hammi-rlock. body scissors hold. Byington won the third fall in 17 nun utes by hammerlock and crotch hold. Mr. Gordon, not being in the best of condition, immediately after the match (hallonged Mr. Byington for another match, winner to tnke all receipts. Mr. liyinglriu accepted th" challenge. Delroy (letchell, a Minneapolis enpi talist, has purchased from c. II. Corey I the business property on tho northwest i corner of West Main and G street snd .will erect u two story brick block this spring. FORTY PERSONS ARE DROWNED; LOSS IS OVER EIGHTY HOUSES CARRIED DOWN BEFORE TREMENDOUS WALL OF WATER WATER FAM INE MAY BE RE8ULT. I'AHKKlt.SHUHO, W. Va., March 19. With a thunderous roar, two large water reservoirs abovo this city today burnt the floodgates, overwhelming 80 houses and drowning 40 persons nnd hi rioualy injuring many others in the wreckngo. The citizens for the most part were warned by the noise and fled to high ground. The officials fun mid evidence that dy namite had been used on the tanks which held the entire water supply of the city. A wnier famine is looming up. The first cstimnte fixes the loss at T:!0ii.imi). WOULD CHANGE ALL MICHIGAN FISH LAWS LANSING, Mich., March lit. Sena tor Ming of Cheboygan introduced in the state legislature yenterdny a bill re pealing all the local fish laws and pro viding radical changes in the regula tions governing the business of fishing iu M ii'higan waters. The Ming bill would prohibit net fishing in the con lu-cling waters betweea Lakes Superior, Huron and Krie, and within half n mile nf the mouth of any river or tho outlet of an inland lake. The finding of il legal sized fish in any consignment would entail the confiscation of the en I ire consign men t, whereas at present only unlawful sized lis hare confis i'Mtr.1. Licenses to catch white fish and trout in the spawning senson would be granted on condition that the fish ermen deliver the spawn, properly im piognated, to the state fish warden. Such tpiiwn is required by the United States fish authori t-s to bo planted, under the direction of the state wnrdon on the spawning lied from which the fish were taken. I'iflhermen would be required to make monthly reports of the number of pounds of fish caught. BIG IRRIGATION BOOST MEETING CENTRAL POINT ROBERT G. SMITH WILL ADDRESS THE MEETING BIO PLANS ARE UNDER WAY. A meeting of great importance to very resident of this sect ion of t he alley will be held here next Tuesday morning immediately after the depart ure of th Smith, -m ?'acific demonstra tion train. The ni"ting is announced by the official nf th Condor Water X' I'ower company and is intended for the purpose of discmsii-g the irrigation iifstinii with the people of this section. Hum. It. (J. Smith of flrants F'ass and ther speakers of prominence will ad dress the meeting, and the information to he gained on this important problem will he nf practically equal importance to 'hat of the demonstration train lec tores, says the Herald. An is well known, the Condor com pany is iiiiw at work installing addi li'iiial power wheels at their power plant at fi.-dd lny r'lid also an immense pa in ping system wlm-h is capable nf pumping sufficient water to irrigate all the lands in this tectum of the valley. Thf company already has pipe ordered in reach the MclMiiiuigh and Price t'.-rms. which are owned by the com c: ay, and 1'i'to acres nf adjoining lands t"'r which contracts have been signed, and the pipelines will extend townrd ' 'ential Point as fast r.s the land owners and citi.en; show the company that there is a demand for water. The subject is one of great impor tance and every land owner in this sec timi sh'uild make it point to be pres ' nt next Tuesday morning. NOTHING IN THIS TO STOP DRINKINO BY THIRSTY WOMEN I'KTAM'MA. I'nl.. March Ifl.-The now liquor erd inane- now before the bi.iird of snpei visnrs tniikes il unlawful tn soil tn nuv female person Intoxi iiiiils in larger ipuintities than "one uliiss nt any one time. '' A fine of $100 to s-.-'i or 3u days in tin' county .jail or h.ith may bo impose! upon violators. Tin' ordinance does not say how long a period of time shsll intervene between glass . FIBER SALOON 18 pe Famous Resort Put Out of Commission-Attached in Interest o! Kinney Oeurge Xeuber's siloou at Jackson ville, tho most famous resort of its kind iu Jackson county, was closed by the sheriff this week, upon an attachment for 'J!I00 issued on application of Wil liam l.'urich, recoivor for T. J. Keaney, insolveut. Kennoy was for many years a prominent merchant of the county scut, and one of tho largest creditors of Xouber, whom ho followed into bank ruptcy last fall. Ulrich states that tho reason for clos ing the saloon was the dismissal of the receiver of tho Neuber proporty follow ing tho sale of tlBOO worth of cuttle and 1172"i other property. Of this amount $1000 was paid on the Kenney account, but Ulrieh beliovod that a larg er sum should have beon forthcoming, nnd so attached tho saloon in tho In terest of the Konney creditors. '. The new'H of thu closing og Neuber "a historic resort will come as a surprise to ninny people. George Neuber is one of the best known und most public-spirit oil men in southern Oregon and there is scarcely a miner in the country whom he has not at some time or other grub slaked or otherwise befriended. Dur ing his career ho has thrco times been in Imiiyruplcy, prior to tho present oc casion, but each time has worked his way out of debt and paid up bis cred itors with usury, although the accounts had outlowed. His genorosity, extrav agant habits and extensive investments in non-producing mining claims in tn Blue Ledge district, of which he owned a score or more, nro largely tho cause of his present financial eclipse which his friends are confident will bo but tem porary. In addition to the saloon busi ness, .Veuber carried on stockraising on a large scale. Ulrieh 's account as receiver of tho Kenney property shows $11,000 cash on hand, against which aro claims aggre gating iil,nuo. Kennoy'B total assets are lintel at 17,000. His principal creditors are Anton Roso and wife, fo400; K. Hons, irMOO; Leander Neil of Ashland, $'J,I00: William Jen n in.. . $-2(10, all upon promissory note, and M-it-M.imiiso accounts, s;iouo. AND ALL Or THIS TOOK PLACE IN A DBY TOWN Harney Hall had a preliminary hear ing before Justice !!imr !.,. ri.... . - . 1 uuu duy morning on the charge of giving liquor to u minor. The ciise is a pecu liar one nun was the subject of consid erable discussion at tho time. hv. th flrenls Paw. Observer. The minor in euostiun is l.esllo Pnttorson, a nephew Of Ml'. IBlll. lllllt Who hn livn,1 with him since l(K4. On tho 40th day of ui. mnniii iesiie camo home at noon With II Cold and With tho nermissinn of hi:' mother. Mr. Hull gave tho boy some wnisuy and quinine and when the boy weiii to x.iool ins teacher, Mr. Bish, slnelled liouor on tho hov'ft brenth mnA son', him home. Mr. Hnll was Inter sum nioned before a meeting of tho school board and rrquoatod not. to repeat tho re: again. This .Mr. Hall refused to promise, with the result ;hnt If T. (lilkey swore to a complaint and the louring took plnco Thursday morning, with the result that the defendant was hound over to the grand jury under 1300 llOllds. Mr. Unit is one nf tha mamWrnrm of the Ctrnnts Pnss iron works and has been the common Inw guardian of the boy for siuiie yearn. His sister, Mrs. Patterson, and her wo sons, live with Mr. Hall. The outcomi of the case at I he next term of court will he watched ivit'i considerable interest. SLASHER" MUTILATES OLOTHINO OP WOMBN NKW YORK, March 19. Complaints which are reaching the police indicate that a "slasher" is agnin at work in N'ew York. .Several women have re ported that their garments havo been cut in the subway station at Forty-eec-c-iicl street. All eases betray striking similarity, which makes it appear as if tin' work were being done by one man, using tho same sharp knifo. In most instances the garments cut have been women's cents, slashed a little to the loft of the center cf the back, about. 12 inches from the bottom. One woman's, handsome broadcloth was badly mutilaj id the suhw-ay yesterday morning. Two ears ago a "slasher" did similar work, and while detectives were put on the i-aie, the culprit was not captured.