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. - - , ' : v'::';'-;";y" r::v'lr,-.. ; v :: i .... . , ,rJi k-t V . e ' ' Tonight and eaturdax. raty; brisk to. high southerly wind. .;. lwlb..J .k, v i PORTLAND, OREGON. FRIDAY .EVENING, NOVEMBER V lBOiTWENTY, PAGES. . - - PRICE ' FIVE CZZTIZ, VOX IIL NO. 03.' STCESCCL 1TIRI Sensaticad Report Frcin Rce Says He vIII SGo to TITdtg FLEET IS DEMOLISHED MMt the Only One Afloat at Port i-i Artkarlondoa Tikes : This News With a Grain of Salt Eli Ship Eaas ; Blockade. V (tand BpseU hnltij '"-' -:--'-" .' Breslau, Nov.-4. (Bulletin.) As a protest against the mobilisation of the Susslan army raaarvaa 1.00 Pol marched through tha atraaU of Cseeto chowa, in Russian Poland, today. A de tachment of Infantry charged tna mou with bayonet and aU nan wara klllad 19 woundad.. ' i - ' . (Jearael Special Sarvles.) Roma. Nov: 4 Tha St. Petersburg ...correspondent of tha Clornal 41 Roma asserts that Oanaral Stoeeeel haa wired 1 tha ess that ha hu mada hla Isst at ' tempt to dafand tha forta of tha north : waat of Port Arthur and la sow prepar ing to ratlra to Llao-tlahan and TlgWa Vail fort with 10,000 aoldlara and aaa- Etii tha Golden Hill fortraaa la to ba bandonad. i Of tha wara hi pa tha oorraa poadant aaya, only tha Poblada la afloat, and tha Bebaatopol and Paraartat'a daoka ara only two feat above . water, . AU thara have been aunt f t"'1 ' : The Retvlsan waa burned with - arai wounded who were aboard, .-"-'r. mutbu juunr oaboo. Ttotoxta Brlao & Vow . rxvm Wvrt Aitkna. J': Uearaar Ipaehd flarvlea.) v--'' ' Shanghai. Nov. A -Tha atearaer Vlo ttorta arrived here Uat night, after hav . lngr wuoeaaafuliy run the. blockade and landing a cargo of beat la tha Inner har bor at Port Arthur.' . Har of f loera report that tha Russian garrison, while almost . without hope of relief, ehowe no algna ct wavering, but will undoubtedly fight to the laet. ---'.;',' , Tha beef waa joyfully received by tha garrison, who ara nearly without freah meat of any kind, nearly all tha horses , and mules having been killed. The of- floara and man were pledged to secrecy regarding tha condition of tha battle, ahlpa -and . f ortlfloatlona and refuse to divulge any information they may have. . They aay that aHoesael has become the Idol of hla men and la tha master aplrlt, working day and night and- facing any ' and all danger wltlt a eayn and eour- ageoua front. . ' ' - ' . , The orfieera of the ateamer confirm tba report that tha Japanese hare cap tured all tha main position to tha north aaat of tha fortraaa, and also tha every thing ahowa that a Japanese attack of a general nature may be expected at any moment..- Tha Russians in Port Arthur also expect such an attack and grimly await what they realise wU be a fight : to tha death, aa there la no expectation ,)f quarter on either aide when the last 'acene la enacted. ' . -mL sOJUTTinrr at ta: OfOoera Selleve atu Bepert Win Se - taiaed by anc.Tury. ' :, ' (Joaraal apecUl aervlee.) u ; : Tangier, Nov. 4. Admiral Rojeatven aky landed here thla afternoon from hla flagship, accompanied by several offi cers: He called on tha aultan'a minister here, and than proceeded to tha Russian -.'legation.'"" " ... Salutee were exchanged by tha fleet and land batterlea. - All of tha offlcere who con son ted tn "Interviews asserted their belief that Ro- , Jestvensky's report of the North aea In. oident would reoelve 'full confirmation and support through tha forthcoming la ' qulry. ;' . - i ." " .'' Unreal Sesolal awrW. .Paris, Nov. rorelgn Minister Del. easse announced today that the Inquiry commission which will Investigate tha Dogger Bank tragedy will meet In Paris, Russia and England. Ha aald all were ' In perfect accord aa to the terras of tha convention and composition of the com mlaaloa. 1 ; Xronov sosnrv aoomt. , I (Joaraal BpecUl fcfrtcO ' London, Nov. 4. -A dispatch from Roma tailing of affairs In Port Arthur and of the destruction of the fleet there. In sequestered. Is not accepted here without much reaervatloni There can be no ' confirmation, gathered In St. Petersburg. - ., i ' ; Y ;r R-mxAn aw aramAi.TAR. - '", ' (Joaraal apeeUI fcrrVee ) f: 'V ' OlbralUr. Nov. .The Russian Baltic fleet passed Olbraltar bound aaat at o'clock thla morning. British destroyer and torpedo boate will watoh the move taantc of tha fleet. ,: ' - ,:vv.:. wru romi ooa. . - ' . (Jeerssl apeelal service.) ' " Xondon, Nov. 4. Lansdowne haa been Informed that British shipowner are chartering their, vessels for the purpose f following tha Russian fleet with coaL POPR-a RRAXTR IKPROTRaV . (Jnaraal Bpil tervlce.) " Roma, Nov. 4. Tha pope's Health 1i much Improved. re received several ?? -' l ' ' : . ' ' Cern:n Vs. Itdlin in An ctent fyrclese UnlverrV f sity at ONE DEAD; NINE ; HURT Hotel and fart ff College Demolished - and Troops Called OuUAdilUioo : ; - . of Itallaa , Branch toDnI;rC; ..iiily : jhe ,Canse?v Si . ; (Joaraal Cpeelal errtea.) V'i Innsbruck Tyrol. Austria, : Nov 4 Tha opening of an Italian branch with aa Italian faculty la tha ancient uni versity here, atlrred the amouldcrtng hatrad of Juliana to auch an extant that last night rioting .began In a most deadly form. - , 'f:.,-s Prom few small street disturbances the demonstration grew to alarming pro portions. A storming party of Qermana began by "stoning the quarters of tha Italian students and the' Utter retaliated, gaining a temporary victory. : The Ger mans, reinforced and armed' with revolvers.- returned to the scene and the Italian fled from tha student's quarters to a Urge hotel, where Hey sought refuge.' - .. .; m . ..' The German a, infuriated at freah re- latanoo, and finding thamaelvea barred out, besieged the hotel through the greater portion of tha early night Btonea began to By and a ruah - was mada on the hotel, which resulted In tha Italians taking to tha atreet after tha building bad been practically de molished. . -.- - v : The Italian than aougtat ' refuge In that portion of the university occupied by tha Italian faculty, and that building waa also damaged. The Germane con tinued their rioting' and atone tn rowing antu daylight. s -i--'--' '? ' -- At dawn troop were called out and dispersed the - rioters, - rushing them without mercy".' . On German waa killed and nine- wounded. - ; . -r - Several Italian were - wounded, and 1SI sought refuge in the city police sta. tlon. Tha Germans learned that the Italian war sequestered there and were thla evening assembling in fore and be sieging the prison. - Troop arer on guard, and It Is feared by the authorttlea that before morning a battle In earnest may result, aa the rioter are armed and openly , defiant. Ammunition haa 'been laauad to the guard with instructions to use their gun if pressed. . ;,',' ' " -'.; .- : FARMER GIVES CHECK ; : TO WRONG. PORTER ' .'. (Jeersal BpeaM aervlee.) Chioago. Nov! . 4. Chicago detective are aeektng , a Pullman aleeptng car porter, with a run on the Chioago and Alton road, from St. Louis to Chioago, who I aald to hav disappeared with a check for tt,004, belonging to TheophU Stromaky, a wealthy farmer. - Btromsky created a aoene la th sleep mar ear when ha attacked a porter, whom he believed to be tha man intrusted with tha big check. He: aald he presented hla ticket to th porter upon boarding tha train at St. Louis. Tha porter told him be must pay an additional $. Stromaky declared he we without cash, and gave the check to th porter aa security. He did not aea tha porter again, but made no complaint until the train bad almost reached Chicago. - Than ha attacked, a porter, who he believed to have taken the check, Stromaky came to Chioago to buy fancy stock, with which, to replenish hla farm. '. ' . . v . , :;,''.-. - : CUT GOWNS TO MEET. KAISER'S APPROVAL (Joaraal Special arvle. , '"'''; Beritn. Nov. 4. At. an opera "perform. anoe here , last night at which tha em peror, waa present, many 'women wara refused admission, because they wore high-hacked gown ' Inataad 'of -. low necked ones,' hla majesty- having Com manded that full evening drees be worn whenever be attenda opera. , Many women borrowed scissors from the attendants and clipped their bodloee to meet the kaiser's requirements. Some amusing and some painful scenes took place In the corridors and ante-room a, where the floors were atrewa with frag ments of women's appareL t . FERRYBOAT IS RUN - v: i: DOWN BY STEAMER (Joarsat Spetlal Servlee.)' .' '. -New Torn. Nov. 4. Is a dense fog thla morning tha ateamer City of Low. ell collided with the ferryboat Columbia- -The ferryboat, which was crowded. was badly damaged. Tha ateamer aa slsted the ferryboat to her slip ' In Brooklyn, - where ell passengers were landed. Juat as tha last passenger rWCuffl , in, awa nm ,ui utuui. ! tarrying down 11 horses and trucks. -. Nothing but tha coolness of the offi cer in preserving order when the slip was Teached - eaves -th uvea f ne passengers, as a panic would undoubt edly hav resulted la delay la landing. iMOOOOOOMvMMOMO I ONE HUNDRED. Bona, Aberia.? Nov. 4 . steamer Glronde In a collision Jhe Girpnde carried 110 t were nearly all natives. '-.. W ' . - - - . - - The Glronde was a, French steamer of the old styie, duih in icoi, wren xnree aecKs, ana owned Iri Marseilles. She was a sinzfe screw Iron steam schooner which had recently been t put dh the run and carried native trafflp In great volume, as she and large for that coastwise trade. u-..iurvs i-J..--Ar'-; ... When the steamers collided, the Glronde was badly buckled and the natives were below decks asleep; A heavy fog . The steamers were goinz Glronde abaft her port bow and clipping Into her thin iron piates so tnat sinKing roiiowea ai most before the Schiaffino could reverse and pull away.'--.:v:l::i';r:v' :;-:Vv-;;;f ; The actual fate of the Schiaffino, which is a comparatively new French steamer. Is. un known When she withdrew and backed off In the fog she was evidently badly disabled and may also have foundered. - No boats came from out the rnist to the .tuccor of the panics stricken ones ore the rapidly filling Clronde.lA .t,. ''.; '' So rapid was the tatter's foundering that there was not even time to arouse those b tweenecke."' '.C'-: "'-': " ' ;- : tif-''r:' v-J:-hir ' v:' ;V ' - A hurried rush was made for the life boats, some of which were apparently fouled In the x davits,IlrL2n ca ropes were clashed at one-end and the boat half filled with women ; 1 X and cMldrendumped Its occupants into the sea. - '''''-; ;: r;;-:-;- ; f x utners, oetore uiey couia t women ana cnuaren, ana ran irom we diocks so jnpiuij mat niy wwnpeu auiu uiwwiwu. uiw helpless and fear-stricken passengers as soon as they struck the water, ' . i; The officers made a vain . -allowed them were helpless and were.falriy overrun, .women and children .wore, trampled upon in a mad rush and strong men fought for a'.clear -way to the boats.; ' But one email boat with ten occupants, all of whom are men"ari4everal of whom are of the crew, reached port to tell went to death were asleep at t between the collision and the e - . "..,. . lj one OT ner lireooaxs sown sxih X ' ' ' The Cironde had cleared BICLARS ROD -BAi::i'CP-$2y:j Kisked Men'BIow-Opea Safe tt Prf 'vatelosUiatiaa at KcfBlt.c ad Escape WltFThVOooty. , . ' ' .' : . (Joaraal Special servlot.) -Buffalo, Nov.- 4. your, masked men blew tha safe of Blodgett's private bank at Hermitage., last night, and eacaped with between ,26.000 and 110,000. Tha axploaloa aroused the eiUsena,' who war terrorised into Inactivity. ' - S' la their hast th robber dropped several bags of money, but suooaeded la getting sway with all tho currency taken. Posses are la pursuit. - ' t ' : v - Every Indication point to th xaot that the robbery avas -tha work of ex perts. - To all appears noes ovary precau tion had been taken by tbo-roooera, ana even th amount of exploelve waa evi dently adjusted to a nicety, aa tha af fect of the explosion did not wreck tna Inner part of tha building to any, per- ooptlble extent, although It aroused near. by residents rrom meir utuDotn, hh la turn awaaanea ine-r neignoon, ua la a abort time effort were under way to apprehend th burglars before they could get out f the tows. Although tho robbers war aware of tha fact that they were discovered, they assumed no undue hast In their prep arations for departure, but coolly and calmly gathered together th paokagee of rarrancv indttui OI goia ana aeno- erstely walked out of the bank and die appeared in tha gloom. ' The oltlsens by this tlms war thor oughly awake to th situation and poesee war hurriedly organised and under lead er atartad la different directions. It Is thought that tha robbers. If overtaken. win not submit to Centura witnouc mak ing a desperate fight to .keep their lib erty. ;: ' ' ' '-v ;, ' - " . New received from one of tho posses says that tho robbers arer thought to be following the windings of a small stream which rune through a aeevuy woooeo section of country. If they are not lo cated before dark It la feared that by morning they will hav separated and mada good their eecap. , i ; ,' Omu RRXTRRATRS CmASORS. ' ( " ' (Jevrsal Special servlei.) . s 'J ' New Tork, Nov. i. Governor Odell today reiterated hla chargee that Parker la Interested In the shlp-bulldlng trust, and added that In hla speech tonight he would name another trust In which tha democratic candidate la interested. It is understood that Odell will name the steel trust. -..,'..'- v : As tt was, several . women became terror-stricken and were with much dif ficulty prevented from leaping over; board. Added to thla waa th commo tion caused by the frightened anlmala, as tha ferry Reared land and began, to gradually 'settle at on end.... - Th question Of blame aa to who I directly responsible for th aoctdest Is as yet In doubt. The fog was excep tionally heavy at the time ef th col lision, and th officer -of both veeeel assert that every precaution waa, being Observed t tha time thaNSccident o- iMMtHMMOMMMMMMMmtHl DROWN '' I Iimnul Dnrlll gel lo.l - Ono) hundred pert-ons weroj drowned by thd sinking of the with the steanrier Schlafflno, off passengers, ot wnom iw were ';: r- y' - " ' ' - - .SB " aav had hung over the coatt for days, at speed when the collision occurred, the Schiaffino taking the do lowerea- away, were ove-ruiea attempt to prevent panic and bung the tale. -They assert that the the time of thejcollision'and drowned like caged rats. The time foundering was so brief that the officers believe the vessel carried X t - j .1 j a'- -...' r . " ' '' . '-''',.'".'"..'.;" 7' x anacnea ro w awn-k.. -,., ' . -a y k , ,.tv-. , . w from this port but two hours beforedisaster overtook her. i. BRITISH ' iaaW VaaeraWsiLaaaVtiai Encb Speculation ' at Victoria Owlo i.to Two farsulps at tsqnlmalt' Belo Ordered to England. 7 i (Special Mseatcfe te The JoeraaL) -Victoria, B. C Nov. 4. The greatest excitement prevails bars la oorrsequenoe of aa order received hf Commodore Qoodrlch, commanding th British Pa cific fleet, at Bagulmalt,'to dispatch th flagship of the station, H. M. 8. Oraftoa and B. k B. Flora, to Bngland, .. , Notlea of thla was received last even ing and th Oraftoa la ordered to leave tomorrow, for bom. Th Flora la sow la South American waters and' I also ordered to proceed r to ' England. ' All kinds of surmises are ventured at among naval men, but no reasons are given and bene nothing desnlte can bo learned as to the exact meaning of this move. The Oraftoa la. a first class cruiser sad tha Flora la a second class cruiser. - This leavea at the station only tha first class cruiser '. Bonaventur - and th sloop Shearwater. '''.. . S Th Impression prevails la some quar ters that this station la to be reduoed permanently. Reeenuy it was reduced from real admirals in oommand to com modores. Ths Impression also prevails that ths Imperial s-evernmant la this course may be but forcing the hand of tha Canadian government to contribute to the imperial defense bytaking part la equipping a fleet. . This does not . And very great sup. port. Men best qualified to Judge of tho situation appear to marvel at thla order and are reluctant to venture an opin ion.. Commodore '; Goodrich and staff will remain at Eaqnlmalt, which makoa It appear that the station la not- to be further reduced. They construe'thls ss meaning that tha admiralty In conse quence of Sir John Fisher, who - was lately appointed senior lord of admin alty, haa decided upon radical changea la connection with thie station, which msy mean that the fleet Is to be ia c reaied with probably larger vessels to be appointed here.-; , Ths notion seems to have been very suddenly taken, as the Oraftoa was to be recommlaaloned here, and arrange ments were complete for sending a sew crew out by the way of th Canadian Pacific railway. ' Whether or not thla haa aay oonnectlon with th Interna tional complication, respecting the North aea Incident, 1 not announced, but It Is generally conceded that It eas not --" -; - ''T. '' "' .';";,! , SICK BOY SENTENCE! V";T0, HANG IN CANADA - (Sperlal nepsteh ts The JeareaL) Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 4. John Kay, 10 yeara.of age. was found guilty last night of tha murder ef John. Bpittal, hunter, last, March, and aentenced to be hanged January IT. Kay . la vary 111 and la hot expected., to live mpre than two month. Ha received hla sentence without a tremor, although the- Judge faltered In delivering tt, and many is the courtroom broke down and cried. . Kay left the prisoners' dock unas sisted and pleaded Innocence to th last, Aa effort will be made to have the sen tence reprieved on account of .the youth of Kay and hla condition. - Thla I en of th saddest cases vny tried In Canada.' Ha was convicted en circumstantial erldenoe only- Th de fence was very weak, The Jury was out two boura, . :-: IN the Algerian coast today, " nauv ivaojios. inose, arownea v- Z ?--Yr??"lX AaA ?A.I- A. I ' ' was pf, 3,200.; tons burden rendering sailing treacherous. : : wn ponio - auit-Ksn , man, a order, but in the short time greater number -of . those who Z ILLEGAL FISHING -CAUSE OF JRCUDLE : l y. " sssssasBSSBssasssssBswsisssa - ObseryBncc of Liw Rtjjardlof Taking of Salmon : Would Jlaveotccteal: f Island Given jCood'Ett Catch.:: Ilea Interested la th salmon 'Indus try .on "the Columbia and Willamette rivers take Very seriously ths short age of the catch of salmon eggs at Oregon hatcheries - during - the last month. Practically one season for the shorts gs is given that ths fishing has been carried on throughout the last sea son without cessation, regardless of ths law providing that tha taking of salmon la Oregon shall be Illegal . between ktarch 1 and 'April it. and between Au gust 11 and September 1. -'"-.- - "The result of thla year's shortags at the hatcheries will be felt four yeara hence," says J. W. Cook, on of . th state's pioneer cannerymen. "If we agree with the theory that tha fiah that ara hatched thla season will return four years banco to propagate their apeoles, there will be extremely few. fish la tha Columbia and tho Willamette rivers in 1M. I think the Immediate cause oi the present troubles of the state Ash warden Is that there was no closed sea son observed, this year. The fish were all taken out of the jdvera before they reached tba spawnlttg-isTOOnds." Mr; Cook says the greatest mistake waa : mada years ago-, when the state failed to take over the Clackamas river for a hatchery at ream: " Ha aaya be has seen, -at th opening of the flehlng sea son, to tone of tha finest salmon ai Portland markets all taken from the Clackamaa. . Tha stream was a favorlto on for th best salmon to run In, and it would have furnished enough.. apawn to stock ths Columbia river. MICHAEL P1ERTIER IS -. DECLARED GUILTY .:- ,- :"5' .' (Joaraal Special SerVlca.) ?" ' Rainier, Or.) Nov. 4r The Jury In the ease of Michael Plertler, charged with the abduction of Mary Robinson, after a short session, found the aged defendant guilty, but coupled ' with Its verdict a recomtnendatlo for mercy, r- ' Plertler seems hopelessly cast down and sat with bowed head and trembling hands when the Jury's verdict was read. Sentence will be passed upon him Thurs day of nest week. -, (. . - o.y'"J.'.y iota, osuttith eAora sztobo-b. , (Jeersal Special Bervke.) Ia Angeles, Nov, 4. Mrs. Griffith waa today granted a divorce from Col onel Griffith J. Griffith on the ground of cruelty. There was no contest. Grif fith la under eontence for two yeara fur shooting hla wife In a Los Angeles .ho tel severs! months ago.. ." , , MOTORMAN'S BRAVERY COSTS HIM HIS LIFE t '"':" ;f (Joaraal Sperlal Service.) ; - McKeesport, Pa.; Nov. 4.-A runaway streetcar this momlog crashed Into s loaded wagon, throwing the contents ef the wagon among th pass enters and killing Motorman Thomas Famam. and seriously Injuring several passengers, soma perhaps fatally. - Court Hearing Argument on Demurrer to Re- ; V straining Suit VALIDITY OF ORDINANCE Defense Claims It b .Piece of Class Legislation and Consequently to- lej,aI-;-ls It a Safeguard as jj. Regafdijubllc Morals? : i:Z Argument on the demurrer Interposed to Jhe suit of Harry Sandya to reetrain Mayor WUllaraa and Chief of Polioe Hunt from carrying out the .provisions of th saloon and restaurant bos ordl nance began In the circuit court this morning before Presiding Judge George. City Attorney McNary and Deputy Kavanaugh appeared for the 'mayoi1 and police chief, while Judge Pipes and At torney Logan represented Bandy. - The gist of Mr. McNarys argument was that box annexes to aaloona and restaurants-ha vs beoome a menace '.to public, morals, and that ths city council found In tham a proper aubject for legis lation. He maintained that In th cases of . saloon and Vestauranta which sell liquor there Is no question as to tha j validity- of th ordinance. - A regards restaurants where llquora are not sold. he contended that the council haa the ria-ht to nrovlda a reasonable safeguard as regards publio moral Hotels come under a separata neaa. ne sua in con clusion, and are governed by state law. Judge. Pipes aeciarea uie .arainsnoe to be unconstitutional, because it savora of class legislation. Inasmuch as It dls crlmlnatea between persona engaged in the same business. Hla contention waa that la tha case of restaurants where ilnuore are not sold the council haa no mora Jurisdiction aS regards the In ' terlor arrangement, than It would have concerning butcher ahope sad grocery atorea. ..'' . ; Attorney Logan will conolude for the' plaintiff this afternoon ana-iJepuiy uity Attorney Kavanaugh wfU make the final argument on behalf of the mayor and chief f police. J . -1 . BANKER'S "COUSIN" AN EXPENSIVE FELLOW ' (Joornal Speehil, servtee.) ' ' ' Ban ' Franolsoo, Nov. 4. EM ward 8. Planter, a gay . young man whose home la In Detroit,.-waa arrested here on the charge of attempting to pass a forged check, for tt.SOO, Planter, scoompanled by a young woman posing as his wife, has been leading a gay life In swell hotels. He seemed to have money In plenty and mad , a ' nam as a liberal spender. ' Planter visited Fresno soma weeks ago and called on Banker Patter son. He claimed then to be Edward Pat terson, a second coualn of tha banker and . was welcomed and entertained. After enjoying tha banker' hospitality for two days. Planter made arrange men ts to return to this city.' Casually be asked hla boat to endorse a check for 11.400 which ha had received, aa he needed a little spending money. HI kind-hearted cousin did so, sod Planter came here. Next day he went to a bank to cash ths check but Patterson had grown sus picious and wired to the bank to hold tha check. Plantar then disappeared from hla old haunts, but Patterson came her and finally met hla "coualn" In a res taurant The arrest followed.. . Plantar la a smooth operator and IS said to have left a trail of bad paper up and down the coast and half way across tha con tinent. - 'V.' ,"'.' '.''.A-...-; ANGRY WOMAN TRIES TO SHOOT SHARKEY - v (Joaraal Special Serrke.) New York,-, Nov iUuntlsg - Tom Sharkey with a revolver in her hand Mary Booth, a relative of Edwin Booth, last svenlng cleared ' all : prtaeflghters from a saloon and later eauaed Four teenth atreet to look like Main atreet In Goldsmith's deserted village. Miss Booth declared that Sharkey bad aald some thing that aggrieved her and announced that aha Intended to shoot him. - Fortunately Sharkey was not In the saloon and did not appear until after the woman had' been arrested. A score of women ran from the place crying out m fesr. She followed them to th atreet and held a weapon In her hand, fre quently flourishing It, and sending pedes trians scurrying out of the way. Finally she wes arrested and sent to Bellevue hospital, where an examination waa made Into her mental condition. 8 he declare she found Sharkey dying In a hotel sev eral yeara ago, and that Sharkey had blown out the gas. but that he, recently aald unkind things of her. i. ' Ths car waa coming down a -'i bt? when the brakee gave way at.J te motor man, unable to oontrd the u, cai -1 t- ha paaenirer to J""n if tv v r ' a. rv-oe. 1 i , i Ml HERD lo KILLEu Fccr Ifcndrei Steep St:t by Cowcen Necr THE HERDER DISARMED -A' -. - - H Masked Men at Point of Cca TjL; His Revolver" and Drive Eia Away-The Attack Is Jlear Prlnevllle, Cr. ".. (Special Dispatch ts The Joaraal) i x-rineviue, - ur xnov. . e.-r OiiOWnlg quickly In tha waks of tha eattlemen'a assertion, made at the annual meeting or tneir- association, - held In- this city -two weeks ago, that their oattl must and will be provided with ranging ter ritory la the Blue Mountain erasing dis trict, ootne th new today of th killing-, of 400 head of, Sheep, belonging to U. 8. Cow lea, who haa been grasing hla band during th summer along th head waters of Mill creek, about It mllea northeast of Th elaught occurred October' II. nut Owing to the fact that Cowlee left his ranch near Hay creek Immediately after la charge of th sheep, and ha sue been Investigating the matter quietly, no newa of tha killing reached thla city until tha nret Of tha week. The. meager reports brought to then were to the effect that masked men had shot and killed a Urge number of sheep, but how great had been the 'slaughter was not definitely ststen There lenrs Is -mmrm 4TiiimA terday when men who visited th seen, of the killing brought back word that several camp tender were at work skin ning th carcasses, and that the latter. along the bottom of - a-.deep i ' canyon, wuuiu nunuffr w. . i " Lata last evening - th " herder,' who waa In charge of the sand, .whoa total number amounted to arrived In the city and he told the story of tha slaughter in detail as follows:. - . v- " 'Ordered t Baa. ' ; Nearly two weeks ago-iunvarnerdlns his band- near the head waters of MiU creek, where the recent rain had brpurht up a food growth of bunchgraaa. 1 Tha ahaep were on the weet side of tho "dead line," and In their own district getting their laat fill preparatory to being driven to Cowlee winter headquarters west of Hay creek.' ' , . ,-... . - Lata la the afternoon of October" It, jo masked men, armed with Winchester rif lea, rode out of the Umber near his flock and demanded that he throw up ' his hands until h could be searched. Refusing . to comply Immediately, the riflea war leveled at him and he was threatened with death If he offered any resistance. After searching hla pockets and taking away his revolver th harder was ordered to run as rapidly as possible and neither atop nor look back until he dw wTvrw e Btiuam m inrse) -miles. When only a few hundred yard away he heard the shooting commence, but be continued on his way and reaching his camp a little farther on ho mounted hla horse and rod during that night to tha Cowlee ranch at Hay creek. -Cowlaa enlisted the services of a few of his neighboring ranchmen and they re turned to his sheep camp with the herder the next morning. The party found 400' of th band lying dead along a ravin HI , .H W w h.J 1 .hn, Mmmw k. 1 1 running from th noise accompanying the shots from th rifles. Th remainder of tha band waa scattered ever a distance of eeverej bum ana tn entire day was' consumed In getting the sbeep together. The party then followed as far as pos sible the prints of tha horse's hoofs, but In ths timber where the pin needles lay . Htflr mm M,tHn , K.a. k ma.. 1 . from sight No clew as yet has been found which will lead to the arrest of th guilty persons, nor Is It probable that any will for the Crimea originating thla year through the Intense feeling ever the range troubles are of auch stealthy char acter that no incriminating marks are left, behind. ........ ..;. ... , Straggle fos Supremacy. " , " This laat slaughter of sheep makee th third which has occurred In ths Blus mountains since the grasing season opened laat May. The first of it, and th second of nearly 1.000 head, all of them matlgatea by toe bitterness or the strug gle - between - tho cattlemen and sheep owners for supremacy In the ranging dla--tricts. - Sheepmen of this county are at a t Ices to account for either of the last two slaughters. In view of the fact that the hards la both Instances war on territory designated to them when- the several stock associations met In the spring and fixed th "dead lines." It la stated, bow ever, that these laat butcheries were committed aa a laat resort of the cattle Interests to secure more of the disputed territory upon which te range their stock, and moreover as ' a final warning that even In the face of the agreements made last spring the bulk of tbe grasing die. trlcta In the Blue mountains" most be . given over to the cattlemen, as the 1st have raneatedlv asserted that they should bo. ' Beaekad a Crisis. But th esus of the troubles and the bitterness which has reached s plti- s nearly enuai tt t'-t ts I -tucky feu.,ver?" t f i ' floors of t.:e f during t.. I K.y I ". l . ". -. Mi Sill
