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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. 8UNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, . : u TROOPS CLOSE IN FOUR LIVES LOST IN BIG FLOOD l .1 j rm ON INDIANS mJ I I I -t I I T I J ail KsK ( I I A 1 l l I Aj Buys a e- Baaa-eafj.fJ Monarch Ranee I r hi Utes Heading Towards Chey- ennes With Object 01 w ring Latter to Action. INFANTRY LEAVE TO ASSIST THE CAVALRY Poor Lo Stealing a Few Cattle but Not Committing Other Depreda tions Marching Ahead of the Boya in Blue. fSatisil DUoatcb b LhmA Wire to Tfce Joarn.l) Omaha, Oct. IT. A special to the World-Herald from Sheridan. Wyoming, eaya: The Ute Indiana, under Chief Ap Bah. have broken camp on the Little Pow der river, north of here, and are going northweat toward the reservation of the Northern Cheyennea. The aoldlera are closins In on them from the east ana aouth, but It Is not thought that the two command will be able to cooper . ate before Sunday afternoon at the earliest This morning for more troops of the cavalry f a Sort Kohlnaon ware .ordered to the scene. They will go out under Major Read and will go by rail to Sheridan, marching from mere 10 re 'Inforee Major Grlerson. Army stores and supplies have been sent by rati from Fort Mcpherson to Arvaaa. which will become the baas of supplies. This train will bo accompanied by a guard of infantry. Taken to Fort Meade. A telegram from General Oreely, who -la now In the east, stated that If the Indiana are captured, they are to b I taken to Fort Meade, there- to be held pending Instructions from the war de partment. , .Two companlee of Infantry left Fort ' McKensle thle morning to assist the troops who are now In ths field. Last night an officer from Fort Mc Kenate made Inquiries concerning the conditions arid location of bridges crossing streams north of Sherl Idan, and this morning two companlea i ef infantry left the fort, going north. The officer refused to state the object of the march beyond, saying It waa for practice. It la known that Major Qrler- . son. In charge at Gillette, has requested infantry to aaalat the cavalry. It Is generally feared here that should tha Utes succeeed In reaching the Chey ennea they will stir up that band to ' revolt. In which event a aevere resist i ance could be made to the aoldlera. Oheyenaes Bad T lghtera. The Cheyenaes are reputed to be bad ' fighters and have once successfully re sisted the soldiers when they attempted ' to keep them from returning to their present reservation after having been ' taken to Oklahoma. The second troop train with cavalry from Fort Robinson did hot leave Gillette until midnight ' last night. The cavalrymen have or ' ders to follow on the heals of the In dians, but'not to attack them nor fire unless absolutely necessary .Until the arrival of the troops from Fort Meade, no demonstration will be ; made) unleaa precipitated by the In 1 dlans. Indiana camped last night on - Handing Woman creek, a email trlbu . tary of the Little Powder. They are ' committing no depredatlona beyond ' small thefts of livestock, but refuse to - talk of going back, and declare they will not. It le etated that two companies from Fort Mcftensle will specially guard the commissary stores at Arvada which ' have been made the base of supplies. TO RENEW DEMAND (Continued from Pago One.) , tlon aa far aa the union depot. Ae . cordingly. 5 strikebreakers, guarded by , two policemen, were ferried across the .river from Montgomery dock No. 1 and were escorted to the depot, where they . were guarded until the departure of the t eaatbound train. Moat of the strikebreakers were lm ' ported from eastern Oregon or Wash- . Ington and will go home to spend their .1110 or thereabout earned by them dur ing their month on the docks. Last night a bare 10 men slept at Mont gomery dock No. 2. while a mere hand ful only remained at the other camp at the Oceanic dock. The union men aay that there will not be a strike breaker left on the docks by the middle .of this weak, aa they will be harassed until they take the'r departure. The union gralnhandlers who went to work yesterday claim to have found several hundred pick handles stacked at convenient placea on the At 7hese they suppose were furnished to the strikebreakers for the purpose of re pelling any Invasion that might be made by the unionists Yesterday the forti fies tlona at tha anda of the docks were .torn down. ELMER WAG STAFF IS SUING FOR DIVORCE (Special Dtsseteh te The Joan!.) t Albany. Or.. Oct. VI. Aa a result , ant of the accusation lodged agalnat her husband. Elmer E. Wagataff, and falling ! to substantiate this by proof and be . fore e jury whereby she accuses him ; of attempting to poison her by means of administering arsenic In her coffee, Mrs. Rachel Wsgstaff waa today made 'the defendant In a divorce emit. To . day there was filed In the office of tha county clerk a complaint for divorce by the husband, who had been ac quitted a few days ago Of the charge .of attempting to take the) Ufa of en , other. Nooksack and Skagit River Leave Banks and Do Great Damage in Whatcom. GREAT INLAND SEA 18 FORMED BY OVERFLOW Three) Farmers Drowned While At tempting to Cross Torrent and Fourth Dies While Engaged in Res cuing Others. (Speet.l Otepetrk te The Journal.) Belllngham, Waah.. Oct. 17. Four human Uvea lost, many horaea and cattle drowned, at least $10,000 worth of property destroyed and Industries and commerce demoralised where the flood reached Ha extremee, are some of the things woich must be recorded thla week agalnat the piratical Nooksack and Skagit rivers, which since the set tlement of the northwest by whits men have committed more than 1 1.000,000 worth of damage. Three Farmers lost their Uvea trying to creas the Nooksack and one man loat hta life In the Nooksack endeavoring to f"e v of others In Whatcom county there haa been a great inland sea for three days and many farmers were marooned. Half a dosen bridges were washed away and havoc was played with roada and farm lands where the rivers burst then-banks. One of the greatest sufferers Is the Belllngham Bay. British Columbia railway. Where the track waa a raw daya ago in the Mount Baker dlatrlct tha Nooksack liver la aweeplng with full force and traffic will be delayed two or three weeks. For 600 feet the roadbed haa bean completely waahed away. At the mouth of the stream the ancient bed hag been flooded and la burdened with a vaat quantity of drift wood. (Special Dispatch te Ths JoaraaL) Sedro-VvooUey. Waah., Oct. IT. The disastrous flood In the Skagit valley reached Its highest point yesterday and la now receding. The present high water lacks about four feet of reaching the mark of 1898. The plant of the Grand Raplda Shingle company. Immediately aouth of the city limits, atanda In several feet of water. The river haa extended Itself north about one mile, averaging in depth from aeveral to 40 feet and reach ing aa far north aa the foot of Third street. On account of the trees and under brush the current haa not been swift and tha two large brldgea which cross the sloughs aouth of the city are still standing. Parched up on the south bridge can be seen aeveral head of aheep. The loas of property haa been enor mous and the lose of life reported con sists of three men who attempted to croea the Baker river In a boat'.whleh waa overturned by a log. All three men, Messrs Mulkey, Simpson and Jewel, were drowned. PURSUED BY FATE (Continued From Page One.) tery traced the crime to his door and openly charged the robbery agalnat him. Efforts to find him were unavailing, though the woman, who would not tell the reason why, always insisted that he had been murdered. And she also led the officers to believe that she knew far mora of the robbery than aha would MM, Finally, harassed relentlessly by de tectives and officers, and overburdened with the secret of a great crime, she waa threatened- with mental collapse. Raving plteoualy and crying always of a large sum of stolen money that waa hidden at her home, ahe waa brought to a Portland sanitarium for mental treatment. She at last recovered and returned to her old home tn Kansas City. The Investigation Jnto the crime waa practically suspended. A month ago the remains of her hus band were found In a lonely thicket near Glencoe. Examination of the skull showed that the young man . had bean murdered and officers renewed their efforts to solve the mystery of the robbery and his death. Betarax to Oregon. On receiving tha newe of the finding of her husband remains the woman returned promptly to this state. 8he repeated her atory of the bank robbery and implicated George Perry in the crime. She also ssld that she had reason to believe that he waa Involved In the murder of her husband. But she persistently refused to tell all ahe knew and felled to give the offi cials a single clue on which a warrant might be Issued. She explained her strange silence by saying that . ahe would tell aa soon aa her father-in-law. R. M. Snyder, gave his consent. That consent was ostensibly given by the elder Snyder la a letter to the widow, which he directed should be shown to the officials. They, however, leemed that the elder Snyder waa sanding her at the same time private Instructions not to con nect his son with the bank robbery. She finally consented to tell all ahe knew and yesterday met Deputy Dis trict Attorney E. B. Tongue at Hllla- boro, where ahe related a startling atory of crime. Talks of rather-la-Law. "There Is nothing that I can aay with reference to the death of Mr. Snyder." aha said last night. "There la nothing I can aay sxcept that there seem tn he msny tragedies connected with my Ufa I don't know why and I don't know what I have done that such things You Are Welcome to Credit IRON BCD $3.00 A full slse double bed. exactly as pictured; a good, sensible pattern, with five aplndlea In the headboard to keep the pillows from falling through. Prettily enameled In green and usually sells for $4.00. 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He waa very proud and tha only rea son he did not want me to tell waa be cause he did not want the name of bis eon brought into any crime." Deputy District Attorney K. B. Tongue of HUleboro stated last night that the deem of the elder Snyder wilt In no way interfere with the proeecu tlon of the investigation. He declared that the state wsa not yet in posses sion of evidence sufficient to justify an arreet However, It la known that aa a result of Mra. Snyder's confession of yesterday officers are quietly searching for George Perry and a man by the name of Rogers. Portland's Foremost Optical Department Where every detail of the Optical science receives expert attention. Good results always forthcoming. Toric Invisible. Bifocal Lenses Are Ideal for Permanence to Vision. FACTORY ON PREMISES. DIAMOND LEADERS OP THE NORTHWEST. Msnuf acturing Jewelers. Cor. Third and Washington Sts. Perry, according to Mrs. Snyder's confession, visited Forest Orove four days prior to the bank robbery and studied the habit of the bank officials, nl visited the bank and gained many details that were said to have been of uae te him. The widow alao said that Rogers, who waa considered an artiat in the uee of explosives, was sent for. and it was he and Perry who robbed the bank. Conjectures are numerous aa to whethei or not the elder Snyder pro vided for hie eon'a widow before hie death, go sudden waa his death that It Is likely that a will was not made, but be had promised, according to his let ters, to care for her in case ahe protect ed his on' name from connection with the bank robberv. Whether or not her testimony yester day reached him before his death or whether he had decided not to care far bar future will not be known until It la learned whether or not he left a will. He was married three times, Carey M. Snyder being the eon of hie second wife. At the Inquisition at HUlsbero yes terday the widow told a startling atory, involving her dead husband and others in Crimea and plots of crimes that wars almost Incredible. Story of Crime. The scenes of most of the crimes that were planned by the daring Kansas City castoffa were laid In Portland. Among the Jobs that were to have been un dertaken by her reckless husband and his desperate companions was the hold up of the box ornce or tne Heuig thea tre in Portland. Another plan Involved the robbery ef Devi Marx's Jewelry etnre on Third street Many ef the plots were overheard by her, aha said, as she lay hidden behind a hay mow In the barn, where her husband and his companions mt to do their plotting. Openly aad unhesitatingly ahe told ef the plan to rob tha Forest Orovs bank. The deed was planned by her lata husband. Perry and a man named Rog ers, she declared. Her husband and Rogers quarreled, she said, and It waa beca'iee of the quarrel that Carey M Snyder did not participate In the actual robbery. She also told where the nitro glycerin, dynamite capa aad fuse, por tions of which were used in blowing the vault of the Forest Orove bank, were burled near their home near Olencoe. Telle of Brutality. She further told how she had been cruelly beaten and bruised by her hus band and his pirate crew because she refused to become an acoeeeory to their conspiracy to murder and rob. Once, she said, her husband fired two shots at her in the hope of intimidating her And forcing her to take part In the crimes he planned. The shots were fired in their home and the bullets burled themselves in the wall of their living room. She went to Hlllaboro yesterday morning. She professed resentment toward tha officials and officers who have been working on the eaaa and also claimed that her life Is In danger as a reault of her confession Implicating George Perry in the murder of her hus band. To the officials she told how her hus band planned the robbery of the Forest Orove bank with Parry aad a man known to net as Rogers. A qusrrel caueed her husband to fail to be on the scene at the time of the crime. The woman accused her dead husband and Perry of planning first to hold up the box office of the HelUg theatre tn Port land and also of robbing Don Marx's jewelry store, after murdering the clerk. . The Bcsl Results lor Your Money IB WXAT WB AJU PSnU No matter what we purchase. And that Is what I guarantee In dental work of every description. After 11 years active practice In Portland, pleased customers In every part of thla city and state are my beat advertisement. When you have work done at this office you have the positive assurance of having received the highest grade of skill obtainable, and therefore the beat results for your money. CBOWST ASTS) satBSl WOmiC This very Important branch of the dental profession haa been brought to the highest state of perfection at this office. When there are a couple of sound teeth left we can fit a bridge that la aa serviceable as tha original teeth, and will never cause the slightest discomfort. Teeth extracted In every ease without causing the slightest pain or annoy ance after the operation. All Irregularities corrected with the greatest skill and the leaat possible annoyance and delay. Consultation Free. XT OP TXfBTX OB Hf OP TBZTX on DR. B. E. WRIGHT, THE PAINLESS DENTIST seau WAaTxniaTOaT muni, oo: Ottos Heani I a. m. te I p. s.. T:M te (.SO p. at., Saaaays, S te X. Heae Mala nit. DR. B K. WRIGHT Elavan Yaais In Portland. She explained how the bloody plot failed andjthen told of the decision that waa evenflally reached to rob tha For est Orove bank. She divulged' where dynamite, nitroglycerin, cape and fuse had been burled near the houee in which she and her hueband had lived. She attrlbutee Perry's apparent in difference to the situation and his attl Scrofula b very often to .aires, though generally inMrited. Bad hygiene, fool air, impure water, are among its raotet. It b called "the toll for tiibercJee,M and where It fa altawed to remain tubercu- pretty tore to take root. Hood'sSarsaparilla Removes every trace Oi Get Hood's. Por issllssosisls of Bcrolula. ai mm urn v. W" mmm9 iw a, I C L Hood Co., Lowell, MexeV tuda of Innocence to his belief that she knows nothing that might Incriminate him. She declares that her late hus band promised Perry not to let his wife know anything about their plans. HURLED TO DEATH (Continued From Page One.) connection with tbe bribery of members of the St Louis city council. Joseph W. Folk, now governor of Missouri, was at that time circuit attorney In St. Louis, and was the prosecutor. This le the story he proved: Saydsr want to St. Louis In 1191 as a street railway promoter. Ha rented an expensive suite of rooms in one of tbe large downtown hotels, which he stocked with fine cigars and liquors. Then he Invited to theae rooms man of Influence with the mem bare of the olty eaeetnbly. The Central Traction bill waa through both housea of the coun cil, but waa vetoed by the mayor. It had to be passed again over the veto. Then ITthoff, who was In the council, demanded ISO. 000 for his vote. Snyder gave It to him, and borrowed tt back the next night Then he went to New Tork City. Uthoff followed. In another oafe scene, where champagne flowed freely, Snyder preeented a letter, exonerating himself He told Uthoff he would get t.M.ono if he signed It. otherwise noth ing Uthoff signed ths statement "Teu are aa far above giving a bribe aa J am above receiving." Snyder, waa sentenced te, Ave In the penitentiary, but the supreme court reversed and remanded tne juag ment to the lower court. Recently a new Indictment was returned agalnat him by the St Louie grand Jury. Carey M. Snyder, a son of Robert M. Snyder, waa convicted of holding up and robbing a Kansas City pawnbroker of ft. 000 in diamonds In lioo. He did not go to the penitentiary because Judge John W. Woodford paroled him. Toung Snyder went weet after his parole. He waa accused of having taken a part In a bank robbery near Portland, Oregon. Then he disappeared. A month ago ;he young man's skeleton was found In tha woods near Portland, aad marks on the skull showed he had been murdered.. CATTLE SHIPPERS IN NEED OF MORE CARS (Seer til DteaateS te The Jeara.l.) Pendleton, Or., Opt IT. Eaatsrn Ore gon Is suffering from car shortage not only tn fuel, but In cattle. For 15 daya 17S head of beef cattle have been held at Echo waiting shipment to ths Frank L. Smith company of Portland, but no cars are available. Aa a re sult the cattle are being pastured near the city at big expense. The Arm aaked for boxcars, but Is not able to secure them either. Sir thousand sheep are now being driven from Whitney to tha Butter Creek country to be fed during ti winter. It la tsapeeslble to get ears to ship and It ta neceasary to trail them U ma ay other -testanoea- IDAHO CANDIDATES CANNOT DROP FROM RACE Robert Lansdon Does Not Want Office and All Will Sup port Democrat. Boise. Idaho. Oct. 87 A peculiar situa tion tn Idaho politics developed at a meeting ef the Republican state oentral committee here todey. Robert Laaadbn. candidate for secretary of state, was present and offered to resign from the ticket A lawyer, a member of the com mittee, stated this could not be done, the statutes of Idaho providing no means tor changing the names on the ticket tn leee than 30 days before the election, aad pro hibiting alterations, except In the case of the death of the candidates, when vacan cies could be filled hy the Individual vot ers using stickers or writing tha names on the ballot. Thla statute was construed by the su preme court In the ease of Naplon vs. Meak. The committee adopted a resolu tion repudiating Lansdon Instructions were sent to all sneakers Instructing them to ask the votere to cast their bal lots for Flourney Oelloway, the Demo cratic candidate for the office, the Re publican relinquishing that office to the ( Democrats, , ' v.