The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-11-12
SLEPT TWENTY DAYS
AND THEN NEW YORK YOUNG WO.
MAN WHO REFUSED TO WAKE
DIED
Strangled Elephant to Death-Baby
Sent Adrift on Railroad Train
in box-Troubles with Douk- "
- bors-Other News. =.

New York. Nov. 5.-Nellie Core
oran, who for 20 days lay in mys:.
terious state of comoin st Vincent's
Hospital, died early today. The
case was an extremely puzzling one
to medical practitioners throughout
the ecity.
The girl fell into state of un-i
consciousness October 18 at the
house where she was employed as a
servant. At the hospital where
she was taken, heroic efforts to de-
termine the. cause of her condition
met with little success. Hundreds
of physicians examined her and
every known method was tried sto
waken her but with little success.
Two or three times she was aroused
and spoke few words, saying she
was sleepy and became unconsci-
Gus. Electricity was applied, and in
hard doses, but inefectively,
Neurologists and pathologists tried
to diagnose the girls condition. but
could not. Specialists of nearly
every medical following were called
in but they arrived at no conclu-
sion as to the cause of the como or
its proper diagnosis.
It was even suggested that some
one had hypnotized her and efforts
to throw off such a spell were made
but to no purpose. Her temperature
Increased rapidly. She became en-
aciated and finally stopped breath
ling after having slept continuously
for 20 days.
An autopsy will be performed by
one of the city's leading physicians
in an effort to solve the mysterious
cause Of the girls death.
Minnedosa, Manitoba, Nov. s.
After one Of the most excitiag incl
dents in the history of the North
west, the Duokhbor fanatics have
been forcibly entrained and arenow
guided by large detachment of
mounted police, who are kept busy
preventing the Russians from throw
ing themselves from the car wind
ows. A military special of 10 Goa
ches will leave here with the army
late tonight and unload it at York
ton early tomorrow, when the noun
ted police will drive the Doukhbors
to their northern villages, ending
the most remarkable pilgrimage in
Canadian history.
| The Doukhbors arrived here late
last night, en- route to Winnipeg.
This morning they attempted to re-
sumo the journey with the mercury
standing o below zero. Government
officials held them with difficulty
in the byroad until the military
train arrived here this evening with
500 mounted police. The fanatics
were addressed by the officials and
told they would have to go home.
They cried:
mo, mol We go to seek Jesus"
Seibrof, their leader, harangued
his followers, instructing them not
to resist. .
Two hundred farmers who gath
cred at the train to see them, and
300 other citizens surrounded them
and offered assistance. Fifty of the
fanatics got out and made a rush
on the road to go east. Surrounded
by the crowd, they resisted desper-
ately, and the police grappled with
the leaders and carried them bodily
to the cars. Seibrof had to be taken
to the cars in a wagon.
When the rink vomited forth the
fanatics, an indescribable scene fol-
lowed. Farmers, townspeople and
police threw themselves on the
Doukhbors and dra gged or carried
them to the station. The latter en-
circled each other with their arms
and seemed linked together as by
bands of steel. While they strug-
gled they gave voice to their weird
chant. Some struggling so hard
that their clothing was literally
torn from their backs, For over an
hour the road to the station was
lined with people and the excite.
ment was intense.
Ihe Doukhbors refused to strike,
but struggled blindly for freedom.
Their captors, with blood warmed
by the struggle, shouted and cursed
as the bloodless battle became more
exciting, and when the cars were
reached struggle ensuM. Stalwart
police handed up the kicking Rus
SLAMS, who were thrust into dark,
cold coaches like cattle, and the
foreigners threw themselves against
the windows and doors barred to
prevent their escape.