The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-16
DEATH BETRAYED HER.
FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS JOE
MONAHAN, A WOMAN, MAS
QUERADED AS A MAN.

QUERADED AS A AN.
Sudden Demise Di.closes the Secret
to disappearing Neighbors-
Becomes Big Farmer and
Stockraiser-American
Gunners Desert TO
Aid Russia for
Big Pay.
Ontario, Or, Jan. 12.-Joe Man.
ahan dropped dead on Sucker
Greek, Malheur county, Monday.
That fact of itself was enough to
startle that quiet community in
which "'Joe" mas resided for Is years
as a farmer and stockraiser, but
when friendly neighbors started to
prepare the body for burial the COM
munity was given decided shock
when it was announced that "Joe"
Monahan was woman.
For 18 years the woman masquer-
AIDED as q man, owned her own
farm and stock and performed all
the labor allotted to the average
husbandmap. For years sic has
ridden after her cattle over noun
tains and plain, camping with men
under all conditions and in no in
stance was her sex questioned.
Time over and again Joe" Mon.
} ahan has been summoned by the
sheriff to serve as q juror. In eve
, ry case she responded promptly
and participated in pre- parations Of
l vdrdicts rendered. Further than
that, she held the distinction of being
! the only woman in the state of Or
egon who has exercised the right oi
Z. franchise accorded only to the male
3 sex. Her masquerading was &C
). successful that she was registered
Q as voter and cast her ballot at ev
t cry election.
: The dead woman had collected
; Eeeasiaefebls property, including {
It g. Cd ranch on Sucker Greek. 'Th,
e mystery surrounding her life pre-
:. clades any facts regarding any rel
ativea. The property has been tax
/. en- in charge by former neighbor
ir pending an investigation.
lr Honolulu, jan. 11.-Rear-Ad
miral Evans feet, which sale
from here on the last day of the ol
t. year, is now speeding on to Guar
te minus at least three score of Uncl
st Sans men. These men have sue
'e cumbsd to the glittering bait hel
N out by Viceroy and Admiral Ale1
10 Jeff of the Russian navy, and a
u. waiting here to accept service {
n gunners against the japanese whe
ne war is declared. They are deser
Or ere, all of them, but they are takir
DO q seaman's chances OF not beir
at caught and consoling themselv'
,e with the thought that the penalI
r of desertion is so much lighter j
of times of peace than war. Now,
'ls any of them are taken. they will
of least escape with their lives.
The fleet is on its way to Guar
,s, and consists of the battle ships O
I'D egon, Wisconsin and Kentuck
ly the cruisers Cincinnati, Raleigl
of Albany and New Orleans and Il
ia dispatch boat Iroquois. On reac
i'll ing Guam, Admiral Evans will fir
g. orders awaiting him there to pr
es ceed to Subig.
n Genoa, Jan. 9-The Japape
mt armored cruisers Kasaga sd Nj
st- sin left Genoa today.
'r- Despite the early hour, 4:30
tie 10. manp people gathered to see tt
warships leave and to- give Ia
cheer for Japan. The Italian sa
ors on board the departing shi
m exchanged salutations with the
a countrymen on the docks or on Il
q. steamers anchored near them. tt
,rt Kasaga left first. The Nissin sa
". ed half an hour later, both appa
[r. emily going in the direction of N
,r. pies, but no one knows what rot
N. they will take, even the comman
no ers, before leaving, having acknov
H. edged that they are in the dark !
mt garding the instructions contain
va in the sealed orders. The gener
nd opinion, however, is that they "
7as go through the Suez canal.
Id Much comment has been arous
by the fact that some of the vesst
of the Russian. Msditterane
: isquadron have gathered at Su
bay, north of the island of Gre
;na apparently awaiting the ~departr