Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-08-11
The STATE CONFLICT
Louisiana Captures :. q Mississippi
dn...a md vessel. uot -.rll.
A SURRENDER, WITHOUT A. SHOT.
The Seat Of Controversy Is on the Boundary
Of The Two States-crew Of Captured Bost
Taken to jail, ssd 4 Messenger Dispatch
ed TO Governor vardaman to Advise o.
the Situation. ~ q

New Orleans, Ia. Especial. The
| first scslah. in, the louisiana Mississippi
boundary growing out of the quarantine
war between Louisiana and Mississippi
occurred Friday morning, when the Jip-
seyfofg the Mississippi quarantine fleet,
was captured by the Louisiana T. troops
lander Lieutenant Ivy; of the Fern, act
ing under the Instructions of Sheriff
Nunez, of St. Bernard. No shots were
fred but the capture was somewhat
dramatic The tJipsey was lying at the.
Rigolets, in louisiana waters, waiting
! ID intercept Louisiana vessels, When
the Fern, in which there was a large
oarty of navs! reserves concealed from
view, came in, sight the Jipsey, inter
.eptd her and demanded '1her destination
| The captain boarded the Fern and was
at once placed under arrest. The crew
then surrendered without. firing a shot.
The. Jipsey was at once taken pos
session of by Sheriff Nunez and con-
veyed to St. Bernard waters, while the
captain and crew were locked up in, the
parish jail, Capt Walter Blunt, of the
Mississippi flagship Grace, asked permits
sion to go to Mississippi to consult the
authorities there as to what he should
do, and was allowed to depart -!e,.
The third Mississippi war vessel,
which was blockading the Chef Menteur
entrance into Mississippi Sound, sailed
away on notice from the United States
revenue cutter Winona,. 1t is presumed
| from this that the Mississippi quaran7
tine authorities have abandoned their
blockade of the Louisiana coast and their
right of search of Louisiana vessels.
The Louisiana forces are much the
larger, including six vessels, two OF
.hem-the Marie, flagship of Command
stick,mand the Maiestic7-being
| armed with Colt rapid -ffre guns. s In adj
| dition there are the Tom Nolco and two
steam launches, manned by $50 OF the
Louisiana naval reserve The Missis-
;ppi feet consisted Of six qua rantine
boats, the Grace being the largest. The
Mississippi vessels haveslfor several days
been in Louisiana waters, blockading the
.hree entrances from Louisiana into Mis-
| ,ssippi Sound. The Grace kept watch
I 1T the entrance of Lake Borgne and the
Lake Borgne Canal the. Jipseyl at.the
Rigolets Straits and another, vessel at
4 Chef Menteur! All' Louisiana. vessels
were stopped by the quarantine, boats,
which proceeded to demand their port
Of destination, the issue Between the two
States being practically the right OF
search, which causedsthe War Of 1872.
/ Eighteen sof the j .onisiaria fisher feet
4 are said to have been captured and sent
to the United States Quarantine Sta
ton at Ship Island. 1t is thought that
the capture of the mGpsey will end the
/ fhance Of "a serious Clash, as Governor
Blanchard has instructed the Louisiana
forces not to enter Mississippi waters,
I but to make sure that the Mississippi
vessels cease their depreciation In 4 ouisi-
ana territory Whether any demand will
be Grade for the return of the Louisl-
ana boats already captured land at Ship
island has not yet been determined but
the demand will probably be made on
the, United States Treasury Department,
as these vessels were turned over by
The Mississippi quarantine officials to the
| United States revenles crulserDiW mona
| and, are now under federal CONTROL Il