| Show VA Imm Young Maim Inn tutu 1111 Ora Walla Walls Walla Wash Feb SD F I Boyce a farmer was shot hot I and killed this at his homo home I twelve miles front from this city tilt b by his hili I grandson Frank Fronk Royce noce Young YounS Royce Boco left th the city clU this afternoon In an condition When he reached Dix Ie Ic he became Involved In n a fight lIh Rufus Woods biting hits his nose near nearly oT oft Hoce Boyce proceeded to the home of his r with willi whom lie he has been living about two mUllS miles from Dixie followed In pursuit of Royce Hoce and the two to men repeated their struggles glee In the presence of the elder 1 Frank Royce Horce dro drew a rl rifle le and shot at atWoods atWoods Woods but missed d and the tho bullet killed his grandfather Young Woods then fired OrO l more shots hots at Wood f but bul without effect t After young oung Boyce sow saw what he had done dom lie he sot Ore fire to time house was burned to tIme the ground and his grandfathers bod body was cremated During the trouble Mrs II 11 F Royce nOco fled to the barn and found by hiding Frank no RoyCe e hot hiot tour four times at F M t Skinner n a railroad who was as at work a short distance from the scene but Skinner was not hilt bit Royce then proceeded down the tho roa his In hami and corn com corning I I In ing to 10 the tho farm of oC Ben TIen Pitcher fired three shots through the tho house and then lien lied I Young Royce nOCO recently returned train and lund been arming Armin his grandfathers place It l is said that I the they had hod a difficult over several mat matters Royce co is 18 80 0 years old and I has a wife anti several children II F Royce Borce n a pIoneer ot of I Ithe the county 11 lie me Into prominence b by beIng out ot of spring by Crooked Green Oreen The sheriff and posse are Aro In Pursuit of Royce norce The entire community Is aroused and threats ot of lynching are free freely I made it 11 Is believed tonight that Royce niter after setting fire to the tho bouse O and tiring firing fe several rol shots threw into Inlo the nam flames and was 11 cremated with hIs grandfather The ruins will be searched In the morning by the coroner for the tho bones of the two to men Will ot Otis WashIngton ton Feb Root noot toda today that the war department has never considered the subject ot of reo re relieving lieving ten Gen Otis at Manila I The foundation of the report to the contrary was all II a personal letter from the officer signifying a desire to 10 come horn hom end and late from the debilitating effects of the two years In n a tropical climate under severe strain It 11 Is said that ten Gen GenOtis Otis wishes will bo be respected nil as soon as 1111 made modo known official officially but bul that he will not start homeward for several months at least |
