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THE MOIiXTXG OREGOXIAX. MYSTERY ABOUT BALDWIN HEIRESS Is Zelda Selby Granddaughter of Sharpe and Was Her Mother Mrs. Baldwin? CONFUSION ABOUT NAMES Selby Says Wife's Mother's Name Was Fowler, and Sot Baldwin. Sharpe Has Been Baldwin's Bosom Friend Through Life. SAN FRANCISCO, March 5 (Spe cial.) "With the statement -which was made ye3terd'ay that Mrs. Zelda Selby, wife of David F. Selby. of Oakland, and one of the beneficiaries of the will of "Lucky" Baldwin, Is also the granddaughter of ex-Sergeant of Po lice Abraham Sharpe, of this city, the mystery which seems to surround the matter deepens. The husband of Mrs. Selby Is firm in his statement that his wife is the daughter of the dead mil lionaire, but he is still reticent regard ing many important details. Mr. Sharpe will only say that his grand daughter married an Oakland man named Selby, but reruses to discuss 'tho matter further until he sees the will and has a talk with Mrs. Bald win. Mrs. Baldwin Was Named Fowler. David F. Selby made the positive declaration that the mother of his wife was a Martha Agnes Fowler prior to her marriage to Baldwin. Mr. Selby fur ther stated that his wife was the only offspring of that marriage, which he is prepared to prove was perfectly legal in every way. This, however, further com plicates matters, in the face of the declaration that Baldwin's wife was the daughter of Mr. Sharpe, unless "Martha Asnes Fowler" was married prior to her union with Baldwin. Mr. Sharpe was questioned as to his relationship to the Zelda Selby men tioned in the turfman's will, and he would only state that things were too mixed up at present for him to make any statement. To this he added that a granddaughter of his had married a resident of Oakland named Selby, but beyond that he would not go. He added the following statement in conclusion: Wants to See Will First. "I want to speak with Mrs. Baldwin and read over the will and other papers left by Lucky Baldwin before I say much on the matter." An effort was made to see Mr. Sharpe at his home, 3D64 Brsh street, lasc night, but :t was said there that he had gone out early in the day and was thought to be across the bay. None of the people In the house knew anything of his affairs or had seen any of his relations. Mr. Sharpe has had a room at the Bush street house for -some time, but he has kept very much to himself and few of the other lodgers have even met him. Sharpe Old Friend of Baldwin. Some of his old comrades in the Police Department remembered that he had often spoken of Lucky Baldwin's friendship for him and it was under stood that, he was related to the turf man in some way. It was known that he was in the habit of visiting Bald win for several weeks at a time and some who were seen last night were of the opinion that he was there at the present time. In Iyos Angeles much interest was man ifested when it was rumored there that Mrs. Selby was the granddaughter of .Mr. Sharpe. The ex-policeman is well known in that city, and was looked upon there as the dead man's closest friend. Mr. Sharpe went to Los Angeles several days prior to the death of Baldwin and remained at the turfman's bedside until the end came. Was at Baldwin's Deathbed. It was published' at the time that his presence was due to a pledge made be tween the two men many years ago to the effect that whichever first came . to die the other would hasten to his side and remain there until the final sum mons. At the time of Mr. Sharpe's visit to Baldwin's deathbed no hint of any closer connection between the two men was made, but the later develop ments have caused people to remember little incidents which tend to show a closer bond than that of mere friendship Mr. Selby was seen in Oakland last night and was asked what he had to say regarding the report that his wife was the granddaughter of Mr. Sharpe but would merely say that there was "noth ing to It." Any further information was positively refused. LINER'S CREW ON STRIKE Hefuse to Sail on La Provence Un less Strength Maintained. HAVRE. March 5. Four hundred mem bers of the crews of the steamers La Provence, La Savoie and other liners belonging to the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique have decided not to leave on La Provence, which is due to sail tomorrow, unless the company re stores the crew to its old strength The strikers' say the reduction of the crew Is detrimental to the proper navigation of the vessel and to the health of the men. This ultimatum was the result of the men's failure to obtain satisfaction from the company regarding their demands. CERVERA AT DEATH'S DOOR Spanish Admiral Receives Last Sac rament or Church. . CADIZ, March 5. Vice - Admiral Pascual Cerveia, who commanded tha Spanish fleet that was destroyed by the American fleet off Santiago, in 1898. Is dying In Puerto Real. The last sacrament was administered to him today. MADRID. March 5. General Weyler former Minister of War. has been offered the Captain-Generalcy of Catalonia. TWO PLAYS NEXT WEEK "Society and Bulldog" and "The College Widow" at Bjingalow. So great was the success of the Baker Stock Company's production of George Ade's comedy "The College Widow." at the Bungalow, Manager Baker has de cided to repeat It for four extra perform ances next week, which will be Monday, t , . . - - - Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday evenlnss. Tomorrow afternoon and night, however, the new Paul Armstrong play, "Society and the Bulldog" will be pre sented for the first time in the West, which will give nil the regular Sunday patrons a new bill, and after the four extra performances of 'Th College Widow," it will again ocupy the boards, commencing Friday night, and continue for Saturday matinee and night. This announcement should be read carefully. In order to avoid confusion. Hundreds have been unable to obtain seats to see "The College Widow." -and the requests for Manager Baker to give some extra performances of it have been so numerous ho has been busy telegraph ing the owners in New York the past two days to arrange the conditions, which have been at last concluded to the satis faction of all concerned, including, of course, those theater-goers who have so far been disappointed in getting to see it. The sale of seats is now open for the other performances and no time should be lost in securing them, as there is every reason to believe that the house will be sold out entirely at every one of them in a short time. Those holders of season seats for the nighfit is repeated are notified that their seats will be held until 7 o'clock each evening, just the same as usual, but In case they do not want to use them for themselves or friends, the box-office should be notified as soon as possible that others may have tha benefit. VANCOUVER ROUTE OPENED SOUTHERN PACIFIC TO AB AX DO X GOBLE FERRY. Roadbed on Kalama Extension Re paired Regular Service In Ef fect on North Bank Bridges. Beginning tomorrow the Northern Pa cific will resume the routing of all trains over the Willamette and Columbia River bridses via Vancouver, effecting thereby a material saving in the time schedule between this city and Sound cities. This service was interrupted temporarily early in January by reason of the severe storms, which put out of commission the company's roadbed -between Vancouver and Kalama. This necessitated a resump tion of the former route down the Co lumbia to Goble and thence across the Columbia by ferry to Kalama. The track between Vancouver and Ka lama has ' now been established per manently and the resumed service via that route will be the occasion for con gratulation by the Portland public. The leaving times bf all trains will remain the same. As was the case under a simi lar schedule prior to the first of the year, the local business between this city and Goble will again be served by the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad. X. OFFICIAL'S COMIXG Annual Inspection Tour of North western Lines Started. ! J, M. Hannaford, second vice-president; C. M. Levey, third vice-president, and H D. Nutt, general manager of the North ern Pacific, left Spokane last night for Walla Walla for their annual Inspection of the company's lines in Hie Pacific Northwest. A. D. Charlton, assistant general passenger agent for the same company, left Portland last night for Walla Walla, where he will join his superiors this morning. The party will proceed thence to the Sound cities and probably will be in Portland early next week. r ' MORE FREEDOM TO JURORS Judge Denounces Method oT Treat ing Members as Culprits. SEATTLE, Wash., March 5. Judge C. H. Hanford. of the United States Circuit Court of this district, today emphatically denounced the prevailing system of lock ing up juries in criminal trials during recesses and adjournments of the court, declaring that it was not necessary, to be fair to a person accused of crime, to imprison Jurors as if they were culprits, and to insult their Intelligence by ex cluding them from the courtroom during all arguments.' Judge Hanford expressed himself con cerning the treatment of Jurors In an opinion denying a new trial in the case' of James H. Holt, a soldier of Fort Wor den garrison, who was convicted of the murder of Henry E. Johnson, a musician at the fort, on May 8 last. GRAFT CASES MAY ALL FAIL Pittsburg Attorney Finds That Brib ery Statute Was Repealed. PITTSBURG. March 5. Attorney John Marrom, representing Councilman John F. Klein, recently twice found guilty in connection with the graft scandal, caused surprise today by declaring that the bribery act of 1S74, under which the Councilmanic graft cases have been suc cessfully tried, has been repealed and never re-enacted. If the claim of the attorney .is sub stantiated it Is said the entire graft prosecution is illegal. ASKS LIBERTY OR DEATH CConcluded from First Pnge.) declared that the. prosecuting officers nowadays "protect the rich, oppress the poor and pick out the men whom they wish to prosecute." Patrick closed his appeal by urging the court not to take an "impressionistic" view of the law. Either Innocent or Should Die. "When you decide this case," he said, "be sure either that I am an innocent man and should go free, or else that I am a scoundrel and deserve to go down to my fate. Then the people will be sat isfied with your decision." In the course of the three hours' strain Patrick broke the decorum of the court but once. That was when Assistant Dis trict Attorney Taylor said: "This relator cannot avail himself, of the commutation of his death sentence and at the same time refuse the alterna tive punishment." "I want liberty or death." interposed Patrick, "that is all." Johnny Hayes Ioscs Relay. NEW HAVEN. Conn.. March 5. In a ten-mile race In the Armory here tonight Johnny Hayes, the Olympian champion runner, was beaten by three laps by Robert Hallen and Michael Spring of Brooklyn, who ran in relays of 'five miles. The time was 59:46 J-5. Marriage Licenses. FAI.TERS-BAINOVIC Anton J. FalUM. SI. Pnvla Kainovio, SI, city ' oi,Y.VD,"HiAIRPKR har,- M- Wood. 37. city: Lulu HamiT. 40 city AMACHKR-STOI.l.ER Adolf Amacher. 2:;. city; Mary Stoller. 1ft. rltv "-ncr. city; Marin Ilearden. over fS citv ' WALKER-DYE Albert E. ' Walker "3. Iseepawa. Manitoba; Mosha Dye, 20. city. W.ddln .nd H.ltln, cards. W. o Smlta to., w aahiniton bide. 4th and Wuk IUEY IS WINNER Wears Out White in 20 Miles of Marathon. LOSER QUITS DISABLED Constant . Turning to Lett Causes Irishman's Muscles to Contract and lie' leaves Yonkers Boy to Finish Alone. NEW YORK, March 5. Matt Ma loney of Yonkers. who on December 26 won the Rye-to-Manhattan Marathon race in the fast time of 2:36:26 1-5 and Lthe amateur indoor Marathon at Mad ison Square Garden two- weeks later, easily defeated Paddy White, the Irish champion Marathon runner, in a Mara thon race tonight in the 69th Regi ment Armory. Maloney finished the 26 miles, 3S5 yards in 2:57:23. White was obliged to quit in the 20th mile, Maloney at that stage being three-quarters of a mile in the lead. White was taken to his dressing room suffering from contracted muscles of his leg. He said that this was caused by his continual turning to the left side. He is not used to running on an oval track, all his previous work hav ing been done in the open. The prizes for tonight's race was $1500 to the -winner and SG00 to the loser. The men were sent away at 10:04 o'clock. Senator T. P. Sullivan handled the starting gun. Maloney led during the first mile with White about three yards away, both running in easy strides. Time of first mile 5:05. Maloney continued in the lead for three miles, but a few yards below the three-mile mark White forged ahead of him and at the five miles was ten yards ahead ' During the seventh mile White spurted and gained a lap. This lead he continued to increase until at the tenth mile he was a lap and a half in front of his rival. Time for ten miles 59:03. lTp to and after the 15th mile White maintained his lead, but then he fal tered a. trifle and Maloney went after him and gradually cut down his lead. At the end of the eighteenth mile Maloney was only thirty yards behind White, whom he soon passed. Another mile saw Maloney two laps in the lead, the little Dublin runner having stop ped almost to a walk. During the twentieth mile Maloney went farther ahead, so that when the twenty miles were completed, he was eight laps ahead. White quit at this stage of the race, having run to the limit of his endurance. The time for the twenty miles was 2:05:30. YOUNG STRANGER SUICIDE ASSUMES GAIETY HE DOES NOT FEED, THEN SHOOTS SEI.F. Tragedy of Unemployed Enacted in Saranac Kooming-IIouse, ' With Young Canadian Principal. A refined-looking young man about 28 years old, who from a receipt for reve nue tax Issued by a Canadian tax col lector Is believed to be H. Gebbilhoff. of Vancouver, B. C. committed suicide last night shortly before midnight In room 18 in the Saranac rooming-house, North Sixth street, by shooting himself through the heart with a cheap revolver of small caliber. He was despondent. It is thought, from having no work. Gebbilhoff walked into the house but a quarter of an hour before his death and asked for a room. He was without baggage, but wore good clothing. He aid for his room in advance and B. H. Young, proprietor of the house, showed him up. The young man said he had just arrived In town from the North and talked with his landlord wJth assumed gaiety, asking about the condition of prosperity in the city and spoke of his having come here to work. Gebbilhoff laughed all the time he talked, but there was that in his voice which made it sound like a sob In dis guise. The landlord walked back to his office with some mis?glvinBs. A few mo ments later, as he and Dr. C. H. Fran cis, of the Commonwealth building, who had dropped In for a call, were chatting, the sound of a loud noise came to them! Dr. Francis said that an automobile iii front of the house had "backfired." Mr. Young said that Gebbilhoff had shot him self. They rushed to the room and powder smoke issued from the crevices of the door. One or two groans were heard ana then silence ensued. The door was locked. They telephoned the police sta tion. Sergeant Kienlen and Patrolman Inskeep were sent on the run. When Sergeant Kienlen climbed into the room through a window opening on a court Gebbilhoff was dead. Gebbilhoff had taken off his outer clothing and was in bed. The shot had powderburned his underclothing. In his pockets were found 2V cents, some cigar ette papers, a key for a suitcase and a clalmcheck on the waitlngroom at the Union Depot for his suitcase. The Cor oner went after the cape. It contained but three magazines. The body was re moved to the undertaking establishment of Dunning. McEntee & Gilbaugh. BISHOP WINS LONG FIGHT Nebraska Supreme Court Sustains Communication of Priest. LINCOLN. Neb.. March 5. By a deel- Greg"ory Heights Tomorrow See Big Ad, in The Oregonian Tomorrow. Clothictrr, Furnisher Tailoi-cr Grant Phecilcytt 7'siS& SEE SUNDAY'S BIG AD. sion rendered this evening by the Ne braska Suor.me Court. Bishop Bonna cum. of the Vatholic diocese of Lincoln, triumphs in his ten years fight wtth Fathor William Murphy at Seward. Neb., for -,osfpkkIor of St. Vincent's Church. The court sustains, so far as a civil court has Jurisdiction, the decree of ex-communlcatio- pronounced by the Bishop affainst the Priest. The fctriiftzle between the Bishop and the Priest has teen stubborn. It txgan when Father Murphy was pastor of th church at TecumsiMi. Differences with tho Bishop arose ami Father Murphy was transferred to Seward parish. In 1!X1 Bishop Bonnucum excommuni cated him. supplanting him with a ne prlest. The parishioners were loyal to Father Murphy, the trustee refusing to surrendtr tho church property- to hU succjsor. Six times the case has been In th' District Court, and three times remanded by the Supreme Court. Twice it has been before the Pope. G0L0K1STS POURlfG IN FOUR HUNDRED IIOMESEEKERS ARRIVE AT SPOKANE. Trains From Kansas City Comlnjr in Two Sections Dally and Rush Will Bo Heavy. SPOKANE, Wash.. March 5. (Special.) Since Thursday, 400 homeseekers from Arkansas, Missouri and Middle Western states have reached here. On Thursday tha Burlington, the through train from Kansas City to Spokane, was crowded with colonists, many of whom stopped here. Tho crowd wa so large that It was run In two sections, 14 coaches In the first, nine In the second. Today the Burlington was run In two sections and both were crowded. One party of 11 is spending a few days in Spokane before going to Colville. Wash., where it expects to locate. Other parties are going in various directions from Spokane, a large number of them intending to locate in the Inland Empire. Traveling passenger agents for the various transportation lines say tho colo nist travel to the Inland tin pi re this Spring will be the heaviest in the history of the Pacific Northwest. The heavy travel is rot. expected until about April 1, when the Northwest will be flooded with homeseekers. THOUSANDS PASS IA GRANDE Colonists Pouring Into Oregon and Washington Via Harriman Line. LA GRANDE. Or.. March 5. (Special.) Eleven hundred colonist homeseekers from scattering points in Missouri. Ne braska and Kansas passed through the Huntington gateway today en route to points In Washington and Oregon, prin cipally Portland and Spokane. A wreck near Baker City last night blocked six trains, two of them east bound, and the others loaded to capac ity with homeseekers. In addition to these 1100 Immigrants, nearly 600 passed La Grande via the Huntington gateway two days prior. HOLD AMERICAN SAILOR Authorities at Nice to Probe Brawl in Saloon. NICE, March 6. Ferdinand Roehlfln, a sailor belonging to the United States battleship Vermont, was de tained by the local police here today when he was discharged from a local hospital. On January 14 Roehlfln was found In the street badly wounded. The proprietor of a wine shop alleges that Roehlfln and two other rffen from the Vermont started a fight with a local tough and on being put out of the wineshop, continued the disturbance in the street. He will meet the charge that ho was responsible for the fight. JURY OUT F0RTW0 DAYS Unable to Agree in Case of Boy Ac cused of Train Hold-up. GREAT FALLS. Mont.. March 5. The jury in the Creswell case, tha fourth of the alleged boy train robbers to be tried, has been out since 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon and has shown no signs of agreement. George Creswell, the defendant, is al leged to have plotted the robbery or a Great Northern train last May. He did not take prt in the hold-up. which was perpetrated by three younger boys and resulted in the fatal wounding of a pas senger. The Stomach im m ar . sue , iiocriy ua me pur suit of happiness" than most people are aware. Patriotism can withstand hunger but not dyspepsia. The confirmed dys peptic "is fit for treason, stratagems and spoils." The man who goes to the front for his country with weak stomsch will be weak soldier and a fault finder. A sound stomach makes for good citizenship as well as for health and happiness. Diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition are promptly and permanently cured by the use of Dr. PIERCE'S GOLD EX MEDICTtl. DISCOVERY. It builds up tho body with sound flesh mad solid muscle. The dealer who offers substitute for the "Discovery" is only seeking to make the little more profit realized on the sale of less meritorious preparations. - - . ... uia on receipt of stamps to Lr. fierce s Ummon 21 one-cent stamps for the paper covered book, or 31 stamps for the cloth bound. Address World's Dispensary Medical Association, R. V. Pierce. M. P., President, Buffalo, N. Y. 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Queen Victoria kept a daily private Journal, which will never be published. Thla Journal, recording the dally life events of tha Queen, would fill loo vol umes. Her entire correspondence and papers would HU 1250 volumes. Lord EBher said the journal showed that from her childhood Victoria took herself most seriously, and that as Queen she always had the courage to "act alone" and "with confidence in my coun try." Her influence was uniformly thrown on the side of peace, the speaker de clared, and there was no single Instance In her whole reign where Victoria could be shown to have favored war or to have encouraged those anxious for war. "We owe to Queen Victoria." said Lord Esher. "the reinstatement of the mon archlal principle in the eye of all grave and earnest men. I have had exceptional opportunities for examining at first hand the inner history of her reign, but I have found no trace of any grave mistake committed by Queen Victoria in her capa city as sovereign." TRY FOR WRANGLERSHIP Old Custom at Cambridge Soon to Be Abolished. CAMBRIDGE, England. March 5. Next June will see the last competition for the coveted honor of being chosen senior wrangler of Cambridge Univer sity. There are 7 candidates, and the rivalry Is keen. The wranglership, which Is the honor that falls to one of those students who In the final examin ations attains first grade in pure and mixed mathematics, will be abolished in 1910. SCREAM CAUSES PANIC Nervous Girl Starts Rush in School, . In Which Six Are Hurt. BUFFALO. N. T.. March S. Six young girls were severely bruised In a panic at St. Stanislaus parochial school on Fill more avenue this afternoon. Two thou sand pupils attended the school. The clanging of a tire engine called to a nearby Are made the girls nervous, and when one screamed "Fire!" a wild stam pede ensued. 16 DEAD AT BIRKENHEAD Flooding of Coffer-Dam: Drowns Laborers Like Rats. 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