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1 1 10 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SATURDAZyENINO, - MARCtT 24, ISO. R1YALCANDIDATESE0R. MAYOR OF. ST.' JOHNS. Oil TO THE PACIFIC JUDGE-RULES FOR FATHER CASEY aaaaaaBSBsasBsxaajaBsassaaxeass ' Court Rnds Him Entitled to T"'T,Ti'i"'" r 'vr-nr t i,. '.y ... AT THOUGHT OF PUNISHLIEHT THEIR SLOGAN 'r.'tf- Too Cowardly . to Commit Sul-, Baby - Incubators : Kalsey Young HULaiid I larriman-rfrl4o-BuUd t i" cide,He Jmagi'nesJJoota Elephants and igorrotes Turn, ' Dogs Into Sausage Quick. .. 1-to J-onjf Beach. According; Mortgages Assigned by . Mrs. Norton. : Tightening About Neck'. to Latest Report '' , " WILL PLEAD INSANITY I IN DEFENSE OF LIFE PRINCESS TRIXIE CAN LOWER RIVER LANDS v LITTLE ARE FUNDS LEFT -FOR CHURCH AND SCHOOL SHED TAIL AT WILL , ' ARE CHANGING HANDS George L. Blodgett Telia Chief OriU--nncher MrsAlke MUHgarv(WhoB4 "'. Stage Nam Was Cordon. Made Wondrou Educational, Laugh-Indt- lngHair-StTrrjnSofl Union ', Pacific's ' Coast - Extenaioq Mortgages. .Worth .Fifteen TboiManc! Dollars Involved, in 1 Decision--' .' Only Part of Ita Planto .Rcacb Exposition Cloaca at V. M. C. A. Rooma Tonight " 1 - """V" Sound Country and Compete With . Northern Pacific. v - Father Casey lot Mentioned in- - Tramp and a Bum of Him. . -' Will Made Shortly Before Death. ' BOY GREATFAIR HOIV . PJIOGRESS; URDER -:' c "Blubberins like a schoolboy ' whll ' ' talking to Chief of Polic Orttsmacher " 'this morn Inc. Oeorg U- Blodgett, ths murderer ofMre. AUcaMifligan. whos rr s Lags name was ttordori, bemoAndhI , Impending fat. Already the man imag- Ine he feela the noose tightening about U his nee. ; Too cowardly to- commit eul- ride after his crime, he cringes now at A the thought of punlahroent. So. dls- Kusted waa Chief Qritsmacher with the ; maw's maudlin tears thsthturnsd awsy. from him. . As be did so Blodgett snuttered and cried out: ' ' "Hhe broke up m h6me and family. I She mad a tramp- and a bum or me. . ' .., - Tok 'the. man bach to his .celt" sternly ordered the "chief. '"No doubt . this woman abused him fearfully. Poo "", man" ."- -' ' ' .". District '. Attorney . Ma hning Went te the pity prison this - morning. - accom panied by a stenographer, and in th presence of Detectives Vaughn -and ' llellyer secured a statement from Blod gett. The man admitted that the murder Waa committed In cold blood and said he told "Windy- Malloy, an acquaintance . - from Montana, that he intended going t her room and asking- her to.drlnk with "v, j Tails of lauraer. - -r - "If sh refuses." he told Malloy.' J? Intend to kill her." -- ... ' . .. After enter Ins t ha. room at th Van Noy hotel which th women occupied, i Blodgett said he asked her to drink a 1 --: - Mrs. -George Blodgett. glass of beer with him. 8 be refused, and thereupon he told her that if sh persisted 1n her refusal ha would kill Bo;tJd-'htJdr.Bv-"Vt,hh.rm;. .?..: pointed the revolver at her ea she sat up In bed, "Don't shoot me. George,' sh pleaded. Blodgett said that after he fired th first shot Mrs. Mllllgsn never uttered a word. - 8he managed to get out of liar bed and fell near a trunk. He shot 'her thre times as sh lay on the floor and then picked her up and placed her . on the bed, sitting down .on th edg -of It. " -. '.. ' .. .Th woman's maiden nam waa Allc Bchoenbom. - and her -relatives-11 v In Vj Fargo. North Dakota, , 8h was married aiaajiamed.Mllllgan. engineer on steamer which runs out of Aberdeen, Washington,' two or three years ago. MASONIC TEMPLE STARTS SOON Fraternal , Association' Increases , Stock to Quarter of Million -Dollars' to Raise Funds. - PRESENT PROPERTY HAS GREATLY APPRECIATED " jrCarTBirSolor forwicerVTiarit ' Coat, Making Venture Most Profit - able Work Will; Be Commenced During Next Month. - "-Work upon the new Masonlo temple, comer of West Park and .' Tamhlil streets. Is to be begun within the next month.. A. preliminary ' step towards raising th money was taken this aft ernoon by th Masonic Building associa tion by voting to Increase the stock from I10.00S to $260,000. It la eetl mated that the new "temple will cost about $ I SO. 000. , . Th ftft.OOO. capitalisation of th as sociation represents the present tempi at the corner of Third and Alder atresia. -The building cost about that amount. It was erected shortly after ths asso ciation waa ' formed. which waa in " INI. JX Is now' worth ' sbout $130,000. The Intention of ths building association Is to take up th present stock by giving ' the holders or their heirs or aaalgna, $9.00 worth of .' ths - nsw stock plus additional stock In proportion to th Increase In th value of the building over the original coat. That mesne the distribution of about 1110,000 worth of ' the new stock In exchange for the $ 00 old stock. Th remaining $120,000 Worth of new stock will be aold at par, -end th proceeds wilt b used to erect the new temple. "-'" u' Th building will be five stories tall, and will atand upon a plot f ground lOezloe feet. Th ground floor will be divided Into . atores. Th four floors above will h used for balls, clubrooms -and ether Ms eon to purposes. .. The per eon net of th building: com mittee follows: 1. M. Hod son, presi dent; Judge B." C'lelsnd. vice-president: 1. W. Pratt, secretary; t. Woodcock of 'rvlllej treasurer; Arrhle Therlow and A- M- Koapp, dlrectora... . , . m It George Blodgett and Mrs. Alice Mil- Jigan Xor Cordon. " . ' . Slodgett has a wife and flv children t Kallapell. Montana, three, being children of a former wife. His father, l.yroin J.. Blodgett, Uvea at -Hamilton, Montana, and lie has thre brothers, two of whom are In California; 7atet e la Xallspa. . ''I met th woman whll I was In th saloon business at Kallnoell h-said. "This wss In October, 104.' I wss Inti mate with htr and when ah left there thought about her a good deal. - Then I went'toWhtteflah, Montana, and Into the saloon business. A .man named Nelson wrot for . some . women who were at Spokane slid I asked hlrp to tell Alice to come. and aee me for a while.'. Th and she wired me. Nelson in th mean time loat his money and I sent her th moneyto-comrto AVhlteflsti ; "There she lwss employed by m as landlsdy of a dsnoe ball. ,Bhe had a good deal of trouble and I once went to Jail to protect her from th charges of trying to shoot a man. - She haa been with - me - Imost constantly . sine then. I- wss st Bonner's Ferry and at Cabinet, IdahB, UhJll recently. Bh left me at Cabinet eight weekaiSgo, and has sines rerusea to live with me. I made two trips here to see her. coming th -last- tim Tuesday from The- Dalles,' where I went- to see If there was. a: chance for me to get into buslneea. W4 quarreled- a good deal Tuesday' and Wsdnesday nights. We war both drinking when I sccompanled per horn from Blaster a Thursday night. I left thSTTOom after e-o'clock, then I went back afterward and killed her. You know th rest.' , , ' - Would BTo Urt Wltk Sim. The prisoner admittsd to Mr. Manning that h killed th woman ostensibly be cause sh refused to drink with him. but Ihst his . real . reason wss her re fusal to live longer with him. II said he determined to take her life when he became satisfied she would not live longer 'with him. "fine ruined my horn and mad ma a tramp and a bum. I spent everything I nad on her,"" he said, repeating the words "Whlch eicrted the contempt and disgust of Chief Qritsmacher. Attorney Charles F. Lord, who wss first refused admittance to Blodgett's orn,ngT,Cn'..f OrltTscher." It" K I ,,M defnM ., the rtmwdr said that his defense for th' crlmewlU b inssnity. He laid the foundation for thla when talking to Mr. Manning by asserting that he waa "crasy from drinking." that his head hurt him and that -hie recollection of certain Incidents wss oonfused. J. F. flchoenborn, ' brother of th dead woman,,, wired Chief Qritsmacher thla morning to have Coroner Flnley hold the body until his arrival In Portland. He said he would take thla morning's train for the city, - Coroner Flnley sub poenaed all who are . acquainted with th circumstances this morning and will hold an inquest over the body this aft ernoon at o clock. TRIES TO POISON HIMSELF, BUT TAKES TOO Thomas - Kennedy, County Jail Prisoner, Makes Desperate At- ' - tempt to Take Lifer ''- ' Thomas Kennedy, a county. Jail pris oner. attempted to commit suicide (last nlht byUklng poison . pllls He-Is still alive. . It Is thought that th doss was so large that It counteracted Its own poison. Kennedy waa sentenced on January 14 to serve 0 day in th county Jail for having received stolen nrooert v rhoughr sraayrwae-mignmjgf to work for the -county, so decided to end the metier." said Kennedy today after Dr. McCormack had frtven htm an metlc. .: .-'. . ; . Kennedy had been given the pills for medicine . and -waa to take throe of them dally. ' Last night he took (0 of them at once. Soon after that he had a fit, but thla morning when the rock pile gang was ordered out, he fell Into line with the rest without complaint. On reaching th steamer' -which conveys the r rock pile ' prisoners to I.lnnton. where they are working on the county road.-he had another fit. He wss hsnd cuffed - to - a Chinese prisoner. Ths stesmer hsd .Just left ths dock' when Kennedy began pulling the Chinaman's queue and kicking his shins, x - When Llnnton wss reached Kennedy waa released- from iron and -allowed, to II down. H went -to : sleep at once. Word was telephoned to Chief Deputy Sheriff Oeorge Morden, who. with Dep uty Sheriff John Qrussl. secured a team and went after th prisoner. two japs killed by dynamite; .explosion (npectil IHapstck to TW Joersel.) Oreshsm, Or., March 24. Two Jap anese workmen who hsd a contrset to clear a section on the Wllllsm Hilllsrd ranch near Boring, were blown to frag ments - this Booming sbout - T o'clock whll thawing dynsmlts In a cabin st the seen of their work. Th"men had been working for aome time clearing land.- Their -bodies were-blown Into fragmenta. The men were known by name of Furul and Omura. , ' OornsUus Bliss s Wsd, . tJeerssl npedal Herrlre.1 , -Washington, March $4. A marries license wss Issued this morning to Cor nelius Riles Jr. snd Miss Zalde V. Cobb. .Th wadding la aet for April I. ' " With brilliant lights -and a blare of trumpets a fair was formally -opened "to the public last1 night which promises -to be the greatest of Its kind ths west "his BTrsen:" ArTronrlse ytrday on might have seen a constant cloud of -dust rising above' th roads leading Id from all directions to the fair center, and this cloud steadily grew' till It be came the alsa of a man's hand. People had awakened befor daylight, prepared their lunch backets and'com "10 town to be In th front ranks of th big crowd that waited to be admitted.- But even then they found many ln advance of them. Whan the gates were formally thrown open- at- 7:S0 last evening, an Immense, seething throng surged in, re gsrdlesfewOf the staying hand of th of ficials, and -made a mad rush--forth4rtfl0-Irjrtemr-tgan-btilldlng-SJ-sten- enter of activity. - This county fair Is -unique in more waya than one.- There were no cere monial opening exercises; no speech ntaklgoitheffect of this falr on future history; no presidential messages of congratulation and good wishes: no noisy salutes and smell of gunpowder; not even reserved seats for the elect. The doors were simply opened and then JUaX. Mi , .f..iA niinHwl .iMsa naanpt to ths public without further red tape and every one ceme and - went ss he lleted. -And there was enough, to attract very visitor. ' Thoss who. had never seen th bsby incubators rushed for that part of th grounds at once and thoss who had seen them at th Lewis and Clark fair lsst summer rushed Just as madly to se what progress, had been mad In the invention. Marvelous -Indeed . aj-e the Improvements, for now Infants varying from three to ten Inches can grow In thre days to th sis of a small horse. Assuredly th race of giants is upon us. The Igorrots village shows parallel progreas- and in leaa tim that it takes to aay it a lively, fat pup can be eon verted Into a longllm bologna sausage, which the little savages eat with r el tan. Princees Trials, th -- wonderful horse with, common-horse sense... haa acquired nsw knowledge and can even shed Its tall at the command of Us trainer and, more startling still, can Trauma Its again when required.. A flerc wild man, Negrillo, Is ex hibited behind strong bars, -and people may com within-. 10 feet of him with out danger. Th chamber of horrors la reached by', a disxy, spiral staircaae which seems to lift you out of ths real ities of this world Into th horror ot th next. Living skeletons murders, dead men in a wonderful state of pres ervation and horrlbls phantoms- send you reeling down- the stairs again. - An 1 antidote Is Fair Japan whers the pretty Orients! maidens serve tea ana rice in th midst of rich, spicy-smelling fur nishings. Hitting th nigger baby pre sents soma new features; th trained wild ' animals ar a distinctly colleo tlon of beasts from all parts of ths world, many of which are extinct in all other casesi- 1 Free athletic exhibitions attract the multitude all th time, and th open air concerts of th famous El roy band of wind-jammers ar a mualcal treat. Refreshments ar aold l in various parts of th grounds and th atmos phere of hilarity la sustained by the aonstant cries of the spielers out In front. Friendly rivalry is kept -nn by prises offered for th prettiest pillow displayed by tn young women and Tor the. bast spieler on.lhe-grounds, The voting will be hot and faat tonight as this is ths closing day of th fair. It Is hoped thst every on will turn out and help swell th attendance to the 10,00 mark. "Let no one us a "pass!. Is the slogan for . tonight. . TWO NEGROES HANGED FOR MURDER OF WOMAN (Joarnal Special rk-e.l Mount Holly, N. J., March 14. Ku- fus Johnson, alias Rufus Turner, and Oeorge Small, negroes, who, on Janu ary IS list, killed Miss Florence W. Alllnson at her .home . nesr here, were hanged her this morning. Johnson fled, but was latsr captured In Balti more. UPonbelng ..returned . to Mount Holly he confeased and waa sentenced to hang February 2t On the eve of his execution a resplts wss given . be cause of a confession from Bmall that he alone had committed the murder, Small was placed on trial and the testU , L,. , negroes participated in the silling or Mlaa Alllnson and the subsequent rob bery of her house. OPERATOR IS FATALLY INJURED BY FOOTPAD (Joarnal Special ar.iee.) , Stockton. Cel., March 24. f. " S. Horner. Southern Pacific operator at Hickman, Is believed to hsv been fa tally Injured by a footpad. He was found .lying under a brldgs with his hesd caved In and unconscious. His pockets were Inside out. A gold watch and considerable money waa missing. He was taken -to ths Sacramento hos pital. - , MXURDY J0 FOLLOW COURSE OF. HAMILTON (Journal Special Berfkw.) New Tork, . March 14. Following ' ths reported Intention of th Mutual Life to sue McCurdy for over $1,000,000, It Is ssld today that the Mutual la threat ened with mors trouble. It Is reported that Pes body, th present president. Is going to resign. Rumors say that Mc Curdy Intends to make revelations that will make- Hamilton' speech insignifi cant. : ' f REPUBLICAN CAUCUS - - r CALLED FOR CAMPAIGN (Jowsal Special Berrlce.) Washington, March 14. A call was Issued today for a Joint caucus of the senate snd house Republicans on April 4 to organise the cngresalonsl commit tee. It Is prsctlcslly settled ..that Sher man of New Tork will be chairman and Lawson of Iowa secretary, .. ; -. ' ,r..:. '. .. ' .i. J , It la reported from points along th north bank of the Columbia river that both the' Northern Pacific and Union Pacific rallroad aystems wlll Jjulld lines to Jlwaco and Long Beach, and that several thousand acres of lanos contlauous to th river, have recently changed ownership. BlnreH buiiain of th letty th O. R. N. company has had much trouble operating boate to llwaco. owing to accumulations of ssnd on ths northslds. Ixng Beachm the naturally located pleasure reson or th Pacific coas, lor ovsiopmeni- Dy - Will rHrn.H - , Men Interested in th reported deala In land deny having any defmlt knowl edge of plan by th railroad compa nies, v Bom tears ngd th Union Pa- alon from Portland to the Sound,-and a north bank line from Vancouver to ll waco was Included In th project Major O'Neill, at that time general manager of the compauy. purchased a uu-g tract of lsnd at Knappton. where Is said to xiThursday-venlnr-of tubercutosls-of th 1st th deepest end best harbor on th Columbia rlvr. - , Dr. A. 8. Nichols became heavily In tereated In the lands at that point, and W'nWtWWraTrir?Tl ton. Hard tlmea came In IMS. th rail road company abandoned " the plan to build tn the-sound. -and the-llwaco.. line waa not built. Recently pr. Nichols has msde deals by which he baa secured ownership of small tracts connecting his original -holdings. It Is reported he controls about three Mies of. watsr frontage between Knapton and Frank fort, embracing a fin harbor alt for deep- sea -shtpplnr. ' 1 : Within th lsst 60 days O. R. N. Co. engineers have ben working in that region, and hav run over old lines of survey thst were mad In 101. It was reported "that 00,000 acres of land-including-the Simpson mill, at Knapton, had been sold to a syndicate that would develop a townalte, on account of th deep harbor. Th manager of th Simp son mill has denied all knowledge of such transactions, end stated that-the mill had not been sold. Dr. Clarence T. Nichols said: - "So- far as w know, there I not an Immediate prospect of railroad construc tion down th north bank through Knap ton. My brother acquired lands there through forfeiture under mortgage, and haa kept his holdings. HI recent deala have been in th way of trades, by which he was able to connect hie tracts." - '-.'"..-. - Announcement that th Union Padflo system and th Southern Pacific will b extended from.- Portland . to : th sound has mad it practically certain that -th north bank branch to llwaco will b revived. 'Th O. R. eV N.. Co. will. It Is said, be obliged thla year to inaugurate dredging operations at ll waco to keep th harbor clear -for Its boats handling beach business. This will. It is believed, be kept up only until th Harriman lines cross ths Columbia on their way to th sound. When they enter Washington a branch railroad will be built to llwaco. This will be followed or probably preceded by a beach line of th Hill roada down th north bank. ', . , - HOT AIR BELCHED FORTH " FROM CAVE ON ISLAND ' (Jonrsel gpedsi Berries.) . NewTTork.;Marchvr4.A- specie! to th Herald from Palermo says: A deep cave has been formed In th Island of Ustlca during th earthquattes-ef -th last few., days near Mount Ouardia. - It ends in an abyaa from which pours a great quantity of hot air and smoks. Many people of means are abandoning th laland, but a sclentlflo commission which hss been sent there aays no dan ret exists at present and It Is not neC' eesary to remove ' th inhabitant Many women are aleeplng In the rooms of ths town club, the only building left standing. Th shocks ar decreasing in violence and confidence Is returning. FOURTH AND 0AK.C0RNER FOR HUNDRED THOUSAND The southeast corner of Fourth and Oak streets, owned by the George Alns- worth estste, was sold today by Hart man, Thompson Powrv4a--1rical IfftjiUalist-for trpwnrd of $110,000. Th property Js occupied by a frame build ing, containing a saloon and a plumb ing shop. s - Henry Wetnme today bought from John Mergeus 10x100 feet at the north east corner of Ninth and Flanders streets, for $15,000. Mr. Wemme has sold to Mr. .Bono of Beno Sl Ball Is $0x100 fest on Davis near Third street for $.00. ' Th ground is occupied by : an old church, i . KILLED MAN TO KEEP THINGS GOING AT DANCE (SneHal Dlepatrh te Tbe-Joarnal.) Helena. Mont., Marott 24. Affairs st a dance being too tame, Charles Dsblln drew his revolver and began ahootlng, completely cowing - the other guests. Jsmes Rutherford, "who-had been- eeleepl- in an adjoining room, cam forth and was commanded by Dablln to move on. Before he hsd time to do so,, it Is al leged. Dablln struck him with th butt end of the revolver, crushing his skull, death ensuing.--" - - - Dablln -was - arrested "and has been brought to Helena to wait Investigation of ths cass by th federal grand ury. ' The tragedy occurred at Browning, , on th Blarkfont Indian reaervatlon. GOVERNOR MISSING- SINCE SAMAR BATTLE (Jeereel Special Bervtes.) Manila. March 24. A telegram to day -announces an engagement between th constabulary and th fanatical Put sjanea en the' Island of Samar. Gover nor Oeorge Curry Is . reported missing sines ths fight. Quay Poll tloiaa. Die. - Phttsdelphls, March 44. Former Mayor Aahbrldge, on of th last Quay pvutiuiiuie, uivu isie anorning. . j 4 F. W. Valentine Photo by Daviea, NINTH MEMBER Of FAMILY -OF. SEVENTEEN DIES- Califf of Harrington as , ', Its. Victim. -r-t-- i (gnecfe! Dhmeteh te Te ImiuLI ' Vancouver. VV'aah., March St. Miss Mbby Califf, - th daughter of . Q. N Califf of .Harmony. Washington,. . died throat after an Illness of about a year, aged It years. The funeral will be held tomorrow and Interment , . will - be in Fisher's cemetery- - the family, there ar but eight now liv ing." ; T MONTANA RANCHER IS ! ; KILLED BY NEIGHBOR ' (flpeeUI Dl.patcb to Tfte lowsel.) Billings, Mont, March 14. Informa tion received in thla city yesterday of tt ahootlng 'affray which took place near Nye postof flee. In Stillwater county, as a result of whloh Samuel Webb Is re ported to have mat his death. - Participant ' In - th difficulty' were John Hudson and Samuel Webb, and the latter. It Is alleged, -was shot twlc by Hudson, one bullet paaalng through his wrist and th other entering ' his left breast,. ,Wbb died after lingering -five houra . Th rsuse of -the shooting I believed to be the result of ill feeling between the two men as an outcome of th trial of- Ben Hudson, a brother of John, who was triad in th district court charged with- stealing some of Webb's cattle. He was convicted and sent to th peni tentiary. Hudson has surrendered him self to the officers. , , DEADLOCK CONTINUES : - - IN COAL CONFERENCE 1 -(Journal Special "wrrlce.) ' Indianapolis, Ind., March 14. The joint seal committee of the bituminous operators and th United Mine Workers resumed Its session this morning. . Op erators sre preparing to leave tonight. Th .committee after a long session this morning met- again this afternoon. Statistics from different . fields . were presented and discussed exhaustively. The threatened coal strike was given as 'a reason for closing th locomotive shops -Jt-ths Chicago 4V Krle road, at Huntington, Indiana, today.. Three hun dred men ar idle. ' - GOULD STEALS MARCH ON HARRIMAN LINES (Joaraal Bpeetsl Service.) Ban Franclaco, March 24. It is re ported on high authority that the West ern Pacific has stolen a march on th Southern Pacific by securing terminal facilities In Oakland between the Key rout and th Southern Paclflo mole. It Is declared that all rights have been secured and perfected and that th present litigation Is merely a bluff. I 'rfT lit . sA?r , J' r.fr f VtV r y 1, I a,v;i , -U t etaffatMaSBxeXssa- f -A . .'J 'Li. ...'-.'', . a ' ' f K ' 1 I I " ''- '''X: , (d Mrs. Violet Adelaide Oakley Alexandre, the Former Private Secretary of Young Millionaire, Jerome C. A. Cook. PROHieiTio;jisTSf r.iJiRio;j HAF.TE-COMPLETE TICKET iebbyFavors-oman Suffrage and Condemns - Dishonorable Meth- , ods of Liquor Interests. , '- fSneetal IHee.tr h te The Jewaal, - Btlegs. Or, March 34 Tbe following ticket was named by tbe Marios eonaty V Prahlbltloa ktts Is - uses rosventloB yesterdsy-sftersoos: Joint senator," J W. W.-Boowy, WoodTmnil senators. Perry Burch. nilvertoa. sad Jlylvssas Pre. nail, 8a Wm; resrseeatstlvee, P. L. Kense- dy. Wood bo rs; . , Elmer , Newbr, - Turner; 0. "P. Gate. Brooke:, sbsrlf. Worth Osalses. BeoU Milk; clerk, W. g, Crostr, Liberty 1 re corder, C. X. Crasdall, - Turner; treeaurer, H. M. Penberton,Taott:liflls; eommustoner. M. Bmall, Bilrertoa; saeeaeor. Charles - Baldwis, Liberty 1 eoroner, W.'' O. W.bb. Vlarlon. ' ' ..The convention' adopted 'resolutions and gave expressions to th. following ssntlments: "We demand the repeal of all la -vi -whloh- give sanction t ths manufacture or sale of alcoholic bever ages and the substitution ' therefor of stat and " national legislation utterly abolishing them. We favor legislation that will curb the power of th railroads by regulating railroad ratea. - t W . believe that ' th ' lasuancss of Tasses to public officials la bribery. W are In favor of the government pur chasing the locks at Oregon City and operating -th earn in -th interest iof th people. Thla convention favors a constitutional amendment granting women the right of suffrage. . That w give every endeavor by vole and Tot for th defenae of our present local option law In Oregon, and that ws condemn th dlshonorabl methods of th liquor -interests In trying, to over throw th present law. It Is thought that the prohibitionists will challenge the Republicans ind1 Demoorats to ; a- Joint canvaaa of th county.-;-'.;,:- .-.'-,-'. MENTZEL MURDER CASE - -, IN. HANDS OF JURY (Special Dianatcb re Tbe Journal.) Helena, Mont., March 84. The case of Nora MentseL; charged wlra ths m order ef Corporal WUItam r. Cyras, was gtrea to th Jory' st boob today sfter baring consumed s week. The cloelng pe, ef County Attorney Lserolx was a maaterfol effort. . A verdict Is looked for by tonight. MURDERER BUCK IS "" SENTENCED TO DEATH (Journal Special Sarvlce.) - - Lee Angalee, March 84. Morris Bnrk sentenced te death thle , naming. He wee ooorutwl ot ih xBrderef Mrs. C. A. 'Can- eic, toe wile 01 s nca on operator, ........... mvna xo Sstlra, ,'.:'.:-'; (Joarnal Special Semes.) ' Ban Diego, March t4.--Tommy Burns, th champion heavyweight, now- here, announce that he will quit th ring In on year. He wants to fight Jack O'Brien and then retire and go Into business. II says relatives want hi: 1 to quit. Alexandra,' With Whom She Eloped Rev. rather Edward D. Casey waa thla morning dealared th owner of mort gages valued at $16,009 left by th lat Mrs Anna Norton, who died In Portland January t. Th decision was handed down by Judge Cleland In a suit brought by Father Casey agalnat -Attorney John F. lgan, who held th pa per a as ad ministrator of th estate of Mrs- Norton. Judge Cleland said that-th decision did not-affect a oertlflcat of deposit- tor z.oo belonging to the estat and held by Mr. Logan. - This money was th receipt of the canceling of a mora. mortgage had been siren to Father Casey at th asm tim that th other legal instrument bad been esaiemsd ts him by hsr. - Tor years Father Caae was- th ami- ritual advisor and friend of Mrs.- Nora ton, who waa about 10 years old at th tim of bar death. Having no - leral heirs, sh decided to glv her property to th priest, and on October t. lSOS. She assigned it t -him. lie kept . the papers Tor a tim, tnen gav them te her to keep, atlll retaining the assign ment, At tne tim er her death, and fae ieaniitmrervwit'irN6Yrrathw was Mra Mortons confessor, and to him sh willed a part of her estate. Father Casey was not mentioned In the will, which waa made two days before Mrs. Norton's death. Father Kelly was stationed at Condon. Oregon, and to his parish wer willed funds for tbs building of Bt " Joseph's church and school and a Catholm hospital at Con don. By ths decision rendered by Judge C-letand -this memtng there - will j-b - little property te distribute among the benenclarles. By the terms of the will 14,000 waa left for the building of the ohurch and school at Condon, 11,000 to Father Ksl lr, 11.000 to ths Dominican 'Fathers of PorUand, 1200 td Ussl Mabon of Port land, (200 to Anna O'Brien of Portland, $300 to Ida Btevens of Beattle. 12,000 to Bishop Charles J. O'Reilly of Baker City, Oregon,- 1300 to John F, Imogen. 1600 to pay th priest nl Bt. Mary's cathedral of -Portland for Celebrating mass for th repos of her soul, ft to relatives who may appear. . All rosining property was to be given ta Bishop O'Reilly -and Father Kelly for the purposs of founding a Catholic hos pital at Condon. ' WASHINGTON PARTY , VISITS LOS ANGELES v tJoomsl Special ServlesJ - Los Aagelee, March S. The WseMngtos party, beaded by - Governor Meed, arrived tn Loe Angeles thle morning. They were stet l-T s local reoeptles eommlttae sad take te Lesg Beech. Tonlglit a big pobUo recepUok will be given by the cbambar of comnerce. Bata way preveet the trip plasned for CataHne SsDdar. Ths flrrt three dare of next 'week wUl be speuf st different besches. "" " " IVENS FOUND GUILTY SENTENCED TO DEATH (Joaraal Special Barries.) '' fhlrsge, Jsuch 84 The jury teedved th Richard Irene ease this afternoon. Ivans Is acoieod ef tbe murder of Mrs. Franklin Hoi Hater, a ebotr singer, wno was found entrased and mnrosred. After being out leas than an . boor the Jory found Iveos guilty and seateaeed klm to death. Smss Midway Mines. SpeeUI mapeteh U The Joarnal.) Baker City, Or:,, March . 4 The Basohe-Sage Hardwar company, with, stores at Baker City and flumpter, today began suit agalnat th Midway Mines company on an open account amounting, to $209, for goods and merchandise fur nished it by ths plaintiff.. ". ' jr. . Wad Dice of Injnrle. - ' i Special Plapatch to The Journal) ton. Or., March 24. Jess IX Wade, a son of Benjamin Wade of North Yamhill, who was fatally Injured last Thursday by a cave-In In a tunnel at FairchUd camp, 14 miles from hare. died yesterday In th hospital. II ' burled today at North Tarn hill. Easterners Com te Orego. (Special Dispatch to The Joarnal.) Oregon City, March 14. Yesterday brought to Oregon City a number of Immigrants, who hav come from th east with the intention of making their future homss in Clackamas county. Bom tim ago several thousand acrss of land waa purchased In th Highland country for these people snd they ar now com ing to tak possession or - their nsw holdings. I Clackamas county affords many ad- i vantages to th easterner,- and land Is bring bought up In large tract for th j future .settlement of Isrge polonies j which will come here during' the sum-j; mer. months. ' , . Baldwin's Health Tablets. Take them tonight be- well tomorrow. Cures constipation. ' ZKo. , Druggists. - 1 -janiLary a Paul Bonner, 'he Stepfather of the in an Automobile. i t. 1 1 .'il