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4HK OREGON VA1L.X JOUKNAU VORTLaUV, FRIDAY t EVENING. APRIL 18, KZX - It "t; COtllEliCliU CLUB DECIDES TO LD TEUPERAfJCE DED OiklLEY l GIRL $250,000 HOME FOR ITSELF IE OF HIS HEART ' - ' ... UMI BUI BARRED Board of Governors Approves Proposition and Site Will Be N, : ' Secured at Once. ' TWO SUBSCRIPTIONS OF . FIVE THOUSAND EACH W. M. Ladd and IV B. Wilcox First -1 Big; Contributor Money Probably Will Be Raised by Issuing Bonds to . ' Be -Taken Up by Club. - At a meeting of the board of gov- . amor of tha Commercial club, bold thle ' , afternoon. It waa .definitely decided to buy at once the needed' downtown lt and beg-In a a aoon poibl tha con watrdotlon of permanent home for tbe club. Instead of again going Into rented : .quarter. The amount flaed upon In a . a-eneral war ta be thua , expended la While the method of railing tha ' tteeded. monrr ' haa Dot yet been 4X1 - lively decided upon. It la probable that s It will be by the laauance of bonds, sold ; to member of the' club and Others, these bonda to be taken up by the club , ltaelf as It la able to do so, so that . in the course of time the property will .; actually , belong to the club aa an ln i. atltuilon. . .... 'i This project haa aroused a great deal I of - enthusiasm, not' only among- tha JOHN G. WOOLLEY, PROHIBITION, LEADER, COMES TO PORTLAND -t - 1 . ' " John, O. Woolley. candidate for the presidency on the Prohibition Jacket In 100, reached Portland this morning, i lie will remain In tbe city for several days, and will visit other cities In the ' atate. where he will deliver addresses. , ' At this morning's session of tha Pro- r hlblllon convention a committee was ap ' pointed to Invite Mr. Woolley to speak I this afternoon. Me has accepted lnvta 1 t Ions to speak on several occasions while he la in the city.- r "' -: i "I have not learned Just what pro , gram has been outlined for me while u here," ha said. . "I . have just reached ' the city and have not had an oppor ' tunity to learn what I am to da" Mr. Woolley waa unable to attend the '.forenoon session of the convention be . causa of fatigue resulting . from -Ills SHEEPF.TEH HELD UP BY THE - U'MTILLA INDIANS Fulton Confers With President, Who Says Stockmen Will ' B Protected. ' (Journal "pedal Bervlea.V -; .Washington, April Jl. Indiana of the s TJmatHIa reservation (n Oregon demand 11 a bead for all aheep driven aorosa the reaervatlom Stockmen are protest-. , Ing to the president and to Secretary Hitchcock, and say that- tha- shortcut s across savea a drive of 100 miles. Sen ator Fulton talked -with the president this morning. - - The -president- hopes to adjust the matter satisfactorily. The president - gave assurance that sheepmen would be permitted to drive stock across tha reservation and be pro. tected. The present troubles grow out v of a special permit granted to cattle--.men. The Interior department has called on tha war department to place - troops available for tha protection of Agent Kd wards If neoesaary ani this baa been done. ' CORVALLIS SECURES CHURCH CONFERENCE Testerdajr afternoon a session of the t- first dayg -session af the Tnl ted Evan - gelical Oregon conference waa called to , order at 2 o'clock at the St Johns church. "' . ' The devotional service waa led by Rev. Charles A. Mock, a, leading member of , the Pittsburg conference. ; I ' Rev. Samuel J. Lindsay of the Platta v. niver conference, Kev. Charlea C. Pol , ing. Ph. D.. and Rev. Charlea A. Mock I of the Pittsburg conference were re . celved into tha Oregon conference. Cor vs Ills waa chosen sa tha place ef , tha next annual session. ' to be held April f, 10T. Rev. 3. Bowersox was t reelected conference trustee. Rev. O. H. Phelps, John Levant and IX Stouten ; berg were elected trustees of Dallas i college to All the places of those whoae terma have expired. . . I 7 At 1:10 p. ' m. the' conference went i into executive session snd elder's orders were voted, to Professor F. E. Fisher ' and Rev. J. L. Burns. . Deacon's orders -v were voted to C A. Burrla, C. P. Oates ,' and H. J. HalzapfuL These men will . v he ordained next Sunday. . Rev, r. Pol ing of Dallas college preached last even , In-' . . v.- ACE WELCH RETURNED ' 10 PUTT AT DEPOT ( . By. request of a number of railway tnen. Aetlng Detective Acs Welch .was signed to uniform duty at the Union depot this morning. , Welch had the beat previously to his selection for work In ' plain clothes, and gave such general sat isfaction tha J b waa mined by the rail . .. way employee. . . PAUPER'S OATH WIPES : - OUT GIGANTIC FINES t ' - ' JoanMl Bperlal HerHre.1l , ' Savannah, Oa.. April 13. Oaynor and Areen, sentenced to prison for defraud Ing tho government, took tha pauper's oath, swearing that neither was worth over !2. This relieves them of the . 1 inea ef t(?6.74 each. ? - FIRE IS RAGING IN : : LEXINGTON STABLES ' fjeareal ftparUl Mwriqc) ; 1 Imtnon, Ky.. April IS. Plre late i this afternoon Is hunting tha race track stable. The origin ta unknown. It la thought the track ta doomed. Efforts - maae ro remove iae racers, members of tha club Itself, but among tbe cttlaena and business men or mo community, who recognise that It 1111a k place in the city . occupied by no other miblia institution ana. aowg ww which la peculiarly its own. " Its membership Js now considerably over 100 and it la believed this can be Increased to double that number, delud ing the young and enthuslastlo men of the city who will contribute no much by their enthusiasm and activity to the very, projects wnicn tne -ciuo jncu w- founded to further. -. A letter addreased to President Lead' better of the club waa read by that gen tleman at tha meeting of the board of governors. . It was from W. M. "Ladd. In which ha aald ha understood pre- llmlnarlea wera being considered to pro vide a permanent home for the club. He complimented tha club on the great ucceaa that had already ' attended tta efforta In exploiting tha city and state and expressed his hearty sympathy witn Us purposes and his keen appreciation of what It had accompllahed. Aa an evidence of this ha offered a contribu tion of fl.oeo to back his sincere hope that the club would achieve tta hope of a permanent1 horn?. ,' r- - ' jhla letter aroused great enthuslaam. It waa th second offer. of tha same tenor to ha received before -the eub- eerlptlon books had been opened, T. B. Wilcox 'volunteering a like amount These manifestation of interest made It apparent to the board of governors that tha nroioct. was entirely feasible. hence the decision to buy the ground and build tha club building. Tha aubject will now at once na can vassed from this standpoint, and It la entirely probable tho preliminary details will soon be eettiea. , , , ..... Journey. Tha convention' today declared The convention this afternoon declared itself in favor of equal suffrage and In corporated resolutions to that effect in Ita platform. The following statement of Its principles waa presented tbia aft ernoon: : , "We, the Prohibitionists' of Oregon, in convention assembled. Hits 1 1th day of April, 190(1, do hereby reaffirm our alle giance to tha national Prohibition party, and Indorse the national platform of 1104. - : ... , '. "We also fledge our support to the present local option law of the state as against the alleged ; amendment pro posed by the Liquor Dealers' associa tion, and we ' Indorse the proposed amendment to give the right of fran chise to women." MONEY FOR COLUMBIA NOW SEEMS ASSURED . , . i. . inn, i . I e 4 . (Wuhlsctea Boreas ef Tbe loarasl.) , Washington, ,. April IS. The rivers - snd harbors committee 4)1 unanimously . reported favorably on tbe Jones bill, which is Identi cal ' with that of Fulton'a, ap propriating 1400.000 for the Co lumbia river Jetty. Tha bill Is privileged and can be called up Rt any time and decided In the ouse by . the members of tha rivers and harbors committee and It la expected that Jones will . press Its early attention. Fulton to Way eecured the pas sage in the senate of hla bill ap propriating $527,000 to aettla the claims of tha Klamath Indians. , e e e F. A. STANLEY'S MOTHER ' DIES IN WISCONSIN TOWN Newe of the death in Chippewa. Falls. Wisconsin, of Mri Cornelia A. Stan ley, wife of L C. Stanley and mother of Fred A, 8tanley, a well known Portland man. waa received by ber relatives in Portland this morning. : Her demise oc curred about I o'clock yesterday after noon after a brief Illness. The aon. Fred Stanley, accompanied Vice-President J. P. O'Brien of tha O, R. N. en his trip to New Orleans to attend the recent meeting of. vice-presidents and general managers of the'Har rlman lines.. He received the news of his mother's death at San Francisco this morning and started immediately for Wisconsin. , , .- SPIRIT OF EASTERTIDE v IN WINDOW DECORATING Evan the eoul ef the masculine ele ment 1s touched by the beautiful In ap parel when It la attractively displayed, and StelhbacH'a - spring windows have been the center of much Interest the past few days. The Easter color, vio let is prettily woven Into the decora tive acheme and In all the wlndowa are pota of Kaster lilies bound with white crepe paper tied with violet ribbons. Attractive window cards in 'violet and white present the Raster greetings of the firm. Perhaps the most attractive window la the one full of spring ties, alt In light grays, blues and white, making with, the other-deooratlona a- pleasing aprlng effect FIRE DESTROYS TWO .RESIDENCES IN LENTS The. realdence of Mrs. Joe Adams near Lent and that of a neighbor adjoining were destroyed by fire this morning. The lose is estimated at, 11,000. The fire Started In the residence of Mrs. Adams presumably from a defective flue, and spread rapidly throughout the entire house. The owner and her family ware at home; but escaped without Injury. -The, house, being outside of the city limits end without - fire protection, burned rapidly. The flame spread to the adjoining house, and it was prac tically destroyed. Mr. Adams' residence was valued at 13.000 and the contents at about 11,100. The other house and ns contents were valued at about 11,100. . eovemor Smith atom'e Tresa Manila. ' Joarne! peHl srlee.) San Frtnclsco, April 11. Tha steam ship Mongolia, bearing Oovernor-Gen era! Bmlth of ' the Philippines, was sighted shortly before 1 o'clock.1 The steamship waa met by local committees' en tugs. The ships In the harbor were decorated In honor of the return of Smith. .i The Smith party dlsAmbsrked at 1:10 o'clock and were escorted to the Palace j hotel. A big reception, la planned te morrow. Bishop Baahford of . the j Methodist Episcopal church waa also a passenger from China. Only Those Who Drtnk Wanted , for Jurymen by Defense In ; . Blodgett Murder Case. SALOQNMEN ARE NOT -WANTED BY PROSECUTION Wife of Accused Man Refusea to Leave Him and Say Marriage Vow Will Bind Her Until Death Ends "'the Contract. ' . ' ...V All men who never take a drink are excused by tha defendant's attorney from Jury service In tha case of the state against George Blodgett, while all those who have ever- been connected with a saloon are excused by the-district attorney. Blodgett Is charged with tha murder of Mrs. Alloa Mlrfthorn, who was known aa Mulligan and alao as Gordon In the Van Noy hotel, March In a rear aeat in the courtroom stta Mrs. Blodgett, whom the prisoner, de serted a year, ago, to run away with the woman he is alleged to have shot be cause she refused to take a drink with him. Mrs. Blodgett declarea that she will atay by her husband until deatb separate them; aha says she will stay In Portland all summer If hs Is kept here so long, and she la prepared for any verdict that may be returned by tna Jury. 8 he did not bring their, children. a boy of It and a girl of 7 years. . Probable IXaM ef Defense. Although Charles F. ' Lord, -the prisoner's attorney,- haa not elated his line of defense. It Is thought thai he will allege that his client waa erased with drink -and "not aware of what he wasraolng. The fact that thia la Friday, tha 11th. doea not, bother me lit the lcaet," said Blodgett thta morning, "because thia -la Good Friday, I am prepared to face any rate." ,. - ''I am. not in the least superstitious snd so Friday, the 11th. does , not frighten me." saM Mrs. Blodgett But Mr. Lord did not wish to begin the case today snd would not have done So had be have been able to have It aet for any other day during the present term of the circuit court Nor did Dis trict Attorney John Manning-want to have the ease aet for today,: but con- eented rather than have it go over until the May terra. The case I being tried before ?udge Georga, One Question aaked br Mr. Lord or each man who presented himself to act aa a Juror wass .-'-- Are you able to distinguish between the mental condition of a man who haa been on a protracted spree and tha mental condition of one who baa not?" Cach man waa aaked if ho ever drank. If he had not seen drunken men often, If he had aeon men when drunk and the same men when sober, and If ha had ever eean persons on protracted sprees? These questions are asked by Lord, Manning excuses all who have ever been connected with a ealoon. - Up until noun vigm jurors naa oeen accepioa ana six men excused from Jury service. "The following were accepted: . f. : 2 , Tbe Aoeepted Jarora, ' Alfred Baker, farmer; Atfred Amortd, sawmill employe; F. P. Baumgartner, local manager of tha Oregon Jk Califor nia foast Steamship company; W. H. Chapin, commission ' merchant; Christ Malare, barberfv William Bartlett farmer; R. W. Qlbbs, carpenter; John Sullivan, farmer. BELMONT STREET. OWNERS TO GET CHEAP FILL They Figure Grade Can Be Raised at Half Cost of. .', .Lowest Bid. -; V' Tha property owner along East Bel mont street have an eye to business. They, will obtain their fill at half the eoat of the lowest bid submitted yester day to the street committee of the executive boarda Development at -t he meeting culminated In City Auditor Dev lin ordering all bid rejected 'and the proposed improvement readvertlsed. The property owner represented to the com mittee that because of basement ex cavations In their vicinity and the use of dredges In that connection the All could be made at a cost slightly less than one half the estimate of the low est bidder. -'One bid was submitted 'for the Im provements on Grand avenue. It wa rejected and the. matter ordered read vertlsed. Contracts wera recommended to the executive board aa follow: East Seventh street between Clacka mas and Weldler, gravel pavement and sidewalk, Gleblsch Joplin. Kast Alder street between Tenth and Twelfth, sidewalk Improvements, Con crete Construction company. Bast Morrison street between Ninth and Twelfth, sidewalk Improvement, Concrete Construction company. Seventeenth street between Elisabeth and Clifton, macadam and sidewalk Im provement. -three blocks to Harry How ard, two blocks to Miller A Bauer. . Work waa accepted and payment rec ommended for Improvements on Monroe street and Flanders street , J. It John son at Co. anked for an extension of time to complete improvements on Eaal Twenty-first street, snd an extension of 0 days waa recommended. " The pet I Hon of the engineers of the road roller for an Increase of salary was ordered filed, the committee having no power to act In the matter. Stevens Bros, asked for an extension of time -for their work on East Salmon street between Thirty fifth and Thirty-eighth streets, and the extension waa recommended. The re ports of the city attorney and city angl neer were read and placed on file. L0CKSLEY HALL LEASED , BY EASTERN, MEN . Locksley hall, the' famous hotel at Seaside, has been leased by H. T. But terworth of Chicago and C. W. Comer ford of New York. The place will be Improved and will be made on of the most attractive , reaorta In the north went f ..'- 'I'nder the new management especial attention will be paid to modern meth ods besides retaining all the old fea tures that have made the hotel one of the most popular resort In Oregon. Picnics, clambakes, conrerte and vari ous other entertainment features . will be given at leaat once every week. Both the new managers have had wide experience ta tbe hotel business. Son of Circus Man Bailey Takes . . Bride to Whom His Late -Fathf-Objected. V DEATH SAVES YOUTH . f " FROM DISINHERITANCE Showman Planned Marriage lor Son With Daughter of Hie Partner, the Late P. T. Barnum, to Unit For tunes of Families. ' , (Seectel Dispatch to T Journal.) ' Seattle. , April 13. On tha verv even Ing that James A, Bailey, the veteran showman died at hla home In Mount Vernon, New York, his son John Walter Bailey, was defying hla father's orders and was risking disinheritance by mar rying, a 17-year-old girl living at Bal lard, . a suburb of Seattle. Had the father lived long enough to learn that hla son had married the girl In the face ef hie strict Inhibition it Is likely tnat he would , have kept his repeated threat and cut off the disobedient son. A It is young Bailey's son ha the' girl that he wished for a wife and alao tha ownership of the great ahowa. . ,' Bream of. Parents. -.Twenty-live years ago P. T. Bam am and James A. Bailey, formed the fond dream that one day Barnum'a daughter, Violet then a child, and Bailey's aon, John Walter, an Infant should marry and unite the two fortunea. -' After Bar num a death Bailey did everything In hla power to bring about the union. It looked aa If the father might succeed until the night of July 4, 1004, when Mrs. Leslie Carter, then playtng "Du barry" at the 8eattle theatre, presented .Bailey's eon to Ida Kerwood. then a lass of la. . . .. . .' - When Bailey' aon returned home he told hla father he would marry the west ern girl, then It wa that tha father at tempted .to dlaauade him by - three ta of disinheritance. -. ,'- John W. Bailey left his father's busi ness, because of hie courtship and set tled in San' Francisco, establishing the Unique theatre on Market street Wed nesday night at the home of the girl'a parents Miss Kerwood became Mrs. Bailey. Yesterday morning when the newly married couple arose at the Rain ier Grand hotel he was banded a tale gram, reading: . . - r ."Straighten up business and come home at once to take ' charge of busi ness. Your father will be buried Satur day." " ;..'.V OBite See, to mtp. " It was signed by his mother. -' Thta morning the new proprietor of the Barnum ' ft Bailey enow left for San Francisco, where he will cloe out bis vaudeville' business. Mrs. Bailey will join him either at San Francisco or Salt Lake . City, when, he takes up hla trip .St" -' " ' The Barnum It Bailey show business represents an estimated value ef lt.000. 000 end ia divided, wltb ena quarter held by the widow of P. T. Barnum, a like amount by Mra. Salisbury and the bel aanca by the Bailey family. - Tha new proprietor, John Walter 'Bailey, : ha learned the business from the ground up. Since-the age of It he haa been identified with his father's ahow, with the exception . of the last year. For seven years he was the chief advance agent, several of those years having been spent In Europe. A younger brother la at present nerving a almllar apprenticeship. . There era two sisters and the mother eompletlgg the family circle. . .- ... - ' : NATIONAL M0VEMENTF0R- PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS ( Joorsal Special settles.) Washington, April II A national as sociation in the Interest of pubtlo play grounds i expected to result from a three - days' convention begun at the Y. M. C. A. building In this city yes terday. ' Among the delegate to the convention from the larger cltiee of the hundred or more In the United State which have already begun a system of public grounds are Joseph Lee of Bos ton, Dr. Luther Gullck, president of the National Physical Education associa tion; Clinton Rogers Woodruff, aecre- tary of the American vie aesocla Sadie American, secretary - or the Na tional Jewish Women's council, and Miss Mary McDowell, head resident of tha University of Chicago settlement The purpose of the national associa tion will be to collect and distribute knowledge of and promote Interest In playgrounds and athletic field In all communities and direct play In con nection wltb the schools. It will aim, as soon as f inancea make It possible, to establish in New York or elsewhere national playground museum and li brary, which shall have models of every form of playground constructed and apparatus, a library of all published books and article relating to play, pic tures of games and playgrounds throughout the world and an Informa tion department, which shall furnish cities and town with lecturers, pic tures, article or advice on any phase of the work. STEFFENS SAYS TEDDY ' HAS HARD R0W.T0 HOE (Jonraal Special service.) - - ' Toledo. O., April IS. Lincoln Stef- fenii, who Is en rout to Denver to !n- vestlgate the Juvenile court from Wash ington, where he spent a month Investi gating political condition at the na tion's capital, said this morning: "The square deal I on trial In this administration and the whole country thinks--. It will solve many problems. but the president Is having a hard time In making the people who really rule thle country accept even the beginnings of a equare deal. They are fighting for the privilege ? they have already got. ' In . Washington the Independent movement Is regarded aa radical and hysterical people are regarded the same way." : ; 4,- y - :. : r -. , LAND OFFICE OFFICIALS NAMED FOR WASHINGTON Omrsal Special arrlc.) Washington, April It. Tbe president has nominated William F. Haynes of Coulee City, Washington to ha reglater of tha land office at Watervllle, Wash ington; F. A. Nichols of EUenaburg to be receiver of public money at North Yakima. Washington, and W. A." Henry of Spokane to be receiver ef public roeney at Watervllle, Washington. . The house amendments to the bill antahllshlng a life-saving station on the coast of Washington wera concurred in bv the. senate today. , f!-- the Bcautyof f & - - Effect Health The perfect ,- health. Beauty Is more than skin deep. 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All disorderly house in the business and realdence district of the city roust be moved. Orders have been Issued by Chief Oritsmachsr through : Inspector Bruin to Nina 8. Blchel, who conducts sueb an establishment at 180 - Park street, and to Dorothy Darlington, whose place la located over Rogers' barber shop, 2S Alder street Instructions to the proprletressee of similar establish ments Sr to be Issued. After a complete investigation of the circumstance inspector Bruin reported (o Chief Orltsmacher that the Darling; ton hoose, gtt Alder street, was a disorderly house. The rooms, he eald, were rented by F. II. Rogers, s. barber, who sublets the upper room to Dorothy Darlington. ; Chief Orltsmacher sent Sergeant Cole to Instruct the woman to move. She said that her rent would not expire un til April 0, and was given until that data to move.; v . - ; Complalnta were next ' received agalnat Nina Stchel's house, which 1 located where women and children are constantly passing. Orgies there dis turbed residents of the'nelghborheod. She waa notified to get other quar ters. . . t ' ' , , , Several ' other- establishments of tha same kind on Park street, one or two on Morrison, two. or three on Fifth,, and othera which are .scattered win have to be removed. Tbe proprietors will be required to a ecu re ttuarter where they can be kept under espionage by a few policemen aa possible,7-. f . CASTS RAY OF HOPE INTO PARENTS' HEARTS '(Spftat- Mapatrh to The Jonraal) ' Cove, Or., April II. Today Dr. Rams, dell cast a ray of hope Into the sad dened hearta of Mr. and Mr. Curtis Blevlne when he discovered a possibil ity ef retaining the sight of the eye of their little 4-year-old boy. While playing with a glass bottle Johnnie shivered it against a wheel of his wagon, when a aharp piece of glass flew Into hi eye with such force as to 1 netrata the ball. Although bis grand father. Dr. Blevtfls, ably aaslated by Dr. Corpe. skillfully extracted the glass, the eye waa so seriously wounded the parente were advised to have It ' re moved to save future suffer Ing. Mr. Blevlns is the lessee of the endowment lands ef Cove Ascension -Episcopal A. Girls' school. .woman Is . the woman 'who MILLIOrJAIRE SHIP OWNERS ASK UNCLE SAr.VS AID Boston Steamship Company and :. the Sprockets Threaten to - Co Out of Business. ' (Joaraal Bpeelal BerrletJ ' Washington. April !. A sUtement was submitted to the house committee today by Alfred Wlnaor, president of tbe Boston Steamship company, operat ing from Seattle to the orient, stating that unless the government aid la ax tended hie company he ' will be com pelled to haul down the flag and go Into drydock, or aell to foreigners. "American shipowners," he said, "who try. without government aid to com pete with subsidised foreign craft com- rlt"flnanlat auielde."' . ' Former Congressman Loud .declared that the Spreckles line, from flan Fran cisco to- Australia, will be abandoned and placed under - Japanese manage ment If tbe subsidy bill falls. Senator Tillman presented In the senate chargea against - Secretary Barnes, - who .was nominated - for the postmaatarshlp - in Waahlngton, the specifications of which relate to the Morris ejection. ... v ...... MEETS DEATH ON ROCKS AT FALLS CITY DAM (Special Dlapateb to The Jonrnal ) . ' Dallas, Or.; April It. H. R. Tracy, foreman at the Brysn-Lucae mills at Falls City, met death In the water at the foot of the company dam at that place at o'clock yesterday afternoon. Tracy While in the act of tripping the gate that flooded tha logs waa struck by the trip and thrown to the rock at the bottom of the dam where h wae held by the rush of watere and timber. Hi body wa recovered ' about -two hour later. Tracy waa of middle age and had been employed at the mill about two weeks. , II cam from Port land, at which place' hla widow ' re al de. ... r MONMOUTH WOMAN FOUND DYING ON KITCHEN FLOOR . -' . ' 11 1 -. ; (Special Dhipateh ts The Jonraal.) Monmouth. Or.. April li. Mrs. Smith, mother of Mra Penell, a teacher in the normal echool of this place, was found lying on the kitchen floor at her home In a dying condition yesterday by a neighbor. Medical aid was summoned, but she did not . regain oonsolouanesa snd died In a few minutes 'The funeral took place thta afternoon at S o'clock and the body waa laid to rest in the Monmouth cemetery. ' ' LI LLIS MUST WALK A BEAT, JUDGE RULES j Presiding iudga Arthur I Fraser yesterday decided that Chief of Police Orltsmacher had a right to remove M. B. L.111IB from the position of jailer and place him en a patrolman'a beat, -lie held that the civil service eiamlnatlons for the position of Jailer and patrolman were the same, that the pay waa the earn a, and that It wae legal to ehange a man from on position to the other. has perfect AUNiriG SCORES CUM District Attorney Resents Action of Police Judge in Binding H. C. Edwards to Jury. ;. J NEW DEPUTY PLACED . : AT MUNICIPAL COURT Manning's New Assistant titers In structed to Protest - Vigorously 'When Cases Are Sent to Higher, JTribunaJ on SlightEvjdence Incensed by the action of Police Juttge Cameron In btndlng R. O. Kdwarda over to the grand jury on a charge of rob blng 8. O. Smart, after admitting from the bench that he could not be con victed on the testimony of a drunken men. District Attorney Manning thle morning made a substitution of deputies representing him In the police court and announced that a not true bill will be filed against Ed ward a Walter O. Hayes appeared for the district attor ney thia morning In place of Ernest Brand. -,:.:. . "When this case oomee before me aa a grand jury," aald Mr. Manning, "I shall file a not true Information. In order that there may be no mistake, should I be absent from the city, I have instructed Deputy Bert Haney to take that action. Mr. Brand la a good deputy and conscienttoua in the 'die charge of hla duties, but he doee not like to antagonise the police court of ficiate. What I shall Insist on In the future la thle: No man nreet be bound over to the grand Jury by Judge Cam eron without vlgoroue bbjectlon being registered by my deputy when it ap pears that the evidence I insufficient to warrant a reasonable belief that a eon-, vletlon can be obtained1, and eapecially when the Judge hlmaelf admlta from the bench that such la. the case. . 1 am Informed that the fact In thle eaae ere plain. Polioa Captain Bailey and Patrolman Porter ewore that Smart waa so drunk he had to be assisted from tha patrol wagon Into the city prison. The bartender at the Log Cabin saloon wae willing to testify that three men Instead of two,-as. testified to by Smart, entered hie1 ealoon .the night of the al leged robbery, and that there wereVher circumstances tending to show the Inno cence ef the accused and that his ewn explanation of the affair wae Perfeetlf plausible," . '. . ' ' tk online . took Issue - with Judge Cameron at the time Edward wa bound over. Mr. Brand eammea mar. juai Cgmeron took auch action, to Which he aa deputy district attorney um mur. becau it wa requested by Justice Raid, who appeared aa a personal friend ef Smart. ' , .. ' t :. . - : BvaageUst Belayed. - '' : Hv. W. C.-fldth, the"vangellt com ing to conduct a TO-day revival In the East Mde Evangelical church In this city, will not errive until April 20, The ervice wilt be held from April ta to April I, Inclusive. . - 1 ;