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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1904)
mnl li VOL. XXV. LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, OHEGCjtf, THURSDAY, APRIL 28,1901. I NO. 17. 3 7 BODY IS FOUND The Mystery I l.at Solved-Twoj Ounshot Wounds In Chest Arc 5ct(-InfllctcJ. The body ( Cn-ed Conn wan font d 1 hist TliiirMilny it ) tu t one mnl aquar-! I it uillcn from Hi" town f Sllviri l.uki mnl nl'iitit Kin' li ii ttI r 1 mull fifty yardn from the miilii road, ly lied Allntltl. Ill of t ll' X VIU'IHT- IM, For neat ly t wo limnl Iim. since tllO morning of Mircli Mb. Creed Conn linn Im-hi iiiUmIiik. nnd every effort linn Imi'h put furl li tofcrretout I lie mystery of his tinlliii and un accountable disappearance. The ntory of Mr. Conn's dlnnpin'arance in n familiar one to tht trailers of tin I'.xainlucr, aud the matter has In-en iiiih of extreme Interest to every ivnl dent of the rounty. All kinds of theories have Inimi advanced hut tin only wife conclusion and the one hln i.lullven uihI friends most adhere to wan tliat In a moment of ulilMTiitlou of tlit iiilml In lial put an end to bin life. Ill health wan supposed to Ih I In' only cause of such a rash act, in bin nmiuclnl affair were in an excel-i lent condition. Tin1 m-ojiU of Silver Uike could not give up the Idea that hi body wan in the creek near that .jn.-f, mnl nitltnM'i' search of tin rr.-i'k bottom wax nut ! In a vain ... I . I... I.. ..I.. ,.t 11... ,,Um. . ...Ml .... . , lug man. Mr. Conn was a well-to-i In iiii-rt'hant of Silver Lake ami hud j not uu enemy in th" world. When I his body was found on hint Thurn- j lay the fart wan at once made j known ami It wan mooii discovered that It wan the body of . I. c. Conn ami the news Hashed uvi-r the coun ty by wire. His brothers were hiiiii nioiieil, nlmi the coroner, district at torney ami county physician. The body wan carefully guarded on the Mpot until the arrival of them! gentle nien. I'pon (xamlulioii two bullet IioIch were fouml In the left chest, and by the utile of the ileail mail wan fouml a thirty-eight calibre revolver with two empty chainlx-rn. The man had evidently Hat down upon the ground ami while in a Hitting po sition fired the first idiot, which did not kill, ami fell back and again placed the revolver to IiIh breast ami lired the fatal shot while lying upon IiIh back, which posit I. mi he was in when found. j The verdict of the coroner's Jury Is j iim follows: l We, the jury impaneled by the cor- j oniTf F. B. HarrlM, to enquire Into anil Investigate tin death of the body before U8, report as follows: After uncovering the remains and hearing the testimony, we tlnd ns follows: The body 1 that of J. C. Conn, a rcHldent of Silver Lake, Lake county, Oregon, aged 44 yearn. That lie eanio to IiIm death by two, wound Inflicted with a IMcullbro revolver. That the wounds were self-inflicted, on or about 8 o'clock a. in., on the Uh day of March, at Sliver Lake, Lake county, Oregon. Dated at Silver Luke, Lake county, Oregon. April 21. l!Mli. late to Im brought In. lie will only bring part of 11 to Pallcy, until he In certain tlnjt thin climate agree with IiIm wife who Im In poor health. Itev. Warren remained lien' over Sunday mid occupied the pulpit In the Methodist church both morning and evening. 1 1 In text for the morn ing sermon was: ".Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, silth tho Lord of Hosts." 'cell. 4-fl. For IiIm evening text he took, "Thin l a faltlifiil nylng and worthy of all accept nl i him, Hmt ChriMt Jcnun came Into t lie world to nave nlnncm, of whom I am chief." ImI Tim. I ll Itev. Warren wan greeted by a large congregation both morning and evening, ami preached good ncr iiioiin. lie Im a good, Mlnrcre nnk-er. Fremont Forest KesarvK The official of the I,akevle v Land ofllce received a letter from tlw gen eral laud oltlce at WaMhlngtoii con firming the telegram of a wiek ago of which The Kxamluer male luen- froni 178 up to a few yearn ago when they went to 1'ortland. K. V. Joneph hunband of the dieanttd nawed tltn IiiidImt to build the flrnt of Lakeview Mm. Joneph leaven a liiinband, and five children, Kvu Joneph, a tiacher tlon. creating a n-niTve In the vlclii-;-" ' Irthi.n.I m-hooU. J. W. Jon Ity of ChrlMtman Lake. The lie re- .ili, '" attorney at Portland, B. F. wrvw In calledj 1'nMiiont Forest re-' Jowpli, and A. and Jennie Joneph. wrve.aiidln wit held from cut ry pend-' daiightern. Mm. Jom-ph wan born big liiMMH tlon an to the advlM tbillty 1 1'1 Indiana In 1M! and died In I'ort ofmaklnga iMTinaneiit ren-T ; fr laud. A.rll is, 1!K4. The funeral wan forcHtry purpom-n. The dep'l i.ient ''' 'r" the Si-cond Ilaptlntchurch, iniint have run out of plnetimlM raiid j w ,ll1' ,l" wn ""-niln r, and the tokii-pupltnn-coril'forcrentlngfor.j,""b- wan taken to the Portland cnt nmTven renorti-d to the nuge- 'crematorium. The Inreaved furnlly brimh landn on the denert. It In true there In Home nagebriiMh on the den ert that could almont In called tim ber, hut at Hn preHcnt value It In hardly worth while to protect It. have the nynipathy of in thin county. many friendn I We are Informed by a friend that John Hammond, whow In ell known throughout Iake county, in lotting W. A. Mannlnglll ban returned j Mn.Joitph Pimm Awiy. j IiIm health. Mr. Hammond ban been from Portland and Salem, where he The many friendn and acquaint-' In and about Keno for over a year attended the ntate andconirreaHloniil ' encei of Mm. Delilah JohciiIi will lie where he U Intewnted In mtulng. It a mine luterent conveulloiiM. I'llly nayn he had a rough trip, I mc a une of tlie had condi tion of the roadn. grieved to learn of Uer death In Port-' wan reported recently that land on the lsth hint. , The family In which he owned a fourth were renidentii of (joone Lake valley had "old for f W.OdO, Paisley Pastor Occupied the Pulpit Itev. S. V. Warren, pawtor of the M. H. church at PaUley, arrived here lat Saturday on hU way to Made, line, w hero he goea after hlu house hold furniture, which he had shipped from MlnneHOtn lant fall, but too OROOON REF'UULICANS INDORSE PRESIDENT ROCSEVELT AND HIS POLICIES. The liepubllcau party of Oregon, In couventlcu aMHetnbled, congratulaten the ntate and Nation upon the continued anccu!cncy of Republican prluciplen and pollclen in our National Government aud the unprecedented proHpcrlty that ban followed the maintenance of thone prluciplen nnd the enforce ment of thone pollclen. The honor of the Nation han Ui-n fearleHMly and nagaclotmly maintained at home ami abroad, whether in the enforcement of law agaliiMt defiant corporation. In vigoroun protent agalnnt outragen on Amerlcann in Syria, Jewlnh MaMKm ren In KuhmIii and unfavorable inachinationH of Kuroiiean pow ern In Anla. PreMideut Ibionevelt han redii'ined bin pledge to carry out the policien of the party an formulated by that great ntatennian and revered martyred Prenldeiit, Wllliani McKlnley. He ban hIiowii liimnelf the fin- of coiruptlon In public life, the ardent champion and wine friend of tlie Army and Navy, and Jlie linn IK-Ilever In inmil rlghtn lMire the law to employer and employe, rich or poor, black or white. .. I'mliT IiIm energetic leademhlp the Inthuilan Canal, fruntrated for a time by a Democratic Pren I'ieut, Im noon to be realized and to dlntlngiilnli bin Ailnilnlnt ration by one of the grandest engineering triumphn known to man. We recognize t he profound obligation under which Oregon rentn to Prenident Koonevelt for bin active and determined effort on In-half of the Ix?win and Clark Centennial, and we pledge ournelves to testify the nlnccrity of thin appreclutlon by a roumlng majority for the Itcpublieun ticket in June aud again In November. In thin connection we enpeclally Indorne the tirelenn laborn of Senators Mitchell and Fulton and ItcprcMcntatlvcH Hermann and Williamnon. We Instruct the delegates for tills convention to the Republican National Convention at Chicago to vote 11 ml and last for Theodore Koosevelt for President, oud to use all honorable means for bring ing bin nomination to pans. THE DELEGATION IN CONGRESS For the first time In years tho State of Oregon Is represented In both houses of Congress by a strong, hariiionlou. united and effective delegation, Inferior to none from the West. Their efforts In Indialf of the Nation, t heir party and their state have been crowned with signal sue cens, ami we hereby express to them our confidence and esteem nnd pledge them our support In their further efforts to advance the Interests of Oregon and the Pacific Coast. MONEY Thanks to the courage and wisdom of two Republican Administrations aud four Republican Congresses, the money of the Nation has been securely established upon the gold standard, the stand ard of the enlightened nations of the world. Tlie per capita circulation Is the largest In our history, and everj' dollar of paier and coin Is ns good ns gold. We commend the measures now pending in Congress, at the Instance of Republican members, further amending tho currency and banking laws in the directum of safety and elasticity. TARIFF We renew our allegiance to the principle of protection to American Industries. The merits of tho Dlngley law are attested by the unprecedented prosperity of the Nation since Its passage in 1M7. Schedules must bo changed from time to time, as new conditions arise, but when the tariff Is re vised It must lo by tho friends, nnd not by tho foes, of American Industry. THE TRUSTS We heartily commend the fearless aud determined course pursued by President Roosevelt aud Attorney-General Knox toward tho trusts, and we point with pride to tho hostility aroused agaiust the Administration among tho speculators of Wall street and corporations that defy the law. Obedience to tho law against monopoly Inflicts no hardship on any honest Industry, and the action of tho President In the Northern Securities merger and other coses has only served to check dangerous specula t Ion und encourage every legitimate enterprise. THE PHILIPPINES We Indorse the policy euunclated by President McKlnley aud followed by Secretary Taft of "the Philippines for the Filipinos," nnd wo especially commend the earnest and persistent efforts made by Senator Mitchell for lower tariffs between tho Philippines and tho United States. Wo hold that tho Philippines must bo rotaiued by tho Uultod States for their own good as well as for a Iuiho of American Influenqo in the Fur Kant, but that justice requires the least possible burdens upon their commerce with tho Fnltcd StuteB, that they rimy bo cemented to us by ties of self Interest and affection. In tho Interest of Pacific develoyment, wo demand for the Philippines tho same liberal and benefi cent treatment that has been accorded to Hawaii aud Porto Rico. Proud of the history and achievements of our party, and especially of the present Administra tion and tho beneficent results that our nation Is receiving therefrom, aud particularly our old Oregon ('ouutry, we confidently submit our cause to the patriotic citizens of our stato for Indorsoment uud earnestly appeal to them to show their gratitude uud appreciation to President Roosevelt and our Republican leaders In Congress for honoring our history and aiding lu tho development of our match less resources. illlMtlMMIMIMIMMIIIMIMtlMIMMMMIMMIMIMMIIMIMMMIMMIIIMIMMIMMMIMIIIMMIIUIMMMMM COYOTE IS AN ENEMY Sheepmen Say Half Their Loss is From Coyotes--Loss Will Reach I5 Per Cent. Many estimates have In-en made thin spring eminatlng from as many sources, as to the Ions during tho pant winter by sheep men. Some have placed the Ions an high as 20 per cent, while othem claim the loss will not exceed 10 ir cent. Now that the sheep are mostly in from the desert, or the owners have com puted their loss, and as gross Is good a very close estimate can be made. From the best we can learn tho loss will not exceed IS er cent. This is not considered a very heavy loss. It is estimated by sheep men that be tween 8 und 10 per cent of the loss was from the rapacity of predatory varmints. Coyotes have been ex tremely bold and troublesome on the ranges and It bas been Impossible for herders to keep these cunning creat ures out of the flocks. A ten per cent loss by coyotes means many thousand dollars to the wealth of Lake county. If there are 200,000 sheep the loss would run up to about f SO.000 in one winter. This amount alone would make a ueat fund with which to wage war against the coyote, and It Is likely that un less the stnte provides some protec tion the stockmen will organize nnd place a bounty of about $1.00 for each coyote. At one dollar for his scalp aud fifty cents tor his hide, which can always be obtained' from fur dealers, the coyote would lie a very profitable bag for the hunter or trapper. John H. Tonnlngsen. The death of John IL Tonnlngsen last Monday night removed from our midst oue of the oldest if not the old est man in the county. Mr. Tonnlng sen was over S4 years of age. He was taken seriously 111 last week and continued to grow worse uutil death releaved his sufferings. Mr. Ton nlngsen leaves two sons, Charley and Asm us, and one daughter, Mrs. 1L C. Whitworth all of Lakeview to mouru his death. Tho remains were Interred in the I. O. O. F. cemetery at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday. Mr. Ton- ningsen when a young man iu Ger many accumulated considerable wealth and came to America several years ago and, locating at Bidwoll, Calif., where he lived till a few years ago when ho removed to Lakeview and retired from active business life ho had purused bo many years. Bank Will Open May 1st. S. O. Cressler, cashier of the First National bank of Lakeview, arrived here from Cedar v tile lost week ac companied by his wife. The new bank will open about the first of May The safe and vault door have been ordered, and the safe was shipped from San Francisco on Monday. Plans for a building are now under consideration. It Is quite likely that a two story, brick building, 42xS0 feet, will bo put up. Halt of tho ground floor will be used for tho bank, the rest of the building being used for purposes not yet decided up on, rue building win be one or tue best structures In Lakeview. Society sets the pace for fashions but Just because the Roosevelt boys have tho mumps, there will not be many boys found trying to get the disease, r