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- mill LAKKVIEW, LAKE COUNTV, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNK It!, 1901. VOL. XXV. Official Count For Lake County, Election June 6th, J904, I mt V RETURNS OF ELECTION flURDER OR ! SUICIDE?! 'I'hi' i'ort Irimt Orcgonlnn (if .S litheontnlii ii long nitl;le bearing llll I III (ll'lttll of .I. '. I'lMIII Mllll tin-; -lu-cp killing that look place In thoj noi't lici'ii I'lirl of Lake county about , Hint lime A band of 2'MHI tdiecp were killed In l-Vhrtiary, Couiriuet! li'ltlll oil March itli. hi body WilH found on April 21t. n coroner' Jury I'i'lliriicil a verdict of ndf destruction tunl then another baud of sheep win : killed April -'Mil. All these fact are j reiterated In the Orcgonlaii' article, and iiuiii.v other, Mrongly nvanclng I hell ry Unit Mr. Conn wn imir-j lered. New evidence wan taken up : and sifted to help U ar out tho the- i ory. When the coroner' jury said that .1. C. Conn met death at hi own hand, most people In Lake county meepted Hut verdict, but It wem that there wen noiuu who did not lllevo that such wo the caw, and It Id evident that noiuu one ha tieen working constantly on the cno since mid occasionally a few fact leak out and lire pulillHhed In the Oregonlan. J On May n that pnT contained a: long article dated at Lakevlew, Init j It In 1m lievetl that the article wan; written mi. mew here clue, In which the murder theory win ad vaiiced. The j writer of these article twist tin cor-1 oner' verdict around In hiicIi a man-1 ner that to the caual reader the ev-l Monro would not Juntlfy nucha vcr-i diet. i 'The condition of the body w hen j fmiud on llic morning of April 21, In j ;i reasonably good slate of preMerva- j lion, pn r found iK'tfcctly dry In' (he pocket, with no sign of ever having I'eeii wit, hi white whirl and i-uff M-rfit tly smooth, never having Imh'ii wet. a diary that Mr. Conn nl-1 way carried with lilin In which In j recorded l.U dally transaction be- j lug missing, (Ik key to hi More, found on the body, the henvy Htoriu j all through March, when huow and rain in unprecedented quantity fell, the ground being frozen hard or. the morning of March 4th, the bullet i that passed through the body where it lay fouiiil ix luchc under the sur face of the ground, nil thl I brought out 10 substantiate the writer' theory that J. t'. Conn was iiiurdcl'eil on March Ith, that the murderer hc.il relied the body, took the diary, alo took the key to the Htore, wont to the store and got Conn's revolver, concealed the body until Home time In April, when It wn taken to tho pasture where It wn fount), placed it on the ground nm II red another nliotlntolt with Conn's revolver and placed tho gun at hi sldo. That after tho Jury found a verdict of suicide, the murderer felt Miifo and proceeded to kill another band of sheep. I low much of thl could bo proven If both Hide of the cae were prosont ed with their full force, we do not attempt to say, but there are Home who will never be atilled utiles the case I more closely ferreted out, and If there ha bet n iv crime committed t lie guilty one should be puulshc'd according to tho law, Tho ntate Hccm to bo Impressed with tho iiuir der theory or tho governor would not have offered a reward for tho murderer of J. C. Conn. Whether or not tho relative of Mr. Conn tiro satisfied with tho verdict of sulcldo wo are not Informed, but It they uro not, tho governor' reward will probably bo Jricrcnod. Xami-s of t'ainlUlntfs iiikI Ofllres Ft I It ( f . f i It KSSM. I A' . lioiihl I'm tilniu-r It cviii mm ' It. I'. I.' II in i Si tl IC. M. Viiii Ii Iim nm .irsririjoF sri'iu;ii: enrnr ('. .. Hrlftht I'm f. Mlkkihni ' '. .1. Mhoii- IU'i Tims. (I'Piy luiii l int IkMHY A Sl 'vm ill niM. .1. If. Utility . M'. Iti-rry S. M. UitiiKlnx A'. HnsuiUHM'tt it in a iter it jvnci: I'm fM Sf 11. . I If n mm . liufur Ii-iii II. K. Uhiiiih Iti-n J. It. Si ll 1m run j'jtosixvTisa attoiis'ky :. M. llrnttnln lii-p H". J. Monro "' FOll JOIST SKSATOll V. A. llooth 1 f m J. A. Laycoik Itrp 1(111 JOIST IIEVRESESTATIYES .. f. (irimth J. S. Shook .'. v. h. Slelm-r Ili-p .. A. Taylor COt'NTY r.MIOATK ronsiiEitirr r. M. HukP Ih m A', v. Hindi it rt Iteft loll CLE UK E. S. .hi i nisli lie ft A. W. Mitnrhix I'l-iii foil TllEASVllEK l O. Ahhlrom ...Urp r. 7. Uvrnnnl Hem roll ASSESS! Ill r. rmhiwii i'ri' V. l. Wt'st 1 H-lii roit school srrEitiXTESDEXT j. o. wants '' l'Oll SLllVEYOlt C. E.Moorv " ; 1 ill I OMMISSIOXEIIS ..lll-ll .IH-Ul r. if. it-nt.... .. C. Iitttlxou. LochI Option .vca Locul ojttlon no I'liumry Xoinlnittlon Law jeN I'rlitmry Xuminntioii Law no Total nmiilter votes cant Wi MlltsM- IS?? SUUli f ? c 1 ; r ; 's'6 - :, a i :t :. o o 2 1 0 0 tro D7 iri s ;i i!) :!-' i -'w w -' : 0 0 :, ii 4 i) 0 :t 0 0 1" 'M II Yi in '2 :ti l" '! h 1" ' :t n 11 4 :s -i - - 11 2 11 7 0 11 :i 1 -' 1 -;! !).-) r, :, Hi K, r,- :u Jt W 2 22 22 41!) 214 21 14 11 4') 22 Xt hi '' ''' h- l 1)1 C 27 .V) ra 32 1!) 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Frank A. Moon for Supreme Judge wa elected by over 22,000 plurality; J. W. IJailey for Fol ComtniHMloner 1 j by over 20, IKK). Hermann has l-en j returned to Congre by over 7.WK) I from the flrnt dltrlct and WillJam ; Hon from the wcond by clout to 14, UxM). II. L. IVnon wa elected Cir cuit Judge for thl dlrlct by about 1200 and II. K. Hanna by over 800. John A. Laycock wn elected Joint Snator from thl diwtrlct comprlB lug like, Klamath, Crook and Grant tiy 454. R. E. liee Stelner for Joint Reprm-ntatlre ha the largext majority of any candidate in the district of Lake, Klamath, Crook aud Grant. 8telner has 67.) over Taylor (Item.) and 651 over Griffith (Item). Steluer received 2301 vote in the dltrlct. John S. Shook majority over Taylor is 491, and over Griffith 467 in the district. W. J. Moore (Item) wa elected District Attorney for Lake and Klamath coun tie over Brattain (Rep) by 80 majority. II K. Khinehart (Rep) wa elected Sheriff of Iake county by 129 major Ity; A. W. Manrlng (Item) was elect ed Clerk by 37; F. O. Ablstrom ',Rep) wa elected Treasurer by 1C2; V. 1. West ( Item ) was elected Aaeor by 134; C. WVltent (Rep) was elected CommlHsioner by 209, J. Q. AVilliM (Rep) had no nppoMitlon for School Suierintendeut, and C. E. Moore (Item) had no opposition for Sur veyor. J. V. Bayley (Rep) was elected Justice of the Fence In Lake-view. Tbno marked with a are pluralities. YOUNa-MEKYrOkD. t State's Claim Rejected. Last Sunday at 1 o'clock at the Governor Chamberlain ha recelv home of the bride' parent. Mr. and ! the full text of the decision of the Mr. W. P. ller.vford, In Lakevlew.ln the presence of a few relative Mr. John Young of Missouri and Mis Edna Ileryford wero Joined In holy matrimony by Rev. J. B. Stark of tho M. E. church. Mr. Yonng 1 a young mlulster and a bright fellow whose futuro Is very bright with a life mate such as ho has chosen. Tho bride la a Lake view girl of every accomplishment possessed by her sex. Miss Ilery ford met Mr. Young in California w Julio sho wiib on a visit with rel atives near Mlllvlllo where Rev. Young had a elmrgo. Mls Ilery ford wn a very popular young lady and her departure from Lakevlew will bo regretted. , Tho happy couple left for the East on their honeymoon Monday morn ing. They will visit tho St. Louis fair, before returning to Albnny, Mo., where they will make their future home. Tho Lakevlew 15nud planned a serenade for Mr. nnd Mr. Young Sunday evening, but fulled to 11ml their lodgings. Tho Examiner wishes the happy couplo a llfo of hnpplness. Secretary of tho interior rejecung the claim of the State of Oregon to the Hwanip lauds within the Klam ath Indian reservation. Briefly stat ed, tho decision quote tho swamp land net of 1S0O, which specifically provide that the grant to the stute shall "not lucludo any lands which tho Government may have reserved, sold or disposed of (In pursuance of any law heretofore enacted) prior to tho confirmation of title to be mado under tho authority of tho Bald act." Tho treaty creatlug tho Klamath, reservation was not mado until 18G4 but the decision holds that tho title or right of occupancy by tho Indians existed prior to that time, as recog nized by tho act of 1S4 establishing tho territorial government of Or egon. Oregoulan. Local Option Sweeps the State. Local Option has swept the state by about 2500 majority. Multnomah eouuty polled the heaviest vote against the measure, estimated at 2,000, but other heavily populated counties have wiped away this majority. Tho counties lu which local option carried are Baker, Ben ton, Clackamas, Coos, Crook, Doug las, Gilliam, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Morrow, Polk, Sherman. Tillamook, Umatilla, Unton, Wheeler and Yamhill. The counties opposed to the measure are, Clatsop, Columbia, Multnomah. Mal heur, Washington, Wasco, Grant, Curry, Lake, Klamath, Marlon, Wallowa. Tho direct Primary law has received an astounding majority, which will pass 25,000. Legislature. Will Be Republican. The next Oregon Legislature will consist of 73 republican, one Inde pendent republican and 10 democrats, a gain of two republicans over the legislature of 1003. Tho senate will have 21 republicans uud C democrats and tho House will have 50 republi cans and 10 democrats. Wadsworth Is No More. Tho town of Wadsworth, Nevada, Is to bo completely wiped off the map. Wadsworth was a thrlvlug terminal of a Southern Pacific line, aud changes have mado It necessary for tho compauy to move their work shops to a ucw town called Sparks. Tho company has donated lots to its 200 employees and will move their dwellings free of charge. The work of moving is rapidly going on and within a few weeks Wadsworth will bo no more. Big Time on the Fourth. The Fourth of July committees have been meeting about two to three times a week arraugiug for the elaborate program which will be published next week. Fire works were telegraphed for Tuesday morn ing. As soon as lumber can be had work will commence on tho platform and seata lu the court yard. F. P. Light, S. F. Ahlstrom and W. B. Snltler are the committee on general arrangements, and efficient commit tees have been appointed to take charge and carry out tue different events of the day. There will be no horse races on that day so the en tire duy will be devoted to special amusements for both young and old. Graham's band has been engaged to furnish music for the occasion. This Is an attraction Itself as the boys have been practicing on some fine music tor the occasion. Band music, speaking, singing, parades, reading of the declaration of Independence, and delivery of the oration will take up the fore part of tho day. Tho shady grove can be used tor picnic dinners. In tho after noon, toot races, children's races, and amusements of all kinds, iuter- spersed with music by tho baud, will make the day one of pleasure and recreation. Tho fire works at night will bo something worth coming a long way to see. From all ludlcatlous there will bo tho largest crowd Visit Lakevlew this Fourth that has ever attended a celebration here. People from all parts of the country are planning to come to Lakevlew to spend tho Fourth of July. This fact has urged the committees to their utmost to arrange for a gala day. - . 1-