Show gets mixed up in the oregon land frauds washington june 2 the designation by judge A B gilbert of the ninth cli cult of judge de haven of the northern noi thern district of california as presiding judge in the trial of the land fraud cases in oregon has led to some embarrassment among officials here the recent death of judge who was to have tried these cases caused a vacancy in the oregon als trie it practically had been determined by the president and attorney general that judge hunt unu anu ed states judge of the district of montana should succeed judge in the trials and that the appointment of judge sue cessor should not bo made immediate ly at this point judge gilbert exercising authority which he showed ho had directed that judge DC haven should try the cases this was displeasing to officials of the department of justice and a telegram was sent to judge gilbert b Sl lorney general moody inquiring by what authority he had directed judge po haven to act in the trials thus far no reply has been received to that telegram the result of the situation will be Is uncertain and whether the action of judge gilbert will be overruled may depend on the reply he makes to the attorney generals inquiry ENGLAND AND JAPAN closer alliance is now being considered t london juno 2 lord lansdowne secretary for foreign affairs in the absence of premier balfour who is presided at the dinner of agents last night replying to the toast of the health of mr balfour lord lansdowne Lans lowne referred to the hope expressed for a renewal of the anglo alliance and said eliat the only question would bo as to how best to strengthen the existing alliance never were the relations between france and great britain better or stronger than at present said loid lansdowne and when the inner history of the recent anxious months came to be written it would appear that alio good understandings with france had been the means of gibat ly the friction and troubles which inevitable when a great war was progressing he said that the one great hope of great britain just now was to secure peace in the far beyst lord lansdowne proceeded to speak of the necessity for maintaining the army and navy this necessity was illustrated by japan which had exhibited a spirit of far seeing patriotism that all countries might emulate CORBETT HANLON new referee has been selected for contest san francisco june 3 after lengthy conference following alie resignation of mark as referee or the fight between young corbett and eddie hanlon ned has been chosen to preside the battlo of the lightweights tonight theia was some dissatisfaction in hansona Han lona camp oer the selection of shaugh and ahe prompts y withdrew when he beard of the discontent corbett still remains a favorite in the betting at 10 to 8 the fighters will step on the scales at C tonight and from all indications will ba lit weight corbett weighed a few ounces over pounds when he retired last night and had to do some light work today to reduce hanlon was practically at weight list algat and his exercise today consisted of only a short walk and a arhe LIBERALS VICTORY defeat for balfour government in bye election london june 2 the bye election in the whitby division of the north of yorkshire yesterday following tho succession of ernest W beckett to the grim thorpe peerage owing to tho death of his undo daron grim thorpe april ath resulted in the of a liberal by a majority over gervas E beckett unionist brother of the last member for whitby thin was a crushing defeat for the government as the election was tough mainly on the fiscal question and in vl of the tact ahat whitby had been a conservative stronghold tor twenty years |