Post on 27-Jun-2020
transcript
now today
VOL LXXINO 180 NEW YORK SATURDAY vFEBRAiR Y 27 1904 PRICE TWO CENTS
eof
t in
1 j
purlTttII104 Pri lin CllldrubliMn AepcfCllfolli
i
iJF i
bi Thcun
<
<
ROCHESTER ABU
TtB Retail Shopping Distric
Swept by Fire
LOSS ABOUT 4000000
Buffalo and Syracuse Rush En
gines to the Scene
wen Hours Hard Fight Before the FirIs Checked The Rochester Dry Goo
Building the Big Drparment Store of Slblry Lindsay Jt CurT
Sherbnrnes Drpartnwrstore and the Walkover Shoe Company
Are Among the Firms Darned
93000000 Worth of Dry CootConsumed About Two Acre Burnt
Fire Probably Came
hy Defective Clretrlo WIre
KOCBESTEB Feb 26 After an allfight tho fire which swept Rochesterretail shopping district causing a less c
between I4000000 and 3000000 and throbg at least three thousand persons out o
work has been subdued It Is theserious fro that has over visited RochesterStarting at 450 oclock this morning thlames raged with a fierce fury and withinsix hours the damage was done
Several of the citys handsomestcostliest commercial structures are laid t-
wins The northeast corner of the junctionof Main and St Paul streets extendingup Main as far as the piano store of GibbonA Stone is completely gutted extendingdown St Paul Steel to the Cox Building thloeais In area thodistrict covered not quite two acres cground but It would have been difficultto have selected anywhere In the city cRochester a similar space where Ruesweeping damage could be done
Tho loss In realty while great la not mudgreater Ulan the loss of personal propertIn the shape of dry goods and office fixingsThe Immense department store of SibleyLindsay k CWT one of the largest betweoiNew York end Chicago is practlcallwiped out Tbo stock in tho big reta-etoro valued at 380000 and Insured fo300000 destroyed with the oxceptloiof a small salvage of Bilks valued at 230ttThe stock In the wholesale departmentvalued at 1200OCO and Insured for 1000000 was totally destroyed This firmoccupied tho entire ground floor of thiOraplte Building on the corner and thowarble building owned by the tato olC the two storesdir6tTjr nnept d In the rear aim con
Aafoi store of Slblftj tJdsiC-wrr Trisitiie big dry goods store o-
Bradje felierburee carrying a stockof next won the store of the
Dry carrying a stocof Every of ROods
in these stores was consumed and th-
bulldinRS aro razed toBTOiirtd the walls that did not fall in
being pulled down in theThe actual loss In dry goods that
wentrup in smoke In n few hours this morn-Ing was approximately 2COO000 withenough salvage to make a good fire sale
Fortunately there were no fatalitiestlthough a number of njhrow escapesreported and only two firemen received
not serious The blow isthat will affect Rochester business menwriocsly but it is one that they will bi
able quickly to rally from and theprospectin-re that insido of six months new build-Ings will be ready for occupancy and tintrade of the city will go on without
Hie Qranito Building which is asllreprpof as can b made by modern
stands looming up high in the air IU
walls uninjured its floors safe and itsintact The fire has completely guttedthe inside of the building the flames goingfrom story to story and from room to roomlicking up every article of Inflammablematter that could be found but leavingpractically unharmed the granite thebrick in the walls and the steel and ironthat bound them together
There is nothing left of any of the otherbuilding They have been razed toground with the exception of a few wallthat are not considered dangerous enoughto require immediate removal Allfront walls are down so that traffic on on-
side of Main and St Paul streets can toresumed tomorrow morning and streetcar traffic opened Fire lines were maintamed all day and all night from Waterstreet to Clinton avenue almost stoppingbusiness for an entire day in the busiedpart of the city In this territory most othe stores closed their doors as peoplewere not allowed to use the street and couldnot reach these places of business Twohanks theMerchants and the Alliance werewithin the fire lines as well as the HotelEggleston
For the first time in many years Roch-ester called for outside aid In handling
fire Two companies from Buffalo andtwo from Syracuse came to Rochesteraid on a request from the local authoritiesand during the entire day the firemen fromadjoining cities did heroltf work in aidingthe exhausted Rochester firemen in theirtask
The following summary of tho lossetwas made by an insurance expert tonlght
Granite BuIldIng value 1000000 Joes atpresent I3XXX Insurance 1123000
Such Building next vast to Urunltoand ocuplcd by the Sibley Llndnay
CUrr Company value of building 75000Insurance 360000 Total
Bujldlnir owned by Ellwanecr cstat nexteast to Bucll Bullcllntr and occupied by Beadleit Blifrburno Company value of building120000 Insurance M50CO total loss
Cornwall Building next cast to tho Ellanger and Barrr hulldlng and occupied by
th litadli tt Bh rbuniH Company value7JO Injuranci ICflOW total lota-
irlcy Building rinxt cast to the CornwallB illdlnp and occupied by the ftochenter Dryocds Company value ISiWO Insurance
s0wxi total lossBuilding occupied by Walkover Shoe Com
Continutd on Second Pope
r
Com ns
OfIdle
Out
OrThe
day
moet
and
equaUycompleto burned
was
big
tg C JJiiell
theIIW
the y
of
O i
I dollars worth
the elvc thethe
not
are
one
Inter-
ruptionnearly
root
the
the
Build-Ing k
2
hJ
j
ben
neccdpnt Iaul street was vholo
Roch-ester
after-noons
build-ers
baa
>
>
AFTER INFANTICIDE SYNDICATE
Philadelphia Coroner Makes Startllni IIicovrrlf f OO Oodles Found In 0 MonthiP-
iiTLADELpittA Feb 28 Since Janthe bodies of twentyseven babiesbeen found on tho streets of this cityMany of tho infants wore only a few houiold During tlie closing month ofyear sixty bodies were picked up inand In culverts and Coroner Dugan beganan investigation
Dlscoverlw have been sensational anafter a rigid Inquiry four baby farmsnow under police surveillance
Implicated in the affair are a numberphysicians and nurses Three of the babfarms aro located In tho northwestern
of the city where seventeen oftwentyseven bodies have been foundWhile ninety bodies have been discoverswithin the last six months the Coroneroffice has Information that many morewere disposed of by cremation The pollchave evidence of the existence of the eramatory but so carefully have its operationbeen concealed that they have few clueas to Its whereabouts This is the onlink miMing in the otherwise completchain against the infanticide syndicate
The establishment which boasts ofcrematory is for the use of exclusive patronThe baby farms provide for the needs c
those less wealthy The police say theexpect to prove that both areunder the same management
Nothing will be left undone by me tout the evil which I considerof all Coroner Duga
today I it my duty to seethe guilty persons aro punished to the fu
extent of tho law
JEWELS WERE MRS RUOADESi
And Same Usa Found ValuablesIn a ton Train Too
The New York woman who lost 3
worth of jewelry in a parlor ear while o
her way to Boston a few days ago was MnJohn Hareen Rhondes Jr of 103 ac
Thirtyfifth street Inspector McCluskgot a description of tho jewelry yesterdaand his men are the pawnshophere Tho police have donesame thing in that city bit so far withoiresults
Mrs Rhoades went to Boston to vialher brother David P Kimball of 18 Corn
monwalth avenue Hhe was aecompanieby a woman Mrs Rhoades carrie-
a small and in it wan acontaining her jewelry When she boardethe train ahe examined the satchelfound the contents intact In the parloear the put the satchel beside her and dldnilook at it again until she reached her destinntion
When she got to her brothers housomiMed her valuables It WAS riotthe following advertisement appeared thatpublio attention attracted to tli loss
1500 reward and no questions asked foreturn of aliox of jewelry rontalninv a pearnecklace sapphire and diamond ring nnmany other pieces of JewelrY Itfst betweciNew York end Boston on Feb II Marcus-Co W4 Fifth averse New York
paper In which thjta appeareiwas another
to a jcwelr fijti cn train
Four oclork train Xnw Ycrk to 8prihgHeland Boston Feb 18 Occupant of seat No
recover Jewel br writing LyndonInrpector said yesterday hi
didnt know that there was any connoctloibetween tho two advertisements At tinhome Rhoades word was sent to al
she had lost her jowelsdidnt care to discuss the lo
STATUE Of XAfOLEOX TOO
o Be Placed In Clone Proximity to Tinof Frederick the Great
WASHINGTON Feb 26 Plans for placIngstatue of in the grounda or
Army War are made atWar Department The Napoleon statuewill be In cloeo proximity to that of Fredcrick the Great which was presented ti
by Emperor WilliamBaron Speck von Stemburg the Gerroai
Ambassador was at tho War Departmenttoday for the purpose of getting informa-tion in regard to the proposed site for thestatuo of Frederick the Great The statuebaR not bw sent from Germanythe Emperor Is anxious to knowlust what the authorities hero Intend to
io with itAt the time the statue wm offered the
lutboritieH here were somewhat perplexed
is to finding place for it Tho old arsenalrounds whore It was planned to erect thewar college was sui eflted and then thejfflcers proposed that a site in front 01
ho college building might be sot apartor several such statues no that the me
to the great German soldier wouldofficers were of
ipinlon that the collection would not bicomplete however without a statueSapoleon The proposition has receivedhe approval of the General Staff and theexretary of War
JAIL FOR VXION MEN
ilcBo Jadse Sentence Five forhatIng Injiinetloii
CHICAGO Feb Zfl Judge Hoklom hasgain held Franklin Union No 4 of
Feeders guilty of violating the In
of the court and hat sentencedlye of Its members Including the presidento The action which was broughty Chicago Typothot charged theranklln Union and members withiolatlng the injunction Inter
with nonunionThe union waa fined 1000 J M Shea
secretary was fined JUKI and sentencedo six months in the President
Verner was fined to jail formonth Jerome Collins got two
Harry Brown was ordered im
risoned for forty days and Michaeltannery was sentenced to thirty days in
his finding Judge Holdom declaredhat the members of the union had beenroved to have intimidated other workersrho were employed at plants which had
ome under the of the union
NlterlnIaw of Della Fox a Kutclcle
ST Feb 28 Mrs Emma FoxFox of Della
ox committed suicide yesterday afterby inhaling illuminating gas Her
daughter testified at the Coroner inquestbat when she left the house thatIrs Fox seemed to be in good spirits
PIXKBUFMT AM CAMDKNl o rd Air Line By Tbrnutb
lepers best service OWce IIM lK j
1
haveI
lastalleys
areI
otI
i
theI
I
I
I
I
the
I
operate I
I
sap thecrime Sd
that
Ont Left
I
I
torchingthe
trend box
and
shE
I
I
I
I
I
lat advert ement
off but
a Sap thebeing the
Government
yet
moral the
of
Pre
jai
retrainingterence
Itscounty lS2
the
jai
lan
LUISwife and
noon
I I
sec-
tion
nut
was
re-
lating a Boston
t-
will
this
anddefinitely
Via
Ills
its
sisterInlaw
>
¬
SniPMAKER ARGUES FOR A
AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINl
Fifty of the Leadlnc Shipbuilderowners and Merchants of theJoin With Members of I
Spontaneous Burst
WASHINGTON Feb 20 The unu uspectacle was presented this afternoonsome fifty of the leading shipbuildershipowners and merchant of the UniteStates joining with members of CongmIn a spontaneous and hearty aplaueo at the words of an everyday wortman The rude eloquence of Donald Craford of Baltimore representing the Brotheihood of Boilermakers and Iron Shlpbullcere in pleading the cause of Americaworkmen in the shipbuilding businesiswept the members of the anthespectators from their feetand at thclose of his remark the applause hasteseveral minutes
Trained In the shipyards of the ClydCrawford had worked In the Americayards on the Pacific on the Atlantic anon the Great Lakes and his appeal I
of his follow craftsmencouched I
language and flavored with aScotch Lurr was almost pathetic
The bill under discussion was the one whlcl
confirms the extension of the coastwistrade laws to the transoceanic trade between the United States and the Philippineexempting the interIsland traffic
As American workmen building shipsCrawford we are practically obsolete
I am proud of the history of the Americamorchant marine but am humiliated tthink of its downward course of late yeanAt thE plant of Arthur Sewall A Co aBath Me it was my pride and pleasur-to work on the first steel sailing ship bullIn an American yard Now I am humiliateto know that time plant is tied up andonly profit in It Is the rust eating up thmachinery Look for the merehantmarinbuilding at Point there Is notmicroscope powerful enough to find 11
The shipyards arc depending on UnclSam for a bare existence AtNews you are building naval vessels o
first class to protect what Not ou
commerce for we have noneMr Crawford criticised Senator Gorman
course In favoring internal improvementIn preference to a navy
have 20000 men belonging to ouibrotherhood wakfng tim streets todayhe said or donning brickj at 1175 a dayor something of Hint port when If givesa chance to exorcise their art they wouldbe receiving tt50 n day listened witmuch Interest to Oov Taft he wm so-
IntoroiteJ in the little brown man Hf-
loas boon under an atmosphere antagonisticto pure American sentiment AreAmerican mechanics of today to Ixi MriHeed to the little brown man I bray
heard the howl of the Cordage Trust whichliaR destroyed conlajje factorieshave millions elrjco thq
the Philippine Shame to you amiit Us that American good go in BritU-
lrarapi or French vessels-
Applausol i-
ress to the capital I hopn the future capital arid labor Hfl cooperateo wo cnn build hlr aachenp on this Bidif the water an on time other Give us
and it will stimulate our pride where
now we have to hang ouf heads In shameJo you wonder why wo donot excel In the
of shipbuilding It Is because wo have
driven from San Francisco to NewNews and from MtiM to Sparrowiin search of work
It seems that everything being doneo prevent the American flag from Uoatlni-
in iwas You ore voting today on the
Naval bill providlrR for great battleshipcruisers not equalled of Johnn
lull himself to guard what Not our com
force for that is carried in foreign bottomsVe talk about being a world Power on thecas when BO per cent of our commerces under foreign flags You aro spendlnj-
nillior3 of dollars in dredging channeland harbors and building docksorelgn vessels can come in andlommorce
You would not have us degrade ourelves wear poorer clothes live in poorerrouses and oat cheaper food BO that we carlompete with tho foreign workmen wouldrou If you would there you would crushIB and we would never have the aspirationif true citizens Go along the Great Lakeroin Buffalo to Duluth On the Canadian
ide you see bleak shores on the Americanide populous cities For why
lie carrying trade of the Lakes isected But what do you find on tho coast
You find American shipping entirely at thenercy of foreign subsidized vessels
Appeal for sympathy not only for the littlebut for the 20000 American
Mechanics seeking work in American
was heartily congratulatedly members of the committee and othersiresent after the applause had subsided
B 8 Sawall of Arthur Sawall t Co thebrine BhipbulLlere Alfred Wlnscr olbenton who owns ships running fromuget Sound to the Orient Presidentrcutt of tho Newport Shipbuilding andry Dock Company and H A Kelly oi
represented the AmericanIhipbuildlng Company also addressed the
NEWS FOR MAYOR
Slloer Inform Him That the City
Is XonPnrtUan and He Smiles
Mayor McCIellan gave a publiceaterdoy on the proposal which has
by the Service Commlssloof the Tax Depart
jent exempt Representatives of tha CIvil
ervice Reform Association the MerchantsMociatlon tho City Club the Citizens
Union and other organizations urgedMayor to disapprove the schemeWhen the Rev Dr Slicer began to proton
m behalf of the City Club ho said ThisIn nonpartisan and lisa among iu
men to both partiesObserving the Mayor Dr Sllcei-
Ided I said that thoughtould be novs to you
It Is tho Mayor answeredThe Mayor will give his decision in a ten
HB Wilt undoubtedly approvetaken by the Civil Service Corn
ibxlon
DeerfootThere b Bothlnr more d Uihtfi
winter1 t Try a pound
t
Country
COlea
of
bat strong
the
I
port
o
the
Theyn-
ot
ldl
a1a S
thework
art
Pointis
and
so
carrY
Bat
brown monshi-
pyard
Cleveland who
TiEDr Club
been
approve Chidl
the
mingIt
day the
I
I Farm
I for aIdr
ELOQUENT 1RKNS PLEA
Shill
burtof
said
Sparrows
the
t-
rued
It Is unr j ntinUe-eiIrCrtwford to gaha66rti1ito Cpri
been
port
by those
that
ornznit tee
hearing
tubwro
Sausageretlzias and
package
9
<
FLAMESTaREALtENWHOLEttLOC
Fire Bouts ave It Pumping Salt Wat-
13SOOO Damage
The five story factory building in Wasington street extending from Thirteento Fourteenth street and back ISO fee
toward Ninth avenue was practically d-
etroyod this morning In a spectacular tim
which gave the firemen a stiff fight
The fire started in a
filled with paper and benzine in thecorner of the building
cupied by the Autographicpaiiy The nearest fire box atof Fourteenth street wa out of order
and when Pollceraaa Flynn two block
away turned in an alarm the fire hadgood start Tho firemen arrived to fin
the flames spouting from the roof an
threatening whole block
Four alarms were sounded in quick prdc
and Chief Croker sent searchligland an extra water tower Ih
vwas poor and this cause
more trouble The two fireboatsHewitt and the New Yorker prevented
serious disaster They steamed up to th
foot of Thirteenth street andof salt water on the burning B
130 oclock the fire was under control
Borne of the firms burned out werePincus in shoes the New
West Charlea Kostei
butcher arid Sons dealers i
butter and eggsChief Croker put thedamage at J125000
nor SHOT MYSTERIOUSLY
Inllet From the Dark May Be Fatal t
Max Danzigerje years old was shethe bck by some unidentified pereoi
while he was standing with twohist night in front of his home n
70 worth Seventh street WJllfamsbursis Eastern District Hospital in
critical condition It was about 10 oclocwhen theshootng occurred
Young Danzlgor was saying goodnighto his friends August Hucker of 63 Witherstreet arid Duran of 93 Cornell
had been spending the oveninwith him Tho were standing withtheir backs to There wasreport and Max full to the ground withcry of pain The other boys shoutedseveral men canto and the woundedlad Into a saloon ambulancewas summoned
Hoth boys say thatthe person whothe shot must stood on theMde of the the opposite side o
the street from where tho boys were standIngis tenement house occupied largelyby Italians
Sharp of the Bedford avenue poliodetailed all his detectives to
rareThe lads fattier IH an auctioneer in New
York and hoeiys that he has no cncmlethAt he knows cf-
rttrKfnny till Orrtcn
f T TOUIS Mo Feb lohn Kennythe faithful porter of the Lzcl9e Hotel
a mustard plaster on the wrong gli e-
ay force early totay Kenny Is notfor his strict obeienco to pners Col
Prltchard him to go to roomapply a muatnn plaster whim lindbeei-rcer by n physician for
Fire sick was room 33 Pritchdn-ola the the guest might objec
jut to pay no htel to his remonstroncesKenny found the door of 37 unlocked
ind hi man asleep With plaster roodn one hand he awakened him
What is it growled the guestYour mustard plaster It is all
o put onMustard plaster the devil Get outOh thats all right smiled Kenny
knowingly Come now put it onWih that he turned buck the covering
end defly held hU man down while iui-
pplled the poultice The guest was furiousend tearing it off he dressed and then
an interview wi h tho clerk Whet10 let Col Pri chard had a vivid impreelore that ho needed an asbestos curtaino fall In front of counter in case o
uture emergencies
TARRED AXD FEATHEREDricllance Committee In Shfrburnr N Y
Punishes Man WIle Annoyed WomenUTICA Feb Callahan ai-
bjcctionable character living in Shermrne was treated to a dose of tareathera on Wednesday night anti an hourfas given him in which to got out of townle disappeared and has not been seen ii
locality since Cnllabon specialtythe annoying of unescorted women
le was caught In the act on Wednesdaynight and a vigilance committee quickly
ompleted arrangements for hisHe was lassoed and bound to i
roe Tho regulators then removedoat and shirt and liberally ploaterec
with warm tar after whichppllod feathers His clothing was thenanded him and ho was warned to quit
WOMEN SINGERS MUST GO
rocklyn Catholic Churches to Carrythe Popes Order Immediately
At the regular conference of the Catholiclergy of the diocese of Brooklyn held 01hursday at St Johns Seminary BishopIcDonnell called attention to the mandatef X requiring the removal of
In the choirs of the variouschurches and the substitution of boy choirshe Pope declared that the pretenco owomen as singers in the choirs was clearlyladmleslble according to the strict rubricsf tho Church Figured music was alsoeclared to bo hatter out of the mass tinlain chant or Gregorian music alone tosodVery few of the Catholic churches
irooklyn have boy choirs In fact almostvervchurch in the dioceee bad from one
half a dozen women whoso sing ng hoiGen one of the attractions of time serviceso remove them from the choirs and
boys and men will make necessaryvast the style of music to
R H ilACY COSiUurint In tile lightest and best ventl-
tnJ In tbe cIty Table fiifakMstuaolieon stood cnoklnc tad quickJi M to V UAOl-a what other way b so w U In
salad teens person of The Yearrack Newa cents at tewsileiler
ando
aI
th J
for two
enla
pump
Hendeer j
MilE
In
He Intho
who
boy
andcried
firhave
1
station the
rLS7ERtJ Tl 1NPOt t8
put
17 and
otUIO guestsman
ready
had
tit
a26Patrick
and
thatwas
punish-
menthis
him they
the
Pop
be
In
sub-
stitutea chang be
largestand
seca ii
can lit y cent
fourth story room
south-
western
ha come
Abram-
S
Max Drtnzlger
school-
mates
street
Had and Followee-
Em hm Mjit ot
toll
one
owl
Out
all
a
irs
foreicn
S
>
JURY FINDS MACBENGUILT
ALSO TIlE GROFF BROTHERS AXGEORGE E LORENZ
The Defendants Convicted on All TwelvCounts Maximum Penalty 1OOOFine and Two Years Imprisonmenon Each Count Notice of Appeal
WASHINGTON Feb 28 The jury In thMach nOroffLorenz conspiracy trial aSIa
being out for nine hoursat 8 tonighreturned a verdict of guilty as Indicteeagainst former Superintendent Machen o
the free delivery division of the Poet OfftoDepartment George E lorenz the
manufacturer of Toledo Ohio
and Samuel A and Dilter B Groff oWashington Inventors and manufacturer-of the Groff patent letter box
The Indictment was M
of tho Revised Statutes and containstwelve counts Conviction was had on alof them The defendants were confldenof acquittal and were dumfounded athe verdict Counsel for the defence im-
mediately gave notice of a motion for i
new trial and requested a stay ofLater the bonds of the defendant
were renewed pending appeal and thewere released on 20000 The
penalty Is 10000 imprison-
ment for two on each countEven the prosecuting officers were sur-
prised at the conviction of Samuel A Groff
In his closing address to tho jury yesterdayHolmes Conrad former SolicitorGenera-of the United States and specialfor the Government in the Post Office casessaid to the jury that he believed Samuel A
Grbff to be innocent thut heGr ff wgj
not present when the conspiracy washatched and that he should not be con-
victed nut he was found guilty justeame
The jury retired at 11 oclock this morning after thecharge byJustice PritchardAt1130 the jurors stood 7 to S for conviolion at l30 8 to 4 at 3 oclock 0 to 3 a5oclock 10 to y and Rt 730 the balloshowed that they were unanimous foconviction
Justice Pritchard who had adjournedcourt at 3 oclock when the jury reporteno agreement was sqnt for and arrived athe City at 8 oclock The dingycourt twentyfive yearsthe offenders were triedacquitted and where many other fomoucases have been heard was comfortablyfilled The defendants were chattiniamong themselves as the jury flied hi amapparently were absolutely confident Bthey have sp often stated of
When Peterson tthe you found the defondants guilty cr not guilty replied ii
a voice audible all over the court roomGuilty as indicted on nil counts the de
fcndants looked absolutely astoundedMachcns jaw dropped and he stared at thi-
juryKas if hodidnt understand what hathappened Mrs Lorenz whc was Indlcteiwith her husband Mochcn find the Orol
l utwho T OS dischargedweeks ago on to
there having boonwith oi conspiracy broke
ounselifQrnotice of and attdrj
preiimlnariea the defendants yruhad been in custody all day were releaseon renewed hail
Payne and tho otheiofficers of tIre Post Onico Department whwere active in the scandal investigation
closed were informed of tho resultthemselves as pleoecd that
justice had been donMachen Mr and Mrs Lorenz and
Groff brothers were indicted on twelvecounts alleging conspiracy to defraucthe Government in connection withpurchase of fasteners It was allegedthat the Groffs offered George E Lorenzwho was to be a personal and busrICER Machen then superin-tendent of the free delivery divisiona interest in tho fastener foi
in introduction-It was brought out Loren
never did anything toward pushing thesale of the fasteners having been toldby Machen that the device had alreadybeen adopted by the postal service andivould be Introduced as rapidly as possibleLorenz received 40 per cent of all moneyreceived from the Government by theSroffs one half of which he turned overo Maohen Checks and drafts showing-
he various payments by the Governmento time Groffs by tho Groffs to Lorenz anday Lorenz to Machen were offered injvldence by the Government
The defence admitted tho circle ofmoney but contended that Lorenz had
in in tho Groff fastener and thatill payments by Lorenz to Machen were on
iccouht of a debt of 25000 contractedrears ago The conspiracy had been iniperatlon since 1895
UPTON JAILED FOR POST OFFICE FRAUDS
BALTIMORE Feb 26 C EllsworthL-Tpton who was convicted of conspiracyo defraud tho United States Governmen-
tn a post office contract some monthsago withdrew today the appeal ho hadaken Ho was sent to jail for a year byRidge Thomas J Morris who also imposedi fine of J 1000 The original sentence
wa a fine of 1000 and two years
BROKERS QUEER PLIGHT
Us Former Tenant Sues Him for Allenatln-
PHiLADELrniA Feb 26 Nathaniel Efanney a broker is defendant in a suit
by a woman styling herselfB Cresson who charges him with
the affections of her hifsbamthe broker advanced him money
enough to take a trip out of town Hf-
eclares that the woman prosecuted himo levy blackmail and that her husbandibnlncd the money under threats
The woman and her husband were tennts of a house owned by Junnoy and shoiften called at the brokers office in refirenco to the house After Mrs Cresson
tad called a few times her husband visitedhe broker and him of trying tolienato his He threatnod to expose the broker and Janneydvanced money to him Cresson then
rent away and probably left the citytow the broker is confronted with a suitbrought by the wife who declares thatIr Janney alienated the affections of hermsband
FAMOUS TRAINS TO nORmAN Y H Sparta 210 P M Fla West
odlan Ltd il Uoeacelled sen Ice vUton Atlantic Coast Line 1161 Bw Atff
ocl k
faster
bal
counsel
the
i
Hal oldagoand
acquittalForman
twor the
def nItto tel 4the a
rentthe
theGro
known
I hal Grotl
on the trial that
Impose
Hlr UuI ids
M-
Il
accuseI
8
I
per-
fumery
execu-
tion
maxi-
mum
Star Route
interest
AUUhloji
a Ic
TROOPS TO
Emperor Htt Oc
London H e rSpecial CaN DeipaU to TUB fSUK
LONDON Feb despatch fror
Seoul says that the Cotean Oovernmen
has decided to order Its Join
Japanese army in theIt Is alto announced that the part o
WIju has been opened to foreign
PRINCE HENRYS SON DEAD
owVeatvOliT Boys Fall While FitProves Fatal
Special Dlipatc It STOI
KIEL Feb The son of Prince Henr
ledhere this afternoon The young Prince
he was only 4 years of agefell while aseveral weeks ago and Injured his headwas not considered to be in dngei
till about n week ago when he became
unconscious His parents who were Ii
were hastily summoned to The
iagnoeis of his case wee concussion of
rainCHICAGO FEARS MANY STRIKES
Industrial Troubles Next Month May Af
feet T 00 Workmen
CHICAGO Feb 2flStrikes and lock
are affecting all parts of the city
larch promises to see the extensio-
it industrial trouble until the numbsf Idle people is Increased by thousands
are leaving the city and manuare planning to seek new boa
the end of this month numerousbetween and wage earn
will expire is a list of possible strikes that may begun next wool
ir the week after Involving a total ol
4500 men Wholesale grocery clerks1000 painters and decorators 3500 brow
workers 6000 woodworkers in sash
loor mills 1600 van teamsters 1000
jement finishes 2500 employees of
t Pullman and Burnside 9000
COUNTESS GETS A DIVORC-
Ee De Penlloza Case Moves the Judge tiDenounce Marriage for Titles
ST Mo Feb M A decreedCount Henri De Peniloa
granted today to Marie A F Do
ocilora by Circuit Judge Foster Tb-
ecree was granted by defaultIn awarding the decree Judge Fostei-
lenounced all mothers who are anxious tc
their daughters marryllles Ho said that as a general rule ithe divorce court tho husbands so long ai
they get the money are willing to permithe American wife to have the custody ol
children In the De Penlloza suit theTount did not fight for the custody of his
chiWrep They given to themother
Ir liammer Hays That Found In C4Jora-
dirSnperlor to the Bohemian Material
DENVEH Col Feb fi Colorado alonprobably supply pitchblende to nil
scientists who are experimentingradium William J Hammer for years anisaistant of Edison 100 pounds o-
litchblondo the Woodcounty
Hammer tins tested it and declares
hat it Is BO far ahead of tho matorlal thatCuries have been getting from Bohemiaother places that he feels he has dls
overed a veritable gold mine There ii
enough pitchblende now in sight inWood mine to allow daily shipments ol-
XX tons for months
yIKE SUPERIOR DEAL IS OFF
peer Co Will Now Undertake tbeof the Company
John II Dos Passes of counsel for theHoffly reorganization committee of theConsolidated I ake Superior Company reeived news from Philadelphia yesterday
hat tho negotiations between his cornnltteo und the Canadian Improvement
for a reorganization of tho LakeSuperior company were off As the comnlttee had not met In some time hoje was unableto tell what its exactvould bo but was sure that It would act u-
iccord with Speyer A Co who had treatedhe committee with consideration through
out the transaction-It is understood that as a result of the
allure of the negotiations reorganizeion of the company will now fall naturallyo Speyer Co who managed the ttyndlate which advanced more than t5000OOC-
o the Lake Superior company and hold itsissets bought In at auction as a pledge
Speyer i Co are believed to have a planor the reorganization of the company
nearly completed and this Is expected to-
e put in effect very soon
f4HS SECRETS FOR ttAXKKRS
ledges Cuests at Jersey Ilanquet to
Ills RemarksATLANTIC CITY N J Feb 28 Secretary
of the Treasury was the principalpeaker at tho banquet tonight of the
New Jersey flankers Association at theIhelsea Hotel Hie lion Edward C
an active aspirant for tho gubernatho president of the association
coupled the chair as toastmaster Thepledged themselves not to divulge
he remarks of tho distinguished guestWashington who accepted the nvi-
ation to address the association under theondltion that newspaper men should notie admitted to the banquet hellThere were more than two hundred and
Ifty banking and trust company officialsresent
ale College Makon a Concession to theLaw School
NEW HAVEN Comm Feb 28 It wasinnounced today that the long talked-f concession of Yale College to the Yaletw school has been made Hereafternly six years will be required for a man3 take his degree from the college and Urniw school instead of seven as Is now the
DAILY SERVICE TO PrtEirCRSTPullman Parlor and cars daily via
eaboard Air Line By New York 1JMM and UlO A M 700 A U-
nd 10DO P M Once 1183
C BEN JAPANS AID
tOrN em
27A
trop the
tra de
at
Car
ply
the
rots
Worker
tom
employerere
and
shop
LUIS
the
were
PIn ZilCH IN
the
rivedwin
theand
the
Company
sid
the
Shaw
Stoke
guests
from
rse
le
LaveP
Tag
Berlin Kid
agree-
ments
wasP
have foreigners with
two
IM3WM
sill
Gilpin
Re-
organization
Con-
ceal
Broadwa45r
ARMY NOW
HIT PORT mm i-r flM
Japanese Arrives JJons
the Fleet j jS
FIGHTING IS RENEWED fFailure to Bottle Up the Rw
slant Now Admitted
hessians Expect an Early Attempt to iMUtWill Defend Port Arthur but Art
Said to De Evacuating Dalnr BM1
Sides Report Hlnklng Destroyers itaThursdays Battle Jap Lost No Men
or Ships In Prevlom Desperate Atuvqrtto Close the Port Hoist Sail on TH-
pedo float In an Attempt to D OCtTB
Russians but Rose It PlieowedCzar Writes Letter to Gen Kooropat
kin Wio Goes to Command the Army
Japanese transports are now withbeet off Port Arthur and the Russians ira-
n the alert toresist an attempt to landtsoops
between Admiral Togos fleetf
warships and forts naayesterday when the Japanese
trick Sail was hoistedon-ne boot in an attempt to got closet
but the ruse was di-
iveredGen Pfiugs report of Thursdays flght
ng sixteen Japanese warshipsattack on three Rusfllanjcrulsijra
the forts Later several cruisersdetached from the main Bquadrpn
mode an attack at another point IfioRussians suspected that ano be made to land and sent vroot the invaders but the with
ewThe now admit thatys bottle up the
bet in Port Arthur failed The Russianraisers were outside of the harbor Whe-
hhuredays attack was mode andaside after some exchange of ehote
JAPS PREPARING TO iuWlfcv-
niportiqffPort Arthnr Flfhtlnf KftYesterday
ST PETEBSBUBO Feb 2ft An unofGrM-
lespatch from Port Arthur says thdtrroVJapanese torpedo boats were sljjhtid-
lus morning one under sail which badwith the obviousthe boat The tire
orts opened on them and continued firingintil daybreak without apparent effect
Later the Japanese squadron was teenonvoying what appeared to be transportshe squadron came nearer and at 1145
clock shell and heavy gun lirehanged for forty minutes
Neither side suffered A four sheila j
oil harmlessly into e town A landing
i expectedThe despatch adds that tho Japanese
tcamera that were stranded at the entrance1 tho harbor have been examined Theyrere loaded with coal and kerosene Thereras an electric battery on each steamer-
n a companionway connected with vnirean the holds whore apparently infefjna-
lncchnes were placed Ono steamer Qiat
ras on fire grounded near the cruIsertetvizan Time tire was quenched bynergetlc efforts of tire captain of thee i
ibiriakTIlUKSBAYa FIGHTING
Details of the fighting at Port Arthufc-
eaterdny have been sent by Gen
idmiral AlexieTs Chief of Staff
litustry of WarGen Pflug says that the enemys squad
on consisting of sixteen warships apreached Port Arthur from the Dalny
ide shortly after midnight on Feb 25
nd opened fire against thrco Russian
ruiscra that were standing outside tireinkoUl Bayan and Novik and also against
Und forts Time bombardment lastedalf an hour At its conclusion the cruisesetired into the harborThe enemy them bombarded one of the
batteries for some
then retreated remaining
f tho RuKHlan gunsMeanwhile four Japanese cruisers 8 p
sled from the main squadron and wontGolubinaja Bay where they opened
eavy fire upon ono of the Russian torpedooats stationed in the bay and also uponlie coast batteries Believing an attemptj land troops wits to be made the OOPK
under of the fort wont troops to thisut no landing took placeTho bombardment at this place IwfexJ
wtytwo minutes At time
time the Japanese retreatedThe Russians had one man wounded hj
land batteriesLEZIBFF SAra JAPANESE SHIP WAS emirA news agency despatch from St Peters
quotes what purports to bo a despatobom Admiral Alexieff to the Czar appaf-ntly referring to the action as donRug It says
Seventeen of tho enemys warshlpa-
ly Wednesday before Port Arthur withboats and a steamer
id range of the shore ocofur ships Our cruisers Askold
Novik left the port to fleahey proceeded to Pigeon Bay and t i-
irncd to Port Arthur with ono of ov tiir
For
and
ir
1
FInrue
toro ship
soWandwereand
trop
Jape wee
wet
S Dt
benhoist pups or
Vase
PlUS j
thE
minuterlC
Into
r
onothat
the
bug
fame
I
volvo toro butt
Ryanand
S
en-
Transpos
Russian
attempt was
t
i
rca
i
and They
a
1
poi
7
4
a
>
>