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VOL.LVH. ASTORIA, OIllftON. SaTI'HDAY, FEDHUAUY 27, 100. no. m. JURY RETURNS VERDICT OF GUILTY Indictment! Against August W. Machen, Geo. E. Lorenz, Sam A. Groff and B. Graff Are Sustained. Four Defendants and Counsel Appear to Be Appalled at the Findings. JURY TAKES EIVE BALLOTS Motion Made tor New Trlnl and Arrest of,I udgment to Admit ornnll-l!on!n Fixed at 920,000 Kach. Washington, Feb. 26. - "Oulity a Indicted." tu the verdict announced by the Jury In the pontomce conspiracy trial shortly after I o'clock tonight, atatlng at the game time that thin woe the verdict to all four defendant, August W. Machen. bite general su perintendent of tho rural free deliv ery division; George K. Lorena, of To ledo: Bam A. Oroff, and Ciller B. Oroff, of Waahlngton. The Jury had been out nln hour. When the verdict waa announced the defendant and their counsel ecmed rtHwreyrTwrnir' TWrnfmr th Jury wan out the four defendant had paced up and down tha hajlway outalde the rt room and had given expressions to the belief that each hour the Jury pent In discussing, the cane brought them nearer to 'an acquittal. Five ballota In all were taken. On the first bnllot the vote atood 7 to 5 for conviction, on the aerond I to 4 on the third f to 3, on the fourth 10 to 3 and on the fifth the vote wua unnnlmoua. .'Immediately after the verdict was rendered Charloa Douglass, In behalf of alt four defendant, filed a motion for a new trial, for an arrest of Judg ment and for an appeal for the pur pose of having the defendant! admit ted to ball. Ball Tvaa then fixed at 120.000 each. The defendant will ap peal before Justice Frllchitrd tomor row morning to receive aentence. NAVAL BILL PASSED. Minority Keeps Things Tied Up for i Tims, but Republicans Win Out Washington, Feb. 21. -The house passed the naval appropriation bill to day. There was a party contest on th number of proposals during the day, especially on the effort of differ ent minority members to : secure an intendment to lis th price of armor plate at a figure bid by the Ml-Jvale Steel Company. Several amendmenta were ruled out on points of order and republican leaders by parliamentary h-IIcs left th Question of armor plate to the discretion of the secretary of the navy. 1 An Ineffectual attempt was made to have the eight-hour law ap plied to all ship construction. The contest over submarine boats was ex citing and an amendment was finally adopted which leaves the queatlon of the type of boats open, but Increases the amount of the appropriation for such boats. The minority failed to se cur a record vot on th proposal to recommit with Instructions. Democrats Call It Subsidy. Washington. Feb.' 26. The senate considered tha bill requiring the use of American shins In carrying govern ment supplies, but without action ad journed for want of a quorum. The bill was nt tucked by th democratic senators as being In the nature of a subsidy, but Hale, who was In charge of the measure, defended It Early In the day an agreement was reached to take up Monday the bill authorlxlng the erection of a Joint building for the department of state Justice and commerce and to devote Thursday to Alaska legislation. COLLAPSE OF A SCAFFOLD. Diy Fall of Workmen, Onsof When : Is Killed. Chicago, Feb, 2. One man was killed, another was probably fatally In jured and a score of othfr workmen were barely saved from being cruxhed beneath a lurge scaffold which col l8ied this afternoon In the center of the new postolIW building. The scaf fold was bulk from the main floor of the building directly beneath lis dome to the tenth floor, a distance of ll feet. Thirty-five men were working aboue the dome and for a time U was thought that nearly half this number had been killed by falling timber, but all escaped with the exception of the two plasterers. TODAY; is rostn'VEtV THE LAST DAY ; 'OF our' v 20 per ceiit Reduction Sale PA. STORED REQUESTS CO RE A TO HAND MINISTER OF REPUBLIC HIS PASSPORT . . Attack of the Japanese Squadron on Russian Cruisers and Batteries Re sults In Nothing Being Done. After Desultory Fire on Both Sides Orientals Retire From Their Po sition, Four Cruisers Proceeding to Pigeon Bay and Engage I With Torpedo Boats-They Go Away Without ;vJ Attempting to Land. London, Feb. 21. A report which i emanates from St. Petersburg says the Japanese minister at Seoul has re quested the Corean government to hand, the French minister his passport. St. Petersburg, Feb. 27. (2 a. m.) A copy of the telegram from Alexleff to the cxar, Just given out, dated Feb ruary 25, follows: , "A squadron of 16 of the enemy's vessels approached the fortress about 11 o'clock this morning and opened bombardment on the cruisers Askold lUyan and Novlk, which were In the outer harbor, and also on the fortress The firing continued half an hour Then our cruisers went Into the har bor. The enemy fired for several min utes on one of our batteries and then began to leave.. They stopped within siglit "or t h fortrvkyaf f "tinge of our fire. ...... "At this time four of the enemy's cruiser had detached themselves from the squadron and have proceeded tc Pigeon bay, where they quickly oened lire on the torpedo bouts cruising there They directed also a strong cannonade against the shore. The commandant consequently sent troops to Pigeon bay,' but no landing was made by the Japanese and their cruisers then departed." LEFT ENEMY FAR BEHIND. According to Alexieff, Russians Ar Pretty Good on Run. St. Petersburg. Feb. 26. The follow Ing telegram, dated February 26. from Alexleff to the csar, Is publlahed here: "On February 24, 17 of the enemy's warships with 12 torpedo boats "and sttfamei wer cruising outside Port Arthur, but keeping out of range. On the same day the Russian cruisers Daysn. Askold and Novlk left the road stead. Two Japanese cruisers ad vanced toward the Novlk, which re turned, to Port Arthur, accompanied by nur torpedo boats from Plgen bay The enemy's cruisers were left fnr be hind!. In the evening our cruisers re turned to the roadstead. , "On the night of February 25. our torpedo boats proceeded aeaward and the same night the Japanese torpedo boats again appeared In the roads and the battleship Retvlxan and the fort batteries opened fire on them. Bat tery No. 18 reports having sunk one of the enemysa torpedo boats. "At o'clock in the morning a squadron of 14 vessels was sighted In the distance.", MOST SHELLS FALL SHORT. Engagement of Forty Minutes Ends in No Damag. St. Petersburg, Feb. 26.' A dispatch from Port Arthur dated February 26 says: ; - "At 1 o'clock this .morning several Japanese torpedo boats were sighted from here with their sails set for the purpose of disguising their chnructer. The battleship Retvlzan and shore bat teries opened fire 'on them and con tinued firing . until daybreak, without ivny visible result. . "After daybreak the Japanese squad ron, apparently convoying troops, was sighted. At a quarter past 11 the squadron came Nearer and an engage ment which lasted 40 minutes ensued. There was no damage. Few shells fell In Port Arthur. "It I expected here that the Jap anese will attempt landing soon. "An Inspection of the Japanese Are ships sent Into this harbor on February 24 shows they were loaded with coal and kerostne, and electrical infernal mcahlnes hud been placed in the midst of th cargo." St. Petersburg. Feb. 26. The Rus this morning publishes the following from Port Arthur, under date of Feb ruary 25: "On the night of February 24 the Japanese attempted to blockade the exit from Port Arthur bay in order to enclose our fleet concentrated within. Under convoy of torpedo boats and transport the enemy advanced four freighters, in ballast at full speed to the gateway, where It was Intended to sink the latter vessels; byt 'the man euver was Immediately observed on the battleship Retvlzan, which was stand ing In the bay before the entrance. The Retvlzan at once opened fire and, after It, the batteries on the peak and those on the promontory took part. As a result th ships with which It was de signed to blockade the port were de stroyed and their mission rendered un successful. According to a whirtly un supported leport one Japanese torpedo boat was sunk. "The cannonade began before 2 o'clock In the morning and continued until 7 o'clock. From 5 a. nv. however, there were merely single discharges. The Japanese fleet, at long distance, answered our fire Ineffectively. This evidently was done merely to cover the retreat of their torpedo flotilla. "The enemy's squadron, consisting of 10 large vessels and 17 torpedo boat destroyers, which appeared yesterday about 9 o'clock In the morning, man euvering In sight of Port Arthur until noon and then withdrew and disap peared from the horizon In the morn ing. The cruisers Novlk, Askold and Rnyan put to sea and after the Incon siderable fire returned unharmed." was not being worked at the time of th explosion, and the men, who were drlvlng-'around the cave-In to get at the face, were rndeiy surprised when they cam across fls bodies. Davis was a brattice man, and his work took him all through the mine, while Kllyn was a boss driver. f A". ' LIBERALS IN ASCENDANCY. Indication Ar That Prnt Party in Powr Will Step Down. London, Feb. 26.' The Associated Press Is in a position to declare that there will be a dissolution, of parlia ment within six weeks, and if, as ex pected, the liberal are returned to power, King Edward will summon Lord Spencer, th liberal leader in the house of lords, to form a cabinet. His ma- Jesty and alt the prominent politicians J are fully aware of the situation cre ated by the irremedlal cleavage in the unionist ranks by the fiscal and other differences, and they are all prepar ing for a speedy fall of the present government and consequent general elect lo a. WORST FIRE IN THE CITY'S HISTORY Rochester - Drygoods Houses Crumble In Ruins Before Onslaught of Devasv tating Flames t , President Signs Treaty. Washington, Feb. 26. Secretary Hay. and Minister Bunau Varllla this after noon exchanged ratifications of . the Panama canal treaty at the state de partment. It was then sent to the president, who signed it and then put It into effect Ideal Weather Conditions Save City from Total Destruction, . Assisting Firemen. LOSS MAY REACH $5,000,000 Twenty-fire Hundred "Peopla Hindered Idle By Destruc tion Wrought Dynamite . ; Used By Firemen. Rochester, N. H Stol Electricity, Seattle, Wash.. Feb. 26. Percy Rob erts, an electrician apprentice, has been! rapidity that by the time an alarm was Feb. 26. The worst conflagration in the history of Roches ter broke oyt shortly before 5 o'clock this morning in the basement of the Rochester Dry Goods Company's store, at 1516 Main street.'-The fire, accord ing to the night watchman in the store, Thomas Connors, was discovered soon after it started, but it spread wtth such ' Japs Find Allies. Seoul, Feb. 26. The Corean govern ment, hns decided to order Corean troops to Join the Japanese in the field. The port of wlj'u was opened to foreign trade last night. The limitation to be placed on trade and other incidental matters Vi'll be discussed later-. ' Russian Go Southward. ijinllon. Feb. 27. "Russian and Jap anese scouts sighted each other Thurs day mornina at 'Sukchen, 25 miles north of Ping Vang, Coreo, but did not come in contact." cables the Toklo cor respondent of the times. "Russians are now moving southward to the Tu- meh river, where the roads are ex tremely bad. arrested on the charge of Stealing elec tricity, , 1? is claimed by the Seattle Electric Company officers, who had Roberts arrested, that Roberts fixed up a large Japanese fan in his room to decorate the apartment He thought It-would iook-wtll -to have the fan 11 luminated. From the end of each rib he fastened an electric bulb properly connected with' wires. The lights were turned on, but Roberts found that it would be expensive to , pay for the amount of the Juice used. Then he heard of the arrest of Chicago Sam, a Chinaman, for tampering with an elec tric meter, whereby he lighted his laundry for nothing. Chicago Sum ran wires around the meter from the point it entered so that the current would not pass over the chronicling dial, but went on to the bulbs without register ing. Roberts did the same trick. De tectives caught him fixing the attach- j ment to the meter, which he Cii every night, and they arrested hlmv Now he must stand trial on the charge of lar ceny. ... : A . v. ." ' NON-UNION MEN STRIKE. turned lh the entire front of the store was a mass of flames. ... The fire ' department responded promptly. Assistant Chief Jaynes real ized at once the dangerous nature of the fire and turned In a general alarm. By this time the fire had spread to. the building occupied by the drygoods firm of Beadle & Sherburne. Chief Little . arrived on the scene promptly after the general alarm was sounded. He realized that the flames were beyond the control of the local department and appeals for more fire apparatus were sent to the chiefs of the Buffalo and Syracuse fire departments. Nearly five hours later four steamers arrived from Syracuse. Wltin an hour after being discovered the fire had spread to the big'Granlte building -iccupied by the firm of Sibley. Lindsay & Curr, and by hundreds of business and professional men. Th flames also spread to the buildings I the rear "of the Granite block. Th extreme cold making fire fighting dlfa cult and hazardous, as the ladders wer coated with ice. The only accident reported was tk injury of Assistant! Chief Frank A. Jaynes, who was struca on ine ne j a flying nozzle. . J The loss Is estimated at between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000, most of which fell on the Sibley Lindsay & Curr Co.. the 3eadle & Sh-rburne Co., the Roch ester Dry Goods Company, and the Walkover boe Company. The loss to the business office In the Granite build ing cannot, be estimated at this writ- D. M. Parry, Noted Union Scrapper, Cuts Wages Too Often. Indianapolis, Feb. 26. Seventy-five craters and hangers employed by the Parry Manufacturing Company, at the 'head of which is D. M. Parry,, president of the National Manufacturers' Asso ciation and the National industrial As sociation. Of America, struck today on account of a cut in wages. All the men . lng are non-union menx They weer paid At 8unset tonight 10 engines were off and discharged. The men say they; pou,.ing: streams of water on the ruins have been cut from -72 to 57 cents per piece since October and struck against an additional cut of two cents today. Fight to a Draw. Chicago, Feb. 26. Jack Root and George Gardner fought a six-round draw here tonight. . of most of the retail drygoods houses In the city. Three of the five depart ment stores were consumed in today's fire." It is said that 2500 people are throvn out of work by the disaster. Mrs. W. F. Halderman, of Warren ton, was In the city, yesterday. Bodies Well Preserved. Vancouver.. B. C. Feb. 26. Uncof flned for 18 months, the bodies of W. J. Davis and Clair Ellynhave Just beer, discovered In No. 2 mine, of the Crow's Nest Coal Company. Thus ' is com pleted the sad death role of the 128( victims of the explosion of May 22 1902. The bodies were In a fair state of preservation owing to climatic con ditions in the mine. As they would decompose very rapidly in the outside air, they were placed In coffins in the mine and then taken to Fernle for burial. The remains were found in the main west level, where a' large cave-in had occurred. This level. kATEAT HITS O' Everybody is playing them Rags! Bidelia! Mbon Moths! , IN OUK SHUW WlrilJU W ( J. N. GRIFFIN Groceries, Hardware, Ship Chandle ry, Paints, Oil and Glassy-Hardwood Lumber Doat'Supplies etc. & ., & AT FISHER BROTHERS Cor. Bond and 12th Sis. Astoria, Oregon