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nil,, LVD. , ' ASTORIA, OREGON. SWDAY, MARCH 27, 190t. N0.7. IS ' J CONSPIRACYTO IjEFRAUD IS CHARGED . Fed? a! Grand Jury at Portland J Roorts Indictments Against Cunningham Conspirator). i : Charles Cunningham and . A Co- b ; M Five Men and One Woman In cluded In Accusation Brought Against Sheep King. TWO OTHERS EXONERATED VLengthy Document Finds Hast ' era Oregon Man Utility of Grave OflVuae-Agrcc- mcnt Kentiifd. Portland. Or.. March 27. The fed eral grand Jury reported today with four Indictment, chief among which waa one against Charlc Cunningham, the "sheep king" of ' eastern Oregon, and alt ajleged co-consplrator. Cun ningham and thoa Indicted with him are acueed of conspiracy to defraud the government out of public land. Mentioned In tha complaint with Cunningham are Aaa Raybunv Pallu O'llara, Olen H. Baling, Bhelley Jonea, Mark ghackleford and Kata James. No charge waa returned against County Judge Hartman and Jo Parke, who were arreated with the above named defendant on the eiwie charge." The grund Jury, after Investigating their cases, found there wh nothing Irregu lar In their vtecllo with the af fair a.d'"tnofo' Wfty guilty of any violation of taw. . ,. The InaVtment la a lengthy docu ment, finding Cunningham guilty of using alx alleged co-conaplratora for tb purpose of obtaining property and "accuse each of the. six of having en tered Into an agreement, or conaplracy. with Cunningham for tha aame pur poae and using their namea to aecure from the government fur hla use, The caae will probably be tried during the coining aeaalon of court court here since Tueadoy ort the charge of having Ulcgally antpted fee from the Rlalto Qraln at Securltlea Com pany, waa given to the Jury tonight. ' Judge Adatna Immediately declared an Indefinite receaa and announced that court would be In enlon for If houre. The entire day had been occupied with argumenta by both aide. Following tha clone of tha Unltd Stale Attorney Dyer' argumenta, the court delivered Ha charge to tha Jury. Judge Adam referred to the Import ance of tha caae" owing to tha fact that the defendant waa a Untied Statee senator, and It Involve law tending to aecure the public welfare, In reference to the counta of the In dictment Judge Adam said they re late practically , to the aame , charge, accepting money for aervlce rendered before the poat office department In ft matter in which the government waa directly or indirectly Interested. YOUNQ CORBET IN HUFF. Meeta Grant and Deollnea to Reeog nlxe Referee Another Fight , Talked Of. ., . . . , Ban Francleco, March 16. The fol- loiwera cf boxing are already discuss- Ing a return match between Toung Corbett and Jimmy Brltt and, varloua club managera are planning to aecure tha contest, but there la little prob ability of an early meeting of the two clever little fellow. Corbett etarte for New York tomorrow morning and fur- ther negotiation! for a aecond match will doubtleaa be of the long dlatance variety. The vanquished Denverlt la ntlll depreaaed over the referee deci sion, claiming It to have been an un just one. Corbett and Keferee Oraney met in a newspaper office tonight, but the Denver boy refused to notice the other. Brltt readily agrees torneet Corbett again, but wants two or three months to eWpse before, the event take place. Tha receipts amounted to 132,270, which sum war. divided- a -fallows: Brltt, 115.250; Corbett, $8960; Hy Valley Club, $8070. , CASE GIVEN TO JURY. Trial of Senator Burton Come to End In United States Court.. St. Loula, March it, The caae of United States Senator Burton, who ha b( on trial In the United States tired. Neutral River Mined. " Washington, March 21 The Ku slan government ha advised the Unit ed State Government that it ty min ed th mouth of the Llao rlv. This wn supposed to be mutral territory, but the action of Russia, put it with Ing the field of hostilities. Hanlon Finish Strong. Philadelphia,' March 2. Ed Hanlon. of Son Francisco, and Jack O'Nell, of this' city, fought six fast round to night O'Nell showed to advantage in the early rounds, while Hanlon fin ished strong with the local boy visibly r It's Plain as Print Y1L ' ' , W iff Hart Sctufffta if Mrx HindTjilortd 1,v That the place to purchase CLOTHING is at Stokes; Henson, su perior goods and lowest prices. ' . Remember our Dunlap Hats ' Finest on earth. Ad CZAR WILL FEEL RELIEVED WHEN KUROPATKIN COMMANDS FAR EASTERN FORCES Autocrat of All the Russias Hopes For Better Tidings From Seat of War When New Commander Is Act ually at the Head of Army. Russian Squadron Returns to Port Arthur With Second Class ' Jap anese Cruiser In Tow, According to Report That Is Not ' Confirmed in Official Clrcfes-Makarof Leaves Port , With Mixed Squadron to LooK at Islands. , 8t Petersburg, March it. "I ahall feel relieved when General Kuropat kin assume command," remarked the ciar yesterday at the winter palace. Tonight tha emperor received tela-J gram announcing the general' ar rival at Harbin and bringing word that the mobilisation of the Manchurian army waa completed. ! A tatement come from Vladlvo stock, apparently from reliable source, to the effect that Captain Reltzen- stein' squadron has returned to Fort Arthur towing a second class Jap anese cruiser. This capture, however, Is not confirmed in official circles. sundry civil appropriation bllL Ten hours were fixed for general debate on the measure, but at tha end of an hour and a half there were no peaker ready to continue and house adjourned for lack of talkers. - " In his etatement on the bill. Chair' man Hemenway of tha appropriation committee and Mr. Benton filed a state ment on the bill. Hemenway summed up the fiscal condition for the next fiscal year, showing by scalng down estimates and omitting to pass the river and harbor and public building appropratlon bills, expenditure had bees reduced 122,000,000 lea than the estimated revenue. This estimate, lit. Hemenway aald, contemplated all reasonable additions that might be made by the senate, to tha several ap propriation bllla. v Mr, Benton complimented the repub lican on the bill, saying it waa alto gether the beat republican bill he had seen come from the committee ia year. It, however, did not meet with his approval from a democratic stand point. ' ' - St Petersburg, March 26. The em peror naa received the following tele gram from Vice-Admiral Makaroff un der date of Port Arthur, March It: "l have the honor to report, that I leave Port Arthur today with battle ship, cruiser and torpedo boat in order to make a reconnolssance of sotn adjacent Island." Jape Off Chef oo. 8L Petereburg, March 2. Accord ing to information received by the ad miralty, the Japanese squadron 1 now oft Chefoo. ill' " " ', . i ... i a '- I'. .,; Landlord Gets His Neek Broken for Trying ta Collect SO Cents. ;., Spokane, March 2. George Stevens, the landlord of a rooming houee in Marion block on Riverside avenue, waa killed this evening during a fight with three roomer over 0 cents. RoIUn English, a man named Harrison and another said to be known as Smith, had broken a pitcher and the landlord In trying to force payment locked them out of their room. During the fight Stevens was struck on the back of the neck with a alungshot and died almost instantly, his neck being broken. The murderer escaped and are be ing pursued by the police, who believe they are atiU in the city. Anita McGee waa at the head of the two thousand nurses in the Span Ish-American war, and is planninj to take-one hundred Yankee nurse, to Japan. .' ... .' - ,!' SNOW BLOCKADE BROKEN. Trains Are Beginning to Move Again After Having Been Tied up for Days. St, Paul. March it. The snow blockade which has tied up the north ern transcontinental roads for nearly 4S hours has been partly broken and .10. trains 'which had been held' in North Dakota are "expected ta reach St Paul tomorrow night Late tonight officials reported that the main line was clear and that traffic would be resumed at onte. Wire communication was entirely cut off in, theN storm region and for a time it was impossible to find many of the delayed trains. PITCHES IN DITCH. Freight Train Out of Portland Wrecked at Early Hour Yesterday Morning. " Cheholls, Wash., March 18. At 2 o'clock this morning a freight train which left Portland at 8: SO o'clock last night waa wrecked one mile south of Napafrfel. The accident was caused by a broken rail. - The engine passed over the rail safely, but the tender waa torn loose, and, with 11 box car, went into the ditch. No one wa hurt MENACING FIRE IN NEW YORK, One Hundred Thousand ' People At tracted by Blaze on Broadway. New Tork, March 28. Fire today gutted buildings at 69 to 81 Broadway, the premises of Morris, the European American and other express companies, causing a loss of 1100,000 or more. Being so near Wall street, the blae attracted more than 100,000 spectators. It took 500 policemen to maintain or der.. ' ' Several alarms called out 4 com panies to' fight the fire. Chief Croker was called from the deathbed of his mother, in Bloomfleld, N. J., so threat ening did the blaze' appear. WORST STORM OF WINTER. MURDER OVER PETTY SUM. STRANGLES TO DEATH ON GALLOVS George Collins, Bank Robber, Pays Extreme Penalty at Union, Missouri, for . Resisting Arrest. He and Companion Shoot Dead Detective Who Attempt to Take Them.. BOTH FLEE TO CONNECTICUT RAILROADS IN THE WAY. Los Angeles May Lose Convention of ' National Legu f Engineer. " Loa Angeiea, , March 28. There "is possibility that Loa Angeles may not entertain the National League of the ) , Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers on May 11, notwithstanding the selec tion of this city as the place of meet ing by the convention held at Norfolk, Va. !. ' The local committee on arrange ment for the convention ha received a telegram from Grand Chief Engineer W. a Stone, of Cleveland, O., saying that owing to the difficulty in securing transportation for the delegate east to the Alleghenie the convention probably will meet at some central point ', Are Recaptured, and Kerry Criminal I Tried and Sen tenced to Death Fate of ' . Other Still Pending-. Union, Mo., March 28. George Col line, the bank robber, waa hanged ia the Jail yard at 1:15 o'clock today. He was game to the last Collin seek wa not broken and he died of stran gulation. ' George Collins wa hanged for par. tlclpation In the killing of George J. Schumacher; a St Loula detective, on January 15. 1901, at the home of Wil liam Rudolph, Collins' partner, near Stanton, Mo. On February IT, M0S, the bank of Union wa robbed. De tective Schumacher found evidence that led him to believe the robber were hiding near Stanton, a village ?0 mile from Union. Disguised 'a a hunter; Schumacher visited Rudolph' home and found that Rudalph and turned with three deputy sheriff and attempted to arrest Collin and Ru dolph on suspicion of having commit ted the robbery. Collin and Rudolph resisted and In the fight that followed Schumacher wa shot dead. Collins and Rudolph fled, and on March 1, 1903, were arrested at Hart ford. Conn. They were brought to St Louis for safe" keeping, pending their trial at Union, the county seat of Franklin county. One week before the time set for the trial Rudolph made a sensational escape from the St Loul. Jail,' and waa recaptured In Kansas about a month ago. Collins was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Tie lee ilwe . v. " ; Raged Over Montana for Three Days, Causing Heavy Losses. . . Butte, March 28. The storm which began Wednesday morning and swept the entire state was the most severe during the present winter. From two to eight Inches of snow fell and the thermometer ranged from a few de grees above to neatly" 20 below ero. Cattle are in poor condition and un less good weather comes shortly se vere losses are anticipated. . The storm extended over into the Dakotas and train service in that state is badly blockaded. The west-bound North Coast Limited and President Elliott's special train are tied up some where east of the Montana line. COMPLIMENTS REPUBLICANS. Appropriation Measure Up' for Discus sion in the House. . Washington, March 28.. The house today began the consideration of the New and Beautiful Line of Ladies' tSuits, strictly Up-to-date i prices ; $10 to $30, and you can buy thetn CHEAPER -C? AT THE BEE HIVE ODDS ASS ENDS 07 BOXES STATIONERY of which we have only 1 or 2 boxes of a kind left, the remnants really; but good and new never theless. Also a few damaged boxes. All in iur ehow window with BARGAIN TAGS attached. Select yours before the best are gone. v - '; . - '.' J. N. GRIFFIN.