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VOLUME LVII. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1904. NO. 156. IS NOT QUICK ENOUGH FOR POLICE Albert E. Bell, Wanted by Three Governments, Taken After Desperate Attempt to Escape. Leaps Over Embankment' Sixty Feet High But Cannot Get Away. JAILBREAK NEARLY OCCURS Police Mtniiiperieiiiiil Till Leaven Jail Hut In I muted In el y lt ruptured-Man of AIIium-m Xotoriotm Mull Thief Tacotna, Wash., April 6. After a during break for liberty In front of the city Jail and & leap over a Bleep embankment of nearly (0 fwet, Albert IS. Hell, alius Jiiini-K K. Itutlor. wanted by the government of Knglund, France and the United Htntm for the robbery of mull In Kuhmm and for defrauding the .annua City National bank of 1 100,000, wn captured by the Tacoma police, after an exciting mun hunt The detective received a telegraphic tip and located Hell and a companion named Bchrlbrter. The two took their arrest quietly, but when in front of tht city jail Hell made a break for lib erty. Till atainpeded the police, and taking udvantuKe of the fact Schrlbner walked out, but win recaptured. When searched a lurge number of letter were found, ull nddreed to Portland merchant, and each con taining a check or a money order. When clonely questioned, Hell Minted that he and hi partner hud stolen a mall pouch from the Seattle Union depot last Saturday and had aecured over fl.700 In check, and money or der amounting to $700, of which they had converted Into cnsh. the aid of a magnifying gla, and none of them can be noticed unle the bogu coin I placed aide by aide with a genuine one. The counterfeit were first noticed about a month ago, when one of the Seattle bank acnt a small amount of money to the sub treasury at Ban Francisco, and It wui declared to be apurlou. ORE SHIPMENTS GOOD. With Work at Rasaeand Proceed Satisfaction to All. Roaaland, U. l, April . Spring tin et In vlgoroualy here, but It did not have any material effect on loot week'a ore ahlpmenta, which reached a total of 7712 ton. While thl 1 not auli up to the average In the winter, It wa not expected that the week would be a remarkable one With tho enow going off fat the amolter mine have to atop aendlng out ore for the time being. Hut the I Rot coca merrily ahead. It sent out 6152 ton during the aeven day. Th. Centre Star come next with 1020 ton. the War Kagle third with 690. while (60 ton, 100 ton and 100 ton went respectively from the Le Ro No. 2, the Jumbo and the White Bear. The Jumbo ho been forced to upend hipping until the road get In good shape again, but It la keeping on a crew of 14 men on development. The Kootenay mine hn also been forced Into the non-shipping, rank again, because of the weather. To offset thl. the No, i mine I to resume thl week and the Le Rol No. 2' Elmore concentrator will also atart up. The wnue near no order for timber and machinery re quired fur the concentrator and a atart will be mode a eoon a possible. So far thl year the Rowland mine have ehlpped 117.891 ton of ore. There la no front In tho ground and ao an early atart In new constructive work of all klnda I facilitated. Ratify Resolution. . New York. April 6. The emergency committee of the Hulldlng Trade Em .lover' AaMoclatlon today ratified a resolution, providing that 15,000 brick layera on etrlke should return to work pending arbitration all exltlng dlffl ultle. Brlcklayera delegate were parties to the agreement. BOGU8 COIN8 DETECTED. Mad Quarter and Half-Dollar Are in China and 8nt Out. Seattle, April 6. Counterfeit half and quarter dollar ore being manu factured In China and ehlpped through Seattle Into the United State. The Imitation 1 very nearly perfect. Ir regularltle are ao alight that aome of them cannot be discovered without Bomb Injure Passant. ' Madrid. April 6. An offllclol tele gram from Barcelona state that as King Alphonse wa Icavln gthe ex hibition of "Petard" a bomb exploded, Injuring two pennant. One arrest was made. Denver Boy Knocked Out. Cincinnati. April Barney Furrl. of Cincinnati, knocked out Jack Boland, of Denver, In the fifth round of a 20 round fight at Covington, Ky., tonight. It's Plain as Print 3cwt 'vivo . ;V?v'wc In v i Han SduflWl V Mara Hand Tailored That tho place to purchase CLOTHING is at Stokes; Reason, su perior goods ami lowest prices. Remember our . Dunlap Hats Finest on earth. P A. Wffi JAIL SENTENCE IMPOSED BY COURT IN CASE OF SENATOR BURTON OF KANSAS Disgraced Official Turns Pale and Trem bles Visibly as He Listens to the Denunciation of the Judge of the Court. Begs to Be Excused From Saying Anything and Leaves Court room the Moment the Ordeal Is Over-Must Also Pay a Fine of $2500 and Is Forever Barred From Holding Government Offices of Trust Kanso City, Mo., April I. A special to the Star from 8t. Louis says: United Mate Senator J. R. Burton, of Kansas, recently convicted of receiving fees Illegally from the Rlalto Grain and Se curities Company, aa their attorney, wua given a sentence of six months In Jull and was fined $2,500 by Judge Aduma, In the United States district court here. Ht. Louis, April . Senator Burton, accompanied by hi leading attorney, Judge Chester II. Krum, came Into the United States district court at 12:30 o'clock. A case was being tried and Judge Adams granted a recess In that case to take up the Burton case. Judge Adorns summoned Senator Burton, to stand up, and then spoke of themoilona that had been filed for a new trial and for arrest of Judgment The court, after briefly reviewing the motions, over ruled them both. The court then said to the defendant: "Have you anything to say as to' why sentence should not be passed upon you?" Trembling and evidently suppressing his emotion with a strong effort, Sen ator Burton stood leaning with both hnnds on a chair back as he said: 'Tour honor will please allow me re spectfully to decline to say anything." The court room was almost empty with the exception of a few persons interested In the previous case, and had remained out of curiosity, and the silence was almost oppressive aa Judge Aadms, in low, modulated tones, begun delivering the sentence to be Imposed. The court said: "After a fair and Impartial trial by Jury of exceptional intelligence, you have been found guilty of the offenses harged In the Indictment against you. "A motion for a new trial In your behalf has afforded me an opportunity carefully to review and consider the evidence. As a result of this I am satisfied that the Jury reached the Just and true result. The evidence abund antly warranted their verdict, and I find no renson, either In the law gov erning the case or In the proceedings attending the trlul for disturbing It. "Your conviction necessarily results In your punishment. Its Importance, in my opinion, is not confined to its effect upon you. Your exalted station in life and the character of your offending give unusual significance to your con viction. It demonstrates that the law of the land is equal to any emergency, and that It can be administered regard less of the personality or station of the accused. It also demonstrates to all the people that public office cannot be prostituted to self-serving purposes, and that public office 1 not a sure and safe paasport to private thrift "The humiliation attending your con viction and the atalutory disqualifica tion resulting therefrom which forever Incapacitate you from holding any office of honor or trust under the gov ernment are In themselves a heavy punishment for your offense and leave little in the way of severity which could be added. "It I neither mypleasure nor pur pose to Impose any unnecessary pun ishment I think the majesty of the law will be sufficiently vindicated and the welfare sufficiently safeguarded by Imposing a single sentence, warranted as It la on any one of the six counts of Indictments on which you were con victed. "Thl sentenec will be that you be confined In the Iron county Jail for a period of six months, and that you pay a fine of 12,600." At the conclusion of the sentence. Senator Burton, who had not taken his eyes from the court and who had scarcely moved aa he supported him self by the chair back, turned and sat down, with bis head bowed and his eyes on the floor. Attcivey Judge Krum Immediately filed a bill of exceptions In the case and offered a bond for 110,000, which was accepted, and court took a recess until 2 o'clock to resume the previous case. Senator Burton departed from the court rom. In the corridor Senator Burton stopped long enough to light a cigar and then walked to his hotel. He declined to discuss the sentence, but said he would depart tonight for his home In Kansas, The case will now be appealed to the United States district court of appeals, the highest tribunal In the matter. Senator Burton, who is senior sen ator from Kansas, was convicted, after an exhaustive trlul, In which various letters from him to the Rlalto Grain and Securities Company, the checks which he received In payment for his services in behalf of the concern before the postofflce and the testimony of numerous agents of the government were introduced. Senator Burton's de fense was that he was acting merely In the capacity of an attorney, and did not employ his senatorial influence in the work. At the Southern hotel Senator Bur ton said to the Associated Press: "I have nothing whatever to say re garding the verdict. I must respect fully refer you to my attorneys on all questions concerning the matter." Senator Burton then went directly to his room. Five minutes later Hugh Dennis, president of the Rialto Grain and Securities Company, knocked on the door and was admitted, and the two conversed together for some time. pany agreed to the advance, but re fused to atop breaking In men. Aa a result union men refused to Instruct all students, but no action was taken by the company. The carmen's executive committee at their meeting tonight de cided not to strike tomorrow and to await the outcome of the refusal to in struct students. FAIR BILL TODAY. PRETTY PLENTY MORMONS. Latter Day 8ainta Claim Church Mem bership of 400,000. Salt Lake.Utah, April 6. The 74th annual conference of the Mormon church came to a close today with two business meetings, morning and after non. At these meetings, according to the custom of the church, the church leaders, Including the first presidency, the apostles, presidents of seventies and patriarchs, who nominally hold their positions only from conference to conference, were sustained by the rising of hands in the great open meet ings of the followers of Joseph Smith, and other business transacted. Today 1 the 74th anniversary of the founding of the church in Fayette, Seneca county, New York, and the speakers at today's meetings dwelt on the growth and prosperity of the church, which now claims a following of 400,000, with missions in nearly every country of the world. Between 10 and 12,000 people attended the con ference. CARMEN MAY 8TRIKE. Want Inoreas of Wage and Seek to Bar Students. San Francisco, April 6. People of this city are disturbed over the pros pect of another big street railway strike. The union has made demands of 27 cents an hour wages an "no more students" must be engaged. The union asserts that the company Is bringing men to be broken In to operate the cars In case of a strike. The corn- Measure of Interest to Northwest May Be Considered. Washington, April I. The commit tee on rules expect to report the Tawney resolution tomorrow. If this Is done, Towney will call up the Lewis and Clark bill tomorrow immediately following the vote on the Swayne Im peachment case, when a full attendance la assured. Representative Williamson appeared before the public lands committee to day In opposition to the repeal of the timber and stone act He said that the law would prevent timber lands falling into the hands of resident settlers, but would allow speculators to corner all the valuable government timber. WOMAN GIVES SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY Stenographer in Office of Hyde and Dimond Shows up Their Business Record in Un savory Light, Testifies That Affidavits Were Manufactured by the Wholesale. Senator's Trial Begin. Grand Rapids, Mich., April (.A jury was aecured In the auperlor court today and the trial commenced of State Sen ator David E. Burns on the charge of accepting a bribe of $200 in connection with the Lake Michigan water deal, which resulted recently in sensational disclosures of municipal corruption. Bums is charged with Influencing leg islation at Lansing. 8USPECT8 ARE ARRESTED. Prisoner May Ba Implicated in Hold up of Oregon Express. Santa Rosa, April 0. Two men were arrested here late tonight on suspicion of having been implicated in the recent holdup of the Oregon express near Cop ley. The men gave their names aa Daley and Welch. Early in the even ing they disposed of a rfle resembling the rifle carried by express messengers at a saloon. Further investigation will be made tomorrow, ',, ,, HYDE HAD TWO PARTNER Bills to Be Considered. Washington, April 6. The waya and means committee today authorized fav orable report on the following bills: Transferring Puget sound port of entry from Port Townsend, Wash., to Seattle, and making Port Townsend a sub-port of entry; to extend the privil ege of immediate transportation to Sums, Blaine, Danville and Northport, In the Puget sound collection district, and making Spokane, Wash., a port of delivery. Conspired With John A. Densoa to Defraud Government and Enlisted Services of Col ored Janitor. . San Francisco, April . Sensational testimony was given today in the hear ing before United States Commissioner Heacock in the Hyde and Diamond land conspiracy case. Mrs. Belle A. Curtis, who was stenographer for Hyde from 1897 to 1899, waa the chief witness and her evidence went to show that affidavits were manufactured by the wholesale in the office; also that Hyde and John A. Benson were partners in an alleged conspiracy to defraud the government She declared that Hyde and Benson employed "dummies" to make out ap plications for school lands and that the colored janitor waa frequently in structed to bring in bis friends to apply for school lands for their own use and were then piloted to a neighboring notary to make affidavits. She said that assignments for these claims to Hyde and Benson were often made at the same time. 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