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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

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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

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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

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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-

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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

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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

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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

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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-

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Sides Report Hlnklng Destroyers itaThursdays Battle Jap Lost No Men

or Ships In Prevlom Desperate Atuvqrtto Close the Port Hoist Sail on TH-

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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

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warships and forts naayesterday when the Japanese

trick Sail was hoistedon-ne boot in an attempt to got closet

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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

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niportiqffPort Arthnr Flfhtlnf KftYesterday

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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

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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

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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

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ruiscra that were standing outside tireinkoUl Bayan and Novik and also against

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sled from the main squadron and wontGolubinaja Bay where they opened

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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

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id range of the shore ocofur ships Our cruisers Askold

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