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Show jWMVW flLL ASS5CIATED llati Weather forecast PBtSS Cloudy Saturday SERVICE TELEERtPfllC SWUNG BIG FIRE LOSS FOR THE NAVY SOLDIERS Three of Largest Dr Goods House Passed N. Y., Feb. 26. At sun-k- l tonight ten engines were pouring streams of water on the rulna of most of uf the retail dry goods quarter Rochester. Three of the five department stores In Rochester were consumed In today's fire, which caused a luti of more than $3,000,000. The Sibley, Lindsay ft Curr Co., the largest retail store in Rochester, was do- Rochester, st royed. Of the loss 735,(HI0 represents buildings and the remainder stocks and It is said that 2,500 persons were thrown out of work by the fire. The burned region liea on the north' side of Main streeL between St. Paul street and Clinton avenue, north running from St. Paul street almost the entire length of the block. The fire started In the store of the Rochester worked went, Dry Goods company nnd esburning only one store east of this that of the Walkover tablishment, Shoe company, before Ha passage was cheeked in that direction. Next wan comilic store of the pany. which was destroyed. Then the Marble block, occupied by Curr Co., waa the Sibley. Lindsay thirteen-,tor- y destroyed, and finally the Granite building, the lower floor Sib-leof which was also occupied by the the and upper Co., Curr ft Lindsay was attacked. part occupied by office. the Marble of wall front the Only e building Ib si ndin onlf,t)Intact and of the Granite In place, but the buildthe floors are '"TheSIbley. Lindsay ft Curr Caa wholesale building, together with waa destroyed the stables in the rear, loss with all Its valuable contents, thla slx-km- being p'.ared St $1,450,000. some There was a livery stable and frame dwelling on Division street, In the narrow thoroughfare running and these burned Stores, of the nar were damaged by watei and falling WNonne was Injured except Assistant waa struck Chief Frank A. Jaynes who noxxle. a by flying The pier on the trolley line running cut off to avoid along Main street was and no c ars danger from electricity have run through the block where the fire occurred all day. All other traffic will not has been slopped and probably Following bo resumed until Monday. are the largest losses; Granite building, $300, -- v, Marble Cornwe bulldiiig, building, $75,000; plD-le$00,000: Kirely building, $35,000, $250,000. Co., Curr Lindsay ft The loss in stock was as follows. Sibley, Lindsay ft Curr Co., retail, tenants $::,Vi,i)O0; wholesale, $l,2u,000; In Granite building. $200,000; Beadle ft Sherburne Co.. $350,000; Rochester Dry Goods Co.. $150,u00. The smaller losses foot up $80,000. y. TIIEMiSE ACCOUNT OF IT Washington, Feb. 26. The Japaneseo. ligation baa received a cable from acunder today's date, giving nn count of the Ineffectual attempt made by the Japanese to blockade the mouth of the harlior at Port Arthur and a brief account of the attack by the Japan:!' on Port Arthur yesterday. The text follows; Kanlmura reports cl the 2Gth of February the following: According to the reports the torpedo flotilla was tent for the purpose of rescuing the crews of the steamers seat to block up the harbor at Port Arthur, the steamer Kohnku, on the left side of the entrance of the harbor near the lighthouse, and the steamer Bushlu outside the enhance were sunk purposely by the Jtosanese by explosion. The steamers Tenshin. Buyo and Jin-H- it sunk themselves on the east of the Uo Trahan. All the crows of these n earners were picked np In safety. Our destroyers and torpedo flotilla are unharmed. On the night of the 24th our era trovers again went on a scouting cruise near Port Arthur, Dalny and JOIN JAP ARMY Bill After a i Washington, Feb. 26. The House passed the naval appropriation bill today after having had It under consideration for a week. There waa a party contest on a number of proposals during the day and especially on nn effort of different minority membera to secure an amendment to fix the price of armor plate at the figure bid by the Several Midvale Steel company. amendment a were ruled out on points of order and the Republican leaders by parliamentary tactics left the question of armor plate at the discretion of the secretary of the navy. The contest over submarine boats was exciting and an amendment was finally adopted which leaves the question uf type of boat open, but Increases the amount of the appropriation for snch boats. The minority failed to secure a record vote on the proposal to recommit with Inst ructions, the proposed instructions being declared out of order. Mr. Llvernash said the practice bad been for the House to pass eight-hou-r legislation, which would go to the Senate on the eve of adjournment, where, he said, the subterfuge bad Deen engaged In leaving the bill burled in committee. lie said that Congress was now on the eve of adjournment nnd the committee of the House Is still lagging along. He said: 1 would have this bill amended In this form and sent to the Senate so that the Senate will have to show Its guilty bands, so that it will have to cut this provision out or leave It In by positive vote. The House was all right on the question, he said, but should protect Itself from the other side. Mr. Payne of New York declared the amendment to bo a bold proposal to entered repudiate contracts already contract-ora, Into by the government with conto aa the amendment applied struction provided for In previous bills and which this bill carried on, unless these contractors had observed the rules and regulations of labor organza-tlonOn a rising vote the amendment waa lost, 62 to 110, two Republicans voting for It, and about a dozen Democrats against It. Mr. Llvernash then sought to amend the Mil so- as to mike the eight-hou- r of provision apply to the construction the new vessels provided tor In the hill, but this was ruled out cm a point of order. Mr. Dalsell of Pennsylvania raised a point of order against the paragraph under armor and armament authorizIf unable ing the secretary of the navy. to make contracts tor armor at a reasonable and equitable price in his Judgment, to procure a site wdwMt bean armor plate factory, $4,0000,000 point was susing appropriated. Thewho was upheld tained by the chair, In Ms decision by a party vote of 121 to 93. Mr. Foss moved that the committee report the hill. Mr. Rlxey of Virginia proposed an amendment authorizing the secretary of the navy to contract for armor st a pries not to exceed $398 a ton and, being unable to contract at that price, to construct a government armor plate factory. Mr. Dalzell raised a point of order against the amendment and the point was sustained. s. - FATAL ACCIDENT TO SCAFFOLDING ar ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft "Russian and JapLondon, Fell. 27. anese xcoul s sighted each other Thursday morning at Bnkclicn. twenty-fiv- e miles north of Ping Yang. Korea, hut did not come In contact, cables the Tokio correspondent uf the Times. The Russians are now moving southward of the Tumen river, where the roads are extremely bad. The changes in the Korean Cabinet have brought Into power the parti saui of the United Stales and Japan. Russian soldiers havs seized the Seoul, Felt. 2. The Korean government has divided to or- der the Korean t molts to Join the Japanese force. Port of Wlju was opened to foreign trado last night. The limits- tlons to be placed on trade and other incidental matters will be This action discussed later. necessitates a harbor, so Yong- ampho has been decided upon, ft st ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft den. The manage follows: A squadron of ths enemys vessels ft numbering sixteen approached the fortress at about 11 oYlm k thla mornft ing and opened a bombard ir.rnt on ths premises of an American mining com- trulsers Askold. Dayan and Novik, which were In the outer harbor and pany at Dnsan. north of Ping Y ang. also on the fortress. The firing conSt. Petersburg, Feb. 273 a. m. A tinued for half an hour, auen our Ths cruisers went Into the harbor. copy of a telegram from Viceroy Alex-icto the Cur has just been given enemy fired tor several minutes on one out. It Is dated February 25. The of our batteries and then began to place from whence ii is sent Is not (Continued on Pago Three.) given, but ft is supposed to be Muk- ff LEVEE BREAK REPORT BF FIT Mined Caused by Seepage Through a Details as Given by Viceroy's Chief of Staff. Wharves and Railroads. Gopher Hole, The Russians Have London. Feb. 27. The, reported land-o- f Japanese at Poeslet hay, near Vlayet been confirmed. divostok. bu not ' The Shanghai eorrespor.dent of tha Dally Telegraph has sent In news as-of Japanese military operation. He serts that Russians are evacuating Dalny. The Russians boast that they have mined the breakwater, wharves and railroad sidings at Dalny In order to prevent the Japanese from makcorreing use of tehse faculties. This spondent repents thst the Russians have supplies tor only five months at Port Arthur, and says a large number of Japanese transports have returned to Nagasaki, where they are busily engaged In embarking more troops to lie taken to the neighborhood of Dalny. More than forty transports have left Nagasaki since February 10 and a still proceedlarger embarkationonhas been ths Inland sea. ing from Ujlna UJlna, and not Klto. the correspondent concludes, will be the army and navy This headquarters during the war. correspondent has recently been in Nagasaki and la probably well Informed. In any event, It Is taken tor grantTogos ed In London thnt recent operations are to facilitate Japanese debarkation on the Lino Tung gulf or elsewhere. Crevasse Feet Lang At Least Acres of Valuable Land Submerged. la 160 10,000 Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 23. The most disastrous levee break that haa occurred for several years in this part of the Sacramento valley occurred today at a point three miles from the clly. The break was caused by the seepage of water through a gopher hole, the water soon getting beyond control. The crevasse is almut 160 feet long and the volume of water la thirty feet high, pouring through the break like a Niagara. The noise of the water can be heard for nearly a mile as it rushes through the break. It Is estimated that at least IK. 000 acres of valuable land will be submerged. The ioss will reach thousands of dollars, but by energetic work In dosing ths break ft Is expected to minimize the damage. Boa have been Kept busy all afternoon taking people from the low lands, but so far as ascertained all were safely rescued. All down the valley people were warned by telephone and only thoee near the break were caught In r. About Paris. Feb. 27. A dispatch to the the overflow and Matin from St. Petersburg says the re- 100 bead of rattle were drowned. pairs of the Russian warships which were damaged In the engagement of VICKSBURGS JUSTIFIED February 8 at Port Arthur are almost Czarevitch The battleship completed. will be ready for sea on Sunday. Three Could Not Have Picked Up Men With-cBritish steamers loaded with coal for Violating International Law. Russia which It was feared would be 26. Without Feb. Washington. captured by the Jepanees have gone a. welting for any suggestion from St. into port at Petersburg, though that has since come, and more than three days after the navy department cabled to the SCHOOL FOHFflCERS commander of the Vicksburg requesting an explanation of the facts conGeneral Bell Asks for Quarter tor One nected with the reported refusal on his liart to take aboard his ship sailors Hundred National Guardsmen. from the Russian warships snnk by 26. Briga- ths Japanese. from their knowledge of Leavenworth, Kan., Feb. dier General Bell, commandant of the the United Slates navy regulations and the comprehensive press reports general service and staff college at from to what did occur at Chemulpo, the as haa Fort asked. Mayor naval officers here have not the Anthony and the Commercial club of slightest hesitation In giving their this city whether ft would lie possible unqualified approval of the course purto provide quarters here for national sued by Captain Marshall. In the first guard officers and grannateg of mili- place it is ui'derstond that tt. was not tary colleges who are to be designated a msttr ( saving life; It. is doubtful by the President to attend the war whether if t ae men were drowning aa college for a two years course. The American warzhip could aid them becommunication states that the law aa fore they had surrendered without vioIt Is bepassed a year or so ago authorizes the lating International law. payment of $1 a day to such students lieved thst these men who were in and commutation of quarters, which boats could have landed and only reamounts to About $51 A month. Quar-er- s frained from doing i so because they will he provided for the students feared to he raptured by the Japanese lu this df ftritil such quarters can be eo'.irra of the town. Had Captain built at Fort Leavenworth. Marshall received them aboard the The tiara, wjilcb is to consist of Vicksburg lie must have taken them about 100. officers so chosen, is ex- In as prisoners, for thnt was the statue pected to arrive at Fort Leavenworth accorded them by the French end the next September. There are no quar- British naval forces present. Therefore. s the Russian sailors would have ters for the members at the post. It is said that the object of the new been practically Japanese prisoner In law will bn to pick from the graduates either rare. whether they landed or officers of the army, as West Point whether they boarded the Vicksburg, is unable to provide a sufficient num- - the American captain Is regarded aa justified in declining to receive them. tier. Indo-Chln- , SL Petersburg, Feb. 26. Like a knight of olden timee before going to battle. General Kurnpatkln today performed the moat solemn rues of the mother church. After fasting this wuek he went to the church lu the Cadet Corps academy, where he wu educated. made bis confession and partook The officiating of the sarrameuL priest, holding up the sacred image of Saint Sergius, which has Just arrived In Moscow, blessed the prostrate comThe mander nnd bade him general waa shaking with emotion and embraced many of his assembled comrades. The Metropolitan of Moscow, who accompanied ths Ikon of Saint Sergiu to SL Petersburg, has rateived letters from the Czar recalling the overthrow of the Tartar hordes under Its auspices and prophesying that it win also lead the Russians to victory ever the Japs. of opinion There is a difference among the naval and army officials regarding the purpose of the Japanese at Port Arthur, but tha. pres, ng opinion is that it Is to affect a diversion to cover their movement! elsewhere. It Is raid that the battleship Rstvl-zm- n, outside the mouth of the harbor, la acting m a guardshlp. ins remainder of the Russian squadron Is Inside to avoid a torpedo attack. . Tbe Idea that the Jaiianese seriously contemplate a bombardment of Port Arthur, Inviting the exposing of their ships to a plunging fire from ths guns on Golden hill. Is regarded by military experts as aheurd. The giving of $10,000 by Charles A. Crane, of Chlrago, to the f oung Empress" fond for Russian soldiers and sailors has hem received everywhere with expression of appreciation. Her Majesty was deeply touched by this donation. The gilt wu made by Mr. Crane through Count Rostosoff, Hie Majestys chancellor. Mr. Crane first cabled, raying It waa believed In America that Russia had dona everything to maintain peace, but that her hand had bean forced by a treacherous enemy. God-spee- ft ft Che Foo, Feb. 26. A number ft ft of Japanese sailors have landed ft ft 3A miles north of here. They ft ft claim that they are from trans- ft ft ports sunk at Port Arthur last ft ft Wednesday. ft ft ut Feb. 21 One man was killed, another was probably totally Injured and a score of other workmen were barely uved from being crushed beneath a large scaffold which collapsed this afternoon In the center of the new postolflce building. The scaffold was built from the main floor of the building directly beneath its dome to the tenth floor, a distance of 161 men were working feet Thirty-fiv- e about the dome nt he time of the accident and for a Ume n waa thought nearly half this number hadbutbeen all killed by the falling timber, escaped with the exception of two plasMcterers, James Byron and Barney Bride. Byron was standing on the it gave portion of the scaffold when the way and fell to the mtln floor of Mckilled. building and was Instantlywith Byron, Bride. who vis working also fell with the scaffolding, but he sod caught one of the floors as he fell thus saved his life, although, he was severely Injured. Chicago, Vice-Admir- al pro-dac- ft ft ft London, Feb. 26. A report which emanates from St. Pet- ersburg says that the Japanese minister at Seoul, Korea, has requested the Korean govern- ment to hand the French min- Istcr his passjiorts. era the dawn of the 25th our main rqiiadmn approached Port Arthur and Iwimhanlcd the rnrmy'.a about the forta from a distance. We saw the Novik. the Askold and the Fayan fleeing into harbor. It thua be-l- g apparent that the blocking operations had not much effect. Our squadron then fired into the harbor and saw flames and considerable smoke. We withdrew after fifteen minutes' shellBOUND FOR ST. LOUIS. ing. While our crullers were thus enraged In firing we saw one of the enePort Townsend, Wash., Feb. 26. my's torpedo boats destroyed. Our The steamer Ramona, which arrived fqsdron received no damage. here ' from Alaska thla afternoon, Togo is still on the scene. " brought a party of five natives, under eia-ethe charge of John Ranovltch, the SMALL NEW YORK FIRE. son of the present chief of the The Alaskans Knssnn Bay natives. New York. Feb. 26. Fire tonight In are hound for St. Louis, where they factory building occupied by the will be utilized in erecting native hnta Register company, the Pincus and Installing the fine collection of cenchoc company and the New York Knlt-- t totem poles which are to form the at ii" mills and the offices of many exhibit e Alaskan of the tral feature dealers caused $125,000 damage. the exposition. On ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft back-w.ite- al Pigeon bay. Governments Making Preparations. ft hv Like a Knight of Old Before Verdict Rendered in Post Office Going to Battle Conspiracy Trial Dispatch From London Indicates French Minister at Seoul Will Be Handed His Passports-Ma- ny Vice-Admir- al To-ki- men-of-w- 1L Week's Consideration. Houses Destroyed. Beadle-Sherburn- GUILTY AS REPORT THAT KOREAN Washington, Feb. 26. Gumy as In dieted" was the verdict announced by ilia jury in Hie ixust office conspiracy trial shortly after 8 oclock tonight, staling at the same time that this was the verdict, as to all tour defendants August W. Mschru, late general superintendent of the rural free delivery division; George K. Lorens, of Toledo; Samuel A. Groff and ll'ller B. Groff, of Washington. The jury had been out nine hours. In the dimly lighted room sat the four defendants, who after the rasa waa given to the jury, had heen placed In the rustody of a United States mar-su- ai ana rondned to the limits of tbe city hall. Each wore on anxious look, and a dealh-llk- a alienee fell on the email crowd watch had I men permitted to enter the room as tho clerk Inquired of the foreman If a verdict had been reached. The Jury as to a man roue, nnd as the words "guiliy as Indicted fell from the foreman's lips, th defendants end their counsel seemed appalled, During the time tha Jury was out. the four defendants had paced up and down the hallway outside the court room and had given expression to the belief that each hour the Jury spent In discussing ths case brought them nearer to acquittal. Thera wu general astonishment that the jury had Included In tbe conviction Samuel A. Groff, a Washington policeman and Inventor u-the Groff fastener, as to whom Holmes Conrad, special counsel for the governmenL yesterday informed the jury he did not exp-- ct a conviction, and that he personally did not believe Inhlagulll. , i i I i ' t i Five ballots in nil were taken. On the first balkit tbe vote stood 7 to 6 tor conviction; on ihe semr.d. 8 to 4; on the third, 9 to 3; on the fourth, 10 to L and on lh fifth- - ths vote wan unanimous. Immediately after the verdict, was rendered Charles Douglass, In behalf of all tour defendants, fllrd motions for a new trial, tor an arrest of Judgment and for an appeal for the purpose of baring the defendants admitted to ball. Bail waa luen fixed at $20,000 each, the bond of Lorens ana the twro Groffs being increased from Cherbourf. Feb. 20. M. Feletan, minof marine, hu decided that the $10,000. ister London, Feb. 26. A dispatch to a submarine vessels destined for Saigon, When Mr. Maddox, on bebaU of the news agency from SL Petersburg says Indo-Chlnbe conveyed to Toulon by Groffs, inquired as to the amount of the official report of Major General rail. bail to be required of them, Justice Pflug, chief of staff iff Viceroy Alex-lefPritchard raid: on the details of the attack on BRIBERY CHARGE DISMISSED. I know no difference between these Port Arthur during the morning of defendants. The jury has said they February 25, I aa fallows: 26. of Feb. motion Upon Butte, are guilty, and I cannot discriminate, The enemys squadron of sixteen County Attorney Breen, Judge M will treat all alike. warships approached from the Dalny Ueernan dismissed the briliery charges butNext to Samuel A. Groff, the most eld toward the harbor of Port Ar- against Charles W. Clark, son of Senaroan was Machen, who uid surprised thur shortly after midnight on the 25th tor W. A. Clark, based upon the alleged lie was thunderstruck at the verdict. inetant and at once opened fire ou our offer of $250,000 to Judge hi. W. HarThe four defendants will appear bethree cruisers standing outside the ney tor n confession that he should fore Justice Pritchard tomorrow mornroadstead, namely, the Askold, the be bribed to render a Judicial decision to receive sentence. ing and and the case. also Novik, Minnie The charges Dayan against In tbe Healey the land forts. The bombardment were aim the basis of the recent dislasted half an hour. At Its conclusion' barment cases against Shores and D. our cruisers retired Into the harbor. Gay Stivers, attorneys for the AmalgaThe enemy then bombarded one land mated Copper comiiany. The attorneys battery tor several minutes. Then the were exonerated and as a. resua the enemy also retreated, remaining out proceedings against Mr. Clark wree of the range of our guns. dismissed. a In the meanwhile four Japanese cruisers separated from the enemy's CRUISER BAILS FOR CHEMULPO. main squadron nnd went Into GoluMns-Jbay, where they opened a heavy fire Washington. Feb. 26. The cruiser on one of our torpedo boats stationed Cincinnati left Shanghai for Chemulpo In the bey end also on the const bat- today as the relief of tbs Zaflro, which SL Petersburg, Feb. 28. A dispatch teries Consequently the commander Is cm the way to Philippine waters. from Port Arthur, dated February 26, of tbe fort sent troops to this point, says: but no landing took place. Tbe bom"At 1 oclock ibis morning several minbardment there luted twenty-twJaiianese at torpedo boats were sighted the expiration of which the utes, from here with their rails set for the Japanese cruisers retreated. The loss on our side this day was one mu purpose of disguising their character. wounded In one of the land batteries The battleship Retvlzan and the shore The officer commanding at Vladivo-saobatteries oiiened fire on them and conon reports that February 24, early tinued firing until daybreak without In the morning, ten of the enemy's ships were seen south of the Islands. any visible result. After daybreak a Jaiianese squadron, apinreutly convoyThey disappeared on the horizon In the was sighted. At a quarter evening. Victoria, B. C., Feb. 21 By an or- ing troops, 11 the squadron came nearer and past der Just received here from the Brit- an engagement which lasted 40 minBRITISH was no damage. Few ANDJI8ET MISSION ish admiralty the Canadian Pacific utes There steamships of the Empress line plying shells fell In Port Arthur. here thst the JapanIt is Ruuian Intrigue Necessitated tha Ex- between Victoria and Oriental ports ese will expected attempt a landing soon. and their have guns shipped An Inspection of the Japanese fire pedition. now armed cruisers. ship sent Into this harlior on FebruLondon. Feb. 26. Lord Hardwick, are ary 24 shows they were loaded with under secretary for India in the House coal and kerosene and that electrical GO FAST of Lords, today, replying to tha reinfernal machines had been placed in quest of Lord Reay for further inthe midst of tbe cargo." formation regarding the mission to Thibet uid the government wu deter- Root and Gardner Both Bleeding PARKER EVIDENCE mined to insist on a final settlement Badly at the Finish. regarding carrying out the terms of of this 20. Root Jack Chicago, Feb. the convention of 1890. The Thibetans bad refused to have intercourse city and George Gardner, of Lowell, Witness Swears He Saw Scott and A draw here with Great Britain, but tbe result or Mass., fought a ether Man Pulling Spikea tbs continual Intercourse of Russia The fight was fast throughout, Cripple Creek, Col., Feb. 26. The had been to Inspire the Thibetans with and with tbe exception of the third of testimony of the defense was betaking had Russia the feeling that they hind them and therefore they need not round, when Boot bad the better, and continued today in the case against fear the British. This situation the me filth, when Gardner evened up the tmerman Parker and Thomas Fester, Indian government ud hie majesty's advantage Root had gained, the flght miners' union leaders, charged with a government could not tolerate for a was even. Root played tor the jew Victor W. tempting moment. Mather swore that he raw D. C. ScotL While Lord Harwich refused to and Gardner for the bodyon s.. through. the jaw In special agent of the Florence ft pledge the government regarding the Root landed frequently Cripple Gardclose and at adthird thp the round, Creek railroad, and another man pullColonel of Younghusband'e Ixlt from testivance Into Thibet, he said the mission ner waa hanging on. track. the The ing spikes was friendly and Colonel Younghua-bu- d In the fifth round Gardner gave Root mony la depended upon tc establish m ould do nothing to promote hosa severe pounding on the body and the truth of the contention cf the de sent him to his corner badly weakened. tense that the railroad track was tamtilities. Both fought desperately in the last and pered with by ageuts of the company Hoot landed a hard right on the jaw In order to make tt appear that the NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL He striking miners, who were members of that forced Gardner m clinch. however, and tbe Western Federation of Miners, London. Feb. 26. King Edward hu quickly recovered, matters up by a series of heavy were committing acta of violence. approved the appointment f Lord evenedblows. Both men were bleeding Three witnesses gave evidence tending body Plunki-- t as governor and commander to establish an alibi for Parker, badly at the finish. of New Zealand. a, U; i - f, a o k slx-lnc- D M six-rou- train-wreckin- g. I; |