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Show vm -N- UMBER VOLUME T A. I BRITISH SHIP IS MIRACULOUS O Gr D E 95. ROCHESTER VISITED BY MILLION DOLLAR FIRE Destroyed Business the City-Fir- emen Blocks in the Very Heart of Worked Heriocally and Succeeded in Controlling Flames. Fire street were removed front their homes 5 oclock thla morning by the police. Shortly afterward the (poke out at Sibley wall fell, crushing these houses. of the dry goods In the very heart The west wall dropped into St. Paul It atarted in the central elevat- street. This was folowed by an exor shaft of the Rochester Dry Goods plosion of boilers that threw fire into company on Main street. the Granite building, where the ensoundalarm the after tire twelve stories were soon ablaze. mlnutea Ten building was a mass It has been regarded as absolutely fire, ed the nn proof and was the finest office of flames and in less than half building flames fell and the In the city. The heat was so lour the rear wall great thnt seven-stor- y fireproof the front and rear walls bulged and spread into the Slbley-Cuthe of company. became dangerous. building At 7 o'clock the fire chief said that Shortly after 9 o'clock the front wall to was of stop the powerless Marble building fell the department the flames, which by that time were outward Into Main street, compelling encroaching on the wholesale district. the firemen to abandon the fight in Buffalo and Syracuse were appeale- that direction. Several companies y mounted the roof of the d to and specials given by the companies were started carrying department store and began throwing streams. extra fire apparatus. Assistant Chief Jaynes fell from a At T.'Sd A aeries of explosions followed by the breaking out window and wns seriously Injured. The Syracuse relief consisted of two building of flames in the twelve-stor- y at the corner of St Paul and Main engines and two hose companies and Within half an hour the the same from Buffalo. All the streams Kieeta. concentrated on the Granite fl.mrti were belching through the roof, Were At S:1S the Buffalo and Syracuse lire building and surrounding. Shortly companies arrived. It seemed at that after 10 o'clock the main burst, time as though the fire would cross materially diminishing the pressure. The burned district Includes from Main street east and windows in build- -' inn across the street began to burst a point on Main street east midway out under the terrific heat. between Clinton avenue and St. Paul The entire police force is holding street to St. Paul street, thence north the crowds in check. The employees to Division street, then half way to of the threatened buildings are alloweMortimer. The fire wall of the Cox d to assist in removing goods and the building marked the line of the flames meets are piled high with merchandOn the north side. Up Division street ise, the merchants fearing another the burned district extends half a Baltimore disaster. block. The total burned area Is three In the Slbley-Custore alone there acres. am fifteen hundred employees and as The fire was confined within this many more in the others. These were section but there will probably be litutilised with but small success, as In ter relief for th-f re.r-- n until tomorthe actual fire district thfc salvage will row. be mall. At 1 o'clock this afternon the llame The Are wall of the Sibley whole-al- e were smouldering but the danger is building temporarily stopped the over. pread of the flames north. The inLatest estimates place the loss at mates of several houses in Mortimer about a million. b. 26. X. Y.. ROCHESTER. dis-tfl- rr five-sto- ry rail-na- six-sto- ry ns S6-in- ch rr . s 'TALKING CASE IS GIN l-- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY FOB I TO JURY Pritchard Instructs That Congressman Quotes Admiral Dewey Proof of Actual Fraud Is as to What Submarine Boats Not Required. Can Accomplish. Judge BOARDED Men Admiral Togo's Fleet Is Safe forty feet up juat as it gave way. He cilcstriana nay the Kcaffolding waa then groaning mid creaking and that Immediately oil Clark and A damn, a high scaffold lng beneath the dome of the interior of afterwurd the nail holding the planks the new ponlofflt'P building gave way pulled out. To the aiirprlae of the contractors at 1 o'clock thin afternoon carrying down fifteen men. and all others it was found at 2 o'clock The Rcuffoldlng la like a network to that only one man was killed and one the dome, one hundred and sixty feet Injured when the contractors assemhigh, where men were plastering the bled all the men and called the time Interior. Some of the men fell eleven rolls. The escapes In miiny Instances Htoriea. The work of rescue waa be- were miraculous but similar In that gun Immediately after the accident. the men, feeling the scaffolding falling, Not all were working on top. Some clutched Ht ledges or projections at the who were working ut the sides weie sides and made their way to safety. The amount of debris may be readily struck by the falling timber and carcalculable when It Is known that ried down. feet of lumber fell Into the tangled Anderson stepped off the aeaffolding to a place of safety mass of wreckage. eml-nent- ly LONDON. Feb. 2(5. A Russian torpedo boat fired a shot across the bow of the liritish-lmli- a liner Mombassa in the Red Sea Monday, then boarded the ship and examined her papers. The vessel was hound for Calcutta. Vessels Sunk Were Worthless. LONDON, Feb. 26. The Japanese embassy this morning issued an official statement as follows : Early on the morning of tlie 24th four old vessels were escorted by torpedo boats to blockade the mouth of the harbor at Port Arthur. The object in sinking these vessels was attained. The officers and crews returned in safety. Although there is no report regarding our Heet MERCHANTMURDERS direct from Admiral Togo, no doubt can be entertained re- EARTH SWALLOWS garding its safety. PART OF A TOWN PROMINENT LAWYER 100,-0- Time-keep- The czar has issued a proclamation to the army through General Kuropatkin, who was a few days ago relieved of the war portofolio and put in chief command of tlio land forces. The czar lauds the past services of General Kuropatkin and confers the order of Alexander Nevsky. He transmits to the army the imperial greeting and blessing. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 25. Sunken Area is Thirty Acres in Then Blows Out His Own Brains Business Troubles the Extent and Hwo Hundred Cause. Buildings Are Affected. Russia Complains of American Commander. SCRANTON, Pa., Feb. 26. A cave-i- n covering an area of thirty acres and affecting two hundred dwellings occurred in Bellevue, near this city, at 11 o'clock last night. At 3 o'clock this morning the sink guve indications of WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Russia today called the of the state department to the alleged action of Commander Marshall of the Vicksburg, who is charged spreading. houses are completely wreckwith having failed to rescue drowning Russian sailors in edSome others out of plumb until the and the engagement off Chemulpo. Secretary Hay reported doors and windows cannot be opened. the matter to the navy department and was informed of The cave-I- was caused by the settling of the surface over the Diamond vein the receipt of a dispatch this afternoon from Commander of the Bellevue colliery of the DelaMarshall in which he states that he was the first of the for- ware. Lackawanna & Western are rendered homeless. eign commanders to go to the assistance of the Russians. Fissures opened up today from two It is believed the animus of the Russian complaint is to five Inches wide. The cave-i- n Is over leveled against Marshalls refusal to take joint action with a portion of the mine which was workthe commanders of other foreign vessels in protesting ed thirty years ago. against the supposed violation of international law when MOTHER AND DAUGHTER KILLED IN ELEVATOR Admiral Uriu demanded that the Russian battleships leave the harbor of Chemulpo. In this Commander Mar- DES MOINES, la., Feb. 26. An eleshall was entirely justified as he was. forbidden under the vator accident in the capitol building American naval regulations from joining the representa- this morning resulted in the death of Mrs. C. Fountain of Valley Junction tives of other nations in such an act. and her mother, Mrs. Hogue. They at-temi- on n corn-famili- at Chemulpo. YESTERDAYS ATTACK WAS NOT EFFECTIVE Snc-rame- step-fnth- - 1" 00 er Czar Issues Proclamation. -- t. Willi a crash -- fe - Feb. 26. CHKWOi). were going to visit the senate. houses adjourned. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The navy departnent is informed that the cruiser Cincinnati has sailed from Shang- NOW hai for Chemulpo where it will remain indefinitely. The Vicksburg will also remain at Chemulpo. nx One Killed, One Injured. that startled hundreds of 26. Justice WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Chaplain his charge to Couden opened the house with a prayDie jury when court opened at 10 er for peace. Consideration of the nao'clock this morning for the closing val appropriation bill waa resumed. cenes in the Mr. Roberts of Massachusetts argued Poatofllce conspiracy trial. A was In attendance. for an amendment increasing the great crowd Squadron in Gulf of Suez. The defendants were all In their places. members of submarine torpedo boats LONDON, Feb. 26. The Russian squadron ivliicli left Machen appeared cool and composed. from two to five and cited the recent The Groff Jibutil is now anchored in the Gulf of Suez. brothers sat side by side Port Arthur engagement as an inn atolcal Indifference. stance of the utility of torpedo boats. Judge Pritchard's charge was Admiral Dewey to the effair. He defined reasonable He quoted two submarine torpedo with fect that ubt and discussed at length the con- boats he could meet the strongest spiracy statute under which the Innavy of England eight miles from dictment was found .sdylng that the klgn to defraud need not be accomp- Sandy Hook and prevent Its reaching Adlished. if it was proven that the par-U- New York. Mr. Roberts said that conversation In private acted toward the furtherance of miral Dewey hnd remarked that If the Japanese had Uist design, ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 26. Gen- Into the harbor. The enemy continued even though the govern at Fort boats submarine used torpedo nwnt was not eral Pflugs official report of Thurs- firing for some minutes and then reactually defrauded. It Arthur could have destroyed the Wa a tired from range. Meanwhile four they case of conspiracy. day's bombardment of Port Arthur reRussian fleet. entire At 1 o'clock cruisers separated from the Japanese this afternon the jury Is ceived thla afternoon saya sixteen war- main tIH and entered Golubimajn squadron deliberating. ships approached from the Dalny aide bay, where they opened a heavy fire on FLOODS, LANDSDLIDES AND CLOUDBURSTS IN CALIFORNIA and opened fire on the Askold, Dayan the Russian torpedo boat, also on the boodler GRANTED A and Xovlk, lying In the roadstead, and coast batteries. The attacking cruisers CHANGE OF VENUE SACRAMENTO, Feb. 26. The on the land batteries. After half an retired after twenty-tw- o minutes. The Is rising slowly. All the hour the Russian cruisers retreated Russian Ions waa one wounded. river ST. LOUIS, Feb. 26. Charles Kratx, thrged with accepting a bribe while levees are Intact as far as heard from. Trains are still delayed by the water VALUES WIFE'S AFFECTIONS AT DEATH OF SULLIVANS member of the city council, waa this near Marysville and the back water Is JjOHtlng granted a change of venue. FIRST THEATRICAL MANAGER QUARTER OF A MILLION A Inrge and place for the trial have coming up In Washington. nnt part of the town Is flooded. been set. Feb. 26. Captain KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Feb. 26. ColWASHINGTON. The third landslide of the week ocBroome of the Port Rican reg- onel John Moynahan. aged seventy-eigh- t, PENNSYLVANIA curred at Cunntara this morning. The George TOWN eniment are died in the city hospital todny today entered suit for a quarcontinuous and feara VISITED BY FIRE slides are of the side whole ter of a million damages against Mr. of erysipelas. He originated the idea tertained that the moCRAXTONT' Pa" Feb- 26. Fire this mountain will slough off onto the and Mrs. James Barbour, of putting prlxe fighters on the stag1; Se"troyed trnck. nineteen mnS buildings and In mother of his wife, whom he and as John L. Sullivan's first manabu,ne" action of Nicholson, REDDING, Ca!., Feb. 26. Another charges with alienating his wife's ger took the erstwhile champion to mHe from here.".. The heavy deluge, n veritable cloudburst, France. visited Dunsmulr last night. M&chen-Groff-Lore- ESCAPE OF Towering Scaffolding in the New Chicago Post Office Building Fell, Carrying Down Fifteen Stopped With a Shot from Russian Torpedo Boat Japanese Claim American Cruisers WASHINGTON, Feb. Pritchard began reading 1904 26, WORKMEN FROM DEATH ct six-sto- ry MEN XT NT, er 10 es N. Y., Feb. BUFFALO, 26. Henry prominent attorney, was this morning fatally shot by Hugh knowles of Knowles & Gardner, a Schwarts, u dry goods firm. Knowles, after holding the itolice at hny for a few mlnutea, blew out hla own brains. The murder took pluce in Schwarts's private office and whs the result of a dispuate over business troubles. Schwarts died at 1:20. Four bullets entered his body, three of which pierced the lungs. prominent PREDICT WHEAT WILL GO TO DOLLAR AND A HALF CHICAGO, Feb. 26. New July wheat 8: old. 98 at $1.04 wheat closed May corn, 8. 55 Trading agHin fiercely e operfought back and forth. ators believe the men at the head of the bull market are freexing out the tellers so they will get the full benefit of the big prices which now seem Both Inevitable. They freely predict that cash wheut will reach the $1.50 mnrk. BEGIN TO DIG CANAL 97 5-- 3-- 8; 97 7-- 8; 8-- Old-tim- YOUTH OF TWENTY DIES ON GALLOWS Treaty Youngest Murderer Ever Hanged at San Quentin Nerve Held Out Exchanged and Proclamato the End. tion Signed. Ratifications of Panama SAN QUENTIN, Cal.. Feb. 26. Charles Wurdrip, aged twenty, the youngest man ever executed In the penitentiary here, was hanged at 10:40 this morning. He mounted the scaffold President Roosevelt this afternoon with h smile nn his face and died game. signed a proclamation announcing the exchange of ratlflcationa of the PanINSPECTED ICE PONDS. ama treaty. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. The lor-m- al exchange of ratifications of the Panama treaty took place at the stute department at 11 o'clock thla morning between Secretary Hay and Minister Bunau Varilla of Panumu. DEATH OF MRS. C. C. MURDOCK. Ogden Board of Health Mads 8earch for Germs This Morning. Many friends will learn with regret of the death of Charlotte Cole MurThe city board of ahealth tnade an In- dock, wife of Harvey W. Murdock and .daughter of Chnrlea M. Cole, spection tour this morning to see if which occurred about midnight last any germs or bacilli could be found night at the residence, 530 Seven- on any of the ice ponds in the city. teenth street. Heart failure was the The board, which is composed of the cause of death. Deceased was born sanitary inspector, the mayor, the in Ogden and leaves a husband and president of council and Dr. Dickson, four children to mourn her loss. The visited all the Ice ponds, the places funeral services will be held In the where the supply of ice is kept and Second ward meeting house on Sunday the slaughter houses. An official report at 2 p. m and the remains enn be of this trip will be made to council and viewed at the residence on that day It is underslod that the officials found from 10 a. m. to noon. all the places visited In god condition. |