| Show when he hears the condemning words of the jury portland ore july 4 amidst a din and clatter of fireworks exploded in honor of the natal day of the country be had served as united states senator during twenty two years of bis life john H matchell Ml listened tb he words pronouncing him guilty of having violated that law which precluded him as a united states senator from accepting pay for practicing before the departments of the federal govern ment those who had witnessed the trial or who knew senator mitchells great popularity in this state were so fully impressed with belief that failure of the jury to come to an immediate end meant disagreement that when it was announced that the jury had arrived at a decision hardly any but the little group of newspaper men remained with almost electric swiftness however the aws circulated and when the bailiffs who had been sent scurrying to bring to the court judge de haven U S district attorney heney senator mitchell and his attorneys judge bennett and senator thurston had notified the interested parties and had secured their presence the room was more than comfortably filled senator matchell Ml was the first to appear then judge de haven and judge bennett air heney was not present and senator thurston did not reach the court room till the verdict had been read judge de haven almost immediately directed that the jury be brought in and they immediately filed from the jury room to their box the judge inquired whether a verdict had been agreed upon and foreman steiner of abo jury replied that it had the verdict was handed to him in a sealed envelope judge de haven tore open and read over the document and passed it to captain J A clerk of the court who read it aloud while the clerk was reading the verdict the noise on the outside bad so increased that in the room were able to catch but two phrases aulty Gul ty and leniency of the court AB the word guilty was pronounced noun ced senator mitchell seemed as though turned to stone the nervous stroking of his beard which had continued throughout the proceedings stopped not a muscle twitched until judge bennett arose and asked that the jury be polled when he sat down senator tl leaned toward his attorney and whispered it was guilty As the poll proceeded senator bell scanned each juror narrowly hoping against hope that a negative would be heard from one of the twelve As one after the other agreed to the verdict mr lips drew closer and closer in the effort to steel himself against his cordent disappoint meat As the last man answered yes judge bennett arose and moved the defendant be granted a new trial judge de haven set the hearing 0 the motion for next monday MORE TIES FOR EXTENSION material received at casper and graders are an fn demand casper wyo july 4 tore than ties have been received here for the Northwest erns extension from casper to the wind river indian reservation much steel has also been received but almost all of this bas been used in the construction of seven mile of sidetracks here the grade for the extension has been completed to the platte river a distance ot one and one half miles and ties and steel will be laid at once material for the bridge dovec the platte at this point Is en route graders are now in demand at bis wages but the contractors cannot gel sufficient numbers of men for the scrapers and other grading machinery the contractors aade advanced two outfits as far as powder river and they will work east and meet the gangs working west laying of steel and ties from the platte river bridge west will not begin before aug 1 to give the graders plenty of time to arow up thirty or forty miles of grade and then rush the track laying through to the end of the line HIGH PRICES FOR blocks Sl r selby and tacoma smelling smelting Sm elting corn panics command big figures san 4 the value of stock of the selby smelling smelting Sm elting and lead company and of the tacoma smelling smelting Sm elting company has reached high figures according to a petition filed in the superior court for leave to sell the shares belonging to william alvirds Alv estate it is stated that an eastern syndicate has offered the executor per share for the selby stock and for the tacoma smelt ing stock and the court is requested to authorize the acceptance of this offer the stock of neither of these companies Is dealt in by the public it Is said and there are no prices on change to fix the values HAY MEMORIAL washington july 4 acting secre tary of state pearce has completed arrangements range ments for the memorial sal vices which are to be held in washington for the late secretary hay officers of the army and navy and marine corps on duty in the city will attend in full dress uniform A was sent to members of the diplomatic corps and public officials in this city that the serviced will be held at the church of the covenant in the city of washington at the same time the funeral services over the remains of the late secretary will be held in the city of cleveland orders have bean issued carrying into effect the directions or the president to display the american flag I 1 at halt mast over the embassies and legations of this country abroad and over tho forts and on ships of the navy as well as on all public buildings throughout the united states ambassador held in a cablegram to president from london said my more than 40 years friendship with the great secretary enables me to appreciate the great loss you have suffered sirs reid and I 1 desire to offer to yourself and mrs roosevelt our respectful and profound sympathy LEMONS AT HIGH FIGURE san diego cal july 4 san diogo lemons are now selling at from 4 to 3 a box the price ever received for lemons during the month of june owing to the shortage of water last year the crop this season is rather light and not enough lemons to fitl the orders are coming ia |
