( w opened to
i!?;rlrir,:rr,:,,,r.f-',,,r'ti'!''t'.wn
7.,,;.: . , vMiin t.aT(t
telcraph.
1,0
flo:u th
Hill Hear!
t
p,ad-
a --
irlert l
print-
sad a
Anrrut
. iJlaat
n lmn
wnt tUfl llfA,
,,..,:.l on be opened
a!j,!a laud on i
h '.i-:.',n hv become
Vrltvraldyii. Luit
'r dance nu'l thrcat
i il.c caluOH UU-
.ft 1119 T1M I '"
. ...il..a from a
,,! ju 2-V) inhabitant
.... .1 r.l Ilio uuih""
1, a
i a 4llliIU!lV Ol
i,, pnanl the town
" is . .
ti.'ii can not loyally
y,.,tead or pre-emption
LiJ nli-i '"P-
Minn.. August iv.
,., Minnesota bihI la-
bushels, ami i
i)ii'if)." wa the in-
ii. market record this
,r;!,,.i!iebest crop bar
r, Manager Rob
1l5t.,t. rn Elevator coin-
(. ,!,, li'tico on every
)t: are the sentiment
.anally. Two weeks
r,-.iicti.nil of wt.fKKI.OiW
i.ii"rity said the chum
S. w the iimreasn of
tiai figure i nut re-n-ir.
.-amp!'' f wheat
;u (.J-Ttir line fmriJ
wart, ".how almost unl
it ik expected liiai
the crop m Minnesota
1 ;n ti-u d.iya, and tlio
WANTS THE EARTH.
U ., pd In nto.
Anin-t 10. -L nder.Iate
Admiral Kimberly re
ivr.kpartnietit from Apia,
It (.itht-r of the ( utholio
il requested help from
tit-ius want of food
IVm his return fruw
jii;.c!I l cbartcril
it k,m-jut fmrlc witil Jinn
s::i'!iel liiiit, rit'8 ftiid
.'iti.t-r jifivisions, sliiclj
;lulire (.'litiiolifi miMiivn
ti -ffloii the ilistn"ftfi(l
.-i'miriil writes tlint tfn-re
i!y u fM-urtity of fixnl nt
I iii.t iiniri liuml Buy
Mia fci.iih, rxcrpl ioibly
fu-l h.'t'li '. itH tiHTo aro
(SwiAte wtst rm 1k-", on J
out liy tlio np
..irit of brcai! fruit nsitl
t-:.j.
frlt Part-xa-l-rlnr.
i, A;i-iut 10. Fnr-ner
tMii,ft Alvo, of the At-
MijfrivfJ from Ifnyti lost
ps.rtiro newii. The even
ft itn the Alvo arrived nt
w tl iKiiofl of H sinw)l j-ti'
f'Wiiciuiiiictiy liearil linus!
liw-Uafknij; force at
fe nine", about two mile
J-fctiU of iMi-rerfal glims
i 'rm cotiiil Iio won. lu
tint tiiirlmt Pnna-
11 tin kiaJti?il uiul tirciittf
i wrrivil it ftr Iicuvy
m "itt lsniimo' vorvico.
aitmiwm (,1 JuK 2D. Uio
''W'.il-.l III Ithllf Hi.
f'':".- Irtr. Am-oii nstlio
firm? .liitane.) nl.o
M May. Nig l,,f i. ,
PMia 'n,n t.ni.nii
r'v kit ..,f .
tii,.,i dnriti tho
" ".lit JlilrtHjIvU!" 0RM
'! t! hnu.rrea, it in
!sn Aux,ut 12,-Tl.o
v ".'.miiinniuilt:! n
!': !' !i Ukiji tlioromplaint
' I-'aVlMIIH.H 41,
f C,,!"f Hil.i.l- A "Xorthrru
f.wi.tl.cin tirncticnily
commisMon to etiib
w$ lt-feeu tho ncveral
.J1 '"fii.tiii.meiilg are over
'ii't.ncfn, which miikc-
ruoiy (-rwiu-r
"I 1 1 A....i..: '
F'itd'tll-n .1!... .... .
lLr i M'nuuico. Alley
."-"lel joint rnU-s bo-
I : t.iriii I'Hil ji-fl,
V?" 'keihoiuu'r-otuto
'it Im, bcoi, .howii Hint
' Imva no inch antlior
"? minor comiU.ii.U of
""re inxtiiiiK,,!, anions
'""fliarga Unit tha rcl.ill
J inn.'i'S of """-clinnaiiio
. V'? othrT cnuwii un-
Went Liberty nn.l iii
.'s-airiiitDaveiuK.rtship
01 tlio inter ntnto shi-
;-i!iiHt the JJurliDff-
' lcinl fr.fi-ht cur
"''""'cliin -vLiicC intr-
K a. "''l.b'ftnKpoitOll Ull.l
I . e delay at Wet
,r,-
A1 . Ang. O.-A ihock
t ,rmn CoviuKton coiintr
""-. A widow and two
tnd a 12 yenr -old ion
CT f'we called McXcdll.
, tlirwi young men went
r-ifB.1 Ulfi women anil
ashwotos. A,..-, ,4 --The
f.ffl. d.- artm.14 h m,,,.,!;.,,.
of fut the arr-t ml ..,.;,:' , ,
every rrn -tho roU or 1(, lltt).lu,u
to tub or in anr war iutrCr... .i
I uiU-d hut.-.nmilt Of Uu tl.r- l
Wn n rimny mil rohl ri.- iu thewe-t
that the !-o,!,me aiithoriti.-a k.
Tiii-vd that tt reaiirJU not wiffi.-i. nt
to iimure the .U U ntion . ail,illre ,
roiiiH-ri, and th xtmmt.-r general auj
Chief I't.i.t-.Uiee Iii.M-et-.r" KatliU.ne
have poiu! to the cin-inii,,u that the
amount iHiii fur the capture of a mail
rubU-r (.h.mld U lar. ly uicr.-..J ttli
that no i ii,m bhould be si,ar.',l in
briu'iiu-tiiii cIhik of eriiiiiimU to jns
tiee. lh.- WV1U I ar-o Kxpr.-w ,.
pany Ino. a inn,lin ri'nur 1 of ihm f,,r
tli nrrrt of any man ho alti-mptN to
thev would just an aw.i, !my f,,r ,, ;lj
roblrfTBta live jm-. liiKT(r j;,,,'),.
Ikuio thiiika that tin- L'ovt'rnment onht
to lm able to ,ay ju.-t h mueh a-T a
private tinu.
A rejwirt reecived Kt tho pM-tofficc ilt.
imrtnitiit from liis-i'tir I'lcb-riek
ahona the nerei-Miy of ulbriii lm.-r
ciiioa for the arrest of tli.-w- kmht-Tof
tho roa.1 ami eoulaims the aoeimnt of a
verv Uild rubbery.
Th oiith bound Kta-e on the rontf
from lUlin to I'urt Waihakie, ns
held up lo ur lUmii alnint SI;;XI p. m. by
a lono liiL-hnavmiin. He covered the
driver in the regulation ntyle, mil fur
tellinsr him to thron up h;s hniiiln Hum
ed him that if he miide any noiM he
nhoiild eoimider jt necesiuiry to iimke a
liole, null the aid of a bullet, in the top
of his head .Not wi-iiin.' to have hi
lkull r''!tibl a sieve, the driver kept
quiet while the robber devoted his tt
teiition to the u trnt' r.-d muil. The tlv
pawwller ihe mfe of the lielmii
n'ent at the Slnedion.t iik -iiev, and i-lie
wiis forced in s:ive uuher pin He contuin
iui Siie li.-nl n trunk wnh her, and
this the robl.-r broke open mid in one of
tin- (ray -i wiim silvei :ir'. Ib- uai
till the point of t il. iln' t hit n hen tin; i
nmli told j i til Unit it im only plated,
lie tl.reiv it buck with the remark tied
he win led bothi-rili;- ith plated at i iff.
After coiliitini' it(i his aiiiaiiiid tiiidin'
that he wai only :-i rieln-r by the raid,
whieli he thought was ln-tty wmr
I my for a niirld' work, In' told the driver
to on until tln-y met the northbound
atii'.-e, wneii he would hiiii turtln-r
iltMtrlletiolK. Jllht befen! Inei till'' the
other ti.'e the robber irot down
concealed liiiif-i'lf, j;i in;- the driver a j
parting lujiiiietiou not to rev.-al lu.t
prexeiice mi pal li of death. An f.ion its
the tno M-iu'c jatoii-il, the second one
wan jdopprd in the niiiini manner a the
other and the reiMMcred mail etamiiied.
()iii! letter na found to contain in
enrrency, and after aearchin for other
Vahi iblen, ho disappeared,
i ha on!hlotitd -dta-fS- r prtwb4he
robixTV to the postinader at House's,
but, nithoiitdi theru were Beveral cotr
boya lmiik'in around the store at tho
time, none of them considered the re
ward of frX) Mlllieiellt llldllCltnelit to
po on the trad. Inspector Frederick
f,uva ft man who would liava nerve
Clioti-h to bold up two sla-e Conch. 111
Wio uiabt would no doubt make a very
(,'liibbo! n Ik'ht for hi, life, and the cow
bovs don't think i! 's w..rlh while beini;
killed for 6-.'. eM'eclniiy ie the puiMid
of a hiiihwavmaii im . eeiiendly an cxpen-
aive one.
Postmaster General Wannamaker
Touchea Up the Big-est Mo
nopoly In the Country,
And dearly Mmw, Hlifn-in flie Car
erament Is I'ajie t T Much for
ihe VaUi Ureeivrd.
Or. Grea, of the Wester, Unioa Telegraph
Company, Bad!, WorsleJ in a Li
erary Encounter.
ill Fnam
m.trr .rnrrl n.nii..
" ASIIJNOTOV,
re ii.
AllL'llSt fi 4 .Mn
len made public from 1'Ohtma.sler (ien
eral Manamnker to President Green, of
the ,veni Tiiiou Tele-raidi company,
in reply to a i-,.,.t.t eomnmuicutio,, frm
tile bltt. r, re-ailllle'theoostnmster.o,.,.
erals redue-d rate, lo feiriuj; to the
statement of Mr. hrerii that the priv-ile.-i-.i
and benefits dei iveil by the West
ern Union company thion-h acts of
cu.-r. , are j ui .-1 v iiuaiuery, the post
niusler 'en.-rul ciu-a many facts in con
tradiction. Under Congressional irrants,
he says, the Western Union company
has claimed tllu H-ht to use without
cmpeiisation of any kind us to ri-ht of
way, all highways of the country on tho
.'round of their heiiij; post roads. It
has broadened this claim to the extent
that the streets of cities and towns are
also post roads, mid therefore open and
fiee to its occiiouncvand use. The cm, i-
puny, says I he po,tmuster general, has
thus been able to occupy and use streets
in lars-e cities regardless of the views of
the local authorities, nml almost regard
less of public opinion. In other re
Kluels the Company hm Secured sub
stantial benefits from the oveninient
and from the public under ihe nets
of oou'resa. As to r. Green'a
HUaiiiied htitleniiiut tliut. no cor
porations have received a rati)
eipiul to the proposed eoveruiiient rale
of one mill a Word, the po-tmnster p-n-end
savs tljat the slalement that press
associations lire not corporation, is
hardly justified by facts, nml not ma
terial to the iplestioll. He does not
Criticise the press rate. It Would be
belter, in his judgment, for the public
1 telc'.-rapli companies, n it were.
still lower. Heaidinx the stlltemeiit
that the oveniinent has the lowest rate
I inteo. 8h,1es may, at any time, pnr
eliase all the telegraph linen, property
and i Beet, ,f aliv tr u companies act -in
n under the a-t of July 24,
I he words '-any" and "or are omitted
in your luenioiiid. Tbe oniiMsiou as,
of course, u error, but as your present
coriesjombnce expresses the same
iiieauiu', 1 meuliou the iuaib-r merely
to remark that your views in that artic
ular are not adopted by this department.
Ihe act uf lKty, was, as you say, com
promise measure iu which the United
States, for the time beiti;:, waived its in
coherent rijrhu lo the erformance of a
telegraphic service in conjunction with
the istoffice. The first telesrraph line
iu this country was built with -overn-nient
aid, and that government didn't
continue to exercise its undoubted pre
rogatives, but, extending and operatiuir
the tele'rnih as a more seedy means of
communication than the pasb as is well
known, was purely an accident. In con
clusion, I to remind yon that in my
letter of July lath I consented to your
request for a conference on the subject
before any oflicial order liciii the rate
was issued. 1 urn vet quite willin j to
entertain any reasonable proposition
based niKiii known facts."
A SCORCHER.
Thirty Business Blocks In Spokane
Falls. Washington Tonitory,
Wiped Out.
A loanagratUn Jiearly as Formidable
and IlaMairiDfr as that Whiek U
eentljr VUited Seattle.
Appaall for Help Sent Out Tha Need) to
b bo Supplied With Provisions
Free ol Coil.
anil I ' ... ,
rrnn)ltaiiU II. .ul.ll. n c.i.v-i.iIii
IUniitsiiPKO, I'll., Au.'ust 9.-Delegate
to the republican Mate convention
BMembled liereyatonlay. When Cliair
Uiail Andrews called the convention to
order nt 10::, most of the delc-ates
were in their seats. After the transac
tion of the usual preliminary business.
Waller Lpon. of Allegheny, waa elected
temporary chairman. On nssitunn the
chair. Cbainimii I.voii made a brief
Leech in which !'"' w"-c-rBtiilate
oumelvea on tlio harmony
which prevails in our own .arty.
a-uaioiU discord and factions are rapid
,.. .. nml to-daV WO lire as-
than we
ever were m
lis state.
of committees
After ro-
commiltee on
nemlilcil sironei
the hlstorv of the party III
After Hie appointment
tho convention took recess.
. .i i of the con
oVr. tioi, was read It rom-
ril1),ied t-''::L, ;;,iir :;,!;:.
lOUIIT t' e.,.-. i
If ,. ndol.tei. '-l'"l
was then scoited to tin
t..-i..f oe, eh. idler hi
a read. I he !!at..""
Cl.icie'o platform; r-j
i...... of llss. bei'an
llicIVn.isylvanial'iH'f'"1;' "'I;1
. -i er: cinloises
claivs 1.1 fav- ro' , lU.nMy- of
commends ,1'';riil ,r'' ni, declares that
Commissioiierlani ' r, ;'"',,,..,, f
the repnblieai. pa. j , ,1,i.i(,.lists by
r Jleiannuei
stiu'eiilid made
, the platform
(.liorses no:
ill t;ie VIC-
it WHS loll.'IH oil
iiinier u
the ad-
h-
auii
its obligations
having provi.l
mittim: tin
the state.
to the proh
,1 the mai
,,rv for sub
J . i
to the peopl'
of
CIS. Iu
preimi
I'""""", i ,. ..r,iiHlni-
Iteolllineil'lH-ne..
1 U'l--"
own HHiiej-
I ll III 11)1 III '
hi,, of (h-venior beaver .....
liiauelit rellei io m
! IISIOII, -..--
. ,i i .... f v . .,1
iTtt: 'ui;.uiop.ioHof
iie..ryK.i!oy,of
of General
,.t, t IWIlt II.
. ,.,o,r,.t lit the dentil
Hinioit ("ainel'
the platform, J . ; ucciamation
aa ii""""" .." 0,.,tcd in
i.oi o ' l .
delphia,
Jor atate in .. na
a brief epoch, and the conv
join ned. -rr"..
4 ' .a.....lir ToWII'
E.i"r ... a 'I'ld city
ad-
. 1 ..
MAM. iM,"7 Ti-.ht of two traso
wh tho scene last i..Bl 1 " fWillilira
dies. Tl.ofln.lraw tbat
Joli-i.on.awellknow on .
blewliisbiainH out ';iioAtllcy,
killed his HWeell.eir t, My" Tlie
,,1,0 had refused to U'lr y (lcorf,(,
other case was that f 3 o -j K(,,,(,rt
lirouni
of
Alr.lild HisCO,
.i.i.,' . ,
, . ...I...1 Ol
a,l mail wi.o ll
t ins
Hiwo, a "ro" t1tWi,sdisciivereiiai
Kclili'kgoty, , ; VVnlUirHiwo,
i ,f l eft'
a itrilllit't v -- , ,. ,.
arrest him, but ' ; t),0 throat.
eB,,ti.rer .".po. 'J "a ,,ulr'
and iinulop'"'1,1"
Cimmi.h'I'". " " n,ir0n &
Black Hi". CUmh Mbor-
Duluth .'Tciital Mock of
naniwd here S cminonce
fl.0W,W. I'w'inirtritfMorwajr
lain iron W '. !, ( the reaerta
eiven to any single customer, one cent u
n ol d for day iiies-,ii'es and three-fourths
of ii cent for nidit, the postmiister-en-eral
calls attention to the fact that, un
like ordinary commercial messages,
everything in the address and signature
in yoveriiineiit business is counted, so
that for ten words in tho liiesKa'e and
ten wVrds iii the aTl.iresS iiiid sitlimtnre,"
the rate is really two cents a word iu
davtiiiie and a cent and a half at uijjht.
He asks if it is not time that the papers
in lai-iTO cities have a rate of one-hidf
cent for day and one-fourth cent for
nuht on their special dispatches, or
one-half lower than the cuvcrtimeiit.
"Is it not true, also, Ihnl this pntrouao
from l he (iressis tliemost profitable you
have, and ihat it would, in fact. ivo you
more prolit if you made it still hover?
Your own lestimoiiy, before committees
of coii'res, at various times, has been
steadily to the effect that every time
your comi'imy has reduced prices it has
gained an increase in its income. I be
lieve the new rates proposed would not
materially niter tin' amount of cash re
ceived by yon, while tho eovernment
would he enabled to (.'really quicken
and vitalize the transactions of its busi
ness in all departments. I nm satisfied
that the people could and should have
much lower rates than now exist, and
that neither the people nor tho ;overii
nieiil should suffer because special low
rates are -iven to favored customers.
Ah to the statement that, no message
can be carried and delivered by a tcle
eriii.li conipimv for less than 20 cents
without the service beindone at a loss,
do you not include in the cost of lminl
lin ' the laree sums paid for rentals of
lines some of which lire not now m use,
but onlv valuable to you in rcmoviu!;
competition end on omer ucc,.. s,
which are obviously ehanre.d.lo to the
capital account and not to t J.e operating
excuses? Is it not true that within ft
fewvearsnnd for several rears in sue
(.t,Hsi, hove volumes of business have
been handled by your company and
,lh,.r companies at the minimum rate
,ceuls a message and ; did not tins
, . continue until the es tern L mo .
absorbed all Competing lines? I he ta
of MatislicsKiveii inyonrmemoind
t , senate commilt.ee in 1W fl.ow
duri " the period of the 10 cent
H"1. ' ' . , ,,v did not lose money
,' ade a hir.-o i.n.Ht. If this wis
ssil le then, especially, a vour hns.-
.iatfrown lately iu v" """1 ;!' '.
d seem that it miyht he prae u'a
1 ''" The postmaster eeneral then
bh'lloH. .f'"'i. , ,,;,. r.Miorts.
to t no sin mo mo-
, no a very hir-e j.ropor-
',)f .I,,, euvernmei.t's tehrap i
The sclieciuies siio., ...... .--
the e-l)Veriinielir. " 1
about 8 cents a worn ioi
a" , : .i. .i ....nonent mes-
.,o over which iin: -.. .......
llieu.
i..,u been
but, the public
within that per
cent, whil
fnion liures,
i has been
-' . ... ei J.lll ei
nod ii""' v.
nnieiit
more
ms pcen I-.. " oiviii'' you n
tnn any f iJt lsj u(.sh, ami
i 11 v W named there him
that within th u 1 i, iu j jn ,ov.
ot ,,t',i,1,ies as io B noral I''lic
ernment rate ; t, qm
nIKl press. v . J teleeraph
tion of. benel n oru.ih, tQ
cotupaiiie under tho a. ns
eovernment oukI t . , j mU,B
mvorabln a m as o U -U
much as ''l'," ,,(in,,icipatod, itniaybfl
w ider ransc th' " 1 r 'd j,, K,iy.
',r"'"i'i 't' Hie acceptaiic0 f "l10
ha 18 f ' ,i, comi-anieg reiid
1860 by tl' V l aimrpoMH, acom
erediti toidl.nt . ..ta "" ,Velit nd tolo-
Pct, M'"Z 1, es. " If id J lo. not
W'" v , next siiceeed.ns hmo
witli all y . ' tallce, tho ..rinted
Tli Irl4liit In lli.fclou.
lioxTOS, Aii'-ust 8. The Hteamer Til-
Krim with J'resident Harrison and Sec
retaries Proctor and Windoni on board,
arrived at Fall l'.iver at i o'clock yester
day morning. The distinguished pas
sengers were not aroused at that hour,
however, and it was (i o'clock before
they appeared in tho saloon, when they
were greeted in behalf of the common
wealth and welcomed to Massachusetts
by Adjutant General Dalton. Hut little
time was spent in formalities, and after
breakfast the party disembarked and
stepped ito a special car. Shortly after
7 o'clock the train pulled out for Boston
amid the cheers of the crowd that had
assembled at the wharf.
The presidential party arrived hero nt
0:(l i. As eaiiv as 8 o clock crowds bo
inn to gather about the station, and
when the train arrived the depot and
adiaeent streets were wicked w lth hil
inanity. Immediately upon the arrival
of the train Lieutenant Governor J.racli
ett boarded the car and erected tho
president. The party then left the
train and moved nloncr the platform
kept free from the crowd by a cordon of
Police to the entrance of Kneehuid street,
where can iiiL'es were in waiting to con
vev the --nests to tho Hotel Vendomc.
When the uresident appeared at the eu
trance cheer after cheer went up from
tlie crowd, which enthusiasm was con
tinned aloiiL' the entire route from the
depot to the hotel. The president bow
ed his ncknow lodgments. The party
were escorted by the first battalion of
cavalry and a detail of police. Many of
the buildings and stores nloun tho route
were av with Hairs, bunting and appro
priate mottoes, and tho sidewalks, win
dows and streets were tbronsred with
people anxious to get a view of tho pres
ident. After nrrivinK at the hotel tho presi
dential party and others partook of
break Tast. After a brief rest, following
breakfast, the president received tho
olliceis of the state nnd city, Inderal oi
ficers, oflieers of the United States army
mid navv. mayor of cities and others to
whom invitations had . been sent. At
the close of the reception President
Harrison amiin retired to his private
apartments, where he rented quietly un
til I'M!, when tho parly left for l'nneuil
hull, where the popular reception bojinn
ut l ;;(. Private Secretary llnllord will
be tendered a reception at tho Tress
club between 5 and (i p. m.
Killed for llnlm Jniniliis.
Laramie, Wyo., August 8. Tho mys
terious disappearance of Robert Bur
nett, the Pole mountain ranchman, was
oartiv solved by tho discovery of bis
bones two miles north of his ranch.
There is every indication that ho was
murdered, after which tho body wa?
cremated, all that remained beinj- a heap
of hones in the midst of a burned spot
a mile from the traveled road. His
death like the recent Sweetwater
lynchiii" is believed to be traceable
to hind" troubles. His ranch was on
tho Fort Sanders timber reservation,
nnd ho had obtained it by juiiijiinp; ft
claim previously held by a iamil.y
mu,ied Mack. He has constan ly had
trouble with the Blacks, and the day
after his disappearance they took pos
session of bis ranch, and have since de
li,,! those who insisted that Burnett had
. '.. .l..v..,1 mid threiilened them it
IHT,, moi""i , . , r.i,.,,., .,
.IrkrH I n tr h Flamea.
Spokane Fali W. T., Auj;. 6. -The
entire business portiou of the city was
destroyed last uijrbt. Twenty-five
blocks are reduced to ashes. The esti
mated loss is $14,000,000. Tho fire
started at 7 ii. m. in a lodirin house on
Railroad nvenne. The fire department
was on the scene quickly, kut owing to
a lack of water the lire quickly spread
to an adjoining frame building and was
soon beyond control. The flames
jumped across the street to the Russ
houso and Pacific hotel. J5y this time a
strong wind bad sprung lip and it was
evident that the city was doomed. Tho
fire spread with fearful rapidity nnd the
firemen were powerless. Attempts were
made to check the (lames by blowing up
tho buildings in their path, but it was
useless. From the TuciHc hotel the
fire jumped across First street to the
frame buildings on the next street.
Soon it reached tho heart of tlie city.
A block of t wo-story brick buildings on
Riverside avenue next wont. From
hero the fire was communicated to the
iniiLMiilieent llvde block of four story
buildings, taking iu the whole block
between Mill and Howard street on tho
river side. Tho fire leaped across How
ard, and in ft few minutes the block be
tween Howard and Stevens was reduced
to ashes. The next to succumb was tho
large Toll block and a solid block of
four story bricks, including the post-office,
between Stevens and Washington.
Here tiie fire burned out from lack of
unite rial.
From the point of beginning tho lire
took another direction, leaping across
Sprague street to the opera house block.
From it tho llnmes leaped across River
street to Brown s bank, and then botli
sides of the avenue were in flames. Tho
block between Post and Mill streets was
quickly Heked up, including tho Grand
hotel. From here tho fire communi
cated to an adjoining block on the right.
Here was Frankfort block, the largest
building in the city, which cost 8250,000.
It withstood the lire for some tune, but
finally succumbed. The Arlington ho
tel was next to go. The building was
enveloped in flames when a man was
seen to jump from the second story win
dow. Ho arose and started down How
ard street vvhen ho" was overcome by
heat and fell. Sevenfl people rushed to
his assistance and carried him to ft place
of safety. He was ft pi table sight, being
literally roasted, his skin peeling off all
over liia body. His name is Charles
Davis, of Billings, Montana. Ho died
about noon.
From the Arlington the fire traveled I
north nnd consumed the block between
Howard and Main and Front and Sto-
yens, burning east ns far as the latter
street, where a vacant lot checked its '
further progress m that direction.
Everything in ft northerly direction, in
cluding tho Northern Pacific express,
Union block and tho Windsor hotel, was
soon a mass of flames. The river pre
vented the firo doing further damage
and was tho means of saving tho big
flouring and lumber nulls.
Th An(a.l t rop Hrt.
Washington. August 12.-The depart
ment of agriculture' crop report for
Au'-ust makes the condition of com
94 8- spring wheat, 81.2; spring rye,
95 4- oats, 32.3; bailey, 90.6; buckwheat,
95.2; potato, 84.5; bay, 94 5; tobacco,
84.4. Corn has made an improvement
during the post month of 4i ioints, and
is now less than one ioiut lower than at
the same time last year. The August
return of condition has not stood more
thau one point higher during the past
nine years, and the present return baa
been equaled but three times during
that leriod. This improvement is quite
generally distributed throughout the
country following the favorable grow
ing weather and sufficient rainfall- In a
along the Atlantic
coast, the condition has been somewhat
reduced from excessive rainfall and lo
cal floods nnd overflows, while m
many other districts where improve
ment is noted, similar causes have pre
vented full cultivation, aim mivo
lowered what otherwise migniiiaveoee
a nearly perfect comutioii.
Michigan nnd Indiana the results of the
earlv tinfavorable meteorological condi
tion are being overcome, and tne crop
prospects are rapidly improving, im
drought which in portions in the north
west threatened the crop has been
broken by rain, and the present returns
aliow a high condition iu that section.
'The figures for the principal, corn states
ore: . T
Ohio and Indiana 87, Illinois u, jov
refers
wluei
tion
business
eleven years
paying
circuit over v.. mluctioll
sages are i m. . u
mane in ui " "" i,i
riltO Has lieeil Hi'""
i,l moro thai) 50 per
according to the Western
the cost ol iiaiiciuuK
reduced during i.m
ntsto a;is-iu ce. i is
pernio."""- ,... these incis
per message. " the govern
i"l"f'r'oav,!g for 'it .mic
. ,. tor ms iiouv.
scried that lie Jia.l gone v
Burnett was eccentric nnd lnolieirsive,
b,,t had once seen prosperous days.
Ollicers have gone out to-night to bli
ther investigate the idl'air.
Ilnl. ii.l.lled liiirlmidt
Washington, August 11. -Several at
tempts were made by newspaper men to
see some one in authority so as to as
certain whether the report that ex
Attorney General Garland hns been
tendered the position of special counsel
for one, of the great Pacific railway com-
llios is true or not, but the rumor
'could not be run down. It is learned,
however, that the Union Pacific has for
J e time exhibited symptoms of dis
s isfaetiou with its represen ation m
tl s citya.Hl that several months ago a
cliifu e wras decided upon. Ex-Attor-u".-,
i r, ie storv goes,
...... (TiKiiom .o,.i ,.,., - " ' ,
Bv this time, in tho short spaco of
three hours, the firo had consumed
everything in its path, reducing to ashes
the entire business portion of the once
beautiful city. The only business block
left standing is the Crescent building,
which was saved by tearing down the in
tervening buildings.
Owing to the rapidity with which the
fire spread scarcely anything was saved.
Provisions are source, and will last only
a short time. The city council met this
morning and appointed a committee of
relief.
Provisions will bo sent for and the
noedy supplied 1'reo. Tlio city superin
tendent of water works was roundly
censured bv the council for neglecling
his duty, he being away at tho time of
the fire'. The big pumps wero not con
nected and at Ihe time of the fire there
was scarcely any pressure. Had there
been the lire 'would have been easily
gotten under control.
The militia is out in force and all per
sons without n, pass are forbidden in the
burnt district. Five out of the seven
bunks are doing business in tho Cres
cent block. Everybody bears their
losses bravely. Many business men
have already signified their intention to
rebuild.
The burned district includes nil that
part of the city from the Northern Pft
100 Missouri Ofi, Kansas 102, N diraska
101, Texas 90, Teuness? P?, Kentucky
97. The general average for the seven
surplus states is 95, against 90 last month,
and 90 for August, 1888. Soring wheat
Buffered a furl her falling off during the -month,
the decline amounting nearly
three points, though the condition is,
nearly three points higher than in 1887
and one above that of 1880. With these
exceptions it is the lowest since the very
small crop of 1881. Minnesota records .
some improvement since the last report,
but in Dakota there is ft decline from
the same cause noted last month.
Dakota is now the largest spring
went state, nnd the very low condition
reduces the general average. In the
rest of the, spring wheat district, the
condition is generally good, perhaps
above the average of u recent series ot
venrs. Tho averages in tlio principal
states are: lsconsm o, jui.hut,
braska 01, Dakota 57, Washington 75.
The quality of the crop will be better
than usual, especially in the -extreme
northwest. Rye and barley each de
clined one per cent.; the falling off be
in" mainly in Nebraska and Dakota.
The condition of oats, while two points
lower than reported last month, is high
er than August of any years since 1885.
In many sections the crops suffered from
heavy rains about harvest time, and the
next report may show damage from this
cause not yet. reported. Potatoes have
maintained their high condition of a
month ago, and now stand one point
hi'dier than at this dato last yean io
bacco has fallen off materially on ac
nnrmtrnf oiccesHive rain. - The- averages -
in the leading states are: Pennsylvania. ,
92, Maryland 00. Virginia 80, Kentucky
81, Ohio 83, Indiana 55, Wisconsin 88.
.
The Velrnn Firm. 1
Washington", Augusts, la response
to a letter of the chief clerk of tho post
office department tho assistant attorney
general for the postoffico department
wrote that -when tho civil service com
mission certified three 'names for ap
pointment, and one was n discharged
sailor or soldier, he must be selected
for the placo. This opinion was con
firmed by the attorney general, who,
however, brought out more strongly the
point that tho appointing power still
hnd tho rie-tit, of bulging as to the ex-
I soldier and sailor's capability nnd per
sonal fitness before putting him in the
place, although other things being equal
the vcteraii must ne appoinrtu.
Suicided lit Mx.y.
SFbanklin, Tenn., Aug. 8. Miss Jen
nie 'latum, aged 00, was found banging
from the limb of a treo uear her home
in the vicinity of Hillsboro. Miss Ta
tum, her mother and a sister nearly as
old ns herself have lived near Hillsboro
for many years and had the entire res
pect and confidence of the community.
Tho only theory w hich accounts satis
factorily for the desperate net is that,
discovering they were unable to earn a
support, pride and mortification at be
ing dependent upon the charity; of
neighbors so worked upon ber sensibil
ity mid preyed upon her mind as to lead
ber to commit the deed.
'iuve llimsi'll Up.
St. Louis, Mo., August 10. Darwin
W. Tratt, who was the St. Louis agent
for tho McC'ormick Harvester compauy
of Chicago, went to the state peniten
tiary nt Jefferson City and surrendered
himself. Post, the book-keeper, em
bezzled, nnd on his statement Pratt was
I indicted as an accomplice, tried and sen
tenced to three years m the pemten-
and
tiarv. This was several years ago,
. . . . .... 1 ... (Y2 1
,... .... . - - - i tne supreme conn nas just umrmuii me
cihe railroad to the river, and from Lin- j (lecision wlljch gen(ls iriltt to the peni-
lms been offered tnis posir o i.n j
V.,-, 000 ft year. Ho will bo, it he. ac
c ids, ' located in Washington and his
b s ness will bo that of a railroad at
torney, whose principal.d.it.yisto pre
v , , unfavorable legislation towards the
oa, employing him. The current opin
, , hen aiming the attorney general s
,1 is that the story that lie has been
offered tho place is true.
,ln Iowa OIHe.'" ""''"
Vinton, la., August 9. -The commit
tee to report on tho books of L. H.
stednian, county treasurer, returned a
deficit of $lt,00. That is. the report
f the treasurer, made July 1, 188",
8hows a balance of $50,847.05, when the
true cash balance was, ns wu .y ....
. mn ittee, 801,732,05, a difference ot
, ' isil58. There aro errors of d ffer
! ' mounts on different pages a he
) la his entries wero incorrect, and
funds ins uiul lb io BMiliO n
.Ij fitVOI. DCBllieri .110 v...,..- -
lln , . .. ...... vnriollH
1, mice sneeis mintj -
o .. . . . . .. 4..1..1 ol 1 1 Ol III
.V,ui'i .... ,i,i.,.ninL- is found inaccurate
J" " Y...'.. i; .7, em.dition. But lit
io 0 "hi.; hortage appears in the first
The hdaieim' - . ,.
111
the
n.ent";, "mor, to the Bcn-ilhoom, Th(
IjannotM of . . It hat the main every Ihiuic.
coin to Washington streets, embracing
over thirty blocks. As all the supplies
and provisions in tho city were burned
there will be much suffering until relief
can come from neighboring places. Ap
peals for help have been sent to Port
land, Seattle, Tacoma and several other
towns, and hearty responses received.
Estimates of losses range from $7,000,
OOO to $30,000,000, but convervative men
place the loss at 7,000,000. Although
the "-round burned over is not ns exten
sive ns at Seattle, yet the buildings were
much more costly.
i
The Moiix llcunrvailnii. I
Washinoton, August 13. There seems
to bo a general misunderstanding as to
the opening of the Sioux reservation.
The statement has been made that the
reservation would bo opened as soon ns
tho commission reported and the presi
dent issues bis proclamation. This,
however, is an error. There wero two
bills passed bycongress on the sumo day
relative to tho opening of tho resorvu
tion, ono of which provided for the ces
sion of lands nnd how it should be done,
and the other provided for the appoint
ment of a commission and the expenses
thereof. It was further provided in tho
latter bill that the report of the commis
sion must bo submitted to the Fifty-first
congress and bo ratified by that body
before tlio president's proclamation can
be issued.
At Cartlmgo, Mo., 8. T. Green, a
prominent attorney, hanged himself
with a piece of wire. Financial ditll
miwiiioti'i M. Y" ,"; vr. that the plain
tentiary. It is believed he is innocent
and will lie pardoned by Governor
Francis. Pratt's family bore is highly
respected.
Tlie HxpiHIll jtliiat Hit.
Chicaoo, August 10. Some time ago
Warren F. Lclaud, of the Leland hotel
secured an injunction against the man
agers of tho exposition building from
j extending the structure, declaring that
its existence on the lake front, which
lias been decided as a public pnf lt, to be
forever free from buildings, is in viola
tion of the law. Since that lime stren
uous efforts have been miulo to get Le
land to withdraw his opposition, but
without avail. Now it is announced th'e
usual full exhibition and fnt stock shoy
will bo held, after which tlio building
will bo torn down.
Jt Trcaamrer Gone Wroni.
Mankato, Minn., Aug. 10. Henry
Kusel, the village treasurer of Minne
sota Lake, disappeared July 2, and an
examination of his books shows that he
is 82,900 short. Ho is also guilty of a
much moro serioiiB crime. When his
wife was told of bis defalcation she burst
into tears and said that ho bad run away
with ber sister, Miss Minnio Cuthbert, a
girl not qnito 18 years of ago.
The secretary of war has published
the retirement of Major Alexander
Hbarpo, paymaster. The retirement of
Major ShariH) reduced the pay corjie to
forty, five more than tho maximum fixed
bv the recent net of congress. i
- the home ( ... old
Mwii.d ,i,n Bick .ied
liin io that be died
VJJ on taw tliam nd
, Heated Ida UAmr ma.
Mad: "l'roviiicu,