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The InlILL VOL. VIII. HILLSBOnO, OBEGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 20. 1901. NO. 14. UlfUi Hid ce EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. n Compreneiulv Review of the knpor Nfxnln! of th ftit Week htm mi las Consume1 rm Which li Mori likely to ft ef Internet le Our Many Nome lmt $120,0(10 worth of prop rly by fir. OilJ linn been diw-overed near Spo k ii no, Wh, Fir dcatroyed Inrg portion of Orvenvllui, South Carolina. Fir In Buffalo, N. Y., consumed $:IU),000 worth u( properly lltiiwl linn iiuiMMHsl retaliatory duly on American resin and bicycle. Tin trruiuiry department hat put ft countervailing duly on lutiftn beet sugar. Telegraph operators on the Lack a wiinnii railroad ar preparing to go u't ft strike. Franca lm made ft trfnty with China for tht protection ol the Ton qniii railway. Five hundred eilUens of Text are engaged in ft hunt for ft band of Me lean otillawa. Mm. Mik'inlcy I. been pro notinerd out ef wier, but doctor xy lur ailment may return, Governor Alien hat reported that Porto Rico i self niMirting. II. 8, ringree, ex-governor of Mich igan, died in London. If it in mihle for President Mo Kin ley to I prcaent ftt the com mencement of Harvard university, th degree of LL. D. will be conferred iiK)ii him. A servant girU' union U being formed In Chicago. The United State may eatabllah a clearing huuae at Manila. The iiirremler of the Filipino leader Call lea haa been confirmed. Minister Lnomia haa been trans ferred from Veneauela to Persia. Porto Kioana will hereafter work in harmony with the United States. Claim of Chilean vessel Itataagainat the United 81 ate haa Undismissed, Thrtyfive hundred trackmen of Cannndian Pacific have gone on ft alrike. Empress dowager of Chin 1 plot ting to put a new emperor on the throne. Murmona want to aeltle on govern ment landa in Mexico vacated by Indiana. Five more Chicago firm) have eo ceded to the deinanda of the striking machiniata. Moran Hroa., of Seattle, have ee cured a force of nonunion machiniat ami carpenter. Induntriial commiaaion proiosc to find out whether manufacturer tell cheaper abroad than at home. Twelve hundred men were laid off at the , work of the Newport, R. I., shipbuilding company, on account of the m aehin lata strike, A number of Filipino prisoner have been aentenced lo death by th military commiaaion for murder, aiwault and violation of the rule of war. Philippine customs revenue are increasing. , Six frame buildings were burned at Monmouth. Cailles will surrender his entir force at Santa Cru. Incoming ships report passing quantities of wreckage on the ocean. Doers surprised a force of Victoria mounted rifle near Middlesburg and captured two pompons. It is exopcted that negotiations at Pckin will be settled this month. Ten person were injured by a tor nado in Hoith Dakota. Von Waldoraee will be created a prince on hi return to Germany, Only one body has been recovered from the wreck of the ferry boat North field. The llarriman interest hv ae on red control of the Chicago, Mil waukee A St. Paul road. Lulu Prince-Kennedy was convict ed of murder in the second degree and puiiishmont was fixed, at ton yeras' imprisonment. An extensive syndicate is buying up eastern street car line with the intention of forming a complete mon opoly.. The Chief of the forestry bureau ol the Philippines has irnued a circular in which it is stated that the timber supply In the Philippines i almost unlimited. Negroes about Leavenworth, Kan sits, are arming themselves with re volvers purchased from the troop at Fort Leavenworth, and it is thought they intended to avenge the recent burning of a Negro, The southern states pkntd 27,632, 000 acres of cotton this year, an in crease of 2,111,000 acres. Texas fever tins been discovered among native cattle of northern Ger many, and is said to have existed more than 100 years. The Berlin city mission, headed by A. Stocker, issues each week 108, 000 sermons for those who oannot attend church, 20,000 of which are distributed in the city. SURPRISED BY BOERS. rlcterla Mount' RMm Overt em By So. aerie fare. Loudon, June 18. I-ord Kitchener has cabled from Pretoria under today' late a follows: Near Welmansrust, 20 miles north jf Middleburg, 250 Victoria mounted rifles from General Bcaaton's com mand were surprised in camp at Steenkoolspruit by a superior force of Doers at 7 30 p. m. June 11 The jnemy crept up to within short range end poured a deadly fire into the camp, killing two ollloere and 10 men sod wounding four ollicers and 88 men, of whom 28 were only slightly wounded. Only two officers and 60 men escaped, to General Beaatun's :amp. The remainder were tak'.n prisoner and released. Two pom no were captured by the enemy. Full details have not yet been re :eived. The serious reverse which Lord Kitchener report I the first accident jf the kind that has happened to the Australian contingent, and it is sup posed to be due to neglect of prnier picketing. Although it is offset bj the defeat indicted upon Dewet, tin lose of the guns is regarded as a serious matter, which will encourage the Boers to continue the struggle. More or lea fanciful account are published on the continent of alleged peace negotiation, but there is nothing in them and nothing has come of the interview between Mr. Botha and Mr. Kniger, beyond re vealing the fact that Mr. Kroger will listen to no proposals unless they are accompanied with a guarantee of in Jnpeiidence of the republics. The Daily Mail's Capo Town cor respondent says that Cecil Rhodes, peaking at ' Buluweyo Saturday, predicted that a federation of South African states would come in three or (our years, but he contended that to grant self-government to the repub lic before federation would render federation impossible. JAPAN'S WAR ON RATS. Casrgslle Mtaaerss Tekea t Suppress the Wage. Yokohama, June 1, via Victoria, B, 0. June 18. Much consternation has been awakened by the escape of a rat at Tokic. The medical authori ties of the Imperial university were mgaged in experimenting on some rodents in the introduction of plage bacilli into their veins, when one of the animals eluded their vigilance, snd as a consequence several have recently been discovered in the hos pital infected with the disease. As a result the wsr sgainst them haa assumed huge proportions. The Tokio municipality ha voted 30,000 yon, rat traps by the thousand are distributed among the people, and a bounty of 6 sen each is offered for their capture. With all this evi dence of consternation there is no need of fear that the '.he disease can gain a foothold in the country in which such measure for prevention have been taken. While sporadic cases appear here and there, they are instantly isolated, and the spread of the contsgion i rendered practi cally impossible. The authorities do not hesitate to adopt the most drastio measures in each instance, and as a result the empire is today in a better sanitary condition than any other nation in the world. The cabinet muddle is not only still unsettled, but it becrmcs every day more complicated and hopeless of solution. The source of trouble, while dignified as a strife between the principle of a party minsitry and that of an independent cabinet, responsible only to the sovereign1, is almost lost eight of in the pettiness of the political squabbles which have come to the surface, making it im possible for any statesman without complete loss of self-respect, to un dertake the task of forming a ministry- : ; -- STRIKE OF TRACKMEN. Employee f tha Canadian Pacific Will Go Out la s Body. Vancouver, B. 0., June 18. All of the Canadian Faciflo trackmen will go out tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock, the demand of those in the eastern division for an increase in wages of 20 cents per day not having been ac ceded to, Olliclals of the road state that the granting of this demand would mean an additional annual expenditure of $400,000. Men are being secured to t-iko , charge of bridges and portions of track where surveillance ia necessary, and it Is announced that alt train will be run tomorrow as usual. Csllfernls Trsin Wreck, Santa Crui, Cat., June 15. The narrow gauge Southern Pacific pas lenger train from Ban JYanclsco wa wrecked today near Rincon. Engi neer James Btanley and Fireman Henry Coyle were seriously Injured. The locomotive, tender and baggage car were badly smash.! The wreck occurred on a curve. The passenger car, containing 40 people, did not leave the track. Bsttls en th Tonkin Frontier. Taooma, June 18. The steamship Tacoma brings news from Hong Kong that the French forces in Ton kin lost four officers and 17 soldiers in a fight along the Tonkin fiontier with marauding bands of Chit sso, aggregating over 800. The Chinese force inolude 1,000 regulars who referred robbery to soldiering, any Chinese women were killed and tha Chinese were driven into Kwang Be province. , NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL OVER OREGON. Commercial ana) financial napyeninfi of ha. portanco A Brief Review of of th Growth sad Improvuntvij of In Mssiy Industries Thrsuhsut Oat Thriving Coca ewjaweahh Uut Market Report A new steam laundry will be start ed at Kugene. The Southern Pacific haa opened a down-town ticket ollice in Salem. Two mining claims in the Granite district were recently sold for f 18,000 to ths Gray's Peak gold miuing com pany. It is reported that the fruit in Kagle and Pine valley ha been killed by the late frosts. Much grain Is also killed, and the clover and al falfa injured. Rich quarts claims on Quartz gulch, near Alamo, were sold last week to a mining man from Iowa for $25,000. It is the intention of the new owner to put a mill on the property. Taxes collected in Baker county for the year 1900 have been turned over to the treasurer. They amount to nearly $50,000, and the entire amount wss collected in about 60 dsy. The Willamette river is so low above the locks thst only one boat is now running, and that with difficulty in gettiug over the shallow places. The ateamcr Ruth ia having a smaller wheel put in, so that she csn run all summer. A soda tank blew up at Roseburg a few days ago. One piece smashed through the ceiling, another fragment flew out into a front room, creating consternation, and another piece wrecked a partition in one comer of the room, and smaller pieces flew everywhere. Kugene will hare two days' Fourth of July celebration. The Whitney council new meets twice a month instead of once as heretofore. Fourth regiment, O. N. G., will go into ramp at Kugene June 27, and remain until after the Fourth. Report from along the Columbia river show a much better run of lalmon than in the past few week. Commencement exercises are in progress or about to begin in most of the colleges and universities of the state. The Rogue River Mining A Milling Company has about finished cleaning up at its mine on the left hand fork of Foots creek. A new elect ire light company has been formed in Balsm. It will also operate a system of street railways. Capital stock, f 130.000. The new military code regulating the O. N. O. will be ready tor distri bution in a few days. The new set is much stricter than the one now in use. The Lakeview Water Company lias a crew of men working on the im provement which will convey the company' water in tiling direct from the spring to the summit of the hill overlooking Lakeview. Portland MariuU. Wheat Walla Walla, 6162o. ;val Icy, nominal; bluestem, 61g62c. jier bushel. Flour Best grades, $2.903.4O per barrel ; grnhnm, $2.69. Outs White, $1.32t1.35 percen tal; gray, $1.30(4 1.32 if percental. Barley Feed, $17(917.60; brewing, $17(317.60 per Urn. MillstufTs Bran, $17 per ton ; midd lings, $21.60; shorts, $20.00; chop, $10. Hay Timothy, $12.6014j elorer, V7SI.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 ..(r ton. Hops 12(4 14o. per IK Wool Valley, ll(13c; Eastern Oregon, 7$ 11c; mohair, 2021o. per H)iuid, Butter Fancy creamery, 15a 17,c. ; dairy, 1314c.; store, 11 12 'ic- Pr imund. Eggs Oregon ranch, 12(9120. per doson. Cheese Full cream, twins, 12c; Voting America, 13(4130. per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00; hens, 13(93.50; dressed, 810c. per wund; springs, $1.60(1(3 per dosen; ducks, $:i3.50; geese, $4fi.50; tur keys, live, 8l0c; dressed, 9(3 10c. per pound. Potatoes Old, $101.20 per sack; new, 142c. per pound. Mutton Lambs 4c. per pound cjj'; liest sheep, wethers, with wool, T. 25(814. 60; dressed, 6H'7o per pound. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.75(30; light, 4.755; d reused, 7o. per pound. Veal Large, 67o. per pound; small, 7J8c. per pound. Beef Gross, top steers, $4, 25 4. 60; cows and heifers, $3.75(3)4.00; dressed beef, 77)'c. per pound. Admiral Rogers will represent the United States at the unveiling of the Perry monument in Japan. : It is reported that the head of Rear Admiral Sampson will appear on medal commemorating the battle of Satiago bay, Rioe, raw eggs and boiled venison require onlj one hour to digest. At the other end are pork, roast beef, cabbage and hard eggs, which re quire four to five hour. EARL WAS A BIGAMI8T. let Mis Ursahle Wa AmtU aa His ft, tars a Eaglaai. London, June 19. Esrl Russell wss arrested today on a charge of having contracted a bigamous msr risge in the United States. The Earl was met at the railway station upon hi arrival from the country by detective with a warrant and was taken to the Bow street po lice court, where he was formally charged. The nobleman appeared to be unconcerned. While Earl Russell waited in the ante room the summon to appear before the magistrate, the woman be married in America joined him. When tlie case wss called a represent ative of the public prosecutor said th prisoner wa charged with felon iously marrying Mr. Mollie Boaier ville, daughter of the late George Cooke, of Combernauld, 8otcland. The prosecution proceeded to out line the Earl's marriage to Mabel Scott, his first countess), their separ ation and hi subsequent disappear snce from England with a neighbor, Mrs. Bnmerviile, and discovery that he and Mrs. Bomerville were located together at Reno, Ner. April 14, 1900, Earl Russell obtained a license to marry Mollie Cooke, otherwise Mrs. Bomerville, in Nevada, and a judge performed the ceremony April 16. Counsel for the. Earl pointed out that the prosecution omitted mention of the divorce proceeding instituted by his lordship in America. In the event of a conviction the case will be taken to the house of lords, as Lord Russell i entitled to a trial by hi peer. , 8ERVANT GIRLS' UNION. . . . Work of OrgeatastiM I la Progress la CM cat Eight Beat Dsy. Chicago, June 19. Union labor is to take a hand in the servant problem in Chicago. It has been decided by the local branch of the Woman's In ternational Label League to start a vigorous crusade for the organisation of the thousands of girls whose work is in the home of Chicago. The announcement of the league' decision was made on the floor of the Chicago Federation of Labor and wa received with applause by the delegate to the assembly. Committed have been appointed and the work of organising the union will begin at once. The union will announce a regular scale of wsgee. An eight hour day will be de clared in vogue, with extra pay for holidays and overtime The number of afternoons each servant girl may have for recreation each week also will be stipulated. It wa estimated that there were more than 600,000 girls and women in Chicago willing and eligible for this new movement. They will work in sympathy with affiliated organizations of female labor. CONCESSION IS ASKED. Mermen Want is Settle ea Oevsraawat Undi Vacated ky Indiana. Mexico City, June 19. A Mormon agent, James Cannon, is here for the purpose of securing from the govern ment a concession for settling 1,000 Mormons in Sonora, on the lands from which the Yaqul Indians have been driven. Mr. Cannon says ; "We believe that if suitable tracts of lands are placed at our disposal in the Yaqui country, we will do much in this country in the interest of peace,, for the Mormon church has faced the Indian problem almost since its organisation. We require no rifles in our management of the red brother, and are always instilling into his mind that we are his friends and not his foes. If the concession ia obtained, a commissioner will be sent at once into the Yaqui territory by the Mormon church for the pur pose of ascertaining the attitude of the Indians, and if peaceful a con tract will be made and lands pur chased from the Yaquis." Brsxtt Ssttlt Amtrkaa Claim. Washington, June 19. A cable gram received at the state depart ment from United State Consul Bryan, nt Petropolis, announces that the Braiilian government has paid the indemnity requested for the de struction by a mob of Baptist Chapel, in the province of Nichtheroy, main tained by the American Baptist mis sion. Accident to Actrtss. Clevleand, 0,. June 19. Mrs, Anna Chapman, a member jf the Eugenie Blair dramatic company, now playing at the Lyceum theater, in this city, fell through a trap door tonight and sustained a fractured skull. Her condition is serious. Gravti of Soldiers Dtcorattd. Tien Tsin, June 19. This being the anniversary of the beginning of the siege of Tien Tsin the ladies to day decorated the grave of the sold ier of all nationalities. Disapproved by Prtsldtnt Washington, June 19. The presi dent has disapproved an act of the Cherokee Indian council providing for a committee to execute a new ar rangement with the Dawes commis sion. The tribe, by popular vote, recently objected, by a majority of over 1,000 vote, to the agreement whioh had been made between . it representatives and the Dawes commission. BREACH WIDENING LIBERAL PARTY OF ENGLAND 18 DIVIDED OVER WAR. Aaaouacsastsi by ths Sscrttsry of Wsr of ths TcrriM Doth Rat Asses Boar Ma sawrt Cists StsttHoa as TsHlsawat Policy f War Dteanmat Is Severely Okicisad-RsfersM hasalied. London, June 19 Replying to questions in the House of Commons, Mr. Broderick, the war secretary, said there are 40,229 person in the "concentration camp of the Trsna vaal and Orange River colony. The deaths in these camps for the month of May numbered 98 men and women and 3 18 children. The announcement of the mortality was received with groans from the Irish members and cries of "Scandalous." Mr. Brod erick added that the authorities are arranging for the release of the women snd children who hsve friend to re ceive them, but the governent could not undertake to locate them in iso lated places. The division in the house of com mons on the motion made by Lloyd to adjourn tha house on tht question of the treatment of Boer women and children, which wa rejected by a vote of 253 to 134, served to accentu ate the split in the Liberal party on the government's far east policy. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannermann, the Liberal leader, also denounced the policy ol concentrating women and children in camps and with a num ber of others, voted in the minority on the motion. About 60 Liberal Imperialist abstained from voting aa a protest against the Bannermann-Harcourt-Morley section of the house of commons identifying themselves so closely with the extreme pro Boers. BOERS GAINING STRENGTH. Taking Oa Many fttowts Free Date Mst. rids ef Cass Colony. New Yore, June 19. The situa tion in South .Africa ia far from sat isfactory just now to Englishmen, says the Tribunes' London corres pondent. It is believed. that the Boers are gaining many recruits from the Dutch districts of Cape Colony, and irt spite of Mr. Chamberlain' calm assertion that the embers of war are only smoldering, it looks very much as if they had burst into names. A question will shortly be put in the Liberal benches in the house of commons aa to the proposed suspen sion of the constitution in Cspe Col ony. There is a general belief that Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Miller will hesitate before taking this step. Lawyers aie of the opinion that the only wa it could be legally accom plished would be by an act of parlia ment, and tn the present state of pub lic business the government will scarcely care to invite opposition on such an issue. Brs Will Never Give Up. Denver, June 19. Commandant W. D. Snyman, of the South African re public, is in Denver on a lecture tour, the proceeds of which are. to aid the Boer prisoners. "The struggle in South Ahica is not a race animosity," said Com mandant Snyman. "It is sn awful war, a political war, brought about by political gamblers and speculators, and so long as they have life the Boers will fight for their liberty. Our wives and daughters will pray and fight with us. Mothers send their sons into battle with a prayer. Widows and orphans are suffering, yet believing that God will bring them finally to victory. " KiUhner Haa Moved. London, June 19. Lord Kitchener has not yet cabled the details of the reverse of the Victorian Rifles of General Beaston's column at Steen koelapruit, June 11 Small affairs continue to be reported from South Africa. Scheerper' commando is locked in at Murraysburg, in Cape Colony. Lord Kitchener has moved to Bloemfontein. Wants te Forget ths Main. Madrid, June IS. At a council of the Cabinet held yesterday, the Queen Regent presiding, It waa decided that any claims emanating from American subjects relative to the destruction of the battle-ship Maine in Havana har bor should be addressed to the Gov ernment of the United States, In con formity with the Treaty of Paris. MscninisU la th South will Strike. Savanah, Ga., June 19. A com mittee of union machinists waited on Superintendent of Motive Power Sy monds, of the Plant system today, and notified him that they had been instructed by the union to demand a nine hour day with 10 hours' pay. One hundred and fifty men are em ployed in the Plant shops here. If a satisfactory answer to their demand is not given by noon tomorrow, all the union men in the shops will go out. Famous BrMgebuilder. New York, June 19. Thomas Cur tis Clarke, consulting engineer and ex-president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, is dead at his home in this city. He was born at Newton, Mass., in 1827, and was graduated from Harvard in 1848. He was known as a bridge engineer and designer, and built over 250 mile of iron and steel bridges, viaduct and elevated railway. WASHINGTON G088IP. lacreaa of War Veteran Drawing Pinalsas Report at Comptroller of Csrreaty. In speaking on the work of the pen sion bureau in the 11 month of th current fiscal year. Commissioner Evans aaid the other day the number of name added to the pension roll during that period was 43,399. I'ncle Pam is indebted to the state of Illinois to the smount of $98,797 for equipping volunteer who served dur ing the Spanish war. The total amount of the claim wa $530,745, of which $431,948 has been paid. The amounts due the states of the middle West are: Indiana, $123,020, out of a total of $274639; Iowa, $56,055, out of a total of $147,644; Kansas, $1,106, out of a total of $37,787; Michigan, $122,852, out of a total of $474,336; Minnesota, $148,207, out of a total of $189,399; Nebraska, $2,828, out of a total of $35,836; Wisconsin, $11,611, out of a total of $127,040. All the reports called for by the comptroller of currency dealing with the condition of national bank at the close of business April 24 are in, and the showing is held by treasury officials to be a remarkable one, far in excess of anything of the kind in history. There is a total of 4064 banks; at the close of business April 26, 1900, there were 3,631. Total resources are $5,630,794,367; in 1900, $4,811,956,048. Total individual dv poxita $2,893,666,449; in 1900 thxv were $2,449,212,656. Loans and dis counts are $2,911,526,276; in 1900, $2,566,034,990. Surplus funds and undivided .profits amount to $416, 017,134 ; IT 1900 they were $38$757, 200. Orders have been issued by the war department for the laying up of the army transports now engaged between New York and West Indian porta. The secretary of war reached a decis ion some time sgo to place these Tea sels out of commission and abolish the transport line between this coun try, Cuba and Porto Rico. It wss the original intention of the depart ment to dispose of these Teasels at auction, but General Bird finally prevailed upon the secretary of war not to sell them, but to keep them for use in case of emergency. The United States, through the state department, haa politely de clined a request made by Russia and France that this government join with the other powers in guaranteeing a loan of $337,000,000 for China so that epmire may proceed to pay the indemntiiea settled upon by the seve ral powers without loss of time. The amount due the United States govern ment is approximately $25,000,000. An enormous map of the world has been placed in what is known as the war room of the White House. It wss prepared by the coast and geo detic survey, and contain all geo graphical information of a general character. It also - shows the loca tion of all the ocean cables in the world, all coaling stations, and all dock where ships may be repaired. Every foot of territory, including even the smallest island, is marked so as to indicate the sovereignty to which it is subject. With a view to controlling the im migration which has been coming to this country in violation of law Com missioner General Powderly ia in favor of designating exclusive ports of entry along the Canadian and Mexi can borders for the admission of aliens from over the border. Vandals in search of relic have dug several holes in the mosaic floor di rectly in front of the entrance to the supreme court in thecapitol building. President McKinley's coachman and footman have new liveries of a dark green hue. They wear silk hats of the latest pattern, without cockades. The new livery is an improvement over the old one, which was tan col ored. Attorney General Knox has bought the residence of Mrs. George W, Child on K street. The considera tion is not given, although it is un derstood that Mrs. Childs had pre viously asked $150,000 for the prop erty. The house is one of the finest private residences in the city. ARE AT WORK AGAIN. Morraa Bros., ef Seattle, Hire Nea-Ualoa Ma chinist! and Carpenters. Se.attle, June 18. Under the pro tection of armed guards, the Moran Bros. ' Company, metal workers and shipbuilders, yesterday resumd work in the boiler, and machine depart ments of their plant in this city with nonunion mechanics. Twenty non union boilermakers and machinists were put to work at the old scale, $3.50 per day for 10 hours work. In addition the company has GO non union carpenters at work. As yet there has been no demonstration from the strikers, but the company has secured the services of 20 guards who are ready to patrol the works with rifles at a moments notice. Deserting Volunteers Brought Back, ; San Francisco, .June 20. Among the 12 military prisoners who arrived from Manila on the transport Penn sylvania are two members of the Fortieth volunteers under sentence of five years at hard labor for desertion. According to soldiers who came back on the Pennsylvania, ' eight men de serted from the Fortieth regiment while it was stationed in the northern part of Mindanao during the period from August to Novembei last year. BAD FIRE AT'NOilE TOTAL L088 IS E8TIMATED AT ABOUT 8127.000. rirs Depertsasat Experienced Great Dtfffcslty ks rTjhung Plantee, ea Acoieat of the Woo Being rUkd with keStaaner fCtyb first Bess Oat rroaa Neon Tale Saaaaa. Taaaled with Ic. Port Townsend, June 19. The steamer Nome City, the first of the Nome fleet, arrived last evening, direct from Cape Nome, having sailed ior ruget sound June 8. Nome was subjected to a most disastrous fire May 25. The blaie started in a building at the corner of Stedman avenue and First street, and soon leaped across to the old Court building. Later other large buildings caught. The fire department exper ienced great difficulty in fightiog the flames, owing to the hose being filled with ice. The crowds aided mater ially in preventing the spread of the fire to other buildings, the flames being extinguished as . the buildings on fire were consumed. Judge T. P. Ryan and his wife barely escaped with their lives, losing all they possessed in the way of furniture and clothing. The total losses are placed at 126,800. Business haa been resumed and the er ect of the fire are not expected to result in more than a temporary blow to the prosperity of the town. The Nome City managed to find an open channel in the ice a considerable distance west of the usual, course taken by vessels sailing for that place, and succeeded in getting within a few mile of Nome. She discharged her cargo on the ice, and also landed her passenger. Just a everything wa safely taken to the mainland the ice broke, and the steamer had a hard time in working her way hack to the open sea. Before the ice broke, how ever, 10 passenger, six women and tour men, succeeded in boarding her. The (team schooner Jeanie was the first vessel to reach Nome this year, as well last season. She had land ed her freight and .passenger before the Nome City arrived. Although she started on her return voyage three days ahead of the Nome City, she is still on her way down. The captain of the Nome City aay it was a streak of good luck that his vessel and the Jeanie got in when they did, "and ex presses his opinion thst no -other ves-' el will reach Nome before the latter part of this month, aa the ice had broken in many places and wa rapid ly closing in on the open channel. He had a harder time getting out than he had to go in. His vessel bears evidence of this fact, as her aides are scraped and slivered from contact with ice. Passengers report that Nome during the winter, waa well provided with provisions. There waa little sick ness, and the weather was good, with the exception of one or two severe storms. The Nome City remained here just long enough to - pass United State quarantine inspection and then pro ceeded up Paget sound. - DEATH OF PINGREE. Ex-Governor of NkMgaa Passed Away la London, June 19. Ex-Governor Hazen 8. Pingree, of Michigan; died here last night at 11 :35. Hi son was the only one present at the time. The attending doctors left Mr. Pin gree' bedside at about 11:18, prom wing to return shortly. H. 8. Pin gree, Jr., who had been watching at his father's side for four days, and who had not removed hlr 'clothes dur ing the time, noticed a sudden change in his father's condition. He had hardly reached the patient's . bedside when his father died peacefully 'with out warning and without speaking one word. . ; Young Pingree has wired to his mother and uncle in the United States not to come to London' The body of the late Mr. Pingree will be embalmed and taken to his home. , The diagnosis made by London specialists of the cancerous affection of the intestine, from whioh Mr. Pin gree suffered, left no hope for the pa tient's recovery. Toward the end of his illness Mr. Pingree suffered great pain, and weakened rapidly. He was unable to retain nourishment. His mind, however, remained fairly clear. Boiler Maker.' Strike Ended. Tacoma, June 20. The boilermak ers' strike ended today, and all have gone back to work. They were con ceded a nine hour day and recogni tion of the union.- It is thought the machinists will be at work befni tha close of the week. Poatefikes to B Consolidated. Washington, June 20. The fourth class postoffices of Fremont, Green Lake, Latona and Ross, wtihin the city limits of Seattle, will be consoli dated with the Seattle office July 15. University Station will be made a car rier station. Express Clerks' Arrested. New York, June 20. Robert Pen tccet, C. M. Brown and Thomas Mac Carthy, ' three clersk employed in a I were arrested today, charged with the theft of $7,000 worth of jewelry The theft was discovered by the manager of the branch office, who observed ' that two seals on packages had been tampered with. . Investigation dis 1 closed that 12 packages were imssing, I la