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vice and saved much projierty. Every- Vamluii J. C. Cooper was brought in from the Mr. Wertheimer, who had charge of Issly tisik hold and did all |s»Hsible and mountains, where he has been super the Olsen »‘ore. loet his gold watch It very few things were stolen, though n Chas Magers i»tra Alh-n g"t his fingers badly hurt. was in his room in the Olsen residence, intending the construction of the new few fellows were seen carrying away York Life insurant road, Sunday, suffering with a high fever. Tin- Elmore and Augusta «ent out last but ’ll removing th«* goods it was lost or goods from the piles of merchandise on I/ist Thursdav ail the men on the road E. E. Selph, of stolen. ii ght. the ground. were taken suddenly ill with dysentery wandering around thiii (’. & E. Thayer will move the little The origin of the fire is a jierfeet The Augu-t i Hailed for l'or'latid Titea- and spells of vomiting Mr Cooper Muy Million, Uu, building next to Fred Larson ’ s black mystery and many theories are advancer I. dav evening. among the rest. He did not recover like Only the counsel of cooler heads prevent Brown and SingBe R V. Wood, formerly M. E. 1‘astor lit re, smith shop to their lots on Stillwell Ave., the others ami he was brought out on a where they will resume the hanking ed certain parties from Is-ing lynched. to Tillamook count, M ill arrive today. he<l. The cause of the sickmss is laid to business. Two years ago whih Suspicion bore heavily on certain |iersons, Mrs. < C. B.ibbidge came in on the the drinking water. Some are inclined Abe Cohn has been painting signs ami to think that the water used flows through T he B usiness P art of the T own and there was the wildest excitement. paper was in the steamer Tiuckce. Some men to say the word, and one or ing deer lie picked Up putting ’‘H eadlight Print” on the mar B urned . 111: viil.K.ll r cash book lost, l'lease gin. We hop«* the good people of the a deposit of copper, ami there an* indi two man would have gone up a pole on inised quarlz otl a gra cations of the mineral on the road. STORES ANI» HOTELS WIPED <»l T leave at this office. town won’t think we painted the signs the end of the rope, yet the evidence in liis’pocket. Last 8n# Others think the water was poisoned .senator Slanft rd died early this ill 'ril and mob us. hardly warranted it. Some parties have eitixena of this city while flowing through a h. ttoni covered Many peaple lose all they Im ve.—Tlie ing from up plexv. l b«* ussociiilvd press r< p-»rts of the fire, with skunk cabbage ami hellebore. S -me- II » >k an.I L» I ler CoJii^may did Noble know ledge that « ill be damaging, blit it whether or not therewas W >rk. —Hany will re-'»ull<l.—4everal w ill be brought out later. The tire as it range of mountains he A Lille gill of Mr. Bolley Ind her w hich were published in the Oregonian thing is wrong certainly as mountain Bl >cks will replace the burnt buildintfs. lingers badlv crushed. —f. M«ei will rea Ci over 50,001» Dol started in Olsen’s store was mysterious. piece of quartz anil sea and other «iaili« s were (onect except a water does not give a person a tit of sick lars.— S mie estimile it at 100,000. M. J olaii'l died Sunday aflt rnism at few figures in the losses. Probably typo ness of such a serious nature.—R< porter. An estimile of th:» principal losses.— It was a deefier mystery when it broke clothes, found it. T|le Iiiei.ie.its of the fire. out in Hadley’s place. Several were in decided that there was n I s Lome on Nealiiceu. graphical errors. It is hard to get exm t plans of new the front part of the building, and all at tis and the coa»t looked il Walcliinen have Isen patrolling the The Angu*ta arrived her«» Monday buildings pr< posed, Imt they will go up [From Monday's Extra.] once there was a flash in the oil loom in over and found speck* o evening with several pas-engirs ami con all the same. Mr. Alderman will re s leets nightly rime the file. Tillamook has been swept by a <lisi s the rear. There was no controlling the the uuked eye. When a A. .1. Miller, lepreaenting E more, S in siderable freight. Among the passengers place the Occidental with an elegant and irons fire. It is almost wi|ied out of ex tire. It is said that there was pitch plied tlie virgin gold w» re C B. Hadley, E E. Selph, Hon. J. substantial building, the Larsen House bom A Co., «Its lu re jesteiday. istence as far as the business part of the spread all over the back yard, and a few plainly. The quarlz waseJ \\ . Maxweil ami A. 1*. Wilson w ill be rebuilt with a large r and lietter town is concerned Carl 1’. Knudson, who was hint by ii All the hot« Is are ill After all the talk «4 dragging certain structure, two stories high, and wider ashes. The bank was burne I. Several minutes later a brand of fire, going out, ized and from the piecenei tailing post, recovered ipi'cklv. was found under N P Roberts'hard ly a pound, fine »"I _ G. (). Nolan, C. II Bodie and o hera paities out of town with lopes, some frontage. C. B Hadley will Imild a »tores mid one saloon went up in smoke. ware store. washing in quit ksilvtr ani wor-e than any here are just appearing larger and better building than he had The heart of the town lies smouldering arrived i'll the stage hist evening There is a good chance for some fine amount of gold taken frei I Just us well advertise the place as thug’s before, having a much larger hall this in ruins But little wassaved. The dead Several racing horses arrived Tuesday detective work Startling developments rock is considerable hirgqt parad.se, unless some lively action is time, (ohli <& Co wdl build a large c.'ilni that prevailed was nil that saved are expecle I soon. t > take part ill ilie rates oil the Till. head and deii'onslrate^li*/' taken. don. le store, one that will accommodate the few remaining buildings; tlnut h Mr. Hewlett, the insunmee adjuster is The people are trying to make the there is gold in the co ^t^i A cit zen’s committee lias been holding H it needs of their business and I,. II. many of them are badly damaged The I k ie, making cal. illations on losses. best of it possible, and will do all they in paying ipunititie^'tf'a le» nightly me< t Jigs, and has been gathei ing Brown will put up such a structure as lie fire company did noble work, and so did can to replace what the devastating fire of that piece can be fount! It ,s lolly to begin lo build again with evidence with a view Io prosecuting needs. (,’.<& E. Thayer will build a brick the citizens w ho turtle I out when the 11 removed last night. The H eadlight was imt weighed and it is i out (list lili g some people Ollt of town. paities wlm are suspected w ith starting edifice, part of which will he used tor arm was rung o lice remains, through sheer luck only,- Huy w hat it would inn to th I <> k S IE.— House hi d lol ilieiip. C. the fires. The outcome of their deliher- their bank and the balance for store It seems to have be< n the work of n to tell the tale of the disaster. Though are confident that a good pr II B oihh C..II at the tliiAlti.iuur ollice. alioiis will become known later. rooms or offices. It is probable that a I I udiaries. Excitement runs high and somewhat rattled we give th«1 best ac ai q iainti'd with all the | The Northern Bacilli- lias ma In a late A. P. Wilson, <»f Ilohsmvide, and W new building will be pla< ed on the corner at one time there was haul work to keep count of the losses which are |>ossii>le to which g Id is found, ci uldfin Hays. Ii is not of «31.II), lor first cl is- la I, t > < lia'igo. A. Howe, of Carlton, have ai ranged a owned by Hadley the citizens from banging parties who obtain. .Many estimate them higher ing h dgt s in the niniintai M. \\ eitheieier, w ho had charge of the match race, for $500 a wide, to be run known what ar«» th«* intentions of Mr were sn-p.'cted. Aliont 11 o’clock Sun than we do, but the following is a rough McMinnville The mountain Olsen store, went out to I'orthiiitl yester July 15. Each party has put Up $260 Olsen regarding rebuilding. div night several sb .is were‘bed (by un guess at it : have ntvir I een thortitiplily already an«l th » trainers are at work. Mr. day. known pi'tie«,) apparently from a repent (’iilin ik Ct»., General Merchandise, ns far as we can leain and them Tliei’P will l»e H Contest. Them la a great activity on the streets Howe, Frank Hembree and John Dudley ing riil.' A little I ite" the ci v of fin was buildings and stork, insurance of lost gold ami ciimallar niinet Notice I.as been serve«! <ipon two settli rs beird. Til Hoik and l.ul lei Compinv — oil ri body getting starti d ill business arrived her«» yesterday with their horses. been floating through this » (4 MX). E Bhike and a man named Loomis living up Rock c reek, to appear before w is hi evil in an in st imt with the truck, again. I. . II. Brown, shop and buil ling next years. Considerable money Register Apperson an«l submit testimony ail t was fo rul that th ■ larg ■ double Chas l'rteis'll has set upn barber shop engaged in a sham fight and were locked to Lar.-en’s i;l,(X)J, no insurance. I expended by people who «« in a content case brought bv parties who s ore b lil ling ot Wm. Olsen was on fir ■ upin 1 h«» city jail M indity. In ¡u>tice to in tlie corner of C H. R an Id's furniture J. P Allen, furniture ill Allen House, H|it ctors in looking for the Ii them it is proper to relate that Ile y were claim lhe land is coal Lin I and not Sllb All eff uts to p it it "'ll were ineffectual «■500. cinnabar ledge, bin wuliout »u< store. in no way to blame, it being a scheme to ject to filing aw homebteada It sje ned as if the lite lim! slmt'd in a C. I’.. Hadley, saliHin building and cause it Imd not 1» rn found i II is expected that Botiilace Bri-t ui" Th«» «’ase.s art* set for lb«» IB h ami 17th c <».«• I v.ic.int room upstairs I.on sOlsen «lo some detective w<uk. We should not liquor st'e-k, fti.OJJ, insurance $2.OJO cation th.it il i ' oi h not exist, will he app luted Im I ¡all agent nt (irande mention it, hut it is common talk <>n tlm of July, an«l quite a number of people s >i of Win. Olsen, was sl o ping lip-stairs R. R Hayes Sc (’. B Hadley, Allen linens that were brought in In Bolide. from this valley are ex|x»ctin^ to go tip, street in a i a Ij lining room, but did m t wake House building, «1,000. were declared to he rii li by |v C E Reyiiolds has n large lot of “Ex The Harrison arriv d at Nehalem last to tisbist the settlers against what they up ii itil after the crowd lul l lieeti work Chas. Peterson, barber slmpan l baths, were expel Is. Vlicle Andy Slil press Wagons’’ tor toys Call and see naturally consider a great injustice If ing mi the biitjding several ininuetes. He week. She will come to this place, and * 200 ie now alive and hearty, list in his stock. Cipt. Crim will go overland ami look some of the testimony off« red al present Ii id a narrow escap ■, coming down a lope G. < >. Nolan, law bonks and papers,! ssssion some virgin s.lvi r that Ii 1..us of dress goods, tri in mi ugs, I mt tons, over Netarts bar, where he expects to g«i is submitted some of the witnesses on th«» from til ■ biek window. The pump would $!>00. up in the Coast nmimliihiS Ate lie., lalest stylis. nt Truckee «lore, Holi- next with a cargo ol KU tons of Ircijht for other si«b» will wish they had been horn not w >rk. a i I th • w hole building was a R. I>, I’e kham, shoe store, «500. nt gold w ushing cun produce col HotlVlII,*, dtf Phelps & Mills of that place The re- i « nr dog ami «Irowned early. tn m ol ff ini s in a short time. Little C. A E. Thayar, bank building, other giav. I hats Hloiig several of the er There is one .satisfaction, however, to of the stock of drvgoodsaml general mer- Pieces of burning shingles dropped ns |M)it that the Hanis m had gone into adjoining buildings ami fixtures, !|2,500. the mountains and it seems imp parties not «lireclly concerned, and that ch indise was s ued. By heroic efforts the far hwav as the fail grounds on the night Netarts was a mi.-tak«». B. C. Lamb, Isaok store, «1,500, in- that mineral in paying quantities is the case will come before fair minded Olsen rjrileuee across the stieet ami ol tlie tire. Chas. Ni lson struck I’. F. Brown«*, the suranee $000. imt exist where there are so mam and unpurchsaseable men. The law must • olni A Co’s store m ar by were saved. Fred l.atsen, the lilai ksnnlli, is milking shoemaker, and was lined $10. Ii seems M. II. Larsen, hotel, $0000, no in-I cations of its presence. he < arrie«l out, hut it gives the actual ioine excellent spring w gons. Cull and that Browne made remarks that intimated j Tlie b'li.dings were covered ’w ith wet suranee. sett Hr the first right to the land.—Nelial«»m see them . on them T ii . i . vmih 'K, June 22,1 that N« lson was respmsihle for St irling Journal. W.C. King, dwelling and damage to residence st >re, JI1000. F. E. T hayer , Esq., Colin & Co. have le iaed all of King's th«* (in*. Warren Daugherty struck Jose IrrftMtN Mud«*. furniture Manager Ntvv Yolk Lifelnsu store building, and will build an addil.on Vincent for making similar remarks I <>.<). F., $150. tuoving oil the sale. Company, Portland. Daugherty wijs kept in the confer Mon A. I.. Aiderman, Occidental hotel and Late last night a citizen s cl igh.ow ii- furniture, $0.00), insurance $1,000. D ear S ih —I have this day rece A gentleman who figures very accurate day night ami paid a tine of $9 00 Tues had some dt»liherati<iiis, and ;■ piel bv Wm. Olsen, store and buildings,' from your company through the sp ly says that the i xaet loss tit the lire was day morning. was issued for th«* arrest «>f Dave*, urn!.Mr. $0,000, insurance H.'XM*, agent Mr Robert Cr.iwford, a cheek ♦d7,2N3 22*,. The report that Mr Runyou lias made who is supicioned as the in«' s. Ben flp.)!t living in full the amount ufin Wm. Steinmetz, building, $500. There was no school Monthly. The an assign nent is a mistake, 1 Iowever, I loward was seen going east, af< der the Tuttle A Rolx'scin, damage bv moving, mice with the return of sll premiums leaehers were worn out Hom the previous he says he w ill make an assignment if he th«» stage road several miles eaai «half is $200. —my late husbaiid Mr. Frank II is pressed by (hose lie owes. Mr. Runyon vesterday « Vi ning, ami it uasth«» night's effi rts. l>een lor says that lie has invested his money here was trying In get away Others t Many others were damaged badly, and held in the “New York Life Insuia A P Wilton had his surveying instru ■ steam it is impossible to get all the facts at Compatty.’’ ments and valuable pats is destroyed; ami can’t get it out at present, ami that was going to his claim in the woo , .,...» n nose, tlie wharves, tie present. I mu grateful for the promptness» it he is forced, he will be obliged to make committee has s«»i ur«*d some very . «lung total loss io steamer Improv mi nt, aground, and the NOTES. dispatch displayed in the matter by t an assignment of th«* toll road, which is evHlcnce against him. Mirs Lillie Guinn, ol Slieiiilan, sister ol warelloiis • of Colin A Co., together w ith .1. I‘. Allen w ill start a Iwarding house company, eons dering the f;u t that I owned by a corporation, by way of self Sheriff Edwards and I)*piitv L. L. Mrs, E E. Si-lph, ol this city, came in prole« lion. Stillwell start«»«! after him last night. other valuable propeity would have been in his property on the corner of First “Policy” lias been destroyed bv fire a on the Augusta. destroyed at the ti 113 The tiremen ami St. and 1st Ave. West. I have no dm-ument or p.i|s'ia to prov This morning M. Rcinstrin, lately <>f Portlai’il, has They secured their mail Olsen’s siile fell into the slough after 1» light the slot k <»f merchandise of |.'t,,ni> C F \..l. •• •< • «• », > rovtp, I -ila«,' Til«* the |s'ople exerted themselves t * the ut Hadley will open his saloon in the my i laiin on the company mid left tl most an I thought that the balance of building owned by .1 l‘. Allen, next to business entirely to their honor. the lire. The coutenls were not ilqtna -r-i ♦ re are lown was n. w safe. except by water 1 have mm li pleasure in reiouitneniiini Hr. Johnson’s drug store. «tances STAKI'S AGAIN Claude Tinner would be ohli L. IL Brown w ill occupy the retr of “The New York Life Inanranee Co ” tile, if The fire had «lied out and people were W. ( C. . King's some one would return a small hi King’s store building with tlu- the those desiring insurance, as one of th 1 have going to their hollies when there was a meat market. eoiitam valuables. 1 moat reliable and just coiiip.inX_<«»i«>*8 ng at cry of fire in another pint of town. In B orn . June 17th, to W. ,1 Smit M H l.arsen will o]ien a hotel in the busines- in this count an instant the flame« shot up from tin- building across the street from Ilia 1 am with respect. wile, of Nehalem City, a girl. A nined rear of Hadley's saloon, and aliortly lornier location mid child ate lining well Yours truly. dants the whole budding was in 11 mi s. The M ary J ane H« kw ». 4-8 riiey. B. C. lauub will resume business. 'Hie H t< v|i|.lull r extra was out Allen House went Then the barbershop, .very A. L. Alderman will at present conduct | hours after the fire giving a eon G. <>. Nolan’s office, Peckham's shoe Nehalem. » ve h a reatnurmit in the old HEAiUGiir build account of tlie catastrophe. store, the bank, the Lnnsen House, ing, wliii h is being removed to the site 1 an I Nehalem Times.1 Hr Meserole Inis some gnus that Brown's buil ling next to L irsen's, W.C. forineilv ocoupied by Brown’s meat mar •me. left with him during the fire. t)w Robt. Krebs lias built a neatwareli.iuse King’s house, and on the other side tile row ket. He has rooms for lodgers. Mr. should call ami prove pro|wrty. on the ilo.k at hi« mill. Occidental Hotel, Brown's butcher simp, Brown will uccnpv thia building when, Walter Swinton, Wni. Olsen and hi-resid.me, and th' Cohn A Stillwell the Occidental is rebuilt. George Woodruff arrived with Ids •PHm Colin were pasaongers til on the ate: block a cupied by Cohn A Co’» store last week and is now at work with Ilig- Others are making arrangements to ed were soon burning like tinder. Tmckee which arrived Tuesday. genbotham & Bergman in their logging resume businesy«. iat It looked as if the whole town were Mr. Bubach, the tailor, suffered s camp. Carpenters will Be busy here for a by disinied. Women and children were run damage. The building he occupied Ili’ins, the photographer. has taken ty ning and screaming in all directions, while, and the null will turn out luuil er one side knocked out during the tire ; as fast as possible for tlie new buildings. some views of Mt. Necamie and «ill a firemen were pulling down burning Frank Severance went to Forest Gr | Work of refaiiriiig has Is-gun and new take some of False Tillamook ami >hort >t buildings King's store caught fire many this week, returning with his son IU buildings will be commence I to-morrow. sand lien« h it times. Imt by Herculean effort« was vv lio has been attending selusil there. The business men have too much enter S .» e unknown thief entered J.. M saved, ami by this the Advocate office, prise and energy, togive up. It is a hard Herron's house during his absence and I lie cr'iitiaet tor the light house nt .. ..«rule post office, th«« nell, the H i aiii . igiit lias not Iwen let vet, the lowest bid liei threats that he would kill ti e bakery ofli. e. Every stable and other buildings blow, and many are left without any c irried away part of the fluor and ceiling. le ♦ShWXY The contract is open (or bids v < people ami burn them out, so we are escu|»d. The city ball and la-ll tower thing. practically, but they have goal 2.100 shingles and after assorting S bushels r- credit and can start again. The magni- of potaloes took the good ones leaving Cohn A Co. are moving into th,* |,Ut| told, acting like a madman I Last night remain standing 1 he buildings on the t- tieient future oullavk for this place will the sprouts for seed. Several others in ing next do« t > Jones Bros livery stubl he left on the Augusta for the lower bay, south axle of the street remain standing, it stimulate many to go ahead. that neighl’orlKxsi have had their li ou-cs ltiev do this In otdei to get mote rvoii hut it is thought he will return, and the though many of them are badly seon hisl v The worn-out printers who fought fire Ed. Walker is ei|wvlad here to start o oflicers are on the lookout for him. lie ami their contents badly damage«! bv all night have «lone their l>est on this entered ami household goods taken. came from Washington comity. harness shop again. \ large L a of leatlic The creamery resumed operations th ’ water and rem ival. Colin A Co. sue extra, and mistakes or omissions week with Stephen Scovel in charge. and other goods came for him per »team. cewlnl in getting some of their g ..»Is in Vr«M< 1« labore. I should l«e kindly lx»rne with. Augusta their warehouse on the wharf. I.. ||. The gentlemen who are running the f creamery are all home people and are On Tmsday evening the steamer llat- Brown got nine meat on the wharf A life Insurance agent came yesterda' rio.ii and schooner Bel N Tte went a~: ore M st of the fnrnitme fiom the Allen to adjust the life insurance on the lati I’r. t hreas and others noticetl that doing all they can for the advancement I rank Hanis. Mrs. Harris will g,l ■it UN month ot the N. Ii.tb in The ||«r. House wna taken out and saved The some heavy missile «truck the Hutchina of the Nehalem valley, and desire tlie naan was towing the Del Norte, a lumber lank funds »ml papers wt.re saved house with a dull thud last night. Tnev •upjiort of all. If you have any milk, idsmt $UW. schooner, to sea, and a« there «as a Part of Peckham's sli«e stock wan supp«ed it «as a dynamite lomb, but sentit to the creamery. Make thecresm- l’rol Firas would confer «favor n thJ strong northwest wind, both vessels |<«t taken out in time to nave it, and the Isr there i. no particular evidence lo show ery a success, and other enterprises «¡11 I ubl.e if he would ( the school time J headway and drifted asliore on the s i th aeli Hoaae fernilure wan mostly retnoveil that a l>.ml, had l>een placed near the lie started. Let it fail and it will be lin'd minutes ahead It w jn,t that much b, l N-'irlv all of building. spit of the north channel. It was expected Iwfore the tire got into it work to get any thing started. hind standard tune. that they would get off safely at high tide tlieOcciiiental II tel furniture burned. IC«»hhinff I ». T. B Handlev and Chas ll Handlev Shot at Him. last night, as they were far enough inside *n eimrn o it l«g of gooda in Cohn AC. ’» returned from Portland last vvei k. George 1 irtie« who owe us on »til scr ;H:< ns the Istr to lie prote. ted from the Leavv s ore, and a l of the «ta k-f 1 qnors in L;.st night Wat. hman McFall, at the who has been attending school at Me It-re.ikcrs Iladley’n saloon, thoubli the sal »>n fix are hereby warned aga snt playing games mill, shot at a man. The lights were be Minnville c liege returned with them. * . i «n un«WIWiitYy [j It is also reported that another sc hooner tures «nd furniture were »«veil. of chance, with strar gers, or betting on ing turned out. when Im saw a man Break The inside of C. A E Thayer's safe nr * seriously emhorraaaed in lo» I n» Many removal tlieirg ■"•.!»andnuifereI thr e card m n e. strap, or other games under the mill. McFall called to him i ashore on the beach near Kcartu v was in gixxl condition ted the varnish |ne«s, became bi» debtors, each owing lountaiu, but ■ t! . 1.1 grh . • w , loss In tliat way. Chan. Smith, salooi«. •m the Narrow gauge railroad het«een repeatedly, bn! received no answer. The :11 keeper, lost a great deal <4 whisky. The Wmteson and Newberg, You will surely was not even injured. Every thing that him • ue dollar, treat it as a small matter ibis morning, tins snle fellow run away, and the watchman and think it would not help much Con- 1 was left in it was found in good condition. Imkery «as hmlly damaged; so was Wil- her hired of «ur hard earned money.— g raid »cd a shot gun and fired at him It tinue this kind of business yesr in and further particular« cannot lx> obtaiued. Sun liams drug store and Tuttle A Rolwwin’s Mr Runyon lost during it' . fire a ftK> year out as the pnl Lsher vfi'cs, how long is thought the fellow was rtrm k by aonie Notice. Iwnlware store. W. C. Ring'« suit of tailor made ,-|. thing that lie I ad would he stand it? A moment's thought • in«m Reward. of the shots, tic ugh he esc;»|»ed in the All those knowing themselves nidebtcl were damage I by removal. A number ol never worn They were in a l«>x with will convince anyone that a pubiiaher lias It it supposed that the fellow The citixens of this town have rawed dark to me will plea»c settle «»soon as possible others had thing« sm«she-l up badlv bv his name written thereon lie lost other cau-e for per» stent dunning —National as I need monev. intended tn start another fire. a purse of »l(l»o which will be offrrc.l for moving out. clothing and a desk ol valuable pap< r». lavbor Tribune the arrest ami conviction of the |wrti.s B. 0. U mb Ri pan« Tabulra : a fami I v re O. W. Fmrnaide’s pump did g>..l ser- who started the fire BICK* I riK*. TILLAMOOK CITY IX ASHES. » I »•»