The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-06-14
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
The seattle Fire.

SAETTLE, June o.---l ne queen CITY oi thc I
Sound presents an appalling sight this evening.
The awful disaster swept down upon Il so sud. 6
denly that In less than twelve hours TAO acres
Of the basiness portion Of the city were wiped
out Of existence, nothing remaining to.nigh,
but blackened walls where two days ago were
busy scenes Of business activity.
Sixty.three safes were counted IN the ruins
south Of Yesler building along to-day. Most
Of them seem to be unimpaired. In the inn
mense brick vault Of Dexter, Horton 4 Co.'s
bank. which stands uninjured save by heat, In
the middle Of the ruins Of the bank building,
there arc locked up sI,soo,ooo But two
churches were burned, the Episcopal and
Methodist Protestant.
| A detailed statement Of the loss eanno, pos.
sibly at this time be made. II Is believed. how
ever, that the losses will be aggregate 5000
600.
The burnt district covers as near az can be
estimated, 100 aerss Of the solid built portion Of
the city.
Firemen from Portland, Tacoma and olym !
pia are here, and playing water on the ruins,
The disposition Of the people Of every side
is to 10 ahead and rebuild the city. Its pro.
posed to replat the Southern part, I'LL L up to
the proper grade, wipe out Commercial street,
extend Front and Second streets to the water
from; on the south. and staighlen the streets,
SEATTLE, w. T.. June GA tempest OF
flames to-day visited Seattle, and swept away
the entire business portion of,he city, causing
loz Of millions Of dollars, and rendering penni-
less and homeless hundreds Of people.
/ The flames burst forth in wooden building
+ on Madison and Front streets, and spread with
4 such resistless fury that now stands but
single large business house in the whole bust.
a ness part Of the city.
The magnificent Occidental hotel, the San
Francisco store. Union block. Porcin block.
/ YsSler and Leary blocks. the Pest Ia'eiiigeaeer
! building. and indeed ,hs whole line Of business
g buildings bounded by Seneca street on the
north.
!. The burnt district covers sixty-iour acres Of
9 ground, aud comprises thirty.iwo solid blocks
= ofbuSinesS houses. The distance covered Is
!, fully one mile and a half
et The northern boundry Is At University street
o on Front and from the waters edge south TO
!. the mud fats wharving. In this district, from
|. four to ten blocks, wide, there is not single.
q business house left. The eastern boundary Il
n the west side Of Second street TO James.
It The principal business blocks were Fryei
!. opera house, the San Francisco store. the Gil
z mere block, Harms 4 Dickmann. the Denny
r block, the Coleman block, the Ponein block
q Starr Union. Butler, YeSler and Leary blocks,
Ic the ssi-Isielligesety, the Occidental hotel
!, the Arlington. the brunswick. the Safe Deposi
- building, the Merchants National bank build
c inc. the city hall and the rest Of the business
,f blocks.
II The Losses iE everything are vanoasly est
Ia mated now nj from 81 5000. 600 10 sso 600 ooo
se Perhaps Plague.
JoiiNsrowN. June 7.-"Are the horrors G
the food to give way TO the terors Of plagael
is the question ,ha, Is now sgita;ing the vale
oithe conemaugh.
To-day opened warm and almost sal,ry. Tn
stEeneh thoFoughoai Johnaewn is almost oveI
!. ! powering. Sickness. in srite Of the pEccau
lions Of the sanitary authorities, Is on the in
crease. and fears Of an epidemic grow wit
every hour. Five cases el malignant diphthei
- Ia were reported this morning IN i've diiiefen
houses on one street, and the health authoHtie
, anticipate typhoid fever and kindred diseases
\. especially as the weather is growing warn
The scarcity of vegetables adds TO the DANCES
= The BehrinE. Troubie.
. OTTAWA, June GA gentleman In vietoFi
= who Is interested ia the seizure el csnad
- vessels In Behring sea two years ago. wfiiin
te to f.iend in Ottawa, says: ''The Canada
- Senlers will 20 North As usual in few day
~ and if asked 10 .heave to, viii resist seixur'
~ II oyerFowered, they viii be se1aken BY th
~ British cruisers"
sS Probably 1900.
nE JoHSsTows, juno GA doubt has been G
=. pressed TO the estimate thai from 1000
- 1900 persons were lost in the flooded district
80 OF course there is no way Of determining vii
=. any degree Of exactitnde. bH. the guessing
~ reasonable and Conservative, based on clos
y, ! figuring, AZ leas, 7soo bodies have been four
yo 1000 At the lowest calculation, arc in tho burus
debris in the river and 1000 are in the unseafrl
ed sand banks around the Cambria works, dow
along the river and in the lower part Of John
- town. From 1000 TO 1000 arc scattered 10 Il
valley from woodville 10 the bridge. and Ios
or 1000 arc below the bridge between John
town and Bolivar. Hundreds were earn,
!. down the rivers in tTcmendouS current an
{. may never come into the hands u the living
Johnstown.
-.al JoHssTows, June S.-The bes, estima,
this morning on the loss Of life. based on d
registry Of the living and an unofficial poll. a
= from s,ooo to 1900.
In the mids, Of the scene Of death and d
vsstation, reisn,ing providence Is exerting
. Subduing influence. The temperature renal
lae< ts H. Ia. G.
inestimable, and should Il eonsine few da
a. longer, Il i possible that hundreds Of bodi
q" may yet be recovered 10 snc state Of preserv
ton as to render Identification possible. Mar
hundreds Of victims, however. win he roast
and chaued into shapelesS masses. The wo
- OF clearing up the wreck and recovering d
ne bodies Is being conducted systematically. Ov
of 4 oooo men are at work, and as the rubbish
ell gone over and the bodies and articles Of val
al recovered, the debris Is piled up and the tor
applied. In twenty four hours every mass
- rubbish will probably be searched, and all i
vesiigaiions will be co fined 10 the smokil
wreck above the bridge.
,r A Terrible Murder.
HELENA, Mont, June 5.-Thc village
10 Silver, eight miles from Helena, was the sce
ct. of terrible tragedy this morning, two me
es being killed. The station house Of the Montar
Central railroad was broken into a, o'clock
~. two men, who had been seen hanging about d
,ts premises the day before, A shipment OF bali,
se. iFom the Jay Gould mine was made yssterd
"a afternoon, Of which they were Doubtless awar
NO and were after the rich prize. Usually II
nd bullion remains over night at Silver junctio
or but last night il was brought right through
nd Helena.
re- AT the station at the time was Mr.. Bure
-, ~ visiting telegraph operator from Great Fal
a The robbers opened lire with the.r rifles, ,killil
s.T bureil instantly. and seriously wounding I
". agent, +. G. Jobst, who died at noon TO da
sSG Keep II at Home.
III BALTIMORE, juno 3.--Part ofthe none
ed provisions and clothing collected here to be SC
or to the Johnstown sufferers will be forwarded