Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-05-21
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
Details of the Destructive Fire
at SCiO.
CHINESE BOUND FOR The |. s.
Pacific Coast State News of I'm.
pOrtance.--Other
News.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT sCIo.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT SCIO.
ALBANY, Or, May 2l.-Later de-
tails from the fire ut S5cio show that
the fire broke out at 2:3O in the
morning in the rear of Mrs. Smith
& Co.'s millinery store in SScic, which
was quirkiy communicated ~ ad-
joining buildings aud destroyed
nearly al the nuiidingS II the
block, entailing q less of lhnn, SlS,-
900.
The losses aud insurance are as
follows:
Mrs. Smith d Co., store and
millinery stock, 5000; no insurance.
S. NJ. Townsend, grocery store,
$1,000; fully insured.
S. M. Daniel, building, $780,
Edward Coin, building, $500.
L. Mayer, bakery, $1,000; no in
surance.
Notify & Carey, saddlery; build
ing $500, stock $3.50; insurance on
stock, 5000.
Bilyeu & Shelton, saloon, $1,000;
no insurance.
johnson, Hibler d Co., loss by re-
moval of merchandise stock, $1,000;
no insurance.
Gill & Smith, damage to stock,
$1,000; no insurance.
The fire burned all the buildings
on the west side of Main street, be-
tween Johnson & Hibler's dry goods
store and Gill Il Smiths hardware
store. The citizens of Scio, aided
by the political cadidates who were
in the city on the canvass, worked
hard and saved much property. The
fire is thought to have been of incen-
diary origin.
H. Brenner's smoke house was
robbed of $75 worth of hams and
bacon during the fire.
Citizens of ScIO say the burned
block will be rebuilt of brick at once.
CHINESE FOR THE L. S.
CITY OF MEXICO, May 2l.-News
is received here that the steamer
Corrigan brought III Cinnamon to
Guaymas yesterday, probably bound
for the United States. Guaymas is
the port of entry and it is believed
thousands of Chinese from there
have been shipped over the border.
IMPROVING DALLAS.
! DALLAS, Or, May 2l.-Last night
the city council ordered portion OF
the electric lights to he discon-
tinued. A move was begun to have
the streets cleared of posts and ex-
tensions of walks into the streets.
Ii was the opinion of all the council
men that the streets are not like
unto 40-acre lot, Intended for ac-
cumulating of wagons, hacks, plows,
harrows, wood, hoppOles, etc, etc,
and COuncilmen Groves and Plum
mer were appointed a committee to
see that an ordinance was drawn hy
the next meeting requiring the
streets to be kept clear; and also al
ordinance for licensing Chinese
washhOuses.
SAILS WITH SEALED ORDERS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 81
L. :. Steamer Charlestown, Capt
Geo. G.. Remey, commanding
left port to-day under sealed
orders, her ostensible destination
being Honolulu.
SILVER BOW SHERIFF..
HELENA, Mont, May %. -Th'
supreme court to-day decided tn
Silver Bow county sheriff7s contes
in favor Of John f. Lloyd, she re
publican.
SEW RAILROAD DEAL.
NEwYoNK, May 2l.-All Wa
street is talking to-day about tn
big railroad deal by which Atchiso
is to obtain possession Of the -
Louis aud san Francisco, an
consequently Of the Atlantic an
Pacific, thereby securing q lin
70 which will eventually be extende
c to San Francisco.
z FoR sALE.-TwO fresh milch Gov
G at bargain apply 10 Julius Rue
r on the Garden Road. S-ls-l