Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-03


broke out last evening about $40
o'clock, although the fire depart
nent responded quickly, before they
reached the fire the Willows hotel
was IN flames. The wind being
from the south, Il communicated to
a frame on the north, aud in spite Of
the fact that the firemen fought it
heroically, the entire block was
doomed, and the Union hotel and
Crawford house were soon iu flames.
A determined fight was made TO
save HOchheimer's store, but the
heat from the Crawford house was
so intense that the flames soon en-
veloped It, aud one Of the finest
business houses in northern CalifOr
MIA was doomed. The fire was finally
got under control after IL reached TO
the Chapman building, adjoining
Hochheimer's on the north. il
looked at one time as IL the entire
block from Sycamore to Walnu'
street would go. 1t is impossible t.
get the amount of loss at present,
but it Is estimated at $3.50, 600, partly
covered by insurance.
The fire broke out in the kitchen
Of the Willows hotel. A south wind
prevailed, aud the fire progressed
rapidly among the frame buildings
until brick block was reached
when it was subdued. 1t destroyed
the Willows hotel, one residence.
bakery, photograph gallery, paint
shop, Union hotel, Crawford hotel.
Hochheimer & Co.'s general mer
chandise store, Wells Fargo's and
telegraph offices, and MARSHALL
saloon. Loss S15O,C)0. The Craw-
ford house was the finest hotel 10
the town, and KochheimeF's store
had the most complete stock of
meachandise. Little was saved.
Insurance fair.
QUICK PASSAGE.
NEW YoBK. Sept. 3.-The mail
from China and Japan which left
Yokohama August 10 was safely de
livered to the steamship City of
New York at yesterday morning
and Is now on the way to England.
August 20 the Empress of india ar
rived at Victoria, 3. &. There a
special train, furnished by the
Canadian Pacific, took the mail bags
aud started across the continent.
The train crossed the continent in
three days. AT BroctOn. Ontario,
the mail was transferred across the
st. Lawrence river TO special train
on the New York Ceatral which
brought IL to this city, where the
steamer was waiting to receive 1t.
If the vessel makes her voyage
IN the usual tine, Liverpool will
he reached September 8, only twenty
days from Yokohama. This Is the
best postal record ever made.
SULLIVAN VS.. sLAvIN.
NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-The Sl00(
deposited by Charley Johnson, o
Brooklyn, on behalf of Sullivan, tC
bind the match with Salvin to fighi
for the championship of the world
has been Withdrawn. The money
has been IN the Herald Office sine
July %, and the fact that 1t haC
been put up was Immediately cableC
to Salvin. Johnson at the time o
depositlng gave notice that he woulC
keep it posted until September ]
and has anxiously awaited advice'
from Slavin, but nothing has beer
said by the Australian.
RAIN PRODUCTION.
MIDLAND, Tex, Sept. 3.-John T
Ellis, who has charge of the govern
ment rainfall expedition during the
temporary absence of Genera
Dyrenforth In Washington, l.
making preparations for test ol
the rainmaking theories in El Paso
The expedition will go to El Paso
as the guests of the 3ity, and the
municipality will bear the larger
portion of the expenses. The small
appropriation under which the mer
have been working Is not sufficient
for all the experiments which they
would like to make, but the citizens
of Texas are sufficiently interested
to furnish the necessary funds.
A delegation from the large ranch
owners of southern aud southwest
ern Texas has just had conference
with Mr.. Ellis, regarding the ex
periments which were TO have beeI
made ON the great King ranch o
nearly l,0O0,000 acres near Corpus
Christie. MI. Ellis, on behalf o
General Dyrenforth, has agreed to g
to that part of the state after th'
experiments at m Paso. Prominen
government officials of Mexico hav,
slgnifled their intentlons of being
presen, at the III PAso demons,ra
ton, and hundreds OF people from
various parts OF the state viii b
there.
ALI QUIET IN CHILL.
WASHINGTON, Sept. S.-All tn
information received from Chill
today at the department. wa
comprised In the following Telegram
from Admiral Brown. dated Valpar
also, Sept. Sd; Business fully re
snmed Everything quiet. Con
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