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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-23
BIG BOAT RACE.

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. pa secret
iealously guarded by the intercollegiate
football moguls since last spring has
come out. 1t is that the Harvard Penn
sylvania football game next fall will be
played in this city instead Of at Cam
bridge, as announced.
The reason for the change is that
Harvard with her Yale game at Cam
bridge on Nov l3. will have a surfeit of
foot ball, and rather than have
the two big games interfere
with one another has request
ed Pennsylvania Ito agree to the
transfer Of the game arranged with her
TO this city. OF course, the Pennsylvania
authorities were in no wise adverse 10
this. and the game will accordingly take
place on Franklin field in this city, on
Nov. 90.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-23
The SIX-DAY RACE.

BOSTON. Aug. 23.-Tom Barnaby
won the siX-day cycle race, eight hours
day, at Charles River Park Saturday,
with Frank Waller second and Harry
-. Elkes third. The first five men 10
finish all beat the best previous record
of S7i miles by a large margin, the
two leaders coming dangerously near
10 the 1000 mark. Fully 5000 people
were present at the finish and the eX-
element over the final struggle was
tremendous. on the last lap young
Elkes made a rafting squirt and won
the lap from Barnaby by a few inches.
IT was one of the finest exhibitions OF
speed ever witnessed on the track.
Barnaby at the finish led Waller by
about 20 yards, but the two men are
credited with the same number of
miles for the week and have kept prac-
tically together all through the race.
Not a man was laid up from accident
during the week. and the race, from a
professional standpoint. has been a
great success. although financially il
will prove a big loss 20 the manage
ment. The total scores are:
Barnaby. 1893 miles / lap; Waller
993-l: II. -. Elkes, 9S5-2; Dench 923-2
Foster. 907; Lauricks. S09-2; w \.
Elkes. 7S5-2: Han. 712; Blakeslee, 6S7-2:
Steeg. 676; Gleck 60S-2.
The lap prize winners Saturday were
Hall. first with lN laps; Blakeslee
second 100 laps; w. a. Ekes, third
ca laps: Dench. fourth. 32 laps
The winnings Of the men during the
week are as follows: Barnaby, first
prize. $500. and S45 lap prizes, $545: Wal
Ter. second prize. $500 and $75 i'm lap
prizes. 1875: II. -. Elkes. third prize
5000. and SO i'm lap prizes. S21O: Dench
fourth prize. 500 and S25 i'm lap prizes
1925: Foster. fifth prize. S75. and $40 in
lap prizes $50; Laurcks. sixth prize
sc5: Blakeslee. Ian prizes. sl45 Leslie
lap prizes. $50; Han. Lap prizes, 800;
Walter. lap prizes, $75; w A. Elkes, LAP
prizes, $40.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-23
Do You Want to Go to Alaska =?

1897 10 procure claims etc. and March l5 1905 this
ONE HUNDRED MEN under the direction Of four
upply Of food. clohng and mnng uenslls. The party
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-23
FALL RIVER AGAIN.

Fall Rivers batted Niau hard Saturday
afternoon, but could not score in pro-
portion until the last inning, when they
piled up a big lead and won easily. Joe
Connor batted like a fiend and ran
bases in magnificent style. Nick Wise
and Hernon also batted well. The fea-
lures Of the game were the fielding of
Hill and Gilbert, who made three fine
double plays. and the fielding Of Cal
lopy and Stanhope for the visitors. At
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TAUNTON DOWNED.

TAUNTON, Mass. Aug. 23.-Wiethoff
was batted hard Saturday and was
given miserable support, PawtuCket
winning an easy victory. The features
were the fielding of Stouch and Cough
lin and the batting of Stouch and B.
Beaumont. Attendance 600. Score:.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-23
TAUNTON.

Earned runs-Pawtucket g. Two-base
hits-B. Beaumont ,. Stouch ,. Stolen
bases--Wiley >. Double plays-Battam
10 Stouch 10 Beaumont; COughlin to
Stouch To Beaumont First base on balls
-On Cafferty-Johnson. Irwin 2, X.
Moore. Burke. Struck out-By McCaf-
ferty-Burke. Weithoff ,; by Weithoff-
Weisbecker. Passed balls-F. Beaumont,
Burke . Wild pitch First
base on errOrs-Pawtucket ?; Taunton
T. Left on bases-Pawtucket 6: Taun-
ton l. Tmpire-Hunt. Time-lh. 30m.
THE LEADERS LOSE.
BROCKTON. Mass, Aug. 23.-Great
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LOUISVILLE.

Earned rurs-PawtuCket 3: Louisville
!. Two-base hits-DeXter, News. Three
The record-union., 1897-08-29
A WOMAN MISSING.
Surmised That She Has Committed
Suicide.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 2S.-Mrs
James B. McElroy, who owns and con-
ducts a drug store at the corner of
been missing since 2:30 o'clock Friday
afternoon. A letter mailed at San Jose
at 4:30 o'clock of the same day was the
only cleW to her movements. 1t was re-
ceived to-day by the woman clerk in her
employ, Miss Knickerbocker, and gave
no information of her whereabouts or
her plans, and said simply: do the best
you can with the business l do not
know when I will ever see you again.
Interested friends are divided on the
question of possible suicide. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. S. Blick of 3002 Twenty second
street, with whom Mrs. McElroy had
been staying for a few days before she
disappeared, have reason to suspect
that Mrs. McElroy has resorted TO self
destruction, for on Thursday evening
she said she felt like taking pill and
never waking again, for her business
worries were more than she could en-
dure.
A search of Mrs. McElroy's room after
it was known that she was not at the
store as usual disclosed the fact that the
latch key was on the bureau. 1t was
wrapped in a paper, on which was writ
ten:
Thanks for all your kindness.
LIZZIE"
Her husband is supposed to hold
clerical position in the Soldiers Home
at Santa Monica.
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RUSSELL WARD FREE.
Judge Carroll Cook Sets Aside the
Criminal Charge.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2S.-The
closing scene of the Ward Bradbury
drama was played this morning, when
Wriothesley Russell Ward was set free
by Judge Carroll Cook. The informa-
ton upon which he was held to answer
before the Superior Court was found to
have no merit, in that the facts alleged
did not constitute the crime for which
he was arrested
Judge Cook delivered a written opin-
ion upon the questions presented to him
by Carrot w. McEnerney a few DAYS
ago. McEnerney claimed that the de-
PENDANT had not been legally commit
ted, but the greater part of his argu-
ment was directed to the question
whether the offense which, under the
law of California, is a felony, had actu-
ally been committed.
Judge Cook so held this morning
Several authorities were quoted, and
his honor showed that in this case the
parties had done their best to keep their
relations a secret and had on their ar
rival in San Francisco registered at a
hotel under disguised names. Then,
again, their relations existed but for
one day. For these reasons his honor
the case dismissed.
1t was almost a foregone conclusion.
Ward, free of restraint, may now re-
turn TO his deserted home in Los An
geles, while the partner Of his guilt
travels with her reconciled husband in
another land.
The record-union., 1897-08-29
NEW SYSTEM OF TELEGRAPHY.
Device by Which Messages May be
Sent From a Moving Train.

CHICAGO, Aug. 2S-George v. Trott,
former telegrapher, has devised a
system of telegraphing from a NOV
ing train, which will shortly be given
practical test by the Pennsylvania road.
BY his system Trott claims that every
train on the line viii be in constant
communication with the station ahead
or if desired, with the train dispatcher.
The device used is an adaptation Of
the third rail of the elevated railways
Two insulated metallic tracks are laid
between and parallel to the traction
rails. On these rails runs a trolley
mechanism, hitched under the tender
The contact of the wheels with the rails
completes the circuit, and insulated
wires conduct the current into the en-
CINE cab, and by means of the bell cord
to any part of the train where the tel
egraph instrument is located.
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wELBURN'S TACTICS.
How He Swe1led His Salary at the
Expense of Others.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2S-Ohicers
Of the Federal Secret Serve. DEPART
ment have discovered that Oscar NJ.
Welburn, ex-COllector of Internal Rev
enue, had not only shaved the salaries
of his storekeeDers and clerks but that
he had also applied the political razSr
to the salaries of forty deputies ap-
pointed to register the Chinese of North
ern California, and that to make UP the
loss of their salaries the forty" were
permitted TO charge a registration fee
of 90 cents for each registration, regard
less of the law, which soecifies that no
fee shall be charged. There were II, 700
Chinese registered in Northern Cali
fornia, and 10000 in Southern Cali
fornia. It has been discovered that fees
ranging from So to $50 were eaarsed for
the issuing of new certificates 10 Chin
csc who had lost the originals.
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Resulted in the Total Destruction of
the ''ReraId" Office.
Believed That the Fire Was of IncendiarY
Origin.
Superior Judge Carroll Cook Dis
missed the Charge of Adultery
Against Russell Ward, Who Re-
Gently Eloped With Mrs. Brad
bury of Los Angeles.

GRIDLEY, Aug. 2S-A disastrous
fire broke out in the Herald office
about o'clock this morning, resulting
in the total destruction of the Herald
plant and considerable damage to
stores in the same block. The build
ing was a brick structure.
The Gridley Publishing Company is
the heaviest loser, the loss amounting
to about $1,000; insurance, 1000. B.
Remehke, who conducted bakery next
to the Herald" was damaged to the
extent of about 5000 no insurance.
Mrs. A. c. Spire, millinery, loss $500;
partially insured.
The fire is believed to have been
started by tramp printer who was
denied permission to sleep in the office.
Officers in the neighboring towns have
been notified to look out for him.
The Herald will resume publica-
ton Immediately.
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WILL PROBABLY DIE.
A Ten-Year-OId Girl Shockingly
Burned.

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2S.-Condance Ell
lis, the ten-year-old daughter of VIM.
Ellis, living near Fallbrook, this coun-
ty, was probably fatally burned this .af-
ternoon. During the absence of her
mother at a neighbours she got too~near
the stove, and her clothes caught fire.
She was alone, and rushed screaming
from the house up the hill to where her
father was working. The flames COM
pletely enveloped her. burning her hair
off and burning her face and body
shockingly. Her father was also Sc
verely burned in extinguishing the
flames. She will probably die.
The record-union., 1897-08-29
Elevator Patent Suit.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. "a ver-
diet has been given in the United States
Circuit Court in the suit of the Over
weight Counterbalance Elevator Com
pany against Mark Sheldon, which will
insure an immense fortune to the own
ers of the Hinkle patent. They intend
to demand $3.50 royalty for every cleo
trio elevator using the invention, and
in San Francisco alone there are said
to be one hundred infringements Of
the patent. The suit was brought to
establish the patent, and to adjudge
an infringement of its specifications.
This object was accomplished by the
verdict given for the plaintiff.
The record-union., 1897-08-29
Sugar Beet Culture in sonoma.

SANTA ROSA, Aug. 2S.-An impor-
tant meeting of the Sonoma County
Horticultural Society was held here to-
day. One of the principal topics I'M
der consideration was that of sugar
beet culture. Different parts of Sono-
ma County where sugar beets have been
grown this year as an experiment We're
heard from, in most instances a very
satisfactory showing being made It
is believed enough beets will be grown
next year to justify the erection of a
big sugar beet factory
The record-union., 1897-08-29
K1ondicitis in Japan.

VICTORIA q. @, Aug. 2S.-The
story of the wealth of the Klondike
has reached the Orient, for on the new
steamer Columbia of the Northern Pa
cific line, which arrived this morning,
were four miners from Yokohama, who
will outfit here for the gold fields. The
Columbia, which is commanded by
Captain Hill, brought a large and val
liable cargo She was full of Silk and
rice. About 500 tons were unloaded at
Victoria, sugar and rice for the most
part
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GILT EDGES WON.
The Sacramentans Outp1ay the Re-
Iiances of Oakland.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2S.-Four
thousand people witnessed the ball
game at Central Park between the Sac
ramento Gilt Edges and the Reliance
team of Oakland. The game was well
played up to the fourth inning, at the
end of which the score stood to f.
The Reliance scored two runs in the
first and two in the third. The Gilt
Edges made four runs in the fourth,
and then held Reliance in check for the
remainder of the game. The Gilt
Edges made two runs in the sixth on
Deans bad throw to first, another in
the seventh and one in the ninth, MAX
ing the final score s to 4. The Gilt
Edges won the game through good
fielding and heavy stick work. Hughes
of the Gilt Edges pitched fine game,
striking out twelve men.
The record-union., 1897-08-29
THE GROOM APPEARED NOT.
G. B. Adair Disappears on the Eve
of His Wedding.

OAKLAND, Aug. 2S-G. B. Adair,
second mate of the ship Laghomoor, ly-
ing in the harbor, is missing, and Miss
L. II. Cummings of this city, to whom
he was to have been married last Thurs
day evening, is Frustrated over the I'M
explained disappearance of her lover
Everything was in readiness for a
quiet little home wedding on Thursday
night The minister was there and the
house was filled with guests. but the
bridegroom did not appear. The hours
passed one after the other. and then it
began TO dawn uoon those assembled
that something was radically wrong
He has not appeared on the scene yet.
and his bride TO be. believes that he has
met with some unforeseen accident. and
that he will make his appearance, or his
body viii be discovered
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2S.-Thomas
Magee, ST., who is en- route to the Klon-
dixie gold fields with a party Of San
Franciscans, writes to the Associated
Press from Lake Bennett, B. c., under
date Of August 18th, confirming pre-
vious reports of the terrible condition Of
the White Pass trail from Skaguay,
and relating the almost insurmountable
difficulties to be encountered by the
gold hunters who prefer that route TO
the more formidable Chilcoot Pass
route.
lie and his party left Skaguay on
August 10th with nine burros, and dur
ing the four and one-half days con-
sumed in making the trip of forty miles
to Lake Bennett, met with innumerabIe
adventures. Twenty five times some
OF their pack animals We're begged up,
necessitating not only the unpacking Of
each load, but also the lifting of the an
lmals bodily from the nire as the bur-
ros refused to make any attempts to
eXtricate themselves when their small
hoofs stuck fast in the marshy ground.
Another trouble was the narrowness of
the trail in places, which necessitated
the unpacking Of the burros and trans
porting the supplies by hand over these
spots.
The Magee party took boat up from
San Francisco in sections, but was com
PEELED to leave it on the beach at Skag-
uay, as it was utterly impossible to
carry it over the trail. At the head, OF
Lake Bennett, however, they found a
firm of boat builders, who charged no
more for good boat than would be
paid in San Francisco, $40. They had
orders ahead for forty-five boats. which
would occupy them until September
Goth at least.
Mr.. Magee thinks that the majority
OF the crowd now at Skaguay and Dyea
VIII have to abandon all hope of getting
in the Yukon country this year, and is
certain that late corners have no chance
OF doing So He also deplores the fact
that once started from Dyea or Skag-
uay food and other supplies are not to
be purchased for love or money, as no
one has any more than he absolutely
needs for himself. He thinks that $50
pounds is about the right amount for
each man, but says that hundreds are
starting out with less than one-half Of
that amount, and predicts disaster for
them.
NEW FIND OF COPPER.
SEATTLE, Aug. 2S.-W. A. Diekey
of Seattle, who has returned on the
schooner Helen from a journey of ex-
ploration up the Shushitna River. re-
ports that new find of copper has been
made on an island of Prince William
Sound, near Montague Island. The
discoveries were Mr.. Beatson, an ex-
pert representing a California syndi-
cate, and Messrs. Gladbaugh and Rip
stein, two old residents of Cook Inlet
The lead is said to be 800 or 400 feet
wide, the ore being peacock copper,
with 100000 tons in sight. Dickey
is at the head of party of five who
went up the Shushitna River further
than it had before been explored. His
party reached the canyon 200 miles
from the mouth after journey full OF
hardships. They discovered no gold.
The record-union., 1897-08-29
EVIDENCE OF MURDER.
MangIed Corpse of an Unknown
Man Found in the Bay.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2S.-The
body of an unknown man, badly man
gled, was found in the bay off Buch-
anan street to-day by Thomas Behan,
a boatman. 1t was at first believed
to be the corpse of Mate Johnston of
the ship Irmgard, but upon investiga-
ton this theory was exploded. The
wounds on the corpse were such as to
leave no doubt that they We're inflicted
before death. The left hand had been
chopped off at the wrist, the fingers of
the right hand are hanging by shreds
of skin, the skull had been fractured
and there was a wide cavity along one
side of the face from the mouth to the
temple The body was that of a man
about 60 years of age, five feet three
inches tall, and almost bald.
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CoUNTERFEITER ROGERS.
Sentenced to Four Years Hard La.
Dor at San Quentin.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2S.-Jamas
F. Rogers. the prime mover in the
Stark Rogers gang of counterfeiters.
was sentenced to-day by United States
Judge Morrow to four years at hard
labor in San Quentin.
The sentence was made comparatively
light because of Rogers youth, and Of
the fact that he. had pleaded guilty to
every charge against him. He viii be
taken to San Quentin at once. where his
father. VIM. Rogers, is serving two
years term for a similar offense, of
which he was convicted some weeks ago.
The record-union., 1897-08-29
TrainingI Shin Adams.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28.-The
training ship Adams left to-day for a
six months cruise in southern waters.
She had on board eighty boys and a
few regular seamen of the navy. She
will proceed to San Diego, arriving
there on September 23d. She will touch
at Magdalena Bay, Mazatlan, Honolu-
III, Hilo and other points, and is ex-
pected to reach San Francisco the end
of January. 1898.
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BURGLARY at Santa Rosa.

SANTA ROSA, Aug. 2S.-Last night
while A. A. Requa and family were at
the theater a burglar broke into their
home on Seventh street. The entire
house was ransacked, bureau drawers
being rified, trunks broken open and
cupboards looted. Gold and silver
watches, several articles of jewelry and
considerable silverware were taken.
There is no clew as yet to the identity
of the thieves
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SAN DIEGO BAY.
The Government Contemplating an
Extended SURVEY of the Waters.

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2S.-The United
States survey steamer Gedney is now
here for several weeks, perhaps months,
to come. Lieutenant Commander Os-
borne has not yet received positive ord
ers from the Department at Washing
ton, but from another source perfectly
reliable it is learned that the Govern
ment is contemplating very extensive
survey of the bay of San Diego, the
waters off Ballast Point, off Point Lo-
ma, Zuninga Shoals, the Government
jetty, Coronado Beach, and in fact clear
out into the ocean, half way to Corona
do Islands.
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Letter Carriers, Convention.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28.-Local
letter carriers are still hopeful that the
National Convention of Letter Carriers
will be held in this city, despite the ac-
ton of the Executive Committee in
changing the place of meeting to Chi
cago. After much telegraphing they
secured a single rate for the round trip
from Chicago for delegates, and are now
trying to influence the Executive Com
mittee in the East to adhere to the
original programme.
The record-union., 1897-08-29
An oakda1e Merchant Insane.

STOCKTON, Aug. 2S.-F. D. Rankin
a merchant of Oakdale, became vio-
lently insane on the train from that
place this afternoon. He thought he
was an officer in charge of six prison
ers, and though he was kept quiet for
some time, he finally assaulted a man
named Redding, and attempted to
choke him. He was taken to the In
sane Hospital, and will probably be
sent to the State Asylum.
The record-union., 1897-08-29
Five Years FOR Mrs. Ma1colmson

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2S.-Mrs.
Kate MaIcolmson, recently convicted Of
having committed arson in order to col
lect the insurance upon the lodging
house of which she was the proprietress,
was to-day sentenced to Imprisonment
at San Quentin for five years
The record-union., 1897-08-29
Newspaper Change.

SEATTLE, Aug. 2S.-The announce
ment is made that George U. Piper has
purchased the -Intelligencer" of
this city, and will take possession on
September 1st Mr. Hoge, the present
proprietor, retiring from the manage
ment of the paper altogether.
The record-union., 1897-08-29
Anarchy in Crete.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 2S.-At
council of Ministers held Friday it was
resolved to send note to the various
Powers complaining of the state of an
archy alleged to exist in Crete, and ask
ing the Powers to withdraw their fleets
and to appoint mixed commission, in
Guiding Turkish delegates, to legislate
for the island. The Sultan, it is. said,
approves the decision.
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He conducted his own defense, and
when the jury returned a verdict Of not
guilty created a scene in court. He
wepttlike child and then shook hands
with all the jurors, sobbing, God bless
you" He says he will sue James H,
Pope, a wealthy resident of Lodi, who
caused his arrest, for $1,000 damages.
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ATTEMPTED Suicide.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2S.-Wm. Top
lift, SO years of age, an employe OF
Philip Stein, an orchardist of Pomona,
attempted to commitssuicide this even
ing in a Spring street saloon by shoot
ing himself through the left side with
a. revolver. The bullet did not reach a
vital spot. but Topliff's condition IS
dangerous. He has been on protracted
spree.
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Efforts to Remove a Postmaster.

STOCKTON, Aug. 2S.-An effort IS
being made, according to the Mail"
to Dust Postmaster Thrift, who is
Democrat. Charges are said to have
been preferred against him, and In
spector Barstow has been instructed to
make an investigation. Several RepuD-
lcans. says the Mall" are after the
position, and the charges are said to
have been prompted by those who would
like to succeed the present Postmaster.
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Insane Escape Captured.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Isl. P.
Orr, an inmate of the Stockton Insane
Asylum, who escaped from that institu-
ton, was captured on the water front
by Officer Mooney to-day. Orr came
down from Stockton on the Walker,
and his peculiar actions attracted the
attention of the officer. Orr was taken
to the City Prison to await the arrival
of the attendants from the asylum.
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Shoals Acquitted.

STOCKTON, Aug. 2S.-George Shoals,
who formerly conducted the Lodi
sun" was tried before Justice Parker
this afternoon on a charge of petty lar
ceny, for the alleged theft of a watch.
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Young Boy Killed.

STOCKTON, Aug. 2S.-Freddie Bodfe,
aged 6 years, was killed this morning at
Lockford by falling into well nifty feet
deep. He stepped on the covering and
fell through, being instantly killed.
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Hophouse Burned.

UKIAH, Aug. 2S.-Fire this morning
completely destroyed the hop house
owned by Robert McGarvey, together
with seven tons of hops. The loss is
estimated at $4,000; insurance $1,000.
The origin Of the fire is unknown.