The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-07-31

week causing a loss of $l00, 900.
Five entire blocks, including twenty
residences and eight business plants
were destroyed. The principal losses
are:
James Keyes' lumber yard and plan
ing mill, $4,000.
J. K. Armsby's packing house,
SIS. 0oo
The Anderson packing house $1,000.
Southern Pacific passenger and
freight depots. s., 600.
Suisun picking plant $1,000
Suiaun Steam Laundry, $1,000.
Suisun Creamery, y, 500.
Among the residences burned were
those Of Y. Robbins, loss, s., O00; Mrs.
NJ. Dnkelspiel, $1,000; ]. f. Brown
s., 000; Mrs Oscar Goghlan, "a 0Oo; and
four houses Of j Nitzel, So, 000.
PENSACOLA, Fla Peonage IN vi
cious form is charged against the Off
GERS Of the Jackson Lumber Company
at Loel;hart, Ala, and United States
Deputies, armed with warrants for
their arrest, left here to day for that
place. If the allegations are true,
about 200 immigrants, mostly Germans,
are held in the lumber camps Of that
company virtually as slaves.
SAN FRANCISCO. The committee of
five which has charge Of adjustments
for the thirty-fve so-called dollar in
surance companies has succeeded in so
organizing its business that it is close on
the heels of the underwriters COM
mittee of fifteen. The committee of
five is now disposing of more claims
daily than the larger committe and
every day sees large number of claims
finally passed for payment. AS soon
is this is done, the cases so disposed
of are considered finally adjusted by
the companies the committee repre-
scnts.
Virgil Boguc, vice president of the
Western Pacific railway, and believed
to be president of the Boca e. Loyal
ton; w. l. Lewis, general manager
of the 4. e. L.; Clay Slocum, its sec
retary; G. T. Arnold, its cashier and
auditor, together with other general Of
ficals of the Boca & Loyalton, have
been cited to appear before Super
ior Judge Kelly of Lassen county at
Susanville, to answer to contempt pro-
ceedings instituted by E. R. Dodge
of Reno, president of the Sierra Valley
Railroad Company, and attorney for
the N. c. o,
ELKo, New. Bob Skaggs and
Charles Skaggs, brothers, have bonded
their copper property at Bald Mountain,
south of Elko, in White Pine county, to
c. D. Calvin for 100000. Five per
cent of the price has been paid and 10
per cent additional is to be paid within
ninety days. The Skaggs own one of
the finest copper prospects in the Bald
Mountain country.
SAN FRANCIsCo-A special to the
Examiner from Manila says:
"A detachment of the oath infantry,
(colored) and company of native con-
stabulary were attacked yesterday by
J hundreds of Pulujanes while on train
between the towns Of Toloss and Dom
ami, island Of Lewete, and a desperate
battle took place, resulting in the rout
of the fanatics with loss OF fifty killed
and more than sixty wounded. The
only American causalty was one ser
qeant of the eonstabalary wounded"
SALT LAKE CITY The Socialist State
Convention has been held and ticket
nominated with W'nl. S. Dalton Of Salt
Lake City for judge of the supreme
court and Homer p Burt Of Salt Lake
for Congressman. The platform de
claros for lawmaking operative, the
direct legislation amendment adopted
by the people six years ago, public
ownership and the abolition Of the con-
tract system on public works. A reso-
luton condemnlng as anarchists the
governors of Idaho and Colorado for
their actions toward Meyer, Haywood
and Pettbone, under arrest, charged
with the murder of former governor
Frank Sternberg, was adopted.
NEW YORK Charles +. Murphy,
leader of Tammany Hall, said that it
was possible that Tammany Hall would
support William r. Hearst for the