Show another city w in aslies IT IS 81 FALLS that now vanishes before the flames mm BUSINESS PART of th Is in ashes lull BE ai lUOS err macch or it calitr will B Cea city vestora Ves toru pre the portion if tho cila reported SAN FRANCISCO aug 0 A special rom spokane falls says A fire arole out in a lodging on avenue at 5 this afternoon and ia now burning fierily fier cly the fire beams to be belond tha control of the firemen and it is thought the entire business coition of the city will he burned already two blocks of business houses have been burned or aug 5 all connection with spokane falls wag lost at 7 all we know is that from the northern pacific depot two blocks north had baba burned and the pacific and another block were then in ll jimes the wind was then fanning the flames toward the business part of the city inquiries are coming from all directions everything possible pos is being done toward getting telegraphic connection spokane FALLS aug 5 frankfort block was the largest building in the city costing withstood the fire some time but finally succumbed the arlington hotel was he nest to go the building was enveloped in flames w hen a man was seen to from the second story he arose and started down howard street when he was overcome by the libat and fell people rushed to assistance and carried him to a place of safety FALLS W T aug 3 the entire business portion of the city was destroyed last night blocks were reduced to ashes it ia estimated the loss will be fourteen millions the fire started at 7 from a lodging house on railroad Kail road avenue the ahre department was on the scene quickly the flames spread to an adjoining frame building and waa soon bo yond control alie limes jumped auroro the street to the hash house and the pacific hotel this time a atrom wind sprung up fand it was auli dreadful rapidity firemen were port erless attempts were made to the tire by blowing up the buildings on the path but they v ere useless from the pacific hotel the fire jumped across first street to the frame buildings nest block soon it reached the heart of the city A bilock of two story brick buildings from hero the fire communicated to the hyde block a four story ing in the whole block and howard streets on river ide abo fire leaped across the howard streets and in a few minutes alie block howard and stevena reduced to ashes the neit to was the urge tuell block and a aclid block of tour story bricks including the between and washington hero the fire burned out fur lack of material the point of the fire took another direction leaping ackois sprague street to the opera house block from it the fl iines leaped avenue to Ur aruna una batik both bides of uie avenue a ere in names the block between post and baill were quickly licked up including the grand hotel from here they communicated to the adjoining blocks everything in a northerly direction the northern pacific express union block and windsor hotel was soon a mass of flames the river prevented the fire doing furt lier damage and was a means of saving the big flour ing and lumber mills by this time in the baoit space of three licurs liours the fire bad consumed everything in its path reducing to aa beahe entire business portion of the once beautiful city the only business block left waa by clearing down tho intervening ter owing to the rapidity with which it spread scarcely anything was sved provisions are scarce the city council met this and appointed a coin mitte on relief provisions w ill be seat for and the needy supplied free the city superintendent of water works was roundly censured by the council I 1 for neglecting liia duty belag anay at the time 0 the big pumps were not and at the time oi the fire there scarcely any pressure had t hero been the fi ro would have been easily cotten under jojn arol the militia is out and all persons without a pass are forbidden in the burnt district five out of the boven banks aro doing business today to day in the crescent block everybody bears their losada bravely many business men already signify their intention to rebuild BAN aug 6 the property loss by tho spokane ahre last night is estimated at by tho cwi an insurance in this city the name paper estimates the total insurance at ealm washington aug r A letter was chaile public today to day from postmaster general to the ex president of the western union telegraph co in reply to a recent communication from tha latter regarding the postmaster generals reduced rate ke to the arca green that tho privileges and benedas derived by tho western union corn piny through tho acts ol 01 congress aro purely imaginary tho general cites many facts in contradiction under congressional grants ho says the western union has claimed the right to use without compensation of any lind as to the right of way of all the highways of alie country on the ground of their being post roads it lias broadened th i claim to the extent that alio streets of the cities and towns are also post roads and therefore open and free to its occupancy and use the company I 1 says the postmaster beneral pe haa been able to occupy and use streets in large cities regardless of the owson local authorities and almost of public opinion in other respects the company secured benefits from alie anil from the public under act ot congress AB to r areena eliat no corporations toiuo received a rate equal to the proposed government rate of one mill a word the postmaster general rayo the stat ment that press aai awi are bot corporations id hardly by facts and not material otho question he does not criticism criticise critic ise the prim M rate it would be better in hn fur he public press and telegraph coun lanies if it were still lower agthe that alie boern hai iho lowest rate ghen to any single customer one a word fur day messages anil three fourths of a cent for the postmaster general calls attention to the fact that unlike ordinary commercial messages aery chinin the and signature of business is counted BO bat for ten words in a message and en words in an address and signature he rate ia really two rents per word nabo daytime and one rent and a aalf at lie abba if it is not true hat papers in large cities leave a rate a cent by day a quarter of a cent by night for their beual B eual dispatches or one half that of the government ern ment Is it not true also that this patronage from the press is alio most you hae and that it would in fact give you more profit it mado still lower your own testimony before he chai ot congress at various times lias been steadily to the efi act that every time your company has reduced the prices it has rained uncreated in romo I 1 believe the new rates proposed not laterally mate rally alter tho amount of cash received by you the ahola government would be enabled to greatly and vitalize transactions of its business in all departments I 1 am satisfied the people could and should have much lower rates than now exist and that neither the people nor the government should suffer because especially low rates are given to favored customers As to the statement that no message can be carried and delivered by a telegraph company for less than twenty cents the berdice being done at a loss do you not include in the cost of handling the large sums paid for rentals of leased lines borne of aich are in remo ing condition and on other accounts which are obviously chargeable to the capital and not la it not that within a few years and tor several vears in succession large volumes of business have been handled by your company and other companies at the minimum rate of tea cents a message and did not this rate continue until the western unica absorbed competing kinei the table of given in your memorial to the senate committee in shows that during tho period of ten cent rates your company did not lose money it tin s was possible then and especially as your has groan largely in volume educe it would seem atiat it be practicable now the postmaster general then refers to the signal service reports which make up a cry large portion of the ROV ern telegraph business abo schedule shows that for eleven years tho government haa been paying about three cents a word for aaili cir over transmitted no reduction lias been mateiu that rate since ant the public rato has been reduced within that period ft ore than 50 percent while according to the western union lurea the cost of band in has been reduced durice aba period from fotta oliree and tour tenths lents to tou ahrea and two tenths cents per message taking all those facca into ai I 1 believe lie government liaa beon pa ing for berdica mora than any other company ou a lilo or approximate amount of business and that within abo ceriol named there not havin been so great reduction in government aratea as to the general public and prena waiving entirely tho question 0 tho accruing to the telegraph under tho act of ci the government ought to bo put apon as favorable A basis aa to telegraphic aratea as your most favored customers inasmuch as the lias taken a wider ranke than as anticipated it may be proper to add that yon are liht in baying that the acceptance of the act of by the telegraph companies rendered it to all intents and purposes a compact the government and telegraph companies darl in II OIK ST jacl aug 4 V arm special from bargo dak bays harke the cronin suspect passed through lacre this evening in chargo ot chicago owing to the many rumors aliat a would bo attempted the officers had aurlea legs chained to the beat with irons and his bands hand culled aae officer bits constantly in front watching liim A biant dead sun kakstis ciar aug C A special to the cearney neb says alie petrified arm ot H pre historic giant man was unearthed recently on a farca 0 J it adale near here the hand wag tiRl itly claimed clai ped the eon 0 mr clale while playing with the curiosity broke off the fingers of the hand and a alno large diamond ell out hale will exhume abo remainder ot the giants body cincinnati 0 aue 4 today to day lias been tha quietest sunday fianco tho first attempt at enforcing theolen law A few saloons carrying on a ade door business but alie e lava been stationed who admit only known persons tiago been but arrests and no trouble af any kind has been report Cal aus 0 irom the election today to day tor stata treasurer show a democratic victory stephen G sharp 0 lexington Lex inton hio present treasurer wab nominated there have been boma surprising Bur victorlia vic torlea tor tho republican candidates for the legislature but thia baa been due la all cases to local causes kilrain aue 6 A special to the says kilrain la at II ampton va and intends staying there some days and that bo had not been arrested |