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Show Mill. IMI Ml MSIIlr. -UnrTo Tlie IsnlTr" tcnlnst Tile I niinillnn farilia. Nnv Vonu.July 22. Victoria, It . . siiecal sajs It is now de-finllely de-finllely settled that the I'acltlc Mail and Occidental anj Oriental -teamshlp continulcs mean war to the knife against the Canadian I'a cillc Ueorce II. Rice, trallic nsan-a-erof the-tlrt named compaiA. Is In Victoria making arfn-jemfcEis to tx-gln the fight on tl-tlrfrtholf Tlie Cnmulan l'acifit Rrst deelared its inlentionof-riniiigits China steamers steam-ers to ami from the east bj waj of San V raucisco and has carried out it threat b taking freight and passe ncrs for that port bj the " bjssiun,"which will arrice thereabout there-about the end of August. Mic will be followed by the entire Canadian 1'ieillc Ilc-tt Iu tuni. To meet this the American corjoratioiis have dtttrmiiit-il to Iiivi le C anada it'ee says I'm iu Victoria no- fur the purpo-ti ot arranging lo run the China steamers of the Pacific Mail Steamship ocripanj to and from San FrancIco bj way of either T icoma or Ictoria The probal.il Hies are that Victoria will bo the point at leas for the 1 resent. If M1IR UK) WIIAKr is scon completed, t will dej le at oncomid probabli a point agents in ttliscltj l-eforu I le-iveht-v Ih" first .teamer, wliich will K the Ctiina, will arrive henj from '-an Francico ibout A'-gu-t 2 for China and Japan The first steamer from the otli- rideu ill lea v Hong Kon twlsj for Victoria She is the U?jr 0 Jttvt, and lias emrseil Iwlh passtngers and c-n'Co fjr Victoria and sound ptriiis. We lio not Intend In-tend to do anj business with our stt-irers lietwetn Victoria and 111 Francisco, as our relations with tne Pacific Coast Steamship Com;uii are most cordial, so far as reganls the Canadian Pacific we expect ltr fore tho line gets in a ntw steam-hip to get a good hold 011 the business We shall take no oscrland business over the Caua lian Pacific, but w ill t nd our busini--9 over the Northtru Pacific and Oregon Short Line Whit thu jolltj of the ( aua.Ilan Iaclflc will le I uncertain The thris ntw steamers for that line, which are soon to be placed 011 tht eastern route, are rapidlj approaching approach-ing completion In thu HritMi dock yards. The c ntratt requires tilt essel to develop IS knots on trial ardlSt knots on a 400 miles sea trip It is confidently cxieeted bj the builders that this will be exceeded No exitenns is being spared to make the-se vessels In ev erj respect equal to the very finest essels afloat " Clondburstnt l;runr CiiEt.NM, Wyo, July Jl A cloudburst occurred this afternoon near this city. All of tho principal busiuc-s and residence streets were flooded. Culverts were washed out and cellars filled The loss to the merchants will aggregate $20,000 Mrlkllie Clonknifikrn. New VoBK,Juiy2i The striking cloakmakers contluue belligerent, and would, it Is thought, have committed com-mitted several violent assaults today, to-day, had it not betii for the w atch-fulness atch-fulness of the police. Thecontrjct-ors Thecontrjct-ors say there is svmiu secret iulluence keeping up this strike The men have had several concessions niadi, and the labor agitators who control them have promised several times to send the men lack to work They have nevtr done so, however. One of the most prominent contractors says the anarchists are working iu the ftrike, and trying to get up a serious riot. nurarsl la Dnlb. Cl m,in ATI, O , July 22. Four people were burned to death and several seriously injured In a true-ment true-ment bouse fire here tonight. A four story brick at -14 Front Street, occupied on thu first floor as a fec-ond fec-ond hand store by Solomon Menski, and on the other lioorsas a tenement houe, was discovered on fire at 11 o'clock. An alarm was turned in, and before the fire department arrived ar-rived several policemen did good work In gelting the unfortunate inmates in-mates out of the building. As soon as the firemen arrived the work was vigorously prosecuted, but when the flames were extinguished It was found that Solomon Menskl and wife and their two young children were dead, and " Uus Hitzwell, Mls-es Eva and JIary Kasseneuer were seriously and probably fatally burned. The Menskl family occupied the rear end of the second (tori , directly direct-ly over where the lire is supposed to have started. The people pn the third anJ fourth :loors for the most part tied to the roof, but several were taken out by the firemen. Some of tlitm 'vire unconscious when found, having been overcome by smosc. The only exit to the street was a narrow old rickety pinettaircasi, which was one of thu.flrst things to buru The police ami flrfnim think tlie above list comprises all the casualties but until tlie ruins are thoroughly searched it will cot lie known positively whether more unfortunates un-fortunates perished or nnt. HE 1'VlI.ONh MCTUlS. St Paw, Jul 22-A 7V.er I'm special from Fargo, . D , says. Ifcllable information reached hero tonight of a cyclSnu near CimifTord, in the southwestern port of Trail Couiitv. wliich raultc.il In tho death of five isr-ons In one family and sevens injury ton nun and wire in another, "yiiere was couslderal le damage to jaoj.. rlj . f-!ciVi Limn. tJrVv 6k Mexico, Jcfl$ 22. The railroad subveiittou loan vras finally arranged last night, when a contract was signed wltlt lr. Ilium, a ret rc-entatlvo rc-entatlvo of the house .of 1J F. schroodcr. According to lilh financial authority, Mrilcvfl'sa-" bv hl.MVrratigcinent SSW ikI annii-allr. annii-allr. The loan is for $,0,00d at Ssf j r c-eiit, with one jwr cent com ml-slon and driwij,j six er cent annu-Jly. The I itUe I nfnf Cm- oj, Julj 2i A. OOllfeleIKo btlv. ci 11 a committee from tlie city council and the World's liir directors direc-tors tonight resulted haprll in a complete agreement ou all points. Hit ordiuauc-e was amcudeti to the satisfaction of all pud will be 1 resented re-sented to the couu il at Wednesday night's meeting. The coaimlttee would not make the amendments public tuuight. Vrl.llrnllmi Innrrrtncr, lOMKiv, July 22. Tne jarlia mentarj conference on international internation-al aibitratiou owned todav, lAird IIctscIwI presldiiig. The 1 irl of Alierdeeu ollcntd A motion declaring declar-ing that the iMtifep-ncs; I'-m!" t!.e rouctirren' resolution ot loth houses cf lliu mericau Congrcwi as 1 fitting reidy to the address from the 134 members of the Itnlbli House of Commons, resjuusiing Pns-idcnt Harri.oj to negotiate with the lowers for the iwrpose if concluding treaties of -irbitrtliou, and cungratil Iates the autcnoinoi's "tsu-s cf Ai'c'l'a, Which, In the Pin 111er1-mn 111er1-mn cuiiftreuee, agreed to 11 treat providing fornrhltration, w hie h now awaits ratifieatioii Ilie mcvt'oii was carrksl, as was abu a resolution rejoicing in the erTrts to Ouiie lude 1 treaty of arbitration between France and Viiicrm The nf.froilhlltunlsls. ATI ktow N, Wis , July 22. The Slate Auti Prohiuitbiu lu'etv began its auuud oiuv million todnj About 2Til ilelegale-s nre prvent about two thirds 1 f hum are fro 11 Milwaukee "-eeretary'fred'i !i a'i 1 FinnnUalcrtli'i Kinii-iing ri'd rcwrt" The V Ji refn-1 to t'.e grow ing acl' o'ic'en-t li tneso-ciele tneso-ciele , r h'eh t')C7 a'.f'lnilisi to 1 ant if support from thu Interior ot thu Slate Uuk-W tie saloonkeepers saloon-keepers iu the suiailtr rowns tuoi. lioMaiMicnntnbiite-d their share to the expenses 1 f the organization the soriit would soon le 1 thing of the ast. T In--lore. I1III." Niw OKI tevs, July 22. Tne Chamber of Commerce, the HrB-st commercial lisl iu the -oulh, lutv-in lutv-in been isVt-t '1( Its views un the sirtMioh to lie id a cu ive tioti of "Southern Isi-lne-ss me 11 to runs-tder what is ltst for the south to do if the 'Foree bill-' now Ufore Congress Con-gress should beomiu a law, n ilea as follows. "It is our o ilium that the commercial south -limild nt once meet In convention to deliberate auet d ideUs)ii, the tvur-e iliiih it will mlo till the event that our Northern fellow1 sMintrvmcn c!e-t todieilve thu l ntiet! ties wh'ch ha-i- crovu Op litwctn 11s ilurlng quart -r of accntur of prjf.xnid tsl ieai e, and to e-tan'i-h a Poland or an Ireli'Hlou this W v-Wru I lens-1st lens-1st lit re in place of !! pnsfe r ius land 111 iv exle- ding 1 heart we! conn f Northern rniital and to f.orthe ru must k SheHild an 1011-siderao'e 1011-siderao'e numls-r of eaimmere 1 al LhIU-s 1 f the smmjUi share our views we shall at once pn.-eed to appoint delegates to atttn 1 any cunv'c ntioL thitm li-e-a'le.1 to consider the situatioj " V, n-hlnzlon Jnllln:. W'VSIIINCTU, Jul 22. It Is prolnble that Oe'ncral .Met 00k, Intel apiotuted brigadier geniral, will lie given culiiuuud of n depart, me nt ltepnseiilati-o ( uteheon, from thuconmiltce om mditar aOiilrs, toeli rcpnrttsl advrel the lo lowing dllsatrecting the ptr-onnei of the arm To r-gulste romo-tion. romo-tion. to aalliorice the promotion of certain asL-Unt surgeons, afttr twen' yea-s of .- i c, to increa t the etll itiii cf Hit (irdiianctt etc Jiartmtul.to relieve certain nflicers fordisabilii. and for the relief of ofiircrs who have served continuous! continu-ous! in thegriJeof heutenai t for fifteen or taint ears without n motion. The comptroller of the currency has called for a nport o' the condition con-dition of tho nation tl bulks at the close of I uslness i-rida, July lSth A favorable rtjort wosordired t the Housu committee on claims on the'scmtebill appropriating $7v5o to reimbur-o Major ISash, U s A., fertile moue stolen from him at Auteloix. Sjirings, Wyo , In ISsT. 1 .ilrmllil lloj. IkisTe N, July 2i Prolobly the most valuable dog ever imjortril at this joit arriv.sl yesterday Tlie dig was a liandsome mulwoate-ii 'L llernard an 1 the prle-u paid for hira abraad was S1250 He is three ears old weighs 2s pounds and stands within an inch ami 1 half of thret feet high at the shoulders |